Native People Movies, Movies about Native People

Here we've displayed a list of the best Native People films : The Searchers(1956), Nanook of the North(1922), Atanarjuat the Fast Runner(2001), Crude(2009), Whale Rider(2002), Where the Spirit Lives(1989), How the West Was Won(1962), The Plainsman(1936), The Emerald Forest(1985), Hawaii(1966), Distant Drums(1951), Something of Value(1957) ... ...

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The Searchers

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.

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Nanook of the North

In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.

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Atanarjuat the Fast Runner

The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.

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Crude

The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

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Whale Rider

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

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Where the Spirit Lives

A young Native Canadian (First Nations person) fights to keep her culture and identity when she is abducted to a residential school.

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How the West Was Won

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

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The Plainsman

Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

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The Emerald Forest

After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.

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Hawaii

An American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.

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Distant Drums

After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.

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Something of Value

Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After Kimani's father is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band... See full summary »

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The Battle at Apache Pass

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.

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Farewell to the King

Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese.

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Masters of the Congo Jungle

Documentary showing the struggles of the inhabitants--both human and animal--of what was then called the Belgian Congo.

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The Sins of Rachel Cade

While the Nazi regime subjugates European Nations, in the Belgian Congo, Doctor Rachel Cade tries to cure those troubled people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but a young American injured pilot upsets his plans.

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Sanders of the River

A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.

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Savage Pampas

An Army captain (Robert Taylor) in Argentina learns why his lonely men are deserting to an outlaw's (Ron Randell) gaucho gang.

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Fort Vengeance

Two North Dakota brothers (James Craig, Keith Larsen) flee to Canada and join the Mounties during an Indian dispute.

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Five Came Back

Conflicts arise among the 12 survivors of a jungle plane crash when it is learned only five can return to civilization.

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Destination: Gobi

In exchange for saddles, Mongols help a Navy weather-station officer (Richard Widmark) and his men evade the Japanese.

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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