Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pioneer"

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. Reel Injun (2009)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Western

The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

Directors: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes | Stars: Adam Beach, Chris Eyre, Russell Means, John Trudell

Votes: 1,652

55. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War

Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins

Votes: 6,797 | Gross: $1.00M

56. The Space Race (2023)

91 min | Documentary, Biography

Explores the experiences of the first Black astronauts through decades of archive film and interviews in a reflective illumination on the burden of breaking barriers.

Directors: Lisa Cortes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza | Stars: Nichelle Nichols, Walter Cronkite, Octavia Butler, Mae C. Jemison

Votes: 220

57. Black Magic (1949)

Passed | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

Directors: Gregory Ratoff, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore

Votes: 1,468

58. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013)

PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Drama, History

Alone yet Not Alone is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, two immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom.

Directors: Ray Bengston, George D. Escobar | Stars: Kelly Greyson, Natalie Racoosin, Clay Walker, Jenn Gotzon

Votes: 976 | Gross: $0.67M

59. Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History

"From personal heartbreak to the epic fight for liberation, the glory of the Old West is captured in this grand life story of Sam Houston, the man whose bravery and vision led to the creation of Texas." -- from back of box

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian, Devon Ericson, Michael C. Gwynne

Votes: 454

60. Follow the River (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Drama

An "inspirational" saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee Native Americans.

Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Eric Schweig, Tim Guinee

Votes: 515

61. Carlotta (2014 TV Movie)

91 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the extraordinary life of the iconic Les Girls headliner and Australian transgender pioneer, Jessica Marais, stars as Carlotta. A universal story about identity, family, tolerance ... See full summary »

Director: Samantha Lang | Stars: Jessica Marais, Anita Hegh, Eamon Farren, Andrew Lees

Votes: 392

62. Story of Science Fiction (2018)

60 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

An exploration into the science fiction genre, with some of the greatest pioneers of the genre.

Stars: James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Gary K. Wolfe

Votes: 1,434

63. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.

Director: Pamela B. Green | Stars: Jodie Foster, Alice Guy, Pamela B. Green, Catherine Hardwicke

Votes: 1,128 | Gross: $0.10M

64. Brigham Young (1940)

Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 1,144

65. The New Force

Crime, Drama, History | Pre-production

The year is 1958, and Sweden's first female police officers graduate; a small group of pioneers taking a big step for gender equality but struggling to take even the smallest step ... See full summary »

Stars: Josefin Asplund, Agnes Rase, Malin Persson

66. The Campbells (1986–1990)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Doctor James Campbell, a widower, moves to Upper Canada with his three children. Taking place during the 1830s, the family and their community deal with both adventure and misfortune.

Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith

Votes: 92

67. 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: 109

68. 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

69. Keeping the Promise (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

In this gripping coming of age survival saga, a colonial family seeks a new life in the uncharted Maine wilderness in 1768. Their hopes, dreams, and survival are put to the supreme test when 13-year-old Matt is left to protect their claim.

Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Keith Carradine, Annette O'Toole, Brendan Fletcher, Gordon Tootoosis

Votes: 349

70. Dynasty (1976 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The story of a pioneer family in the early 1800s that seeks its fortunes on the Ohio frontier.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Sarah Miles, Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Harrison Ford

Votes: 222

71. Legacy (1993)

53 min | Drama, History, Western

The story of the Mormon pioneers from the 1830's to the 1890's. The movie follows the experiences of Eliza Williams from New York to Missouri to Illinois to Utah. Eliza endures sickness, ... See full summary »

Director: Kieth Merrill | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Benton Jennings, Steve Abolt, Neill Barry

Votes: 528

72. Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint (2019)

94 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The first abstract artist was a woman, misjudged and concealed, Hilma Klint rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre.

Director: Halina Dyrschka | Stars: Ernst Peter Fischer, Julia Voss, Anna Laestadius Larsson, Valeria Napoleone

Votes: 492

73. Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Dern, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 446

74. The Lady with a Lamp (1951)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History, War

Florence Nightingale struggled to gain access to battlefield hospitals during the Crimean War for her nursing staff. But by succeeding, she improved sanitary medical conditions for wounded soldiers, changing the course of medical history.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Gladys Young, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 229

75. Ride the Man Down (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Western

Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Forrest Tucker

Votes: 237

76. Flaming Frontier (1965)

G | 93 min | Adventure, Western

Old Surehand and Old Wabble are trailing a killer, but on the way they also intervene in a dispute between the Comanche and the settlers.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Larry Pennell, Letícia Román

Votes: 1,688

77. 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: 217

78. 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: 850

79. Dream West (1986)

Biography, Drama, Western

Follows Fremont as he chosen to lead the journey into the Oregon Territory with the help of Kit Carson.

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Benny Gibson, Alice Krige, F. Murray Abraham

Votes: 138

80. The Great Water (2004)

93 min | Drama, War

Based on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.

