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1. The Revenant (I) (2015)
R | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 876,674 | Gross: $183.64M
2. How the West Was Won (1962)
G | 164 min | Adventure, War, Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
Votes: 23,403 | Gross: $46.50M
3. Ravenous (1999)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies
Votes: 43,343 | Gross: $2.06M
4. Meek's Cutoff (2010)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Will Patton
Votes: 15,251 | Gross: $0.98M
5. Young Ones (2014)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive.
Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning
Votes: 10,386
6. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Approved | 140 min | War, Western
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 6,935
7. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,395
8. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
GP | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Percy Herbert
Votes: 3,486
9. Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down.
Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Jay Duplass
Votes: 10,862 | Gross: $7.12M
10. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott
Votes: 5,163 | Gross: $0.67M
11. Son of the Morning Star (1991)
PG-13 | 187 min | Biography, History, Western
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
Stars: Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette, Stanley Anderson, Edward Blatchford
Votes: 1,063
12. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
R | 127 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings
Votes: 43,893 | Gross: $14.36M
13. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,551
14. Juarez (1939)
Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,557
15. Fighting Caravans (1931)
Passed | 92 min | Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
Directors: Otto Brower, David Burton | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall
Votes: 724
16. Battle of Little Bighorn (2020)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
The U.S. expands westward after the Civil War displacing the last of the free-roaming Native Americans onto Reservations. This show focuses special attention on General George A. Custer and... See full summary »
Director: Molly Hermann | Stars: Steve Alexander, Kirk Chapman, Ron Glasgow, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
Votes: 111
17. Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
108 min | Comedy, Western
A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 956
18. Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts (2022)
61 min | Documentary, History
It tells the story of Buffalo Soldiers, the name given to African-American regiments who fought in the U.S. military in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Director: Dru Holley | Stars: Ayanna Berkshire, Darrell Millner, Quintard Taylor, Anthony L. Powell
Votes: 56
19. Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 (2011)
87 min | Documentary
A shocking political expose, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity and justice after decades of top-secret human radiation experiments conducted on them by the U.S. government.
Director: Adam Jonas Horowitz | Stars: Holly Barker, Steven V. Carey, Tony de Brum, Howard Hills
Votes: 36
20. Trails of Hope and Terror the Movie (2017)
53 min | Documentary
Why do immigrants from Latin America cross borders? Looking for opportunities or free social services? Centuries of territorial conquest, gunboat diplomacy, military invasion and trade ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent De La Torre
21. Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive (1983 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, War
A historical account of Nicaragua in the context of US interventions in Latin America.
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Xavier Gorostiaga, Néstor Sánchez
Votes: 32
22. Dead Buffalo (2009)
85 min | Drama, Western
Charlie Johnson is terminally ill. Though estranged from his family, he maintains contact with his two sons, Dustin and Dennis. His sons have taken divergent paths: Dennis volunteers his ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Koszulinski | Stars: Drew Blair, Scot Davis, Matt Devine, Shamrock McShane
Votes: 5
23. Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny (2017)
TV-14 | 7 min | Documentary, Short
Roaming Souls - The Buffalo Soldiers and the Apache - A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier regiments.
Director: Alexander Zane Irwin | Star: Robert Keith Collins
24. Homestead: Manifest Destiny (2012)
Short, Western
Director: Gala Goliani | Stars: Ronnie Clark, Frances Green, Will Green, Natalie Shaheen
25. On the Line (2007)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
An act of civil disobedience at America's largest ongoing protest brings graduate student Brian DeRouen face-to-face with the pressing constitutional issues of today. His non-violent action... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Glenn, Jason A. Schmidt | Stars: Roy Bourgeois, Brian DeRouen, John Perkins, Helen Prejean
Votes: 35
26.
Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003– )
Episode:
The Story We Tell
(2003)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Tracy Heather Strain | Stars: Richard Allen, Lee D. Baker, Mia Bay, Ira Berlin
Votes: 5
27.
Oregon Experience (2006– )
Episode:
The Modoc War
(2011)
Documentary
During 1872 and 1873, a small band of Modoc tribe warriors fought off a thousand US soldiers trying to run them from their land. The Modoc tribe's effort to defend their territory became known as the Modoc War.
Stars: Boyd Cothran, Taylor David, Kevin Fields, Fernando Herrera
28.
Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–2009)
Episode:
Elbow Room
(1976)
TV-Y | 4 min | Animation, Short, Family
The Schoolhouse Rock view of America's westward expansion.
Stars: Sue Manchester, Bob Dorough
Votes: 39
29.
La case du siècle (2010– )
Episode:
Far West, l'histoire oubliée
(2022)
55 min | Documentary, History, War
At a time when a wall is being built to isolate the United States from Mexico, a photographer retraces another border, that of before 1848 and the annexation of these Mexican territories ... See full summary »
Directors: Mathilde Damoisel, Tomas van Houtryve | Stars: Gomeo Bobelu, Kenny Bowekaty, Nancy Melendez, Bernadette Therese Ortiz Peña
Votes: 6
30.
Biographics (2017– )
Episode:
James K. Polk: The Greatest American President You've Never Heard Of
(2021)
26 min | Documentary, Biography, History
James Polk entered the White House from obscurity as a dark horse candidate. But as a protegee of Andrew Jackson he was a master politician who accomplished everything he intended during ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
31.
Biographics (2017– )
Episode:
James Buchanan: Was This Man America's Worst President?
(2021)
25 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Devestated by personal tragedy James Buchanan focus all his efforts on politics and grew to become and powerful national leader who tried to straddle America's serious issues in hopes of ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
32.
Decoded (2010–2012)
Episode:
Rushmore
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
Does Mount Rushmore, one of America's greatest icons of Democracy have a more sinister meaning? Buddy, Mac and Scott travel to Big Sky country to decode the intended message possibly hidden within this great American symbol.
Star: Jesse Larner
Votes: 22
33.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Jeff Deist on National Divorce, Monetary Policy, and "Experts"
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Jeff Deist
34.
The American Buffalo (2023)
Episode:
Blood Memory
(2023)
Documentary, History
America's national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Gerard Baker, George Horse Capture Jr., Tantoo Cardinal
Votes: 76
35.
The American Buffalo (2023)
Episode:
Into the Storm
(2023)
Documentary, History
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Adam Arkin, Gerard Baker, Tokala Black Elk
Votes: 60
36.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Get Approved for Testicle Removal in 22 Minutes or Less!
(2023 Podcast Episode)
64 min | News, Talk-Show
37.
The Power of Film (2024)
Episode:
Part 2 - Trapped Between Fate & Destiny
(2024)
TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary
Nearly all memorable stories, whether told in movies or in real life, are about traps. The most memorable are generally about the loss, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph the central character must engage in to escape their trap.
Director: Laura Gabbert | Star: Howard Suber
Votes: 63
38.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Empire's Border: Part II - A Hidden War
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Bill Clinton, Abby Martin, Todd Miller, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 9