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Exploring the Rich Cultural Heritage of Native Peoples through Film and Television

Delve into the fascinating world of Native American cinema and television, where stories of resilience, tradition, and identity come alive. From historical dramas to contemporary comedies, discover the best movies and shows that showcase the diversity and richness of Native American experiences.

Into the West
Cast
Will Patton Will Patton
Jessica Capshaw Jessica Capshaw
Josh Brolin Josh Brolin
Matthew Modine Matthew Modine
8.0 81 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Audience: TV-14
Story:  The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
Plot:  native american, miniseries, alternate history, cowboy, wild west, south dakota, u.s. cavalry, american indian, ...
Time:  19th century
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Reservation Dogs
Cast
Devery Jacobs Devery Jacobs
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Lane Factor Lane Factor
Paulina Alexis Paulina Alexis
7.9 333 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 28
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California.
Plot:  oklahoma, native american, native american reservation, web mini series
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Northern Exposure
7.9 203 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 110
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
Plot:  small town, native american, female pilot
Place:  alaska
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Dances with Wolves
Cast
Kevin Costner Kevin Costner
Mary McDonnell Mary McDonnell
Graham Greene Graham Greene
Rodney A. Grant Rodney A. Grant
7.8 4.7K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 181 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Style:  provocative, intense
Plot:  friendship, mutiny, countryside, based on novel or book, unsociability, wolf, culture clash, self-discovery, ...
Time:  19th century
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The Searchers
Cast
John Wayne John Wayne
Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter
Vera Miles Vera Miles
Ward Bond Ward Bond
7.7 1.6K votes
Genre: Western
Country: United States of America
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Plot:  brother, new mexico, native american, uncle, racist, prejudice, racism, massacre, ...
Time:  1860s
Place:  texas
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Prey
Cast
Amber Midthunder Amber Midthunder
Dakota Beavers Dakota Beavers
Michelle Thrush Michelle Thrush
Stormee Kipp Stormee Kipp
7.7 7.8K votes
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 100 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.
Plot:  hunter, native american, alien life-form, alien, prequel, decapitation, bear, dog, ...
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Avatar
Cast
Sam Worthington Sam Worthington Zoe Saldau00f1a Zoe Saldau00f1a Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver
Stephen Lang Stephen Lang
7.6 34.2K votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Duration: 162 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Plot:  paraplegic, attachment to nature, culture clash, indigenous, space travel, space colony, tribe, alien planet, ...
Time:  22nd century
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The Revenant
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hardy Tom Hardy
Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson
Will Poulter Will Poulter
7.5 19.4K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 157 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:  shocking, tense
Plot:  rape, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, winter, child murder, mountain, grizzly bear, animal attack, ...
Time:  19th century
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Back to the Future Part III
Cast
Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox
Christopher Lloyd Christopher Lloyd
Mary Steenburgen Mary Steenburgen
Thomas F. Wilson Thomas F. Wilson
7.5 11.6K votes
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
Style:  lighthearted
Plot:  saloon, sports car, inventor, horseback riding, indian territory, locomotive, time travel, native american, ...
Time:  1950s
Place:  california
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Little Big Man
Cast
Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman
Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway
Chief Dan George Chief Dan George
Martin Balsam Martin Balsam
7.4 725 votes
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 139 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Plot:  based on novel or book, fight, indian territory, settler, native american, orphan, cheyenne
Time:  19th century
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Wind River
Cast
Jeremy Renner Jeremy Renner
Elizabeth Olsen Elizabeth Olsen
Gil Birmingham Gil Birmingham
Graham Greene Graham Greene
7.4 5.8K votes
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, United Kingdom
Duration: 107 min.
Audience: R
Story:  An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Plot:  wyoming, usa, fbi, investigation, native american, murder, native american reservation, questioning, ...
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio Robert De Niro Robert De Niro
Lily Gladstone Lily Gladstone
Jesse Plemons Jesse Plemons
7.4 4.2K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: United States of America
Duration: 206 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Plot:  husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, war veteran, fbi, greed, oklahoma, manipulation, native american, ...
Time:  1920s
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Legends of the Fall
Cast
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt
Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins
Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn
Julia Ormond Julia Ormond
7.4 2.9K votes
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 133 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
Plot:  sibling relationship, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, journey around the world, montana, loyalty, ranch, affectation, ...
Time:  world war i, 1910s, 1900s
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The Last of the Mohicans
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis
Madeleine Stowe Madeleine Stowe
Jodhi May Jodhi May
Russell Means Russell Means
7.4 3.5K votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 112 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
Plot:  based on novel or book, love triangle, native american, revenge, interracial relationship, period drama, historical, warfare, ...
Time:  18th century
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Maria Candelaria
Cast
Dolores del Ru00edo Dolores del Ru00edo
Pedro Armendu00e1riz Pedro Armendu00e1riz
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Alberto Galu00e1n
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Margarita Cortu00e9s
7.3 43 votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:  A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
Plot:  journalist, prostitute, robbery, greed, artist, native american, rural area, couple, ...
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Peter Pan
Cast
Bobby Driscoll Bobby Driscoll
Kathryn Beaumont Kathryn Beaumont
Hans Conried Hans Conried
Bill Thompson Bill Thompson
7.2 5.8K votes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: United States of America
Duration: 77 min.
Audience: G
Story:  Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.
Style:  whimsical
Plot:  london, england, sibling relationship, flying, becoming an adult, magic, crocodile, clock, ...
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Alaska Daily
7.2 83 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 11
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  A star journalist moves to Alaska for a fresh start after a career-killing misstep, and finds redemption personally and professionally joining a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.
Plot:  journalist, native american, series of murders, investigative journalist, alaskan malamute, alaska native
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.1 4.5K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: United States of America
Duration: 132 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
Plot:  prostitute, native american, parody, anthology, bank robbery, stagecoach, cowboy, wagon train, ...
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How the West Was Won
Cast
Carroll Baker Carroll Baker
Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb
Henry Fonda Henry Fonda
Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones
7.0 500 votes
Genre: Western
Country: United States of America
Duration: 164 min.
Audience: G
Story:  The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Plot:  river, settler, native american, caravan, outlaw, frontier, colonisation, family, ...
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Hostiles
Cast
Christian Bale Christian Bale
Rosamund Pike Rosamund Pike
Wes Studi Wes Studi
Jesse Plemons Jesse Plemons
6.9 2.5K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: United States of America
Duration: 134 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Plot:  widow, montana, new mexico, chief, native american, assignment, grief, murder, ...
Time:  19th century, 1890s
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