Director: Ivo Trajkov | Stars: Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska

Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.01M

81. Csinibaba (1997)

100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In 1962, while Gagarin flew around the Earth and others prepared for World War III, no event has happened in Hungary since a certain year, and it looked like nothing will for at least 30 ... See full summary »

Director: Péter Tímár | Stars: János Gálvölgyi, Sándor Almási, Anita Tóth, Gábor Reviczky

Votes: 2,285

82. Buckaroo Bugs (1944)

TV-Y7 | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs is the Masked Marauder, a carrot thief whom Brooklyn's Red Hot Ryder must try to bring to justice.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 783

83. Wagons West (1952)

Passed | 70 min | Western

Jeff Curtis (Rod Cameron), a wagon-master on his way to accept the job of leading a pioneer train from Joplin, Missouri to the Oregon territory, picks up Ben Wilkins (Michael Chapin), a ... See full summary »

Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Rod Cameron, Noah Beery Jr., Peggie Castle, Michael Chapin

Votes: 147

84. Cheyenne Warrior (1994)

PG | 90 min | Action, Western

An interracial love story, set in the turbulent wild west, stirs up tensions between the Indians and the settlers.

Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Kelly Preston, Bo Hopkins, Dan Haggerty, Clint Howard

Votes: 529

85. The Legend of Johnny Appleseed (1948)

19 min | Adventure, Musical, Animation

A retelling of the life of the legendary American itinerant apple tree planter.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dennis Day, Dal McKennon

Votes: 925

86. Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by ... See full summary »

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan, Diane McBain

Votes: 88

87. Monsters We Met (2003– )

TV-PG | Documentary, Adventure, History

The first episode shows audiences the American Serengeti that was once North America, and the unearthing of a Clovis child who came from some of the earliest settlers of Montana. The people... See full summary »

Stars: Ian Holm, William Hootkins, Teo Ao Tahara-Reese, Toa Waaka

Votes: 88

88. Slammer (I)

Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Completed

A female-led, independent, sci-fi thriller about a pioneering British medical scientist called Ann Waterman. After making a scientific breakthrough she is kidnapped and awakes in a ... See full summary »

Director: Ted Byron Baybutt | Stars: Flora Montgomery, Felicity Kendal, Victoria Emslie, James Atherton

89. Kino Eye (1924)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary

This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers around the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly busy, pasting propaganda posters on walls,... See full summary »

Director: Dziga Vertov

Votes: 1,199

90. Right to Fight (2023)

90 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Sky Original documentary revealing how the pioneers of women's boxing battled the odds to find their place in the ring.

Director: Georgina Cammalleri | Stars: Cathy Davis, Marian Trimiar, Mike Silver, Sue Fox

Votes: 70

91. Savage Journey (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, History, Western

A story of the settling in the West and the hardship and determination it took to do it.

Director: Tom McGowan | Stars: Maurice Grandmaison, Paul Wharton, John Mason, Stephen Cracroft

Votes: 157

92. Homesteader Droopy (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Homesteaders are not popular in cattle country, so when the cows complain to Dishonest Dan, The Cattle Man, he makes it tough on the Droopy family.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Colleen Collins, Paul Frees

Votes: 578

93. Zavist bogov (2000)

135 min | Drama, Romance

1983 Television editor Sonya and French translator Andre met in Moscow and fell in love. Sonya has a teenage son and a husband, a successful writer. Andre also has family in Paris. And ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Menshov | Stars: Vera Alentova, Anatoliy Lobotskiy, Aleksandr Feklistov, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 365

94. Sunshine Superman (2014)

PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.

Director: Marah Strauch | Stars: Carl Boenish, Pat Sajak, Phil Donahue, Selia Hansen

Votes: 1,468 | Gross: $0.09M

95. Dhyasparva (2001)

135 min | Biography, Drama, History

Biographical film based on life events and work of visionary Raghunath Dhondo Karve. Film showcases events from his childhood, education, and work done for birth-control, health, and family planning.

Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Seema Biswas, Nishith Dadhich, Mohan Gokhale, Kishore Kadam

Votes: 41

96. The Rochdale Pioneers (2012)

57 min | Drama, Family, History

The story is set in 1844 when a group of working-class people from the town of Rochdale came together to change the unfair society they were living in. Fed up with dishonest and corrupt ... See full summary »

Directors: Adam Lee Hamilton, John Montegrande | Stars: John Henshaw, Jordan Dawes, Andrew London, Michael Purcell

Votes: 63

97. Crac (1980)

15 min | Animation, Short, Drama

The industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.

Director: Frédéric Back

Votes: 1,639

98. Dear America: Standing in the Light (1999 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 29 min | Drama, Family, History

A teenage Quaker farm girl is abducted by Indians in 1750s Pennsylvania.

Director: Stacey Stewart Curtis | Stars: Madeleine Bergeron, C. David Johnson, Jane Johanson, Jennifer Podemski

Votes: 86

99. The New Gulliver (1935)

75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

While hearing the story of "Gulliver's Travels", a young Russian boy dreams that he is the title character on the island of Lilliput.

Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Vladimir Konstantinov, Ivan Yudin, Ivan Bobrov, Fyodor Brest

Votes: 379

100. Marie-Anne (1978)

88 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

About a young married woman who, after a kidnapping, becomes attached to an Indian.

Director: Martin Walters | Stars: Andrée Pelletier, John Juliani, Tantoo Cardinal, David Schurmann

Votes: 28