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1. The Postman (1997)

R | 177 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.

Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams

Votes: 78,346 | Gross: $17.63M

2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 132,466 | Gross: $5.01M

3. Dead Man (1995)

R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 103,115 | Gross: $1.04M

4. Appaloosa (2008)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons

Votes: 64,738 | Gross: $20.21M

5. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, History, Western

The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi

Votes: 13,495 | Gross: $18.64M

6. Comanche (1956)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, Western

Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon

Votes: 712

7. The Canyon (2009)

R | 102 min | Thriller

A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.

Director: Richard Harrah | Stars: Eion Bailey, Yvonne Strahovski, Will Patton, Wendy Worthington

Votes: 5,040 | Gross: $0.00M

8. The Mountain Men (1980)

R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle liquor and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht

Votes: 2,608

9. Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

139 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.

Director: Wen Jiang | Stars: Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa

Votes: 8,619 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Carmen (2003)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

Based on the novel by Prosper Merimee, CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man (Leonardo Sbaraglia) and a spoken-for woman, Carmen (Paz Vega). It is told in ... See full summary »

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Paz Vega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Antonio Dechent, Joan Crosas

Votes: 2,285

11. Comanche Station (1960)

Approved | 73 min | Drama, Western

A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier

Votes: 4,427

12. The Nevadan (1950)

Approved | 81 min | Western

A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker, Frank Faylen

Votes: 1,226

13. The Naked Hills (1956)

Approved | 72 min | Western

In 1849, an Indiana farmer develops a life-long gold fever and an obsession with finding the 'mother lode' in the Californian hills.

Director: Josef Shaftel | Stars: David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton, Marcia Henderson

Votes: 241

14. Merrill's Marauders (I) (1962)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan

Votes: 2,780

15. Out in the Open (2019)

103 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

In a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom.

Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: Luis Tosar, Luis Callejo, Jaime López, Vicente Romero

Votes: 1,591

16. 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: 673

17. The Lone Hand (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western

In 1870, widowed farmer Zachary Hallock secretly joins a group of outlaws as a solution to his money problems.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake

Votes: 562

18. King of the Royal Mounted (1940)

Approved | 211 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Canadian Tom Merritt has discovered a substance, Compound X, that will cure infantile paralysis, which he extracts from a mine at Caribou, Canada. A country at war with Canada (unnamed ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Allan Lane, Robert Strange, Robert Kellard, Lita Conway

Votes: 114

19. The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)

Approved | 92 min | Romance, War, Western

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 520

20. Thunder Trail (1937)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Western

A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Charles Bickford, Marsha Hunt, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 87

21. The Desert of the Lost (1927)

Passed | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Chased by Detective Murray and the posse, a wounded Jim Drake heads across the border into Mexico where he recuperates with the Wolfe's. When Murray arrives again, Jim heads into the desert... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Hal Taliaferro, Peggy Montgomery, William Dyer, Edward Cecil

Votes: 34

22. Border Treasure (1950)

Passed | 60 min | Western

Anita Castro is raising money for Mexican earthquake victims. Transporting valuables across the border, she is attacked by Bat and his gang. When Ed and Chito drive them off, they plan another attack.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Tim Holt, Jane Nigh, John Doucette, House Peters Jr.

Votes: 159

23. Seeing Spain (1953)

Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short

This Traveltalks entry looks at four of Spain's most famous cities, with an emphasis on the Moors and their influence on the country.

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 102

24. Packmule (2004)

10 min | Short, Drama, History

Steve, the egotistical corporate executive, plans to build an electricity generating plant in Brazilian rain forest. His brother Matt, suggests he may be doing the Brazilians more harm than... See full summary »

Director: Claire Soares | Stars: Steve Gibbons, Barbara Kerr Condon, Matthew Iott, April Wilson

25. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977–1978)
Episode: Beaver Dam (1977)

48 min | Adventure, Family, Western

A beaver colony dams up the river in Adams' valley, placing his cabin and surrounding wildlife at risk. Should Adams take Mad Jack's advice and destroy the dam and run out the beavers - or is there a more humane solution?

Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Don Shanks, Daniel

Votes: 29

26. New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode: Daffy in the Bayou/Bugs the Sherpa (2018)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Daffy in the Bayou - Elmer goes hunting for the title ingredient in his duck gumbo, but Daffy turns out to be not-so-cooperative prey. Bugs the Sherpa - Rhoda Roundhouse wants to be the ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Petrilak | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bergman, Yvette Nicole Brown, Matthew Craig

Votes: 11