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Aliens(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 17min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
4.0/5 (with 4,429 votes)

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Western
3.8/5 (with 477 votes)

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.

How the West Was Won(1962)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 42min | Western
3.5/5 (with 179 votes)

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.

Pale Rider(1985)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 55min | Western
3.6/5 (with 442 votes)

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

El Dorado(1966)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Western, Adventure, Action, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 226 votes)

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

They Call Me Trinity(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Comedy, Western
3.8/5 (with 563 votes)

The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.

Shane(1953)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 58min | Drama, Western
3.7/5 (with 248 votes)

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Little Big Man(1970)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 19min | Adventure, Western, Comedy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 256 votes)

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Meek's Cutoff(2010)

1h 44min | Drama, Western
3.3/5 (with 108 votes)

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.

Broken Arrow(1950)

1h 33min | Western
3.4/5 (with 79 votes)

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.

Bend of the River(1952)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Western, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 72 votes)

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

The Way West(1967)

2.9/5 (with 34 votes)

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.

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Rio Grande(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Western
3.5/5 (with 128 votes)

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

The Valley of Death(1968)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Western, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 32 votes)

An army gold shipment and its escort vanish in the Ozarks, prompting accusations of theft and desertion but frontiersman Old Shatterhand and Apache chief Winnetou help solve the mystery of the missing army gold.

The Three Investigators and The Secret Of Skeleton Island(2007)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 31min | Mystery, Adventure, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 28 votes)

In "The Three Investigators and The Secret of Skeleton Island" the cult detective trio from Rocky Beach, California, fall into a breath-taking mixture of adventure, thriller and mystery. Only by a hairs-breadth did they escape with their lives after the successful completion of their last case.

Directed by Florian Baxmeyer

Rampage at Apache Wells(1965)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Adventure, Western
3.1/5 (with 28 votes)

'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.

Follow The River(1995)

1h 31min | Drama, Action
3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains by Shawnee Indians. Her husband, Will, narrowly escapes death during the attack. Impressed by her grace under the pressure of captivity, Wildcat, the Shawnee chief, confers special privileges on Mary and her children, eventually proposing that Mary become his mate. Surprised by her attraction to the handsome brave, Mary nonetheless opts to remain faithful to Will and engineers a plan for her escape. Separated from her children, Mary joins another female settler, and together they embark on a harrowing homeward trek. Her odyssey comes full circle more than a decade later when she is finally reunited with her long-lost children.

California Conquest(1952)

2.1/5 (with 2 votes)

The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.

Wagon Wheels(1934)

2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint Belmet. On board are feisty young widow Nancy Wellington and her toddler, Sonny, as well as the older Abby Masters, who begins a romance with scout Jim Burch. Along the way, the wagon train battles Indians led by Kenneth Murdock, a trapper who doesn't welcome competition for Oregon's lucrative fur trade. Wagon Wheels is a 1934 remake of 1931's Fighting Caravans, using stock footage from the original.

Code of the West(1947)

57min | Action, Western
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Knowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in time to save Banker Stockton and his money from Carter's men. When Stockton then lends the ranchers money, Carter has them burned out. Bob knows Carter is responsible and when Carter's henchman Saunders is recognized, Bob goes into action.

Directed by William Berke

Concerning Violence(2014)

1h 25min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Concerning Violence is based on newly discovered, powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World, accompanied by classic text from The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.

Pioneer Woman(1973)

1h 14min | Western, TV Movie
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A homesteading family in 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughter back East.

Directed by Buzz Kulik

The Cyclone Kid(1942)

57min | Western

A young doctor rejects his older outlaw brother Johnny who put him through medical school by dubious means. The brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a range war between homesteaders and a crooked cattleman.

Directed by George Sherman - With Don "Red" Barry

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley(1947)

59min | Western
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.

Sons of Matthew(1949)

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country.

Directed by Charles Chauvel - With Michael Pate, Ken Wayne, Thomas Burns

Vikings: Journey to New Worlds(2004)

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Filmmaker Marc Fafard examines the historical and cultural significance of the seafaring Vikings.

Blazing Frontier(1943)

59min | Western
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A feud develops between the settlers and the railroad detectives in Red Rock Valley. Clem Barstow sends for Billy the Kid and Fuzzy Jones to help.

Directed by Sam Newfield

Saginaw Trail(1953)

56min | Western

Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.

Directed by George Archainbaud - With Gene Autry

Silver Trails(1948)

53min | Western

Jimmy and Cannonball find the body of Don Muquel after he has been shot and robbed by henchmen Ramsay and Sturgis. Jimmy is accused of the crime by Jose Esteban but the latter's rich uncle, Don Esteban, clears his friend Jimmy. Jose accuses the the settlers, led by John Chambers, of confiscating the land of the native Californians, through murder and theft. Actually, surveyor Willard Jackson is making forged copies of stolen land-grant papers after his men have killed the rightful owners. Playing both ends against the middle, Ramsay urges Chambers and his daughter, Diane, to drive off the Californians.

Directed by Christy Cabanne

Buffalo Bill Rides Again(1947)

1h 9min | Western

Produced by Jack Schwartz for low-budget company Screen Guild, this mild Western starring the veteran Richard Arlen was apparently the first entry in a proposed series. Arlen played the title role, here assigned by the army to quell an Indian attack on the powerless settlers. The Indians are accusing Tom Russell (John Dexter) of murdering a member of the tribe, an act, as Buffalo Bill discovers, actually committed by a gang of outlaws hired by investment company owner J.B. Jordon (Frank O'Connor). Buffalo Bill Rides Again was soundly defeated by a low budget and slipshod direction by the veteran Bernard B. Ray. Popular B-Western villain Ted Adams disappeared mysteriously halfway through the film, only to be replaced by Edmund Cobb. Jennifer Holt, the daughter of Arlen contemporary Jack Holt and by far the busiest B-Western heroine of the 1940s, had little to do other than letting herself be kidnapped by evil Gil Patric.

Directed by Bernard B. Ray
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