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Plot Summary:
Nishko is a chief's son in the Great Plains, before Europeans arrive. During his rite of passage, he's determined to tame a painted pony. He approaches manhood while his peaceful clan is set upon by a nearby tribe willing to break a treaty. He must also contend with the kidnapping of three young women from his village, his pony's illness behind enemy lines, his mother's coma after a rattlesnake bite, the medicine man's urging that he sacrifice what he loves best, the attack of a cougar and of wolves, and his own injury while alone in the woods. His kindness, bravery, and quick thinking serve him well, but rescue come from an unexpected source.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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The Wild Country (1970)
Plot Summary:
Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious
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The White Horse (1962)
Plot Summary:
Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. Once there, while traveling in a stagecoach, is assaulted by bandits. Joselito manages to escape and, walking aimlessly, he meets Antoine, a rider who is ex officio of random player, and become close friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Western
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Magic of Lassie (1978)
Plot Summary:
Lassie is claimed from his family by a "former owner" and then braves a cross country trip to rejoin the ones that love her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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White Fang to the Rescue (1975)
Plot Summary:
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, spaghetti western
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The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976)
Plot Summary:
A youth (Russ Hanson) attempts to re-introduce a domesticated wolf to the wild.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating
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The Avenging Angel (1995)
Plot Summary:
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
Plot Summary:
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious
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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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Storm Boy (1976)
Plot Summary:
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: semi serious, independent film, cult film
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The Red Pony (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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The Golden Seal (1983)
Plot Summary:
A lonely 10-year-old boy living with his parents in a remote coastal part of Alaksa, spontaneously finds a legendary golden seal and her newborn pup. But the greed for her valuable pelt sets off the hunters, including his own father, the local natives, and an ambitious poacher in pursuit the seal. The golden seal and her cub are hunted for a huge bounty on her head and the mythological legend.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious
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Love's Long Journey (2005)
Plot Summary:
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, emotional, saga, costume drama, historical romance, serious, realistic, period drama
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Scandalous John (1971)
Plot Summary:
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Misty (1961)
Plot Summary:
Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island and holds an auction to thin out the herd. The young children set out to raise enough money in hopes that the Phantom will be caught in this years round up. They soon realize they will get more than they bargained for when the Phantom has a surprise for everyone: a foal named Misty.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
Plot Summary:
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called by most) is away, Sandy learns that the family home, built on state land, is being torn down to make way for a highway. In turn, Sandy would be sent to live with relatives, while Flipper would be sent to the seaquarium permanently. Not wanting to be separated from Flipper, Sandy, using his skiff, runs away with Flipper. A distraught Po returns home to look for his son. Meanwhile, the Hopewell family from Britain are vacationing in the area. Their sailboat is hijacked by three escaped convicts, who take the father, Halsey, hostage, and set the three Hopewell women - mother Julia, and teen-aged daughters Gwen and Penny - adrift, they who eventually land on the island where Sandy is hiding... Written by Huggo.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Family, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult 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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Saving Shiloh (2006)
Plot Summary:
In this third movie about Shiloh, Judd Travers is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar. Everyone in the town consider Judd to be guilty except Marty Preston, but even him has some doubts. Trying to clear Judd's name Marty and his friend searches the woods to find the criminal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, touching, captivating, saga
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Walking Thunder (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, and his family's survival is secured.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
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Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann.".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, gothic, sad, independent film
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Air Bud 3 (2000)
Plot Summary:
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's soccer greats.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous, exciting, semi serious, independent film, uplifting
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Smitty (2012)
Plot Summary:
SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a lovable mutt. With help from the unlikely canine companion, Ben learns the importance of friendship, family and responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, light, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Flipper (1963)
Plot Summary:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into the world's minds and hearts in this 1963 film starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Sandy (a role he would continue in the 1964-68 TV series that followed.) James B. Clark, a long-time family filmmaker whose credits include "Island of the Blue Dolphins" and "My Side of the Mountain," directs the story of hard times (Hurricane Hazel and its aftermath) and joy (Sandy's dolphin-powered rides through the waves). And two fins up for Mitzie, the animal star who plays flipper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, romantic, clever
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Black Beauty (1971)
Plot Summary:
Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, the story sheds light on the details surrounding the colt's birth and his perception of humans (he has various owners throughout his life). While some owners are compassionate -- none more than Joe Evans (Mark Lester), the boy who first owns the colt.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Western
Country: UK, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: epic, sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, spaghetti western, light, inspirational, romantic, sexy
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The Stalking Moon (1968)
Plot Summary:
When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman and her half-breed son recently rescued from indians, and invites them to join him. He does this even knowing the child's father is a feared and murderous Apache and that sooner or later a showdown is almost inevitable.`.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, retro, spaghetti western, independent film, suspense, wild
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Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
Plot Summary:
Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold mine.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, cult film
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Savage Sam (1963)
Plot Summary:
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Across the Great Divide (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so they must cross the rugged snow covered Rocky Mountains in the year 1876.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sentimental, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
Plot Summary:
The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life by passing the test of "Crooked Sky" and shield his sister from an executioner's arrow. Along the way, he recruits a broken down, drunk prospector to help him track down the unknown tribe and rescue his sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: action adventure, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
Plot Summary:
Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the tribe's land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. They must regain their land, led by Horse.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, light, inspirational, sexy, enigmatic
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Windwalker (1980)
Plot Summary:
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians without a single cowboy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, serious, realistic