New Western Movies on Kanopy - Page 5

Wagons East!

1994

Wagons East!

1994
4.9
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
Into the West

1992

Into the West

1992
6.4
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
Clearcut

1991

Clearcut

1991
6.9
A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to teach him the price of his destruction.
Thousand Pieces of Gold

1991

Thousand Pieces of Gold

1991
6.8
In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her, China Polly, and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
¡Three Amigos!

1986

¡Three Amigos!

1986
6.3
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
Robbery Under Arms

1985

Robbery Under Arms

1985
6.4
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983
6.9
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.
¡Qué Viva México!

1979

¡Qué Viva México!

1979
6.7
Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
Heartland

1979

Heartland

1979
6.5
Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.
Shoot the Sun Down

1978

Shoot the Sun Down

1978
4.9
Couple of strangers arrive in a small town, each one after a different thing.
The Blue Hotel

1977

The Blue Hotel

1977
4.7
Nebraska in the 1880's: bleak, lonely, and far from what you'd expect The Wild West to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of THE BLUE HOTEL represents the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince The Swede that his dime-store notions about The West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him. Inevitably, the Swede attracts tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? Jan Kadar directs this timely story of how society punishes outsiders for being different.
Inn of the Damned

1975

Inn of the Damned

1975
4.1
A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.
Blood Brothers

1975

Blood Brothers

1975
5.5
In 1864, American soldiers massacre a Cheyenne village at Sand Creek. Disgusted by the massacre, Harmonika, one of the soldiers, deserts the army and is captured by the Indians. At first, the Cheyenne hold him responsible for the murder of the wife and the son of their chief Grauer Esel, but soon Harmonika obtains the tribe′s confidence.
The Frontier Experience

1975

The Frontier Experience

1975
5
The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler loneliness, which early settlers encountered — but above all, it shows the quiet courage of those who lived it.
Apache

1973

Apache

1973
5.4
The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through the territory. His people have become inured to the treacherous ways of the white man, however, and are now reliant on them for booze, 'relief flour' and beef steak.
The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972

The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972
6.3
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
A Town Called Bastard

1971

A Town Called Bastard

1971
5
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
Osceola

1971

Osceola

1971
5.2
Florida, 1830 - Of all eastern Native American tribes, only the Seminoles have resisted being moved to reservations. Having retreated to Florida, they live a simple horticultural life. But white plantation owners, angry at the increasing numbers of black slaves fleeing to Seminole protection, want to take their land. Plantation owner Raynes, in particular, has convinced the military to wipe out the Seminoles. His rival Moore, a sawmill owner from the North who has a Seminole wife, is against slavery and considers it unprofitable. Chief Osceola sees the coming danger; he tries to avoid provoking the whites, but cannot prevent the war that breaks out in 1835.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971
7.2
A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Big Jake

1971

Big Jake

1971
6.9
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

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