Movies and TvShows featuring "western-frontier" theme.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron follows the journey of a wild stallion named Spirit as he fights for his freedom in the American West. Captured by humans and forced to work, Spirit refuses to be tamed and longs to return to his herd and the open range. With the help of a young Native American boy, Spirit sets out on a daring adventure to escape captivity and find his way back home.

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

In Spirit Untamed, a young girl named Lucky forms a bond with a wild horse named Spirit. Together, they navigate the challenges of small-town life and embark on an adventure filled with friendship and self-discovery. As Lucky learns to trust Spirit, she also learns valuable lessons about family, love, and the power of resilience.

After the death of his wife, Jeremiah Johnson, a mountain man, seeks revenge against those responsible for her loss. He navigates the treacherous wilderness, battles a grizzly bear, and embraces a life of survival and solitude.

Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during, and following the Civil War, from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.

In 19th century New Mexico, a criminal abducts a young girl, prompting her father to set out on a dangerous mission to rescue her. Along the way, he encounters various challenges and confrontations in the wild frontier.

After her husband dies, a young woman travels west and finds herself in a marriage of convenience. As she adjusts to her new life on the western frontier, she discovers love and purpose.

The Wind is a horror-western film set in the 19th century American frontier. It follows a woman who experiences isolation, paranoia, and supernatural events. As she struggles with her pregnancy and the still-birth of her child, she starts to question her sanity and is haunted by a demonic presence. The film explores themes of madness, alienation, and the horror of rural life.

After his friend is murdered, a man named Rafe Covington seeks revenge and embarks on a journey to track down the outlaw gang responsible. Along the way, he meets a woman who becomes a love interest. Set in the western frontier, the story features intense street shootouts, quick draws, and a final showdown. Rafe is a skilled gunfighter and uses his long-range rifle to take down his enemies. The film also explores the relationship between Native Americans and settlers, with a Lakota Indian chief playing a significant role.

In this epic western, a young scout named Breck Coleman guides a group of pioneers on the treacherous journey along the Oregon Trail. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and dangers, including conflicts with Pawnee Indians. Amidst the hardships of the frontier, Coleman finds love and must navigate the challenges of nation-building.

In the 1860s Sierra Nevada Mountains, a surveyor must confront the consequences of his past actions when a woman and her daughter arrive in town.

The Fastest Gun Alive is a classic Western drama set in the 1880s. It follows a man with a hidden past who tries to start a new life in a small town. However, when his secret is revealed, he finds himself caught in a dangerous situation that puts his skills as a gunslinger to the test.

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.

In the fight for Texas independence, a small group of men defend the Alamo against a Mexican army. Their heroic last stand becomes a symbol of bravery and sacrifice.

Thomas Linthorne is a farmer, who, with his bride, Kate, settles a parcel of untilled Midwestern farmland in 1866. Linthorne is a dynamic and driven man who eventually becomes a pillar of the close-knit community. But there are trials and tribulations that eventually plague his dreams of the perfect life he has tried to create for his family. Over the span of fifty years, the Linthorne family will weather more than their share of hardship that affects each of them in dramatic ways. The Linthorne saga, set against the daily rituals and chores of life on the land, reveals the determination, strength and indomitable spirit of the families who settled America.

A widower returns to his hometown to reconcile with his son and faces a confrontation with a ruthless cattle baron in the Wyoming Territory.

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

A wagon train scout leads a group of settlers into the New Mexico Territory and faces various challenges including ambushes and conflict with Native Americans.

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate explores the tumultuous journey of creating and releasing the film Heaven's Gate. It delves into the inexperience of the director and studio, the media frenzy and over-budget issues, and the ultimate failure of the movie. The documentary sheds light on the end of an era in Western filmmaking.

The further adventures of True Grit's Rooster Cogburn has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him.