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51. The Lion King (1997)
TV-G | Musical
Disney's #1 hit musical, based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated feature film of the same name.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Tsidii Leloka, John Vickery, Geoff Hoyle, Samuel E. Wright
Votes: 103
52. Sweet Country (2017)
R | 113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill
Votes: 9,285 | Gross: $0.10M
53. Adu (2020)
TV-MA | 119 min | Drama
Three people, three stories, one thing in common: Africa.
Director: Salvador Calvo | Stars: Luis Tosar, Álvaro Cervantes, Anna Castillo, Moustapha Oumarou
Votes: 5,460
54. Pioneer Woman (1973 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Western
Despite some initial hesitations, a family from the East decides to try their luck by settling in the harsh and dangerous West in 1867.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Joanna Pettet, William Shatner, David Janssen, Lance LeGault
Votes: 358
55. Northwest Passage (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Directors: King Vidor, Jack Conway, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 3,912
56. Against the Wind (1978)
617 min | Drama, History, Western
Eighteen-year-old Mary Mulvane gets convicted for trying to get back her father's cow. She has to endure the travel in a prison ship from Ireland and living the life of a convict in Australia.
Stars: Mary Larkin, Kerry McGuire, Jon English, Warwick Sims
Votes: 948
57. In July (2000)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Üner
Votes: 22,857
58. Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (1987–1988)
Not Rated | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the distant future, a team of four high-tech Star Sheriffs defends frontier space colony Yuma from outlaws, as well as Outriders, an army of humanoid alien beings called Vapors, led by mysterious Nemesis, who need Yuma's resources.
Stars: Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman, Pat Fraley, Pat Musick
Votes: 2,603
59. Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Approved | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Nat Cutler, known as Hawkeye, is a fur trader. With his faithful Indian companion Chingachgook, the last of the Mohican tribe, he fights to protect settlers against the raiding Huron Indians.
Stars: John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Bill Walsh, John Vernon
Votes: 272
60. The Tracker (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western
Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman. Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Votes: 3,304
61. Barbary Coast (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Mary Rutledge arrives from the East, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in 1850s San Francisco.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan
Votes: 2,052
62. All the Rivers Run (1983–1990)
400 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Orphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
Stars: Sigrid Thornton, John Waters, Darius Perkins, John Alansu
Votes: 715
63. Catlow (1971)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Western
An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to Mexico to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy, Daliah Lavi
Votes: 1,379 | Gross: $0.24M
64. The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.
Director: Matthew Holmes | Stars: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee, Joanne Dobbin
Votes: 2,345
65. The Substitute Wife (1994 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Lea Thompson, Peter Weller, Karis Paige Bryant
Votes: 588
66. Propaganda (1999)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehdi is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain ... See full summary »
Director: Sinan Çetin | Stars: Metin Akpinar, Kemal Sunal, Meltem Cumbul, Rafet El Roman
Votes: 10,154
67. The Awakening Land (1978)
333 min | Drama
Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Hal Holbrook, Jane Seymour, Steven Keats
Votes: 480
68. Sierra Stranger (1957)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After penniless miner Jess Collins saves Sonny Grover from two men he calls claim jumpers, he heads for the town of Colton. There Grover's brother grub stakes him and he waits for his claim... See full summary »
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Howard Duff, Gloria McGehee, Dick Foran, John Hoyt
Votes: 123
69. Santa Fe (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Western
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson
Votes: 1,143
70. The War Is Over (1966)
121 min | Drama, War
A middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté
Votes: 2,447
71. Love's Unending Legacy (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A widow (Erin Cottrell) and her son return home to be near her parents.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Victor Browne, Samantha Smith
Votes: 1,744
72. Un été inoubliable (1994)
82 min | Drama, Romance, War
Romania in the 1920s. Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont, Olga Tudorache, George Constantin
Votes: 1,106 | Gross: $0.07M
73. Hangman's Knot (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A Confederate Major and his troops are falsely led to believe the Civil War is not over, and become wanted men after they attack a Union Army wagon train in Nevada.
Director: Roy Huggins | Stars: Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman Jr., Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,763
74. Wild Times (1980)
195 min | Drama, Western
A sharpshooting saddle tramp with a price on his head falls for the daughter of a wealthy ranch owner. He vows to win enough money in shooting contests to win her father's approval, but ... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Bruce Boxleitner, Penny Peyser
Votes: 251
75. Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Western
A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige
Votes: 1,700
76. Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Western
In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Charles McGraw
Votes: 956
77. 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
78. North West Mounted Police (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,832
79. La petite mort (I) (2009)
76 min | Horror, Thriller
Three friends, Simon, Nina and Dodo, travel to Mallorca but their flight is delayed in Frankfurt. Accidentally they get mugged and wind up at a restaurant called "Maison de la Petite Mort",... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Walz | Stars: Manoush, Andreas Pape, Inés Zahmoul, Anna Habeck
Votes: 277
80. The Badlanders (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Western
Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge but their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly
Votes: 1,689
81. To the Last Man (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Western
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 676
82. 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: 1,821
83. Frontier House (2002– )
History, Reality-TV
Modern families time-travel to 1883 Montana for homesteading, learning hard work, community, and sacrifices. Back in 21st century, they reflect on past and present values.
