20 movies like Distant Drums, ordered by similarity : The Battle at Apache Pass(1952), Bugles in the Afternoon(1952), Pony Soldier(1952), Dakota Incident(1956), Hostiles(2017), Yellowstone Kelly(1959), Meek's Cutoff(2010), The Searchers(1956), Four Fast Guns(1959), Four Guns to the Border(1954), The Glory Guys(1965), Along the Great Divide(1951) ...
Western
USA
1951
101 Minutes
Gary Cooper Mari Aldon Richard Webb Ray Teal Arthur Hunnicutt Robert Barrat Clancy Cooper Dan White Mel Archer Angelita McCall Lee Roberts
american soldier native american native american chief settler enemy lieutenant brooding dense gripping intense engaging florida everglades battlefield territorial disputes native people land dispute battle rescue mission
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
John Lund Jeff Chandler Susan Cabot Beverly Tyler Bruce Cowling John Hudson James Best Regis Toomey Richard Egan Hugh O'Brian Palmer Lee
american pioneer love interest native american native american chief soldier engaging gory gripping intense powerful tense united states new mexico territory battlefield ranch civil war territorial disputes fight to the death rivalry
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Ray Milland Helena Carter Hugh Marlowe Forrest Tucker George Reeves Gertrude Michael
cavalry captain native american native american chief native american warrior rival army officer brash gutsy patriotic rousing tense montana battlefield dakota territory fort rivalry demotion battle of the little bighorn love interest love triangle
After violently attacking a fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, cavalry Captain Kern Shafter is court martialled. Later, he rejoins the army with Custer's regiment at Fort Lincoln, Dakota, becoming a sergeant, where he runs into his old foe.
Western
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Tyrone Power Cameron Mitchell Thomas Gomez Penny Edwards Robert Horton Anthony Numkena Adeline de Walt Reynolds Howard Petrie Stuart Randall Richard Shackleton Jim Hayward
mountie native american escaped convict soldier guide hostage tense gripping thrilling canada forest indian territory indian reservation montana rescue journey dangerous assignment old west native americans adventure
In 1876, a Canadian North West Mounted Police Constable must obtain the release of white hostages captured by the Cree tribes that are raiding Montana from their Canadian reservation.
Western
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Linda Darnell Dale Robertson John Lund Ward Bond Regis Toomey Skip Homeier Irving Bacon John Doucette Whit Bissell William Fawcett Malcolm Atterbury
stationmaster cheyenne native american passenger singer outlaw brooding suspenseful tense gripping intense engaging north dakota survival native americans cheyenne indians stagecoach indian attacks fight to the death escape
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.
Drama, History, Western
USA
2017
133 Minutes
Christian Bale Rosamund Pike Wes Studi Jesse Plemons Adam Beach Rory Cochrane Peter Mullan Scott Wilson Paul Anderson Timothée Chalamet Ben Foster
native american chief soldier commanding officer widow native american traveler brutal tense gritty raw emotional gory new mexico montana desert plains fort town american indian wars native americans
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
Western
USA
1959
91 Minutes
Clint Walker Edd Byrnes John Russell Ray Danton Claude Akins Rhodes Reason Andra Martin Gary Vinson Warren Oates Harry Shannon
fur trapper major partner native chief maiden intense engaging steamboat fort missouri camp cave house luther yellowstone kelly native americans massacre rescue culture clash ambition
In 1870s, in the Sioux territory south of the Missouri, trapper and Indian scout Luther Yellowstone Kelly is hired by the army at Fort Buford but runs into trouble with the Sioux.
Western
USA
2010
101 Minutes
Michelle Williams Bruce Greenwood Will Patton Zoe Kazan Paul Dano Shirley Henderson Neal Huff Tommy Nelson Rod Rondeaux
guide settler native american wife racist husband tense solemn desert oregon mountain wagon train pioneering struggle survival lost journey hysteria adventure rivalry
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Western
USA
1956
119 Minutes
John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Natalie Wood Vera Miles Ward Bond John Qualen Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey Antonio Moreno Henry Brandon Hank Worden
gunslinger uncle niece brother native american powerful engaging texas new mexico wilderness wild west abduction family revenge native people missing persons bigotry quest adventure discovery
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
Western
USA
1959
72 Minutes
James Craig Martha Vickers Edgar Buchanan Brett Halsey Paul Richards Blu Wright Richard Martin John Swift Paul Raymond
gunslinger townspeople lawman outlaw widow loner brooding dark suspenseful intense engaging tense arizona false identity saving the town gunfight murder shoot-out outlaws discovery
In 1873, the town of Purgatory hires a town-tamer but the evil saloon owner hires 3 gunfighters to kill the town-tamer.
