Mountain man movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mountain man movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, suspenseful, exciting and semi serious films and TV shows about / with mountain man, wilderness, native american, survival, danger, mountain, escapades, violence, heroes and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mountain man: Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Mountain Men (1980), Man in the Wilderness (1971), Sacred Ground (1983), Into the West (2005), Troll (2022), Last of the Dogmen (1995), Death Hunt (1981), The Hunted (1998), Cry from the Mountain (1985).
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List of mountain man movies
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
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur ...
Style:
perverse, action adventure, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mountain man, american indian, native american, wilderness, mountain, survival, wild west, cowboy, violence, native american attack, vigilantism, camping ...
Time:
19th century, year 1980, 1830s
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, bear attack, native american, paranoia, mountain man, revenge, pain, winter, trapper, wolf pack, loner ...
Time:
1820s, 1800s, year 1971, 19th century, 70s
Place:
north dakota, usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the ...
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
grizzly bear, treasure hunt, revenge, survival, violence, tragedy, pioneer, kidnapping, colonialism, grief, isolation, honor ...
Time:
1860s, year 1983
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 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, 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
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Deep inside the mountain of Dovre, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway. But how do you stop something you thought only existed ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating, fairy tale ...
Plot:
mountain, giant monster, creature, folklore, troll, mythical creature, mythological creature, paleontologist, mythology, kaiju, creature feature, good versus evil ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s
Place:
oslo norway
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, kidnapping, missing child, abduction, loner, child abuse, nature, manhunt, ex convict, murder, teenage girl, police ...
Time:
60s
Place:
pennsylvania
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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
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 ...
Style:
cult classic, visually stunning, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
wilderness, survival, manhunt, winter, mountain, bounty hunter, treasure hunt, wilderness survival, nature, disaster, serial killer, tough guy ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1931, year 1981
Place:
canada, yukon, alaska, louisiana
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Insurance investigator Samantha Clark goes deep into a Pacific Northwest forest to retrieve $12 million from a crashed airplane. While there she meets a mysterious mountain man who claims he can help her hunt down the money but instead he ends up ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, crime thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
forest, hunted, mountain man, insurance investigator, female protagonist, survival, wilderness, chase, pursuit, fear, manhunt, stalking ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The film centers on an emotional kayaking trip between a father and a son. The father has taken his boy into the deep Alaskan wilderness to tell him that he is divorcing the boy's mother, who is pregnant and waiting for them back home. While on ...
Style:
reflective, sentimental, uplifting, independent film, christian film
Plot:
father son relationship, christian, wilderness, family drama, nature, christianity, male bonding, son, hopes, kayaking, fatherhood, survival ...
Place:
alaska
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
old west, coming of age, youth, mountain, teenage boy, american indian, outlaw, gold, boy, father son relationship, buffalo, attempted murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
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.
Style:
exciting, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
old west, native american, wilderness, american civil war, civil war, usa history, small town, gold, marriage proposal, native american attack, train, outlaw ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1880s, 1840s, 1870s ...
Place:
california, missouri, arizona, ohio, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jimmy, a young boy trying to gain acceptance from his peers, is horrified when he sees a circus trainer abusing a bear cub. One of the circus employees tells Jimmy that there is a magic cave in the hills nearby that can transport people to another ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, grizzly bear, circus, wilderness, young heroes, heroes, rescue, survival, escapades, danger, hopes, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 19th century, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
Story:
The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s.
Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, epic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
wild west, native, fort, wagon train, unrequited love, rocky mountains, 007, civil war, family in danger, wilderness, immigrant, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 19th century, 18th century, 1820s, 1830s ...
Place:
usa, colorado, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Andreas arrives in the remote valley in the Austrian Alps, he is only about four years old - nobody knows for sure. He grows up to become a skilled farmhand and, as a young man, joins a work crew that builds one of the first mountain railroads, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
mountain, lifestyle, orphan, hardship, village life, poverty, bittersweet, tragic romance, resilience, isolation, coming of age, loneliness ...
Time:
turn of the century
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is an American television series starring Dan Haggerty that aired on NBC from February 9, 1977 to May 12, 1978.
Style:
scenic, heroic, suspense, wild
Plot:
grizzly bear, nature, wilderness, survival, bear, fugitive, forest, animal, friendship, compassion, rescue, outlaw ...
Time:
1850s
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daughter, profanity, fugitives, tough heroes, survival, danger, hostage, father daughter relationship, forest, border patrol, martial arts, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas, montana, canada, reno nevada
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, brutal, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, survival, backwoods, voyeur, cannibal, outdoor sex, female nudity, serial killer, violent, death, blood, monster ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
cheerleader, small town, family relations, friends, social relations, homecoming, small town life, filling station, hometown, jealous boyfriend, photographer, witness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
farming, family relations, post civil war, nature, youth, equality, farm, parent child relationship, friends, siblings relations, parents and children, wilderness ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming, pennsylvania, philadelphia, pittsburgh
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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
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, atmospheric ...
Plot:
native american, native, redsploitation, smallpox, kidnapping, hostage, rescue, society, betrayal, escapades, opposites attract, confined ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975, 1840s
Place:
canada, montana
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal."
Style:
melancholic, realistic, bleak, grim, art house ...
Plot:
survival, poverty, post war, mountain, frustration, salvation, black market, alienation, social realism, desperation, working class, trauma ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1945
Place:
alps, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A mystical love story... combining elements of Hudson's "Green Mansions" and the works of Jean Genet. Unique, inimitable and wholly unforgettable!
Style:
crying, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, wilderness, lgbt, gay subtext, cave, mountain man, male objectification, free love, repressed homosexual, gay sex, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
1870s, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
california
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Style:
feel good, touching, emotional, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, aging, animal, runaway, motorcycle, lion, mountain lion, camp, camping trip, wildlife, camping, grief ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
John McKenna is a spiritual being who is able to transform into bear, wolf or eagle. He lives in the forests of Tanglewood and has dedicated his life to protect them. One day a gang of evil lumberjacks led by Travis Thorne arrive Tanglewood to chop ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere, disgusting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adventurer, youth, bear, heroic mission, wilderness, environmental issue, good versus evil, young heroes, rescue, danger, ghost, superhero ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the ...
Style:
surreal, road movie, humorous, entertaining, stylized ...
Plot:
hitchhiking, lesbian, woman urinating, lgbtq, female nudity, on the road, lgbt, lone hero, multiple storylines, lesbian sex, obsessive quest, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
usa, new york, oregon, richmond virginia, minneapolis minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Wild. Untamed. Legendary. In this made-for-tv movie, Buffalo Girls celebrates the bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' rugged ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, sentimental, rough ...
Plot:
old west, female gunfighter, adoption, friendship, hopes, parents and children, family relations, injustice, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century
Place:
usa, south dakota, britain, london, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While being pursued by the U.S. Cavalry, Indians and the white family they have kidnapped learn about each other.
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
christmas, native american, nordic, mountain, kidnapping, religions or cults, rivalry, society, vengeance, culture clash, agnostic, mountain man ...
Place:
montana
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