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The Prisoner of Shar

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

IMDb: 7.3
1936

The story of Dr Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincolns assassin in 1865

The Lost Patrol (193

The Lost Patrol (1934)

IMDb: 6.8
1934

A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies

Straight Shooting (1

Straight Shooting (1917)

IMDb: 6.3
1917

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims water supply When Sims son Ted goes for water, one of Flints men kills him Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides

The Black Watch (192

The Black Watch (1929)

IMDb: 5.6
1929

Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British soldiers held prisoner there

The Man Who Shot Lib

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

IMDb: 8.1
1962

A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins

Mister Roberts (1955

Mister Roberts (1955)

IMDb: 7.7
1955

In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the backwater areas of the Pacific Ocean Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

IMDb: 8.1
1940

A poor Midwest family is forced off their land They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression

3 Godfathers (1948)

3 Godfathers (1948)

IMDb: 7.1
1948

Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization

Two Rode Together (1

Two Rode Together (1961)

IMDb: 6.8
1961

A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences

The Searchers (1956)

The Searchers (1956)

IMDb: 7.9
1956

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

The Hurricane (1937)

The Hurricane (1937)

IMDb: 7.2
1937

A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his islands martinet French governor

She Wore a Yellow Ri

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

IMDb: 7.3
1949

Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled

Gideon of Scotland Y

Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)

IMDb: 6.6
1958

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time

Pinky (1949)

Pinky (1949)

IMDb: 7.2
1949

A light skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race

Mogambo (1953)

Mogambo (1953)

IMDb: 6.7
1953

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordleys cheating wife Linda

Cheyenne Autumn (196

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

IMDb: 6.7
1964

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U S government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation

The Fugitive (1947)

The Fugitive (1947)

IMDb: 6.3
1947

Anti Catholic and anti cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the states last remaining priest

Wee Willie Winkie (1

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)

IMDb: 7.0
1937

Priscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1

Rio Grande (1950)

Rio Grande (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son whos a risk taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years

Hell Bent (1918)

Hell Bent (1918)

IMDb: 6.1
1918

A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way

Tobacco Road (1941)

Tobacco Road (1941)

IMDb: 6.4
1941

Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia

Donovans Reef (1963)

Donovans Reef (1963)

IMDb: 6.9
1963

In an ideal society on a picturesque South Sea island, there are people of several races and backgrounds living together in harmony John Wayne is a WWII hero, who worked hard to own a shipping company and finds his true love She is

The Last Hurrah (195

The Last Hurrah (1958)

IMDb: 7.2
1958

Frank Skeffington is an old Irish American political boss, running for re election as mayor of a U S town for the last time

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

IMDb: 7.0
1940

A merchant ships crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war

Stagecoach (1939)

Stagecoach (1939)

IMDb: 7.9
1939

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process

How Green Was My Val

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

IMDb: 7.7
1941

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life

The Whole Towns Talk

The Whole Towns Talking (1935)

IMDb: 7.3
1935

A meek milquetoast of a clerks mistaken for public enemy N 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable (1945)

IMDb: 7.2
1945

A Navy commander fights to prove the battle worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II

The World Moves On (

The World Moves On (1934)

IMDb: 6.1
1934

Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult

Up the River (1930)

Up the River (1930)

IMDb: 5.9
1930

When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue

Young Mr Lincoln (19

Young Mr Lincoln (1939)

IMDb: 7.6
1939

A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case

Kentucky Pride (1925

Kentucky Pride (1925)

IMDb: 5.7
1925

The story of a Beaumont race horse, told through from the point of view of the horse via intertitles

The Informer (1935)

The Informer (1935)

IMDb: 7.4
1935

In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won (1962)

IMDb: 7.0
1962

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads

Young Cassidy (1965)

Young Cassidy (1965)

IMDb: 6.5
1965

The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century

Four Sons (1928)

Four Sons (1928)

IMDb: 7.2
1928

A family saga in which three sons of a Bavarian widow go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germanys eventual opponent