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1. The Sign of Zorro (1958)

G | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A masked vigilante battles a corrupt commandant by night while masquerading as an aristocrat by day.

Directors: Lewis R. Foster, Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Romney Brent

Votes: 1,277

2. Dancing Pirate (1936)

Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!

Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Luis Alberni

Votes: 387

3. Frontier Uprising (1961)

Approved | 68 min | Western

A trail guide leading a wagon train to the West in the 1840s discovers that the U.S. and Mexico are at war.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Nancy Hadley, Ken Mayer, Nestor Paiva

Votes: 190

4. Pirates of Monterey (1947)

Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Maria Montez, Rod Cameron, Mikhail Rasumny, Phillip Reed

Votes: 145

5. Mark of the Renegade (1951)

Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Romance, Western

Set in 19th century California Marcos Zappa goes undercover as a pirate to expose the crooked Don Pedro Garcia.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, J. Carrol Naish, Gilbert Roland

Votes: 249

6. Rose of the Rancho (1914)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Esra Kincaid takes land by force, and having taken the Espinoza land, he sets his sight on the Castro rancho U.S. Government Agent Kearney holds him off until the cavalry shows up and he ... See full summary »

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Bessie Barriscale, Jane Darwell, Dick La Reno, Jack W. Johnston

Votes: 45 | Gross: $0.09M

7. Northwest Outpost (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, Music

The daughter of a Russian general arrives at Fort Ross American outpost with a slightly credible motive, hiding her true reasons which have to do with treason and blackmail. Yet she can not... See full summary »

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Joseph Schildkraut, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 128

8. Joaquin Murrieta (1938)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Biography, Drama

This MGM Historical Mystery tells the story of Joaquin Murrieta, who terrorized California in the mid-19th century with acts of robbery, arson, and murder. They were carried out in response... See full summary »

Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Shepperd Strudwick, Carey Wilson, Arthur Aylesworth, Horace B. Carpenter

Votes: 74

9. The Cavalier (1928)

Passed | Action, Adventure, Drama

The story takes place in old Mexico, where a masked rider (Talmadge) and an impoverished girl (Bedford) fall in love, against her father's wishes. When she leaves with him, her father sends... See full synopsis »

Director: Irvin Willat | Stars: Richard Talmadge, Barbara Bedford, Nora Cecil, David Torrence

Votes: 21

10. The Californian (1937)

Approved | 59 min | Action, History, Romance

Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them.

Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille, Maurice Black

Votes: 61

11. For the Soul of Rafael (1920)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Marta Estevan is ready to leave the convent where she has been reared. Dona Luisa Artega, mother of Rafael and the young girl's guardian, arranges a marriage between the two, because she ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Garson | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Bertram Grassby, Eugenie Besserer, Juan de la Cruz

Votes: 16

12. Dos Almas (2013)

16 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

In 1850 deep in the western wilderness, women meet. Two-Spirit natures are revealed when worlds collide......

Director: L. Danielle Villegas

13. Las campanas de Capistrano (1930)

Passed | 66 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In the 1830s, the tyrannical Spanish governor in old California finds himself in the midst of a rebellion and is out to get the rebel leader. A senorita, whose father is being persecuted by... See full summary »

Director: Leon De La Mothe | Stars: Corazón Montes, Luis Ibargüen, Richard Bell Jr., Roberto Saa Silva

14. The Military Post (1930)

Passed | 7 min | Short, Musical

A tenor sings amidst blue-coated soldiers.

Director: Roy Mack | Star: Roberto E. Guzmán