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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.
Style:
rough, serious, emotional, exciting, sincere, realistic, political, historical drama, anthropological, epic ...
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, native american attack, indian reservation, massacre, buffalo, murder, native, genocide, injustice, against humanity, racism, life is a bitch, social change, assimilation, senator, soldier, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, indians, revolution, village, teacher, hunting, illness ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
north america, usa, washington d.c., south dakota, canada
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Most similar movies to Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and captivating films with plots about native american, american indian, society, heroes, horse, gun and murder mostly in Drama, Western and History genres. Some movies like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Crazy Horse (1996), Woman Walks Ahead (2017), Hostiles (2017), The Revenant (2015), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
native american, native, american indian, interracial relations, indian tribe, indigenous people, indians, battles, injustice, society, life is a bitch, military ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
south dakota
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A headstrong New York painter embarks on a dangerous journey to meet Sitting Bull, but must face off with an Army officer intent war with the Native Americans.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, exciting, emotional ...
Plot:
native american reservation, native american, american indian, woman, sioux tribe, widow, insect, black lives matter, victorian england, empowerment, based on real people, female empowerment ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, ancient times, victorian era
Place:
north dakota, new york
Similarity:
100%
106K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
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.
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, costume drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, wild west, indian chief, american indian, death, murder of husband, murder of daughter, indigenous people, murder, widow, trip ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, 1890s, 2010s, victorian era ...
Place:
montana, america, new mexico, usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
940K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
Duration: 156 min.
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:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and ...
Style:
intense, factual, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
native american, apache, indians, bounty hunter, civil war, love story, cavalry, betrayal, prejudice, wilderness, interracial romance, lone hero ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1993, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
mexico, america, arizona, north america, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kansas, 1868. A wagon train is attacked by a band of Lakota Sioux led by the young and athletic warrior Tokalah. The attractive, red haired Anna Brewster-Morgan and her friend Sarah White are on this wagon train too. When Tokalah noticed a terrified ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
native american, interracial romance, native american white relationships, american indian, captive woman, native american attack, held captive, stockholm syndrome, squaw, indian attack, passionate kiss, moral dilemma ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 206 min.
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.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, native american, courtroom, genocide, fbi, interracial marriage, greed, true crime, serial murder, american indian, oil, oil field ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 187 min.
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Story:
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, epic, sincere
Plot:
american indian, sioux tribe, cavalry, native american, american civil war, buffalo, usa history, wild west, interracial relations, racism, wartime life, culture clash ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1870s
Place:
montana
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls ...
Style:
period piece, realistic, bleak, historically accurate, sad ...
Plot:
native american, shaman, wilderness, indians, christian, religion, christianity, american indian, jesuit, nature, church, snow ...
Time:
17th century, year 1991
Place:
canada, quebec, america, india, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, period piece, disturbing ...
Plot:
cavalry, native american, fort, starvation, native, society, homecoming, culture clash, injustice, life is a bitch, military, wyatt earp ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, oklahoma, wyoming, kansas
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, they must walk through it instead of ride. The town dishonors them but the soldiers' ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
racism, american indian, civil war, black, african american, native american, racial discrimination, indian war, cavalry, indian reservation, apache, slave trade ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, bleak, controversial ...
Plot:
village, native american white relationships, native american, native american attack, american indian, soldier, massacre, survival, american history, military, fall in love, wild west ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
persia, usa, colorado
Similarity:
35%
23K
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, gunfight, military, american history, patriotism, fortress, dictator, justice, civil war, wartime, fight scenes, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, san antonio texas, austin texas ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on true events that happened in Banning,California, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, tells the story of one of the last Western manhunts, in 1909. Willie Boy, a Native American, kills his girlfriend's father in self defense, and the two go ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
on the run, manhunt, serial killer, cowboy, native american reservation, squad, killing spree, civil war, true crime, redsploitation, desert, racism ...
