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1. Wind River (2017)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.

Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille

Votes: 280,879 | Gross: $33.80M

2. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

GP | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee

Votes: 35,028 | Gross: $47.74M

3. A Man Called Horse (1970)

R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.

Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou

Votes: 9,367 | Gross: $1.94M

4. Silver River (1948)

Passed | 110 min | Romance, Western

After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 1,548

5. Bend of the River (1952)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams

Votes: 9,911

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: 5,295

7. Kit Carson (1940)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, Western

Indian fighter, trapper and frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train of settlers from Fort Bridger, along the Oregon Trail through Shoshone territory, to California which plans to secede from Mexico.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber

Votes: 625

8. 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: 1,282

9. 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: 1,856

10. Rocky Mountain (1950)

Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In California during the Civil War, a Confederate patrol and a Union troop must set their differences aside in order to survive a Shoshone attack.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Votes: 1,322

11. Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of his old friend threatens their burgeoning relationship.

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum, Gary Gray

Votes: 2,757

12. Grayeagle (1977)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In this variant of The Searchers (1956), a tough frontier trapper tracks the young Cheyenne warrior who kidnapped his daughter.

Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Ben Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody, Lana Wood, Jack Elam

Votes: 693

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: 1,299

14. Escort West (1959)

Passed | 75 min | Western

An ex-Confederate officer and his young daughter, traveling West, rescue two women survivors of an Indian attack.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue, Reba Waters

Votes: 616

15. Amongst Vultures (1964)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace between settlers and Indians.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Pierre Brice, Götz George, Elke Sommer, Stewart Granger

Votes: 1,818

16. Walk Tall (1960)

Approved | 61 min | Western

In order to keep peace, an Army captain hunts a gang leader for raiding Indians.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Willard Parker, Joyce Meadows, Kent Taylor, Russ Bender

Votes: 86

17. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Beginning (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Cartwrights find Billy Horn, a young man who was taken captive and raised by the Shoshone. He comes to live with them and befriends them, as they try to re-accustom him to the white ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Votes: 106

18. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Girl Who Walked the West (1967)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Sacagawea leads the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Victoria Vetri, Don Matheson, Dick Simmons, Victor French

Votes: 35

19. Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode: The Samaritan (1959)

30 min | Western

Hoby finds a man on the trail with his leg caught in a bear trap and releases him. The man then knocks Hoby out, steals his horse and gun and leaves him caught in the bear trap.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Robert Culp, Rita Moreno, Charles Aidman, Chill Wills

Votes: 28

20. State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode: The Sound of Death (1957)

30 min | Drama

Blake is called as a witness in a million-dollar lawsuit against the U.S. government.

Director: John English | Stars: Rod Cameron, Roy Engel, Robert Stevenson, Laurie Mitchell

Votes: 8

21. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: Retribution

26 min | Adventure, Family, Western

While the fort's commander is away, a young martinet sentences a Shoshone Indian to death based upon perjured testimony. Banner tries to delay the execution of the sentence until he can ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Tom Harvey, Teresa Celli

22. Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode: The Yellow Apron (1978)

TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the early 1800s, French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel lives in the Rockies with Clay Basket and has children with her; he later travels to St. Louis to visit his wife Lise who is raising their daughter.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad

Votes: 145

23. The Great Indian Wars 1540-1890 (1991– )
Episode: The Indians (1991)

Documentary

For the most part the Plains Indians were very diverse in their cultures which are profiled in some detail. But a common aspect was their horse culture made possible when the Spanish, ... See full summary »

Votes: 6

24. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Aingavite Baa (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Patrick is forced to turn to a woman with amnesia to help solve a murder case on an Indian reservation, while special agent Hightower delivers an ultimatum to Rigsby and Van Pelt about their personal relationship.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,334