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1. Shanghai Noon (2000)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Chinese man travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped Princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.

Director: Tom Dey | Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill

Votes: 135,319 | Gross: $56.94M

2. Thunderheart (1992)

R | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward

Votes: 17,163 | Gross: $22.66M

3. Rough Riders (1997)

16+ | 240 min | Action, Drama, History

Undersecretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt resigns to form a volunteer militia unit called "The Rough Riders" to fight in the Spanish-American War.

Stars: Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey, Brad Johnson

Votes: 2,287

4. Bronco (1958–1962)

60 min | Western

A former confederate soldier wanders the old west, and meets such famous characters as Jesse James, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Stars: Ty Hardin, Robert Colbert, Clyde Howdy, Mike Road

Votes: 393

5. The White Squaw (1956)

Approved | 75 min | Western

Faced with heavy opposition from local ranchers, a white Indian woman desperately seeks help for her tribe struggling to survive on a reservation.

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop, Nancy Hale

Votes: 166

6. Little Big Horn (1951)

Not Rated | 86 min | Western

A small band of cavalry attempt to warn Custer of an impending massacre. Friction develops when commander of the patrol suspects his subordinate of having an affair with his wife.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Marie Windsor, Reed Hadley

Votes: 490 | Gross: $0.52M

7. Buffalo Bill (1964)

93 min | Drama, Western

Renegade Indians, led by Yellow Hand, are being sold guns by Donaldson. Buffalo Bill is sent to stop the arms trading and avert an Indian war.

Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Gordon Scott, Ingeborg Schöner, Catherine Ribeiro, Jan Hendriks

Votes: 219

8. The Mystic Warrior (1984 TV Movie)

300 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Robert Beltran, Devon Ericson, Rion Hunter, Victoria Racimo

Votes: 128

9. Legends of the West (1992)

PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, History

Host Jack Palance looks how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse, and the O.K. Corral.

Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: Jack Palance, Brooke Shields, Cody Palance, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Votes: 23

10. 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

11. Rise (I) (2017)

Documentary

Vice travels to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.

Stars: Sarain Fox, Gitz Crazyboy, Iphy Murphy

Votes: 56

12. West of Thunder (2012)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

South Dakota 1899. A mysterious stranger visits a small town on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and brings with him a terrible resolve.

Directors: Jody Marriott Bar-Lev, Steve Russell | Stars: Dan Davies, Clifford Henry, Corbin Conroy, Steve Garcia

Votes: 42

13. Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)

Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Western

A group of Sioux Indians from Buffalo Bill's Wild West exhibition demonstrates a dance called a "ghost dance".

Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise

Votes: 818

14. Fighting Blood (1911)

18 min | Short, Action, Western

An old soldier on the frontier, the father of a dozen children, a staunch patriot himself, brings these children up with rigid military training. He conducts his household as a garrison ... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Kate Bruce, Robert Harron, Florence La Badie

Votes: 170

15. Custer of Big Horn (1926)

55 min | Drama, Western

Frontier scout, buffalo hunter, and all-around good guy Lem Hawks romances Betty Rossman amid the backdrop of a fictional account of events that lead to the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: John Beck, Roy Stewart, Edmund Cobb, Arthur Morrison

Votes: 26

16. Sitting Bull: Standing Tall - The Spiritual Sayings of Chief Sitting Bull, in His Own Words (2022)

39 min | Short, Biography

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Director: Steven T. Bookvich

17. Indian War Council (1898)

Short, News

"Here is a group of genuine Sioux Indians sitting around in a war council, deliberating. Buffalo Bill is addressing them."

Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Buffalo Bill Cody

Votes: 23

18. Blazing Arrows (1922)

55 min | Western

While attending Columbia University in New York, a young Sioux Indian named Sky Fire falls in love with Martha Randolph, a pretty young white girl. Things take a turn for the worse when a ... See full summary »

Director: Henry McCarty | Stars: Lester Cuneo, Francelia Billington, Clark Comstock, Laura Howard

Votes: 18

19. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode: Massacre at Fort Phil Kearny (1966)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A dramatic retelling of the 1866 Sioux victory where 81 soldiers were killed. Colonel Henry Carrington runs a severe command but finds his authority challenged by the more likeable Captain William Fetterman.

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Richard Egan, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Fuller, Michael Sarrazin

Votes: 18

20. Bronco (1958–1962)
Episode: Payroll of the Dead (1959)

60 min | Western

A stranded and isolated Bronco is hired by an army officer who rescues Bronco to take him to Sitting Bull's camp, where he has a request to make of the Indian leader. He is under orders to recover a payroll stolen by the Sioux in a raid.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Ty Hardin, James Coburn, Francis McDonald, Robert Warwick

Votes: 37

21. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode: The Long Search (1958)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

When a young boy is trapped in a cave-in, the locals think the Sioux took him in retribution when Cheyenne's Sioux friend is found with the boy's horse. Cheyenne must prove the truth but a hardcore sheriff doesn't believe him.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Clint Walker, Randy Stuart, Claude Akins, Gail Kobe

Votes: 76

22. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Honor the Name Dennis Driscoll (1964)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

When an army convoy Is threatened by Indian attack, a young soldier played by a young Tom Skerritt volunteers to get help from a nearby fort.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Don Haggerty, John Pickard, Michael Keep

Votes: 36

23. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Little Cayuse (1964)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

In 1862 Utah the employees of a stagecoach depot encounter an orphaned Indian boy. Whipsaw and Gillis differ in their approach to Little Cayuse but he demonstrates his loyalty in a life or death situation.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Ken Murray, George Keymas, George Mitchell, Lew Brown

Votes: 31

24. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: Line of Fire (1994)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An old girlfriend of Richie's reappears, claiming he is the father of her son. Meanwhile, evil Immortal biker Kern, who killed Duncan's Native American family centuries ago, arrives into town to challenge Duncan.

Director: Clay Borris | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Philip Akin, Jim Byrnes

Votes: 181

25. Kung Fu (1972–1975)
Episode: This Valley of Terror (1974)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A journey to mysterious Indian burial grounds -- and into the frightening recesses of the human mind -- awaits Caine when he encounters a young woman who has escaped from an insane asylum.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: David Carradine, Sondra Locke, Jan Sterling, Ken Swofford

Votes: 102

26. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: The General (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Hardie is ordered by Wells Fargo to escort General Sheridan who hates Indians by stagecoach to Fort Laramie for a meeting with the Sioux tribe to create peace in the area. Attacking outlaws may ensure that the powwow never happens.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dale Robertson, Paul Fix, Whit Bissell, Jane Nigh

Votes: 64

27. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Tall Heart, Short Temper (1968)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Pike has a terrible temper and his fiance Angela breaks off the engagement after too many altercations with the townspeople. He heads off with his partner to trap, vowing to stay calm to ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Lord | Stars: Arch Johnson, Cliff Norton, Grace Lee Whitney, Bobby Byles

Votes: 29