Time:
year 1969, 1900s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Style:
epic, humorous, sentimental, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
native american, cowboy, racism, revenge, culture clash, voice over narration, massacre, interview, orphan, old west, american history, bigotry ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1860s, year 1970, 70s ...
Place:
montana, south dakota, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Biopic of General George Armstrong Custer from his rise to prominence in the Civil War through to his "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, historical drama, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
native american attack, soldier, american civil war, culture clash, civil war, sioux tribe, conservative, cowboy, last stand, cavalry charge, epic battle, indigenous people ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
america, washington d.c.
Similarity:
32%
598
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Anglosaxons are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between the settlers and the Mexican government are escalating which would lead to war and Texan ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
river battle, last stand, passionate kiss, texas revolution, battles, heroes, revolution, folk hero, danger, obsessive quest, politics, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, mexico
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1883, the Apache Indians lead by Geronimo reluctantly surrender to the attacks of American and Mexican troops, in exchange for a territory and food for their warriors. Soon though, Geronimo escapes the camps and declares war against the Americans.
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
native, native american, apache, mexican american border, geronimo, jungle, cowboy, injustice, heroes, on the run, rebellion, racism ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
arizona, mexico, latin america, sonora
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile journey across the West and towards Canada. Based on the true story of the westward expansion of the United States and the military force used to ...
Style:
historical drama, educational, melancholic, bleak, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
native american, american indian, starvation, pursuit, survival, resistance, surrender, colonialism, racism, tragedy, u.s. army, sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
oregon, idaho, canada, america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
intense, scenic, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
horse, native american, sioux tribe, ritual, native, captivity, survival, lifestyle, interracial relations, danger, injustice, torture ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1800s, 70s
Place:
usa, south dakota, india, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
native, native american, indigenous people, american indian, wind, pagan, mythology, tribe, indians, redsploitation, mountain, missing son ...
Time:
year 1980, 18th century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache territory, half breed, old west, escapades, rescue, left to die, danger, heroes, farm, tough heroes, native, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, fighting the system, society, injustice, working undercover, legal, social decay, sabotage, union, rebel, social change, coal mine ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, year 1970
Place:
usa, america, pennsylvania
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Colonel Custer (Philip Carey), an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and forced into retirement. Fueled by ambition when a Senator Blaine (Don Haggerty) convinces him to run for President, Custer decides to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough
Audience:
adult
Plot:
indian war, sioux tribe, soldier, old west, battles, against the rules, rebellion, military, rebelliousness, human spirit, society, heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
minnesota, north dakota, washington d.c., south dakota
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
old west, betrayal, texas ranger, native american attack, lonely, grudge, chases and races, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, heroes, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, brutal, harsh, epic, visually stunning ...
Plot:
american civil war, revenge, native american, surrender, civil war, cowboy, vengeance, manhunt, murder, on the run, loss of family, one against many ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1800s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, Mexico, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Shunka Wakan (Richard Harris), formerly Lord John, helps his Dakota son (Michael Beck) defend their tribe against gold rushers.
Style:
independent film, saga, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
sioux tribe, sexual attraction, indian war, half breed, woman with a gun, native, redsploitation, cowboy, family relations, interracial relations, native american, violent content ...
Time:
year 1983, 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
They forged a new land in the untamed wilderness - with their heart, their hands, and their faith in god.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, eighties
Plot:
native american, old west, church, wilderness, violent content, religions or cults, society, clergy, escapades, heroes, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
missouri, salt lake city utah, ohio
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, surprise ending
Plot:
cavalry, military, cavalry charge, apache, u.s. army, equestrian, fort, civil war, soldier, cave, battles, surrender ...
Time:
60s, 1880s
Place:
arizona, usa, west point, mexico, washington d.c.
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
horse ranch, justice, injustice, vengeance, murder, animal life, righting the wronged, tough heroes, politics, dishonesty, rivalry, lone wolves ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
29%
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