Stars: Kathryn Walker, Adrienne Clune, Justin Clune, Kristen Brooks
Votes: 528
84. Song of the Loon (1970)
X | 79 min | Drama, Romance, Western
The journey of 19th-century frontiersman Ephraim MacIver and the adventures, stories, and homosexual relationships he had with other men in the American wilderness.
Directors: Andrew Herbert, Scott Hanson | Stars: John Iverson, Morgan Royce, Lancer Ward, Jon Evans
Votes: 125
85. The Squaw Man (1914)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.
Directors: Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston, Mrs. A.W. Filson
Votes: 1,051 | Gross: $0.53M
86. The Chisholms (1979– )
60 min | Romance, Western
The adventures of the Chisholm family as they travel west in 1844.
Stars: Rosemary Harris, Ben Murphy, James Van Patten, Susan Swift
Votes: 145
87. Angel and the Bad Man (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A notorious gunfighter renounces violence upon falling in love with a Quaker woman, but must pick up his guns again when an old foe returns.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Deborah Kara Unger, Luke Perry, Terence Kelly
Votes: 518
88. Gun Belt (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Outlaw Matt Ringo escapes prison and wants to co-opt his former outlaw brother Billy into robbing a Wells Fargo money shipment, but Billy has gone straight, the town Marshal is Wyatt Earp, and the Clinton gang wants in on the deal.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: George Montgomery, Tab Hunter, Helen Westcott, John Dehner
Votes: 388
89. Frontier Circus (1961–1962)
60 min | Western
A one-ring circus travels through the American West in the 1880's.
Stars: Chill Wills, John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, J. Pat O'Malley
Votes: 77
90. Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2000– )
60 min | History, Reality-TV
Two couples assume the lives of early settlers to the West. Using only the resources and tools of the period, they will attempt to build homes, raise livestock, hunt and grow crops.
Stars: Tom Anniko, Brian Hartigan, Alana Logie, Frank Logie
Votes: 218
91. Rush (1974–1976)
50 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Stories of the lives of people living in and around the goldfields in the Australian bush during the 1850's.
Stars: John Waters, Max Meldrum, Alain Doutey, Vincent Ball
Votes: 88
92. Of Human Hearts (1938)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Western
Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Walter Huston, James Stewart, Gene Reynolds, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 1,360
93. Caddie Woodlawn (1989)
TV-G | 104 min | Adventure, Family
The exciting adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy growing up in the Wisconsin frontier of the 1860s. Based on the children's book.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Melissa Clayton, Comet, Victor DiMattia, Aron Eisenberg
Votes: 110
94. The Last Frontier (1986 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A single mother from LA marries an Australian cattle rancher following a whirlwind courtship. He returns to Australia ahead of her and her two children, and dies before they arrive. His ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Linda Evans, Jack Thompson, Jason Robards, Judy Morris
Votes: 167
95. Kentucky Rifle (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Western
While the wagon train forges ahead, a few people stay behind to repair a disabled rifle-filled wagon but they have to contend with one another's ego and with aggressive Comanches who demand the rifles as payment for safe passage.
Director: Carl K. Hittleman | Stars: Chill Wills, Lance Fuller, Cathy Downs, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 289
96. The Great Man's Lady (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens
Votes: 851
97. The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Jeanne Crain, George Nader, Kitty Kallen, Bert Lahr
Votes: 147
98. The Naked Country (1985)
90 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A rancher comes in conflict with a gang of renegade Aborigines on the run from their tribe's posse. They try to kill him, but he gets away and hides in the woods. His posh wife and her lover, a local alcoholic cop, go to rescue him.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: John Stanton, Rebecca Gilling, Ivar Kants, Tommy Lewis
Votes: 121
99. Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)
98 min | Drama, History, War
In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a ... See full summary »
Directors: Vijay Raaz, Karan Arora | Stars: Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi Chadha, Raj Zutshi, Vishwajeet Pradhan
Votes: 1,930
100. The Desperate Mission (1969 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Slim Pickens, Roosevelt Grier, Jim McMullan
Votes: 153