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- The Gold Rush (1925) Director: Charles Chaplin. The prospect of finding gold in the uncharted territories beyond the frontier swept like wildfire through the popular imagination of 19th-century America.
- The Wind (1928) Director: Victor Sjöström. While inclement weather is a staple of many a frontier yarn, few come as elementally charged as this silent masterwork from the great Swedish filmmaker Victor Sjöström.
- The Big Trail (1930) Director: Raoul Walsh. The vast, wide-open spaces of the frontier lent themselves to cinematic visions of escalating grandeur. By the late 1920s, Hollywood had begun to embrace the idea of widescreen presentations.
- Wagon Master (1950) Director: John Ford. Much like The Big Trail, Wagon Master follows a caravan west, this time to the virgin lands of San Juan river country, where a Mormon family intends to establish a settlement.
2. There Will Be Blood. A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. 3. Jeremiah Johnson. A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in ...
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February 4, 2023. Two best friends, Clint and Lenny, set out to pan for gold during the California Gold Rush. They have a stroke of luck and find a significant amount of gold in their pans. As they continue to pan, Clint becomes increasingly fixated on finding more and more gold, to the point where he becomes ruthless and starts to turn on Lenny.
Oct 11, 2024 · Set during the American Revolution on the New York frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk follows settlers Gilbert and Lana Martin as they face the perils of war. With Technicolor scenery and an authentic storyline, the movie demonstrates their resilience against attacks from both Tories and British-allied Native Americans.
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- Tombstone (1993) Tombstone is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I say that as someone who doesn't consider myself a fan of Western movies. Sure, this movie is a Western fan's Western movie in many ways, but it has a certain quality that makes it feel more like a badass action movie than a plodding Western.
- Maverick (1994) Maverick is another blow-away Wild West movie that doesn't really fit into the mold of what we think of as a Western. It has lots of modern sensibilities, which makes it perfect for anyone who doesn't want a run-of-the-mill "Old West" movie.
- Django Unchained (2012) Django Unchained features plenty of Western-like characters and fights that resemble traditional Wild West movies, but everything else about this movie screams "action movie"!
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Christian Bale and Russell Crowe star in this movie, and they both do a great job of making the Western genre their own. 3:10 to Yuma is actually a remake of a film from 1957, but it's more than "just" a remake as it feels quite different from the original—more suited for modern movie watchers.
5. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. 2001 1h 36m TV-PG. 6.3 (607) Rate. TV Movie. The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s. Director Jeremy Kagan Stars Glenn Close Jena Malone Bruce McGill.
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Jul 14, 2024 · While these films vividly capture the essence of the American frontier, they generally take creative liberties with actual events, characters, and timelines to enhance the drama and entertainment.
