Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "wounded-knee-massacre"

1. Hidalgo (2004)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard

Votes: 85,663 | Gross: $67.29M

2. Into the West (2005)

TV-14 | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Tales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.

Stars: Joseph M. Marshall, Irene Bedard, Gil Birmingham, John Terry

Votes: 7,571

3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 133 min | Drama, History, Western

A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin

Votes: 7,469

4. Skins (2002)

R | 84 min | Crime, Drama

An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux brothers living on the Pine Ridge reservation.

Director: Chris Eyre | Stars: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Noah Watts

Votes: 1,561 | Gross: $0.24M

5. 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

6. Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama

Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Charles Abourezk, Dave Bald Eagle, Lawrence Bayne, Edgar Bear Runner

Votes: 331

7. William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

The life of the great American lawyer and advocate for the political underdog, William Kunstler.

Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler | Stars: Herman Badillo, Harry Belafonte, Clyde Bellecourt, Daniel Berrigan

Votes: 341 | Gross: $0.06M

8. From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter's Journey (2019 TV Movie)

88 min | Documentary

A rookie NPR reporter on his first assignment, covering the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973, is treated as the enemy and ultimately arrested by the FBI for defying ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin McKiernan

9. Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations (1992)

57 min | Documentary, History

Tells the story of the Si Tanka Wokiksuye; 'The Bigfoot Memorial Ride'. At first a small group, but eventually 300 Lakota Sioux Indian horseback riders with support crews of hundreds more, ... See full summary »

Directors: Fidel Moreno, Gary Rhine

Votes: 19

10. Violence: An American Tradition (1995 TV Movie)

Documentary

Explores violence in various periods of American history. It examines how white Europeans who came to America, beginning with Columbus, used violence and weaponry to dominate and control groups different from themselves.

Star: Julian Bond

Votes: 30

11. Citizen Lane (2013)

102 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Pauley Perrette's debut documentary profiles the extraordinary life of civil rights attorney, activist and 'freedom rider' Mark Lane. The film is a personal journey of a man who played a ... See full summary »

Director: Pauley Perrette | Stars: Dick Gregory, Steve Jaffe, Mark Lane, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 14

12. Cangleska Wakan (2010)

Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary

Cangleska Wakan addresses the 'Sacred Hoop' of the Lakota Nation through candid and revealing opinions from contributors on various reservations in South Dakota.

Director: Aitken Pearson | Stars: Tim Apell, Roland Bisonette, Dallas Chief Eagle, Ryan M. Hall

Votes: 9

13. Into the West (2005)
Episode: Ghost Dance (2005)

TV-14 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Ghost Dance.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Irene Bedard, Gil Birmingham, Joanna Going, Joseph M. Marshall

Votes: 143

14. 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