Western
USA
1954
83 Minutes
Rory Calhoun Colleen Miller George Nader Walter Brennan Nina Foch John McIntire Charles Drake Jay Silverheels Nestor Paiva Mary Field Robert F. Hoy
bandit bank robber gunslinger sheriff associate daughter dark brooding suspenseful engaging intense tense arizona outlaws bank robbery gunfight chase apaches siege adventure
An outlaw gang on the lam encounters former associate Simon Bhumer and his gorgeous daughter, who's drawn to their leader Cully.
Western
USA
1965
112 Minutes
Tom Tryon Harve Presnell Senta Berger Michael Anderson Jr. James Caan Slim Pickens Wayne Rogers Andrew Duggan Peter Breck Jeanne Cooper Laurel Goodwin
general soldier beautiful woman recruit native american tyrant engaging rousing melodramatic frontier battlefield small town bar camp american indian wars leadership military life love triangle battle death
What could be worse for two cavalry officers than to battle with native tribes? To battle each other for the same woman.
Western
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo John Agar Walter Brennan Ray Teal Hugh Sanders Morris Ankrum James Anderson Charles Meredith
us marshal love interest deputy cattle rustler cattle baron son amusing charming cheeky gritty engaging outlandish patriotic wild wild west desert united states escape rescue lynching
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
Western
USA
1963
57 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Preston Foster James Coburn Joanna Moore Edward Andrews Kevin Hagen Martin West Ed Nelson Karl Swenson Grace Lee Whitney
lawyer ex-girlfriend extortionist wrongly accused murder suspect sheriff brooding tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic engaging galveston, texas wrongfully accused innocence murder investigation court decision protecting girlfriend murder accusation escape
In 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.
Western
USA
1961
97 Minutes
Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten Arthur O'Connell Charles Bronson Richard Chamberlain Duane Eddy James Douglas Tammy Marihugh Carol Wells Slim Pickens
captain lieutenant beautiful woman soldier native american warrior rookie melodramatic tense wild west desert fort battle romance love triangle native americans military life competition transformation love rivalry
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Western
USA
1953
105 Minutes
Charlton Heston Jack Palance Katy Jurado Brian Keith Mary Sinclair Milburn Stone Richard Shannon Lewis Martin Frank de Kova Robert Wilke Peter Coe
chief scout cavalry captain apache native american native american chief amusing melodramatic tense thrilling fiery united states wild west ambush native americans apaches u.s. army western films adventure
Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.
Western
USA
1943
79 Minutes
Richard Dix Jane Wyatt Albert Van Dekker Victor Jory Eugene Pallette Robert Armstrong Beryl Wallace Clem Bevans
cowboy marshal banker townspeople bank robber bystander brooding intense gritty engaging tense gripping wild west bank robbery tyranny career change shoot-out western films control discovery
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Jeff Chandler Faith Domergue Lyle Bettger Stacy Harris Peter Whitney Walter Sande Stephen Chase John War Eagle Glenn Strange Charles Arnt Julia Montoya
horse trader surgeon native american love interest sergeant thief striking powerful patriotic engaging gutsy melodramatic wyoming american civil war native americans american history racial issues confederate army sioux rivalry
During the Civil War, Southern agitators and a crooked horse dealer endanger the peace between the Union and the Wyoming Sioux.
Western
USA
1950
71 Minutes
scout partner army colonel native american driver teacher engaging melodramatic rousing thrilling trail fort camp office american west indian reservation wagon train false accusations american indian wars ambush
Davy Crockett (not the famous Alamo hero, but his nephew) guides a wagon train through hostile territory and rescues the cavalry from ambushing Indians.
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
George Montgomery Bill Williams Lola Albright Francis J. McDonald Robert Griffin Dabbs Greer Kathleen Freeman Charlotte Austin Ralph Moody Ann Barton Raymond Hatton
native american warrior native american chief native american woman settler uncle wagon master brash tense melodramatic american west camp wagon train prairie native americans identity crisis love triangle murder death cultural assimilation transformation
Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be with the white people. Now known as Paul... See full summary »
Drama, Adventure, History, Western
USA|Hong Kong|Taiwan
2015
156 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hardy Domhnall Gleeson Will Poulter Forrest Goodluck Paul Anderson Kristoffer Joner Joshua Burge Duane Howard Melaw Nakehk'o Fabrice Adde
trapper team leader confidante family member native bear bleak brooding intense woods boat united states hut river village abandonment animal attack survival betrayal determination
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.