Ace in the Hole (1951), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Johnny Guitar (1954), Yellow Sky (1948), Hostiles (2017), McLintock! (1963), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), How the West Was Won (1962) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Territory movies.
Storyline: The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches; however, just two captives are released, and their reintegration into white society proves highly problematic.—David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: river, interracial relationship, indian chief, slavery, cavalry, search and rescue, brother sister relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three Americans are headed by ship around the cape to the California gold fields when they are put ashore for several weeks in a sleepy little Mexican village. While there, they are offered the job of following a lady deep into the Indian-infested mountains of Mexico to rescue the lady's husband trapped by a cave-in at their gold mine. For the job they are promised $2000 each. While each contemplates their own chances for getting the lady and/or the gold mine, if they can survive to enjoy it.—Ronnie L. Hyde
Plot Keywords: melodrama, orchestral music score, symphonic music score, cowboy, violence, shootout, gunfight ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is an Australian crocodile hunter who lives in the Australian outback and runs a safari business with his trusted friend and mentor Walter Reilly. After surviving a crocodile attack, a New York journalist named Sue arrives to interview Mick about how he survived and learns more about the crocodile hunter. After saving Sue from a crocodile, Sue invites Mick to visit New York City, since Mick has never been to a city. Mick finds the culture and life in New York City a lot different than his home and he finds himself falling in love with Sue.
Plot Keywords: female reporter, suicide attempt, cocktail party, party, limousine, blockbuster, newspaper ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Capt. Richard Lance is unjustly held responsible, by his men and girlfriend, for an Indian massacre death of beloved Lt. Holloway. Holloway is killed while escorting a dangerous Indian chief to another fort's prison. The chief escapes. Knowing their fort is in danger of Indian attack, Lance takes a small group of army misfits to an abandoned nearby army fort to defend a mountain pass against the oncoming Indian assault. Their mission is to stall for time until reinforcements from another fort arrive. The men in this small group of malcontents, deserters, psychopaths and cowards all hate Capt. Lance and wish him dead. Much to their chagrin, the men recognize that Lance's survival instincts, military knowledge and leadership are the only chance the group has of staying alive.—E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: redemption, romantic rivalry, explosion, drunkenness, machine gun, rescue, cowardice ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Phoenix, Arizona, alcoholic and mediocre Detective Ben Shockley (Clint Eastwood) is assigned by Chief Commissary Blakelock (William Prince) to bring witness Gus Mally (Sondra Locke) from Las Vegas, Nevada for a minor trial. Shockley travels to Las Vegas and finds that Gus Mally is an aggressive and intelligent prostitute with a college degree and she tells him that the odds are against her showing up in court. Shockley learns that she will actually testify against a powerful mobster, and the mafia is chasing them, trying to kill them both. He calls Blakelock and requests a Police escort from Phoenix to protect them. But soon, he discovers that someone is betraying him in the Police Department. Now, Shockley and Malley hijack a bus and Shockley welds thick steel plates and transforms the cabin in an armored bus trying to reach the Forum. But they will need to drive through a gauntlet of Police Officers armed with heavy weapons.
Plot Keywords: road movie, cowboy hat, motorcycle chase, sunglasses, beard, bandana, headband ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Bitter over his wife's death due to what he believes was army negligence, Capt. Viktor Kaleb deserts the cavalry and disappears into the southwestern wasteland. But when marauding Apaches set up a stronghold just out of the cavalry's reach in Mexico, Kaleb is given amnesty in exchange for leading a small band of especially trained soldiers to wipe out the Indian stronghold.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: arizona territory, apache indian, tomahawk, cannon, bugle, campfire, knife throwing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: sonora mexico, pistol, winchester rifle, flintlock rifle, carbine, musket, boat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A gunslinger rides into the town of Purgatory and tells the townspeople he's the town tamer they've been expecting, knowing full well that he shot the man back in the desert. He agrees to their $500 fee, payable when the job is complete to the widow of another man he killed, and sets about freeing the town from it's wheelchair-bound criminal boss, who hires three killers in succession to rid the town of its new lawman.—David Bassler
Plot Keywords: impostor, statue, piano player, alcoholic, bounty, bartender, jail cell ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Civil War Yankee sergeant Yellowleg saves the cheater Turkey from hanging after a card game, and together with Turk's gunslinger buddy Billy Keplinger, they ride together to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. When other bandits rob a store, Yellowleg shoots at the outlaws and accidentally kills the son of the cabaret dancer Kit Tilden and the grieving woman decides to bury her son in the town of Siringo in Apache country where her husband is buried. Yellowleg Enlists Billy and Turkey to escort Kitty and the coffin through the dangerous land.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: apache territory, based on novel, death of child, revenge, little boy, grief, native american ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Wyatt Earp cleans up Tombstone and faces the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral.
Plot Keywords: arizona territory, gang member, gunfighter, gunfight, henchman, hold up, indian ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When John Stewart gives refuge to Wick Campbell's girl friend, Campbell turns against him. He rustles Stewart's cattle, murders his brother, and brings in hired guns. Then he and his men pin Stewart and a few others down in a house apparently killing them. But Stewart has escaped and returns alone to rid the town of Campbell and his men.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: shoulder holster, arizona territory, arizona, cattle ranch, stagecoach robbery, father son relationship, uncle nephew relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before they are missed. But how shall he manage to get several hundred pounds of gold into the mint without anyone noticing?—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: riverboat, knife, knife throwing, escape, repeating rifle, winchester rifle, revolver ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, this darkly comedic story follows Cassie Fowler, a single mom and struggling realtor whose life goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.
Plot Keywords: arizona territory, tape over mouth, falling to death, mortgage, home invasion, held captive, brunette woman ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ben has been after the Sims brothers since they gunned down his sister. His wife, threatening to leave him, sees his chance to get her back and get his revenge when the brothers are captured and are to be transported to prison on the stage.—DrDOS
Plot Keywords: stagecoach, american indian, lawman, low budget film, prisoner, siege, stagecoach driver ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The year is 1877. Johnny Ketchum, son of notorious gunfighter Ace Ketchum, seeks the man who killed his mother. His search brings him into contact with (1) Deputy Mace Fenton, who wants to collect the $10,000 reward on Ace Ketchum's head, (2) wealthy landowner Don Pedro Fortuna and his daughter Pilar; and (3) Juan Morales, a Mexican bandit. Before finishing his quest, Johnny finds love, learns family secrets, and fights in a battle.—dinky-4 of Minneapolis
Plot Keywords: border, bare chested male, independent film, rhyme in title, stagecoach, bullet wound, father son relationship ...
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