Movies and TV shows like Morning Star

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Morning Star (1991)
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Morning Star (1991)
Original name: Son of the Morning Star
Genre: Biography, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 187 min.
TV show
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, sincere, epic, serious, realistic
Plot: american indian, native american, sioux tribe, cavalry, american civil war, usa history, wild west, buffalo, heroes, military, battles, soldier, racism, genocide, life is a bitch, interracial relations, adoption, injustice, society, culture clash, military life, wartime life, against humanity, tough heroes, death ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 1860s
Place: montana
Keyword: americana

Most similar movies to Morning Star

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and rough films and TV series with plots about native american, american indian, civil war, society, battles, heroes and horse mostly in Western, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Morning Star: Crazy Horse (1996), Into the West (2005), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crazy Horse (1996)
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: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot: native american, native, interracial relations, indigenous people, indians, american indian, injustice, battles, life is a bitch, society, military, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: south dakota
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100%
Into the West (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 552 min.
TV show
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, indian war, old west, native american attack, tribe, native american white relationships, wagon train, interracial relations, friendship, injustice ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: south dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
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, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: native american, indians, apache, civil war, betrayal, unlikely friendships, prejudice, interracial romance, wilderness, justice, love story, cavalry ...
Time: year 1993, ancient times, 19th century
Place: mexico, arizona, america, latin america, tucson arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
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 ...
Style: serious, rough, emotional, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: native american, native american reservation, native american attack, indian reservation, murder, native, injustice, genocide, against humanity, buffalo, massacre, racism ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: usa, south dakota, washington d.c., canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997)
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, sincere, touching, captivating, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: native american, interracial romance, native american white relationships, american indian, native american attack, captive woman, stockholm syndrome, indian attack, squaw, captivity, moral dilemma, held captive ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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500 Nations (1995)
Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 374 min.
TV show
Story: 500 Nations is a documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of ...
Style: profound, informative, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids
Plot: native american, native, conquering, genocide, iroquois tribe, indigenous people, against humanity, archaeology, racism, fictional history, indians, american indian ...
Time: 15th century, 17th century, 19th century, 16th century, 18th century
Place: latin america, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: cavalry, native american, starvation, society, culture clash, homecoming, native, injustice, military, life is a bitch, wyatt earp, journey ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: usa, oklahoma, wyoming, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
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: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience: adult
Plot: battles, old west, soldier, indian war, sioux tribe, injustice, price of justice, battle zone, interracial relations, culture clash, rebelliousness, against the rules ...
Time: 19th century
Place: minnesota, south dakota, north dakota, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Custer of the West (1967)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 140 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, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: native american attack, soldier, american civil war, culture clash, civil war, conservative, cowboy, intrigue, indigenous people, historical event, battles, congress ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967
Place: america, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Buffalo Soldiers (1997)
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: realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, rough
Plot: racism, american indian, civil war, black, african american, native american, indians, racial issues, blaxploitation, slavery, american civil war, battles ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: new mexico, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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True Women (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story: True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True Women is the story of the love, friendship, survival and triumphs
Style: period piece, costume drama, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, indian chief, female protagonist, american history, woman, emancipation, femme fatale, black, woman with a gun, woman power, civil rights ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1840s, 1850s, 1830s ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Ike: The War Years (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 291 min.
TV show
Story: Ike is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson was based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. ...
Style: saga, serious, realistic, exciting, sincere
Plot: world war two, president, u.s. president, world war, usa history, historical figure, biopic, battles, heroes, against humanity, war, soldier ...
Place: usa, kansas, london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Rough Riders (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: In 1898 the US government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt decides to experience the war first hand by promoting and joining a volunteer cavalry ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american history, civil war, u.s. president, battles, president, soldier, state affairs, military life, heroic mission, political unrest, white house, danger ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: latin america, cuba, san antonio texas, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
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: captivating, exciting, costume drama, art film, serious ...
Plot: native american, native american reservation, american indian, woman, social commentary, black lives matter, female empowerment, based on real people, empowerment, female artist, sioux tribe, insect ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era, ancient times
