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1. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy
Votes: 167,940
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 132,333 | Gross: $5.01M
3. Gold (I) (2016)
R | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.
Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll
Votes: 69,184 | Gross: $7.23M
4. Jungle (I) (2017)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell, Joel Jackson
Votes: 63,537
5. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
PG-13 | 164 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Harve Presnell
Votes: 14,847 | Gross: $31.68M
6. Into the West (2005)
TV-14 | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Tales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.
Stars: Joseph M. Marshall, Irene Bedard, Gil Birmingham, John Terry
Votes: 7,547
7. The Sacketts (1979)
PG | 240 min | Drama, Western
After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.
Stars: Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, Glenn Ford
Votes: 2,213
8. Cobra Verde (1987)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile
Votes: 8,414
9. In Old California (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Western
During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Helen Parrish
Votes: 1,543
10. Chasing Waterfalls (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Aspiring photographer Amy travels to a remote lodge to find mythical waterfalls and falls for the handsome tour guide, Mark.
Director: Christie Will Wolf | Stars: Cindy Busby, Christopher Russell, Cassidy Nugent, Miranda Frigon
Votes: 1,405
11. California (1947)
Passed | 97 min | Western
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Barry Fitzgerald, George Coulouris
Votes: 1,091
12. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
120 min | Documentary, History
The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett
Votes: 2,146 | Gross: $0.13M
13. The Tall Texan (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Western
A group of travelers in the Southwest band together to search for gold on Indian burial grounds. Convict Ben Trask attempts to maintain order within the group as they are faced with greed and danger.
Director: Elmo Williams | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Lee J. Cobb, Marie Windsor, Luther Adler
Votes: 196
14. Sword of the Beast (1965)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Drama
After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita, Toshie Kimura
Votes: 3,089
15. Women of Devil's Island (1962)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Female prisoners are shipped to Devil's Island penal colony. They are indoctrinated into the prison life from abusive guards and then a new prison governor arrives with planned reforms.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Guy Madison, Michèle Mercier, Federica Ranchi, Marisa Belli
Votes: 284
16. Ten Who Dared (1960)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 307
17. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 208
18. Girl Rush (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Western, Musical
Two unsuccessful vaudeville entertainers decide to search for gold during the California gold rush in 1849. They come to a town where no woman lives. The dwellers of this town promise them ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 268
19. Friends (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Western, Romance
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey
Votes: 313
20. Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967)
92 min | Comedy, Music
Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight and theyre on their way to Florida. Here is where our intrepid heroes find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Larry E. Jackson | Stars: Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis, Sonny Tufts, Robert V. Barron
Votes: 164
21. Gallant Journey (1946)
Passed | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History
This historical drama is a biopic of the U.S. aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery who was the first American to fly a glider in 1883.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers
Votes: 288
22. Alaska (1944)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Western
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, John Carradine, Dean Jagger
Votes: 79
23. A Romance of the Redwoods (1917)
Not Rated | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Mary Pickford, Elliott Dexter, Tully Marshall, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 860 | Gross: $0.42M
24. Sutter's Gold (1936)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 139
25. Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion (2014 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to New Zealand to compete in a reality TV competition and ends up investigating the strange mishaps that are causing the show to spiral out of control.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Jennifer Pratt, Sofia Rybin, Shiromi Arserio
Votes: 41
26. Villin Pohjolan kulta (1963)
85 min | Western
The Vorna brothers arrives in a city ruled by a powerful bank manager and a saloon owner. The Vorna's are in trouble as they are suspected of a robbery murder years earlier.
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Tamara Lund, Vili Auvinen, Helge Herala, Åke Lindman
Votes: 113
29. The Death of Kindness (2017 Video)
34 min | Short, News
There's a "cold civil war" between the takers and the makers, argues Stefan Molyneux.
Star: Stefan Molyneux
30.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Conquistadores
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Gold-panning immigrants are run off their claim. In need of money for the survival of their village, they kidnap Joe and hold him for ransom but their heart just isn't in it.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, John Saxon
Votes: 99
31.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Lonely Man
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
In a rare episode with Hop Sing in the spotlight, the Cartwrights' cook is panning for gold during a vacation when he falls in love with a white woman. The relationship blossoms into an ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Kelly Jean Peters
Votes: 116
32.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Talk to Me, Charley
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Charley and Stokes are partners in a productive gold mine and are successful holding off any claim jumpers. The main problem is Charley drinking too much and when the beautiful Wilhelma ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Sean McClory, Hal Baylor, Susan Brown, Lane Bradford
Votes: 25
33.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Other White Man
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Scipio Gaines is an escaped slave who has been living among the Indians for years. When a government official shows up Scipio is prepared to giving up his freedom, not knowing much has changed in the ensuing years.
