High Sierra (1941), Ride the High Country (1962), Ride Lonesome (1959), Sequoia (1934), Thrill of a Romance (1945), Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008), The Claim (2000), High Voltage (1929) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sierra Nevada Mountains movies.
Storyline: Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle is broken out of prison by an old associate who wants him to help with an upcoming robbery. When the robbery goes wrong and a man is shot and killed Earle is forced to go on the run, and with the police and an angry press hot on his tail he eventually takes refuge among the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas, where a tense siege ensues. But will the Police make him regret the attachments he formed with two women during the brief planning of the robbery.
Plot Keywords: gangster, ex-convict, criminal, girlfriend, dark, brooding, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn't know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steve's help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young woman's desire to escape first from her father, then from her fiance and his dangerously psychotic brothers.
Plot Keywords: lawman, frontiersman, daughter, drifter, brother, engaging, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack, and enlists the help of two outlaws to continue his journey more safely. However, the Indian attacks persist, the outlaws plan to take Billy for themselves, tempted by the offer of amnesty for his captor, and Billy's brother Frank is in hot pursuit to rescue him. But Brigade has plans of his own ...—David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: bounty hunter, killer, brother, widow, outlaw, native american, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Toni lives with her father, writer Matthew Martin, in the Sequoia forests of California. While walking, she finds and brings home, a small puma which she calls 'Gato' and a young fawn, called 'Malibu'. The three become friends which violates the normal rules of nature. After a few years, Toni and her dad leave and Gato and Malibu are returned to the wild. They do their animal things, but the two are still friendly. When Toni and Matthew return, they find that logging and hunting have decimated the animals in the area. They also find that their neighbor, Bergman, who has trapped animals for years, is now leading hunting parties and kills even the fawns. It is up to Gato and Malibu if they are to survive.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: young woman, father, hunter, ranger, fawn, heartwarming, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Cynthia is swept off her feet and marries a rich and very successful business executive, but business affairs make him abandon her during their honeymoon. Cynthia is sad and while he's away, meets the charming war hero, Maj. Milvaine, who is on leave. Sparks fly. Will she choose wealth over love?—erasmus
Plot Keywords: swimming instructor, businessman, war hero, opera singer, hotel manager, husband, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Necessity is the mother of invention. In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, Maryanne Kinkade has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and is about to lose her small house in Placerville, a town in California's gold country in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Her son Thom, who attends art school and is in his 20s, determines to make the transition from amateur to professional painter to help save the family's home. He seeks advice from an aging mentor.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: artist, mentor, mother, son, townsperson, inspiring, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Twenty years after a town's founder (Peter Mullan) trades his wife and daughter for a gold claim, the two arrive in his town.
Plot Keywords: prospector, miner, wife, daughter, worker, mistress, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A small busload of passengers, which includes an escaped female convict and the lawman who has re-captured her, gets stuck in a heavy snowfall. The driver and passengers take refuge in a church building, but they quickly find out that they are not alone, as another man has already taken refuge there with a stock of food. His confrontational attitude towards the newcomers quickly complicates the already strained relationships amongst the stranded passengers.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: detective, prisoner, fugitive, wealthy man, bus driver, teen girl, tense ...
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