Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "indigenous-american"

1. The Mission (1986)

PG | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 65,627 | Gross: $17.22M

2. The Rundown (2003)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson

Votes: 142,965 | Gross: $47.73M

3. Killing the Indian in the Child (2021 TV Movie)

73 min | Documentary, History

The indigenous population of Canada fell victim to a cultural genocide. The re-education was cruel until 1996: children were torn from their parents and taken to boarding schools. These ... See full summary »

Director: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil | Stars: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil, Stéphane Bittoun, Charlie Angus, Edmund Metatawabin

Votes: 38

4. Native America (2018– )

240 min | Documentary, History

At the intersection of modern scholarship and Native knowledge is a new vision of the Americas and the people who built it.

Stars: Robbie Robertson, Joy Harjo, Yan Garcia, Puma Quispe Singona

Votes: 154

5. America (1924)

Passed | 141 min | Drama, History, War

The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Carol Dempster, Erville Alderson, Charles Emmett Mack

Votes: 471

6. The Land Called New Jersey (1965)

28 min | Documentary, Short

This documentary portrays three hundred years of progress in New Jersey and the contributions of the citizens of the state to the history of the United States.

Director: Gene Starbecker

7. Racism: A History (2007– )
Episode: The Colour of Money (2007)

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Director: Paul Tickell | Star: Sophie Okonedo

Votes: 6

8. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Ancient Builders of the Amazon (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries, with populations numbering in the millions.

Director: Graham Townsley | Stars: Eileen Galindo, Manuel Arroyo-Kalin, Ana Keila Fontes da Silva, Jurandir Farias da Silva

Votes: 58

9. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Carthage's Lost Warriors (2014)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, History, War

Did Iberian Celts reach Brazil 1500 years before Columbus by joining the fleet of refugees from defeated Carthage in search of a new home like Peruvian Andes, where a strange tribe of "white Indians" known as the Chachapoya later lived?

Director: Michael Gregor | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Hans Giffhorn, Janice Jakait, Marcos Albuquerque

Votes: 40