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: James Edwards, Lisa Gaye, Rodolfo Acosta, Valentin de Vargas
Votes: 29
34.
Father Murphy (1981–1983)
Episode:
Father Murphy
(1981)
G | 120 min | Drama, Family, Western
When a gold rush strikes the town of Jackson, greed in the form of town bully Paul Garrett causes the death of a number of gold panners, and schoolmarm Mae, freighter Murphy, panner Moses, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn, Katherine Cannon, Timothy Gibbs
Votes: 34
35.
The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode:
The Treasure of Sierra Madrock
(1966)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Traveling through the desert on their way to Rock Vegas, Fred and Barney fall prey to con men who have seeded the river with phony gold. When it turns out that the river contains real gold ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Henry Corden
Votes: 160
36.
The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
Episode:
Hidden Gold
(1964)
26 min | Family
A chance discovery of gold in the valley, leads to a land rush brought on by unscrupulous real estate agents. It is up to the kids to uncover the truth about the gold find, and help find justice for all.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Graydon Gould, Rex Hagon, Michael Zenon, Gordon Pinsent
37.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
Gold Rush Tech
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Western
Examines the technology used during the gold rush, namely the evolving of mining tools, as pumps, drills, elevators or cables
Director: Amy Huggins | Stars: Keith Carradine, James A.E. Fuentez, Rick Groat, Frank Lorey
Votes: 7
38.
Wildside (1985)
Episode:
The Crimea of the Century
(1985)
Western
A squadron of British cavalry are menacing the countryside around Wildside, but California's governor orders its Chamber of Commerce to take no offensive action against the intruders ... See full summary »
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., William Smith, J. Eddie Peck, John D'Aquino
Votes: 8
39.
DuckTales (2017–2021)
Episode:
The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!
(2019)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the old west, Scrooge and Goldie start a band of outlaws and stage a heist to save a small town from a corrupt businessman, John D. Rockerduck.
Director: Tanner Johnson | Stars: David Tennant, Bobby Moynihan, Allison Janney, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Votes: 655
40.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #19.22
(2019)
44 min | Reality-TV
Steph has a surprise in store for birthday boy Phil as they cross Caledonia on the second leg of their trip. Setting off from Dumfries and Galloway, they head to an auction showdown in Edinburgh
Directors: Rob Foster, Paul Leyshon | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Stephanie Connell, Philip Serrell
Votes: 8
41.
Win the Wilderness: Alaska (2020)
Episode:
The Axe Falls
(2020)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure, Game-Show
3 couples face Duane and Rena's most demanding test yet in a bid to earn the final place on the shortlist to win their Alaskan home. The 3 couples who have already made the list try panning for gold
Directors: Chris Atteshlis, Georgina Burrell, James Callum, Mark Challender, James Nutt, Ben Archard, Greg Lander Williams | Star: Nicolas Tennant
Votes: 33
42.
Madventures Suomi (2020– )
Episode:
Kullankaivajien heimo
(2020)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Riku Rantala, Tuomas Milonoff
Votes: 24
43.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Money
(2006)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
This program tells the story of the transformation of American coinage and currency from a haphazard mess that stunted economic growth to the advanced technology operated by the United ... See full summary »
Votes: 16
44.
Peltsin toinen luonto (2020–2023)
Episode:
Luontosuhde haussa
(2021)
30 min
Director: Mika Niva | Stars: Mikko 'Peltsi' Peltola, Vesa Luhta
45.
Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Massacre
(1978)
TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As wars rage across America in the mid 1800s, a militia man from Minnesota, Frank Skimmerhorn, takes his personal vendetta to Colorado in an effort to kill all Indians, including the Pasquinel brothers.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 134
46.
Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Yellow Apron
(1978)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the early 1800s, French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel lives in the Rockies with Clay Basket and has children with her; he later travels to St. Louis to visit his wife Lise who is raising their daughter.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad
Votes: 144
47.
Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode:
For as Long as the Waters Flow
(1978)
TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Levi Zendt partners with Alexander McKeag and opens a trading post; later he assists in a historical treaty between the U.S. and the Indian Nations that soon falls apart.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 132
48.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Cold Start
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Palin begins at the North Pole, flying there on a small aeroplane fitted with skis. From there, he heads to Greenland, then the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, where the towns of Ny ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen
Votes: 97
49.
How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode:
America's Gold
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
The history of discovery of gold deposits in California and Nevada and the diverse geological processes the produced the deposits are described.
Director: Rachel Scarrott | Stars: Corey Johnson, Richard Goldfarb, Chris Ralph, John Marma
Votes: 25
50.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
Red Gold
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Patrick works with special agent Hightower to figure out who killed a struggling gold prospector.
Director: Tom Verica | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,244