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1. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig
Votes: 188,344 | Gross: $75.51M
2. The World to Come (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 11,118
3. Damsel (I) (2018)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
It's the Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel.
Directors: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Votes: 5,914 | Gross: $0.31M
4. The Wind (II) (2018)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.
Director: Emma Tammi | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee
Votes: 9,538 | Gross: $0.03M
5. Eyes of Fire (1983)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Western
A preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
Director: Avery Crounse | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley, Sally Klein
Votes: 2,292
6. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 5,307
7. Never Grow Old (2019)
R | 100 min | Drama, Western
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.
Director: Ivan Kavanagh | Stars: Emile Hirsch, John Cusack, Déborah François, Molly McCann
Votes: 4,860
8. Sheriff Callie's Wild West (2013–2017)
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A kids' western centered on a kitty-cat sheriff whose job is to ensure that the town of Nice and Friendly Corners remains the friendliest town in the West.
Stars: Mandy Moore, Lucas Grabeel, Jessica DiCicco, Kevin Michael Richardson
Votes: 808
9. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Not Rated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the midst of the French and Indian War, the eldest daughter of a British officer develops an attraction towards an Indian ally who is the last living warrior of his tribe, the Mohicans.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall
Votes: 1,446
10. Darkwatch: Curse of the West (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A vampiric frontiersman sets out on a path of violence against evil forces that plague the old west.
Director: Mo Davoudian | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Rose McGowan, Michael Bell, Keith Szarabajka
Votes: 297
11. The Moravian Massacre (1996)
48 min | Documentary
This documentary chronicles the murder of some 90 Christian Delaware Indians by Pennsylvania militiamen in 1782 and examines the layers of politic, bigotry and racial hatred that permeated the early American frontier.
Director: Randall D. Wilkins | Stars: Clancy Brown, Amy Danles, Allan Eckert, Susan Goehring
Votes: 9
12. Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch (2004 Video Game)
Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Teen detective Nancy Drew visits Shadow Ranch and investigates the mysterious accidents that follow sightings of a ghostly horse.
Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Abby Murray, Patty Pomplun, Wayne Rawley
Votes: 125
13. The Prairie (1947)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Religious fanatic Ishmael Bush is determined to find a land where the rules could be of his own making. So he sets out from Kentucky with his wife and five sons to go into the un-surveyed ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Lenore Aubert, Alan Baxter, Russ Vincent, John Mitchum
Votes: 40
14. Davy Crockett (1916)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Biography, Western
The story of the famous Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, scout, and Congressman who fought and died at the Alamo.
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Harry De Vere, Herbert Standing
Votes: 20
15. Time Machine: Little Big Horn - The Untold Story (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Steve Alexander, Joe Desson, Ron Garritson, Paul Hauser
Votes: 12
16. The Legend of Marshal Dead
Short, History, Western | Post-production
A retired artist with dementia risks scorn from his family when he confesses his outrageous comic book tales about a resurrected U.S. Marshal were actually taken from an ancestor's journals.
Director: Marc Isaacs | Stars: Burton Gilliam, Nikki Dixon, Brandi Price, Jade Roberts
17. Herstory: Women's Diaries from the Oregon Trail (1993 Video)
Not Rated | 50 min | History
Beginning in the 1840s, nearly 350,000 people traveled west on the Oregon Trail in the largest voluntary human migration ever recorded. Many of these pioneers were women. In this program - ... See full summary »
Star: LaRee Johnson
18. The Red Glove (1919)
Action, Thriller
On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.
Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Marie Walcamp, Pat O'Malley, Truman Van Dyke, Thomas G. Lingham
19.
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review (2005– )
Episode dated 23 July 2021
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Mark reviews Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston in period romance The World to Come, about two neighbouring couples along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier; action drama ... See full summary »
Stars: Simon Mayo, Mark Kermode, Edgar Wright