Movies like Dances with Wolves
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Dances with Wolves (1990)
308K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 181 min.
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:
scenic, touching, sentimental, visually stunning, inspirational, sincere, emotional, period piece, breathtaking, costume drama ...
Plot:
american civil war, native american, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, courage, tribe, native american white relationships, pride and honor, wolf, prairie, horse, wild west, fort, native american tribe, american history, military officer, sioux tribe, cowboy, redemption, civil war, lifestyle change, old west, stranded ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, ancient times, 1860s, victorian era, 20th century, year 1990 ...
Place:
south dakota, nebraska, america, usa, kansas, tennessee, united states ...
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Most similar movies to Dances with Wolves
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and period drama films with plots about violence, native american, death, revenge, storytelling, murder and gunfight mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like Dances with Wolves: The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Hostiles (2017), Legends of the Fall (1994), The Last Samurai (2003), Into the West (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by ...
Style:
epic, sexy, period piece, costume drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
native american, american indian, war, freedom, colonial america, indians, wilderness, revenge, forest, historical epic, medieval, american history ...
Time:
18th century, middle ages, ancient times, georgian era, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, usa, england
Similarity:
92%
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%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, revenge, love triangle, lovers, love, death, relationships, brother brother relationship, native american, suicide, ranch, love story ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, 19th century, 1920s, year 1994 ...
Place:
america, usa, montana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, courage, japanese history, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, human spirit, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 2003, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, asia, africa, san francisco, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
Style:
epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
native american, american indian, wild west, old west, indian war, native american attack, wagon train, tribe, native american white relationships, gold rush, interracial romance, injustice ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
south dakota, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
Style:
suspenseful, anamorphic, serious, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mountain, native american reservation, american indian, native american tribe, native, bounty hunter, native american, dog, survival, treasure hunt, nature, scenery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, north america
Similarity:
75%
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:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, intense, serious, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love, love and romance, enemies to lovers, boxing, ambition, love story, immigrant, boxer, obsessive quest, against the odds, american dream, rise and fall ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, turn of the century, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, ireland, oklahoma, oklahoma city, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
80%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, stylized, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
old west, cowboy, violence, gunslinger, gunfight, shootout, revenge, showdown, civil war veteran, friendship, small town, cattle ...
Time:
19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place:
montana, texas
Similarity:
80%
1.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, manly ...
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, sword fight, vengeance, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time:
ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
75%
374K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. ...
Style:
suspense, costume drama, visually appealing, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
old west, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, revenge, wild west, violence, gunfight, kick-butt women, dialogue, teenage girl, shooting ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 1900s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, usa, arkansas, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sioux tribe, horse, native, colonialism, revenge, wild west, old west, culture clash, redemption, gunfight, american indian, foreign legion ...
Time:
year 1976, 19th century, 1840s, 70s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.
Style:
retro, black and white, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, wartime, military, anti war, u.s. civil war, interracial relations, bittersweet, war, wild west, father son relationship, family drama ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, usa, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even ...
Style:
entertaining, suspense, harsh, exciting, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, australian outback, genocide, aborigine, culture clash, lone hero, vengeance, vigilantism, friendship, fish out of water, twists and turns, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
australia, texas, pacific ocean, wyoming, california ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is ...
Style:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
100%
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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%
767
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
native american attack, kidnapped woman, native, kidnapping, redsploitation, american history, parents and children, missing person, social differences, family relations, opposites attract, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 1840s
Place:
montana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally ...
Style:
homoerotic, epic, period piece, freeze frame, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
buddy, friendship, shootout, old west, bank robbery, cowboy, friendship between men, last stand, gunfight, fugitive, heist, robbery ...
Time:
1900s, 1890s, 20th century, ancient times, year 1969 ...
Place:
bolivia, south america, wyoming, new york, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
108K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, gloomy, tense, offbeat ...
Plot:
journey, gunfight, transformation, wilderness, indians, cowboy, murder, on the road, accountant, modern west, culture clash, existentialism ...
Time:
19th century, year 1995, 1870s, 90s, victorian era
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio, pacific ocean, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, soldier, civil war, rescue, apache, friend turned foe, massacre, chase, battles, apache indian, raid ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1965, year 1865
Place:
mexico, new mexico, usa, latin america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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133K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving ...
Style:
emotional, scenic, epic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
unlikely couple, social differences, opposites attract, desert, fall in love, wilderness, culture clash, couples, love story, prejudice, journey, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2008, year 1939, year 1942 ...
Place:
australia, japan, england, oceania, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is ...
Style:
spaghetti western, brutal, suspenseful, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache, native, native american attack, racism, american indian, cowboy, cavalry, wild west, last stand, fortress, massacre, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Style:
spaghetti western, epic, breathtaking, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot:
old west, civil war, treasure hunt, gunfight, greed, american civil war, moral ambiguity, desert, anti hero, shootout, hitman, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966, 20th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
50%
696K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
100%
138K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the ...
Style:
brutal, dark, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
brutality, wilderness, cannibalism, violent, native american, blood, rescue, murder, violence, cannibal, scalping, macabre ...
Time:
year 2015, 19th century, year 2016, 2010s, 1890s ...
Place:
america, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
172K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, epic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human animal relationship, wartime, cavalry charge, human spirit, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2011, 1920s ...
Place:
england, america, britain, belgium, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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