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1. Sisu (2022)
R | 91 min | Action, War
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Director: Jalmari Helander | Stars: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
Votes: 75,763
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
R | 158 min | Drama
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer
Votes: 640,997 | Gross: $40.22M
3. Pale Rider (1985)
R | 115 min | Drama, Western
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Sydney Penny
Votes: 64,685 | Gross: $41.41M
4. Toy Story 2 (1999)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.
Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 619,543 | Gross: $245.85M
5. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest
Votes: 1,232
6. A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Western
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his newly found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried
Votes: 198,484 | Gross: $43.14M
7. Vanishing Point (1971)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger
Votes: 30,529
8. 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: 132,404 | Gross: $5.01M
9. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Votes: 10,030 | Gross: $20.66M
10. White Fang (I) (1991)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jed, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 22,446 | Gross: $34.79M
11. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin
Votes: 10,532 | Gross: $3.50M
12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)
TV-G | 47 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Paul Soles
Votes: 37,466
13. Nevada Smith (1966)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Western
A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 9,103 | Gross: $14.17M
14. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Passed | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon
Votes: 6,261 | Gross: $0.48M
15. Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who annoyed her.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, William Windom, Frances Fisher
Votes: 3,255
16. River of No Return (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Jean Negulesco | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig
Votes: 12,990
17. Batman (1943)
Approved | 260 min | Action, Crime, Family
The very first serial to adapt the comic book character of the Batman. In it, the Batman is a secret U.S. government agent, attempting to defeat the schemes of Japanese agent Dr. Daka operating in Los Angeles at the height of World War II.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson
Votes: 2,472
18. Night of the Lepus (1972)
PG | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 5,454
19. Dudley Do-Right (1999)
PG | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The inept Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-Right chases after villain Snidely Whiplash and woos girlfriend Nell Fenwick.
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Eric Idle
Votes: 11,385 | Gross: $9.69M
20. Oblivion (1994)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.
Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster
Votes: 1,629
21. Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
G | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Charlotte Sutter is kidnapped by Apaches, her brother Sam, aided by an old drunk prospector, goes searching for her.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Clint Ritchie
Votes: 752
22. Sierra (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Western
A tomboy frontier lawyer finds an outlaw and his son hiding out from a false murder charge.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger
Votes: 1,081
23. God's Little Acre (1958)
GP | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett
Votes: 2,091
24. Day of the Falcon (II) (2011)
R | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto
Votes: 12,609
25. 7 Men from Now (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Western
A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed
Votes: 5,996
26. Father Murphy (1981–1983)
Not Rated | 48 min | Drama, Family, Western
John Murphy leads a struggle against a mining boss that causes some children to be orphaned. he poses as a priest to circumvent the authorities. He and schoolteacher Mae struggle to provide everyday needs for two dozen children.
Stars: Merlin Olsen, Katherine Cannon, Timothy Gibbs, Moses Gunn
Votes: 342
27. Red Tomahawk (1967)
Approved | 82 min | Western
An army captain tries to convince the inhabitants of a village to hand him over two machine-guns so he can attack the indians.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Howard Keel, Joan Caulfield, Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady
Votes: 184
28. Three Godfathers (1936)
Passed | 81 min | Western
Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey
Votes: 963
29. Grand Star (2007– )
Sci-Fi
Based on the saga by French novelist Georges J. Arnaud. In the latter part of the 21st century, there is a cataclysmic explosion on the moon, which was being used as a nuclear waste dump and the earth is turned into a frozen mass of ice.
Stars: Tyler Johnston, Tammy Hui, Kyle Labine, James Gerard
Votes: 226
30. Massacre Time (1966)
M | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A prospector and his drunkard half-brother must fight a rancher and his sadistic son after they seize control of his farm.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Franco Nero, George Hilton, Linda Sini, Giuseppe Addobbati
Votes: 2,344
31. Mother Lode (1982)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
It's Silas McGee's gold. He just hasn't found it yet, although he's searched for his mother lode for more than 30 years in the remote high country of British Columbia.
Directors: Charlton Heston, Fraser C. Heston | Stars: Charlton Heston, Kim Basinger, Nick Mancuso, John Marley
Votes: 1,667
32. Day the World Ended (1955)
Approved | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-Apocalyptic world after an atomic war seven disparate people find themselves in a protected valley in the home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens, Mike Connors
Votes: 2,608
33. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
30 min | Western
Fictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.
Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Walter Lawrence, Mark Tapscott
Votes: 200
34. The Outrage (1964)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 2,523 | Gross: $3.92M
35. Frontier Marshal (1939)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 1,034
36. Lust for Gold (1949)
Passed | 90 min | Romance, Western
Fortune seeker Barry Storm stumbles onto some clues that may lead him to the fabulous Lost Dutchman Mine, but others have tried and been murdered.
Directors: S. Sylvan Simon, George Marshall | Stars: Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince
Votes: 1,699
37. Ambush (1950)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Western
In 1878, Ward Kinsman, a prospector and Indian scout, is persuaded by the US Cavalry to find Mary Carlyle, the daughter of a general, who has been taken by Apaches.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl, Don Taylor
Votes: 867
38. Road to Utopia (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 3,753
39. Inferno (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Larry Keating
Votes: 1,799
40. Inscryption (2021 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards.
Director: Daniel Mullins | Stars: Tahnee Langshaw, Kevin Saxby
Votes: 472
41. Dick Tracy (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta
Votes: 652
42. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Western
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley
Votes: 2,502
43. The River's Edge (1957)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr.
Votes: 1,378
44. Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
A famous Viennese ballerina flees Europe during the Austro-Prussian War and falls in love with an American bandit who looks like her deceased royal lover.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak
Votes: 373
45. Wings of the Hawk (1953)
Passed | 81 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
During the Mexican revolution of 1910, an American prospector gets involved with the revolutionaries after a corrupt Mexican official confiscates his mine.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Van Heflin, Julie Adams, Abbe Lane, George Dolenz
Votes: 323
46. Ice Cold Gold (2013–2015)
60 min | Reality-TV
Follows a spirited team of miners who are among the first Americans to prospect for precious metals and gems in parts of Greenland where humans never have set foot before.
Stars: Eric Drummond, Jesse Feldman, Josh Feldman, Jack Duggins
Votes: 335
47. High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Music, Musical
Pennsylvania, 1859. Railroad tycoon Brennan (Alan Hale) is muscling in on oil-drilling farmers, led by Peter Cortland (Randolph Scott). Cortland must try to save their oil business, while also saving his marriage to Sally (Irene Dunne).
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 408
48. Flaming Feather (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Western
In Arizona,during the 1870s, rancher Tex McCloud and cavalry Lt. Tom Blaine race to capture the famous renegade outlaw Ute leader known as the Sidewinder.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush
Votes: 438
49. Irmãos Coragem (1970–1971)
50 min | Drama, Romance
A simple and generous man is a prospector and finds a valuable diamond, which is stolen by the most powerful and unscrupulous man in the region, who has a sick daughter who suffers from triple personality, and for whom he falls in love.
Stars: Lúcia Alves, Maria Alves, Sônia Clara, Clementino Kelé
Votes: 90
50. Dazzle (1995 TV Movie)
181 min | Drama, Romance
Beautiful successful photographer battles evil half-sisters and evil land developers to keep the family ranch intact, following her father's death. In the midst of all this, she finds love and fulfillment.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Lisa Hartman, Cliff Robertson, James Farentino, Dixie Carter
Votes: 143