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Plot Summary:
Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboyant businessman Wilhelm Laser, they are hoping to find their fortune in the recently discovered goldfields of Dawson, but they have no idea of the stresses and dangers which lie ahead on their 2,500 kilometre journey. Before long uncertainty, cold weather and exhaustion begin to take their toll and conflicts escalate. The journey leads these men and women deeper and deeper into a menacing wilderness. (Berlinale.de).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, gloomy
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Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
Plot Summary:
For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of Henry Heath, a law officer in 1862 Salt Lake City. Heath finds himself responsible for the well-being of a prisoner whom he despises - an impoverished French immigrant named Jean Baptiste who is convicted of robbing the graves of the recently deceased. Baptiste is exiled to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. With no one willing to look after this man, Henry Heath becomes Baptiste's sole defense against the hostile isolation of Antelope Island and the contempt of an entire community. Through his somewhat reluctant service, Heath's heart softens and his own sorrows find relief.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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Dollar for the Dead (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a rancher (Long) and his men out to kill him for killing his son. The gunman gets mixed up with a former Confederate soldier (William Forsythe) who has knowledge of hidden gold. The only trouble is he is also pursued by Union soldiers. When they free a man (Ed Lauter) with part of the map to the gold, they then are also pursued by Spanish soldiers. It all leads to a small Mexican town terrorized by soldiers and led a by a good priest (Joaquim De Almeida) who also has knowledge of the gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, euro western
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Finger on the Trigger (1965)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Civil War, a ragtag group of just-discharged Union soldiers clashes with a band of renegade Confederates over a golden treasure hidden in a deserted town in the Oklahoma Territory. Soon these rivals must make common cause in the face of an Indian attack.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Big Muddy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Martha Barlow, a modern day outlaw, must reconcile her dark past after her teenage son commits a horrible crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, stylized
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The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Action, Adventure, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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The Double Steps (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fiction inspired by the novelistic biography of the painter and writer Francois Augiéras. The artist covered with paints a military bunker in the desert, and let it sink into the sand so no one could find it until the XXI century. The search continues to feed the myth bunker ... Who is Augiéras? ¿Legionnaire, painter, writer, gunman, holy, thief, devil or a mixture of all?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Brinkley is a criminal who has been with the map of where the treasure is the Silver Lake. Winnetou and Old Shatterhand come again towards goodness, but along the way will encounter enemy tribes they will face.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, mystical Indians and a hornet's nest of villains - all are convinced that our mismatched widows hold the key to the whereabouts of their husbands' missing bank loot and a mysterious treasure. Along the way, the women must find the courage to trust, care and kill for one another, blazing the trail to their destiny. A destiny buried on The Far Side of Jericho.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Amongst Vultures (1964)
Plot Summary:
Frontier Hellcat was the fourth in a series of 1960s European westerns based on Karl May's "Winnetou" character. Stewart Granger takes over from Lex Barker in the leading "Anglo"-role of the mysterious maverick who wanders from town to town doing the "Lone Ranger" bit. The hellcat of the title is Elke Sommer, a tempestuous frontierswoman who reluctantly accepts Granger's help in attaining safe passage through the Rocky Mountains ("played" in this film by the Alps).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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The Cry of the Black Wolves (1972)
Plot Summary:
Halfwit Indian Akaena promises a fictitious treasure to anyone who takes her down south where the sun always shines. Trapper Bill Robinson, an honest fur trader in Alaska, refuses to sell his dog sled to dishonest miner Mike Williams, who steals it at gunpoint. While Akaena proves unable to keep her promise, Mike is shot before he can kill her. His corps is found on Bill's sled, making him the suspect as conniving outlaw gangs arrive in town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, spoof, parody
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Seven Vengeful Women (1966)
Plot Summary:
Seven women are the only survivors of an Apache attack on a wagon train. They must cross the desert on foot to escape the Indians who are hunting them.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Spain, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, spaghetti western
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Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Plot Summary:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
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Call of the Wild (1992)
Plot Summary:
A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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Klondike (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel west during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters," including mill owner Belinda Mulrooney and aspiring writer Jack London.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 274 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, realistic, historical drama, atmospheric, stylized, exciting, period drama
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Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood (2012)
Plot Summary:
In this bloody long-standing feud, two families seek vengeance against each other as they unmercifully attempt to destroy each other's loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Tracker (2010)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang. Written by Filmfinders 1903. A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of NZ with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against that of the other. Written by Anonymous.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, road movie, scenic, realistic, period drama
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One-Eyed Horse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hadley, Missouri 1887. Justin Gatewood has recently been released from prison for attempting to kill an old adversary, William Curry. Twenty-five years earlier, Gatewood and his brother were Confederate prisoners-of-war, and the death of Gatewood's brother under the watch of (then) Union Officer Curry has consumed Gatewood and fueled his desire for revenge. Free from jail, Gatewood discovers that Hadley and his world is changed, and that a "new order" of law and prosperity is now the battle cry of the people. His beautiful daughter, Helen has grown his business into a thriving concern and she makes her father promise that he'll forget his past vendetta. Curry has a successful business and willful daughter of his own, and his main concern is for her safety, once it becomes known that Gatewood still wants him dead. As Justin Gatewood methodically hatches his plan for Curry's utter destruction, the entire town is caught in the crossfire, but most tragically, so are the daughters of both.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic, independent film
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Prairie Fever (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of women contracted a strange fever and a former sheriff is responsible for taking them to the hospital in the nearest town, but in their way they will encounter a gang of murderers. His only hope is a woman whose beauty is matched only by his skill with weapons.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy
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The Mountie (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind the crimes he prepares to take them down one by one in the most vicious showdown this town has ever seen.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Django Strikes Again (1987)
Plot Summary:
Former gunfighter Django has become a monk and abandoned his violent former ways. His daughter is kidnapped by rogue Hungarian soldiers using slave labor to run a silver mine. Django casts off his habit and digs up his machine gun to practice a little liberation theology.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Colombia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Trigger Fast (1994)
Plot Summary:
A feisty woman struggles to keep her ranch from being stolen by a greedy and unscrupulous land-baron named Malick. A trio of young men comes to her aid Dusty Fog, the "Kid," and Miguel. They are later joined by a fourth man named Mark, who switches allegiance away from Malick, and then by the local Sheriff who's finally forced to stand up to the local tyrant.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, stylized
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Dead Man's Burden (2012)
Plot Summary:
A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to buy their land.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, tense, stylized, independent film
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To Brave Alaska (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young couple and their dog struggle to survive in Alaska.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Winterhawk (1975)
Plot Summary:
Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, grindhouse
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The Way West (1967)
Plot Summary:
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: rough, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, retro, epic, road movie, wild
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A Man Called Horse (1970)
Plot Summary:
In 1825 an English aristocrat is captured by Indians. He lives with them and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles. Eventually he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, scenic, intense, exciting, serious, captivating, epic, realistic, historical drama, independent film
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Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, surreal, stylized, visually appealing, serious, thought provoking, realistic, art house, allegory, educational
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The Retrieval (2013)
Plot Summary:
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, road movie, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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The Homesman (2014)
Plot Summary:
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, bleak, realistic, depressing, harsh, emotional, suspense, serious, road movie