20 movies like Thunder in the Sun, ordered by similarity : Drum Beat(1954), Texas Across the River(1966), The Paleface(1948), The Battle at Apache Pass(1952), Broken Arrow(1950), Pony Soldier(1952), Fighting Caravans(1931), Meek's Cutoff(2010), The Tall Men(1955), Westward the Women(1951), The New Land(1972), Tumbleweeds(1925) ...
Western
USA
1959
81 Minutes
Susan Hayward Jeff Chandler Jacques Bergerac Blanche Yurka Carl Esmond Fortunio Bonanova Bertrand Castelli Veda Ann Borg Pedro de Córdoba Felix Locher
immigrant homesteader winemaker farmer native american warrior scout gripping melodramatic suspenseful wagon train mountain wild west missouri california old west pioneering love triangle native americans immigrants journey
1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
Western
USA
1954
111 Minutes
Alan Ladd Audrey Dalton Marisa Pavan Robert Keith Rodolfo Acosta Charles Bronson Warner Anderson Elisha Cook Jr. Anthony Caruso Richard Gaines Hayden Rorke
cowboy native american warrior daughter driver ulysses s. grant army officer thrilling gutsy melodramatic california oregon fort mountain river ambush native americans revenge negotiation honor war
In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.
Comedy, Western
USA
1966
101 Minutes
Dean Martin Alain Delon Joey Bishop Rosemary Forsyth Tina Marquand Peter Graves Michael Ansara Linden Chiles Andrew Prine Stuart Anderson Roy Barcroft
nobleman fiancée gunrunner native american woman native american love interest amusing brash hilarious texas louisiana wagon train country road wild west engagement native americans friendship love triangle love old west
In 1845 Texas, a Louisiana belle is courted by a wanted Spanish nobleman and a Texas brawling gunrunner but her suitors' passionate duel is interrupted by the cavalry and a Comanche attack.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Bob Hope Jane Russell Robert Armstrong Iris Adrian Bobby Watson Jackie Searle Joseph Vitale Charles Trowbridge Clem Bevans Jeff York Stanley Andrews
dentist calamity jane federal agent gunrunner native american partner charming hilarious lighthearted rousing wild west wagon train small town saloon jail california unlikely hero bravery gunfight redemption
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
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
1950
93 Minutes
James Stewart Jeff Chandler Debra Paget Basil Ruysdael Will Geer Joyce Mackenzie Arthur Hunnicutt Raymond Bramley Jay Silverheels Argentina Brunetti Robert Adler
scout native american settler renegade warrior mail carrier gritty thrilling intense united states apache territory camp arizona friendship truce war love death peace quest
Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
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
1931
91 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lili Damita Ernest Torrence Fred Kohler Tully Marshall Eugene Pallette Roy Stewart May Boley Jim Farley James Marcus
outlaw frenchwoman orphan trail guide settler native american thrilling spirited emotional frontier missouri jail rocky mountains california journey unusual romance helping others assumed identity schemes survival
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
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
1955
122 Minutes
Clark Gable Jane Russell Robert Ryan Cameron Mitchell Juan Garcia Harry Shannon Emile Meyer Mae Marsh
cowboy brother businessman beautiful woman native american rousing gritty texas wild west montana love triangle siblings journey frontier life quest love rivalry 1860s
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
Western
USA
1951
118 Minutes
Robert Taylor Denise Darcel Jacqueline Wells Beverly Dennis John McIntire Hope Emerson Lenore Lonergan Marilyn Erskine
prostitute trail guide mail-order bride pregnant woman native american cook amusing bleak sad gritty thrilling california chicago wild west camp wilderness wagon train marriage journey death
A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently began settling there.
Western, Drama
1972
161 Minutes
Max von Sydow Liv Ullmann Eddie Axberg Hans Alfredson Monica Zetterlund Per Oscarsson
farmer immigrant prospector indian emotional tender somber brutal minnesota california farming gold rush indian life immigration war love sacrifice rivalry transformation 19th century
Swedish emigrants Karl-Oskar (Max von Sydow), wife Kristina (Liv Ullmann) and family struggle in 1850 Minnesota.
Western
USA
1925
89 Minutes
William S. Hart Barbara Bedford Lucien Littlefield J. Gordon Russell Richard R. Neill Jack Murphy Lillian Leighton Gertrude Claire George F. Marion James Gordon Fred Gamble
cowboy drifter love interest homesteader best friend native american tense gripping amusing cherokee strip caldwell, kan. oklahoma prairie small town saloon land rush love imprisonment love quest
The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Jean Peters John McIntire Charles Bronson John Dehner Paul Guilfoyle Ian MacDonald Walter Sande Morris Ankrum Monte Blue
native american warrior squaw scout army officer gripping gutsy powerful train american west escape journey oppression native americans betrayal escape pursuit 1880s
Refusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer.
Western
USA
1958
90 Minutes
Clint Walker Virginia Mayo Brian Keith Richard Eyer Russ Conway Michael Dante
native american comanche warrior fugitive widow son boy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful wild west farm fort frontier town on the run unlikely romance mob mentality journey wrongfully accused helping others
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.
Western
USA
1967
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Robert Mitchum Richard Widmark Lola Albright Michael Witney Stubby Kaye Sally Field Jack Elam
senator settler scout native american pregnant woman boy tense thrilling melodramatic wagon train wilderness oregon frontier trail missouri journey accidental killing mutiny frontier life power struggle
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
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
1954
84 Minutes
Robert Francis Donna Reed Donna Lee Hickey Philip Carey Onslow Stevens Peggy Converse Roy Roberts Jack Kelly Stuart Randall Eugene Iglesias Frank de Kova
commanding officer doctor native american medicine man army officer captain gripping suspenseful emotional army camp wilderness tent cabin wild west military medicine native americans enemies moral dilemma old west
A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.
Western
USA
1959
73 Minutes
Randolph Scott Karen Steele Pernell Roberts James Best Lee Van Cleef James Coburn
bounty hunter killer brother widow outlaw native american dark tense profound fort california american southwest sierra nevada mountains wild west betrayal retribution old west cowboys bounty discovery
A bounty hunter escorts a killer to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.
Western
USA
1953
57 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Gail Davis Kenne Duncan Sheila Ryan Tom London
singing cowboy settler bandit miner gunslinger friend melodramatic rousing suspenseful california valley wild west store homestead old west mining banditry dangerous mission transporting supplies law and order
Baddies McLain and Riker charge settlers what the traffic will bear for supplies. When Autry attempts to help out, the outlaws go after him.
Western
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Dana Andrews Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward Patricia Roc Ward Bond Andy Devine Rose Hobart Halliwell Hobbes Lloyd Bridges Stanley Ridges Dorothy Peterson
shop owner fiancée banker gambler best friend love interest spirited wild powerful oregon saloon frontier general store cabin portland, ore. romantic dilemma love triangle old west frontier life crime
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.