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1. Little Big Man (1970)
PG-13 | 139 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam
Votes: 37,870 | Gross: $31.56M
2. Northwest Passage (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Directors: King Vidor, Jack Conway, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 3,899
3. Follow the River (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
An "inspirational" saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee Native Americans.
Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Eric Schweig, Tim Guinee
Votes: 515
4. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Drama, History
Alone yet Not Alone is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, two immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom.
Directors: Ray Bengston, George D. Escobar | Stars: Kelly Greyson, Natalie Racoosin, Clay Walker, Jenn Gotzon
Votes: 974 | Gross: $0.67M
5. The Light in the Forest (1958)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by Native Americans is sent to live with his birth family and must learn to fit in with people he was taught to hate.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru, James MacArthur
Votes: 701
6. Comanche (1956)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Western
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon
Votes: 710
7. Madron (1970)
GP | 90 min | Drama, Western
A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Richard Boone, Leslie Caron, Gabi Amrani, Mosko Alkalai
Votes: 350
8. Dear America: Standing in the Light (1999 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 29 min | Drama, Family, History
A teenage Quaker farm girl is abducted by Indians in 1750s Pennsylvania.
Director: Stacey Stewart Curtis | Stars: Madeleine Bergeron, C. David Johnson, Jane Johanson, Jennifer Podemski
Votes: 86
9. Convoi de femmes (1974)
80 min | Adventure, War, Western
In 1740, French women are being kidnapped and sent to America. Once there, they are attacked and taken by Indians. After being rescued by soldiers, they find themselves in the middle of a battle between the French and British.
Director: Pierre Chevalier | Stars: Anna Gladysek, Marianne Rémont, Paul Muller, Gilda Arancio
Votes: 36
10. Frontier Rangers (1959)
83 min | Adventure
Major Robert Rogers and his Rangers hunt a French and Indian War spy.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett, Lisa Gaye
Votes: 145
11. Marie-Anne (1978)
88 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
About a young married woman who, after a kidnapping, becomes attached to an Indian.
Director: Martin Walters | Stars: Andrée Pelletier, John Juliani, Tantoo Cardinal, David Schurmann
Votes: 28
12.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Love Me Not
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to 'civilize' a young, white woman, raised by a neighboring Paiute Indian tribe, have an unintended result when, instead of choosing a husband from among the ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 116
13.
Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode:
Hannah Comes Home
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western
A woman long thought dead is discovered by Daniel living with the Chickasaw. Daniel tells her her husband is still alive and that she should come back. She does, but her husband has trouble accepting her Indian son.
Director: Fess Parker | Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, Dal McKennon
Votes: 35
14.
Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode:
Tekawitha McLeod
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western
A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Fess Parker, Albert Salmi, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair
Votes: 59
15.
F Troop (1965–1967)
Episode:
Yellow Bird
(1966)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Western
A white woman raised by Indians starts to take after the Captain.
Director: David Alexander | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Ken Berry, Melody Patterson
Votes: 58
16.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Hawk
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Sgt. Hawk is a half-breed lawman who stops by to visit his mother, who bore him while being held captive by Indians 20 years before. He finds that she has nothing but hate for him.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor
Votes: 206
17.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Indian Ford
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Matt escorts a captain and his troops to an Indian village, to make an exchange for a white woman captured over a year ago.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Votes: 208
18.
The Young Riders (1989–1992)
Episode:
Pride and Prejudice
(1990)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance, Western
When Thompkins' wife and daughter who were taken by Indians years ago are found, they return to him. But also with give is a boy whom his wife says was fathered by the Indian who took them.... See full summary »
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Travis Fine, Don Franklin
Votes: 37