Place: new york, north dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Little Big Man (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, 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, indians, american history, orphan, chief, injustice, escapades, imperialism, wild west, salesman, thief, society ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 70s, 20th century, 1870s ...
Place: montana, south dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Roots (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 588 min.
TV show
Story: African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, uplifting, suspense ...
Plot: slavery, racism, civil war, american civil war, family history, human spirit, slave trade, african american, american south, escape attempt, black, justice ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, 1860s ...
Place: africa, usa, america, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Branded (1965)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time period, and starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a United States Army Cavalry captain who ...
Style: vintage
Plot: cowardice, wild west, ex soldier, double barreled shotgun, court martial, native american, innocence, army, massacre, apache indian, american indian, apache ...
Time: 1880s
Place: mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Children of the Dust (1995)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: In the Oklahoma Territory of the late 1880s, Gypsy Smith (Poitier) is a gunslinger of African American and Cherokee descent. Smith helps African American homesteaders to settle the territory under the specter of Jim Crow. Meanwhile, a young Native ...
Plot: interracial romance, american civil war, african american, revenge, bounty hunter, wild west, american indian, native american, gunfighter
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
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: realistic, serious, exciting, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: native american, sioux tribe, horse, wild west, culture clash, redemption, native, gunfight, redsploitation, foreign legion, legion, colonialism ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 1840s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Son (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The multigenerational epic follows two concurrent time periods: One, the story of young Eli McCullough after he is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849. The other, 60 years later, when we see a grown Eli struggle to maintain ...
Style: tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: native american, oil tycoon, oil, showdown, racism, family business, modern western, wild west, modern west, money, problem solving, family problems ...
Time: victorian era, 2010s
Place: texas, southern usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Wicked Spring (2002)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until ...
Style: emotional, epic, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: american civil war, military, genocide, civil war, battles, wilderness, soldier, weakness, against humanity, politics, heroes, survival ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Geronimo (1962)
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 american, native, apache, jungle, cowboy, rebellion, heroes, on the run, injustice, racism, interracial relations, anti hero ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: arizona, mexico, latin america, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 840 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Style: uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sentimental, epic ...
Plot: racism, slavery, american history, black, black history, civil war, african american, slave, history lesson, interracial, black people, great war ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 60s, 1910s, 1880s
Place: africa, usa, alabama, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Dead Man's Walk (1996)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 272 min.
TV show
Story: Dead man's Walk is the beginning of the Lonesome Dove Saga. Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are just starting out in the Texas Rangers and have no idea of what they are doing for Call it's Duty above all else. For Gus it's the thrill of ...
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, modern west, modern western, texas ranger, firing squad, social problems, american history, wild west, native, survival, expedition, mountain ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: texas, mexico, new mexico, usa, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Chickasaw man survives great hardships and tragedy to establish a vast ranching empire along the famous cattle highway of the American West.
Style: inspirational
Plot: american indian, indians, native american, native american culture, interracial relations, shootout, interracial romance, forgiveness, civil war, drought, interracial marriage, ranch ...
Time: 1800s, 1860s
Place: florida, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The High Chaparral (1967)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David ...
Style: retro, saga, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: apache territory, wild west, indians, team, ranch, apache indian, starting over, siblings relations, hopes, crumbling marriage, old west, family relations ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: arizona, tucson arizona, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Colt (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these desperate ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, exciting
Plot: american civil war, horse, civil war, soldier, colt, military life, military, danger, daring rescue, basic training, friendship, heroism ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: virginia, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Geronimo (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Finally caught and sent to a reservation camp, he eluded a military force of 5000 for 18 months before ...
Style: costume drama
Plot: apache, american indian, indians, ancient, jungle, american civil war, river battle, apache indian, apache territory, wild west, shootout, battles ...
Place: arizona, sonora, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Mr. Horn (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The story of frontiersman Tom Horn, and his career as a cavalry scout, a tracker, a Pinkerton agent and a range detective, and the final events in his life that led to his tragic death.
Plot: apache, indian war, shootout, wild west, hanging, apache territory, battles, historical figure, pistol, violence, murder, horse ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Comanche Moon (2008)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Comanche Moon, the prequel to McMurtry's bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Lonesome Dove follows Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae (Zahn) and Woodrow F. Call (Urban), now in their middle years, as they continue to ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, exciting, sincere ...
Plot: native american, wild west, danger, friendship, modern western, partner, escapades, rivalry, old west, texas ranger, native, daring rescue ...
Time: 19th century, year 1865, 1850s, 1860s, victorian era
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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