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1. Billy Two Hats (1974)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western

After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship but Sheriff Henry Gifford is determined to capture or kill them.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden, David Huddleston

Votes: 1,731

2. White Feather (1955)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, Western

In 1877 Wyoming, during the peace negotiations between the Cheyenne and the USA, an Indian girl falls in love with a land surveyor, causing the ire of her Cheyenne fiance.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lund, Debra Paget

Votes: 1,172

3. The Savage (1952)

Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A white boy raised by the Sioux must choose sides when the Sioux threaten to go to war against the Whites.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor

Votes: 680

4. Prophecy (1979)

PG | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart

Votes: 6,137 | Gross: $18.39M

5. Broken Arrow (1950)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael

Votes: 9,677

6. 100 Rifles (1969)

R | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Fernando Lamas

Votes: 3,930

7. The Indian Fighter (1955)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Western

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Diana Douglas

Votes: 2,883

8. Apache (1954)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Refusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles Bronson

Votes: 4,899 | Gross: $6.00M

9. Yellowstone Kelly (1959)

Approved | 91 min | Western

In 1870s, in the Sioux territory south of the Missouri, trapper and Indian scout Luther Yellowstone Kelly is hired by the army at Fort Buford but runs into trouble with the Sioux.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton

Votes: 1,280

10. Devil's Doorway (1950)

Approved | 84 min | Western

After the Civil War, a highly decorated Shoshone Indian veteran plans to raise cattle in Wyoming but white farmers plan to grab fertile tribal lands by pitting the whites against the Indians.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson

Votes: 1,854

11. Buffalo Bill (1944)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western

The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 1,701

12. Sitting Bull (1954)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Western

A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel

Votes: 895 | Gross: $1.50M

13. The Far Horizons (1955)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance

After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale

Votes: 1,298

14. Drum Beat (1954)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Western

In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith

Votes: 1,137

15. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

Approved | 79 min | War, Western

When peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason

Votes: 1,059

16. Walk the Proud Land (1956)

Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History

An agent sent from Washington in 1874 takes charge of an Apache reservation and has the oppressive US Army back off, which creates conflicts and causes the Indians to have great respect for him.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Charles Drake

Votes: 1,107

17. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)

Approved | 85 min | Western

When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot, Bruce Cowling

Votes: 719

18. The Oklahoman (1957)

Approved | 80 min | Western

A doctor stops in a small Southwestern town to bury his wife. He decides to stay there and start a practice, but soon runs into violent cattle ranchers.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter, Gloria Talbott

Votes: 645

19. Ride Out for Revenge (1957)

Approved | 78 min | Drama, Western

When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking for revenge.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Gloria Grahame, Lloyd Bridges, Joanne Gilbert

Votes: 443

20. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Lynn Bari

Votes: 2,384

21. Chief Crazy Horse (1955)

Approved | 86 min | Biography, Drama, Western

This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund, Ray Danton

Votes: 692

22. Ramona (1910)

17 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. ... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Francis J. Grandon, Kate Bruce

Votes: 442

23. The Paleface (1922)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western

Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.

Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts

Votes: 3,269

24. The Last of the Mohicans (II) (1911)

Short, Drama, Western

During the French and Indian war, while America was still under the rule of England, Col. Munro was the commander of Fort William Henry, in New York State. His two daughters arrived from ... See full summary »

Director: Theodore Marston | Stars: James Cruze, Frank Hall Crane, William Russell, Alphonse Ethier

25. Back to the Woods (1919)

10 min | Comedy, Short

Harold plays the role of a millionaire kid who goes to the Canadian wilds to hunt. Bears follow him, but he fails to see them and wanders along looking always into the beyond for something ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Arthur Housman

Votes: 61

26. The Redman's View (1909)

14 min | Short, Western

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman ... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Owen Moore, Lottie Pickford, Kate Bruce, Charles Craig

Votes: 419

27. Leather Stocking (1909)

11 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

A short version of James Fenimore Cooper's famous tale about Natty Bumppo, or "Hawkeye," and his exploits during the French and Indian war.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Marion Leonard, Linda Arvidson, Mack Sennett

Votes: 22

28. The Last Drop of Water (1911)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Western

A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Joseph Graybill, Francis J. Grandon

Votes: 289

29. Hoboken to Hollywood (1926)

Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Billy is transferred to the California office, so he packs up his wife and mother in their jalopy and head west, encountering numerous comical adventures along the way--many at the expense of their road companions.

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Billy Bevan, Leonora Summers, Vernon Dent, Thelma Hill

Votes: 78

30. On Location (1921)

11 min | Short, Comedy

Snub is the gardener for a couple, and while they are away, a motion picture company comes and for five dollars Snub allows them to use the grounds for a war play. What they do to the house and grounds is a plenty.

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Noah Young, George Rowe

Votes: 16

31. The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917)

17 min | Short, Western

A Native Woman dies, and a town of men take in her orphaned daughter.

Director: Floyd France | Stars: Ivan Christy, Eugene Field, James Robert Chandler, William Wadsworth

Votes: 10

32. Red Skins and Red Heads (1941)

17 min | Short, Musical, Western

Singing cowboys stumble upon a students from a school for girls camping nearby. The cowpokes get things on their mind other than cows.

Director: Harry D'Arcy | Stars: Ray Whitley, The Six Bar Cowboys, Ricca Allen, Silver Tip Baker

Votes: 10

33. The Ben Stiller Show (1992–1995)
Episode: With Flea (1992)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Special guest star Flea joins the cast to introduce several comedy sketches. Sketches include: Hair Styling with Bruce featuring Gary Coleman; Woody Allen's Bride Of Frankenstein; Club Fredrick; Michael Pheret with Alex Karras;

Directors: John Fortenberry, Troy Miller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk

Votes: 49

34. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Out West (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

The development of the uniquely American film genre, the Western, is shown from its inception with archival footage and interviews with surviving artists.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Yakima Canutt, Olive Carey

Votes: 60