与狼共舞

与狼共舞 1990

7.85

邓巴中尉曾经是南北战争中的英雄,因幻想破灭,远离内战,独自往未开发西部的大草原闯荡。邓巴和印第安苏族人开始了接触和交往。经过一番艰难的起步,他终于跟语言不通文化不同的印第安人建立了信任和友谊。他与苏族妇女“站立舞拳”结婚,除了肤色和长相不同,他已经完全成为了一个印第安人。后来前往当地的白人军队反而将他视为叛徒,对他暴力相向。邓巴从此以身为白人为耻,彻底投向苏族人的阵营,并坚持自己的名字叫“与狼共舞”。

1990

光荣战役

光荣战役 1989

7.50

美国南北战争,白人军官罗伯特·古尔德萧(马修·布罗德里克 Matthew Broderick饰)在战斗中负伤,被一位名叫约翰·罗林斯(摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman饰)的掘墓人发现送进了野战医院。在波士顿养病期间,罗伯特自愿接下了全部由黑人组成的“麻州第五十四兵团”指挥官的职务。然而面对种族歧视的严重偏见和白人同僚的冷嘲热讽,以及新兵瑞普(丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington饰)的种种质疑,他毅然将一群从南方黑奴制度中脱逃至北方的乌合之众训练成一支纪律严明的部队。由他率领的黑人兵团“麻州第五十四兵团”,在南方的查尔斯坦战役中写下光辉的一页。然而罗伯特自己却在上战场攻坚时壮烈牺牲。

1989

葛底斯堡

葛底斯堡 1993

6.89

1863年7月1日,十五万名士兵在命运安排下,相会于美国的葛底斯堡;他们各自为了理想中的民主政治抛头颅洒热血。结果,有三分之一的人倒于寂静的麦田中;他们的生命创造了南北战争的转折点,这场战役是历史上的葛底斯堡之战。

1993

冷山

冷山 2003

6.92

英曼是美国南北战争末期一名受伤士兵,在灵魂仿佛燃尽之后,对家园强烈的渴望支撑他站立起来,踏上了艰辛漫长的归家旅程。他的情人艾达则在山影交错的乡间忍受孤独,度过了失怙独立的蜕变期,学会了如何与粗砺尖锐的生活抗挣。战争摧毁了一切,而依然兀立的冷山是他们之间唯一的联系,也是他们回忆与想望的地方——一个即使你所信仰的天堂已然破灭,却仍能为你疗伤止痛的美好国度。

2003

魂归伤膝谷

魂归伤膝谷 2007

6.50

从苏族在小大角战役中战胜卡斯特将军的血腥胜利开始,讲述了三个人物的观点:查尔斯·伊斯曼(海滩饰),年轻的达特茅斯大学毕业的苏族医生奥希耶萨,被认为是所谓的同化成功的活生生的证据;坐牛(谢伦贝格),骄傲的拉科塔酋长谁拒绝服从美国政府的政策,旨在剥夺他的人民的身份,他们的尊严和神圣的土地--达科塔州盛产黄金的黑山;参议员亨利道斯(奎因饰),他是政府印第安事务政策的设计师之一。当伊士曼和贵族教师伊莱恩·古德尔(帕奎因饰)努力改善保留地印第安人的生活时,参议员道斯游说格兰特总统(汤普森饰)给予更人道的待遇,反对威廉·特库姆塞将军(谢尔曼饰)的好战立场。 印第安人的希望以先知沃沃卡(Studi)和鬼舞的形式升起--这是一个救世主般的运动,承诺结束他们在白色男人统治下的苦难。1890年12月29日,坐牛被暗杀,数百名印第安男人、妇女和儿童被第七骑兵队在伤膝溪屠杀,这一希望破灭了。

2007

Bonanza

Bonanza 1959

7.50

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

1959

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie 1974

8.00

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.

1974

Warrior

Warrior 2019

7.97

A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.

2019

Jamestown

Jamestown 2017

7.30

The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.

2017

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove 1989

7.81

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.

1989

TURN: Washington's Spies

TURN: Washington's Spies 2014

7.10

The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.

2014

The Young Rebels

The Young Rebels 1970

4.50

Idealistic Revolutionary War rebels harass the Redcoats in British-held Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia in this adventure series which drew parallels with 1960s political activism.

1970

Liberty!

Liberty! 1997

7.80

Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.

1997

The Good Lord Bird

The Good Lord Bird 2020

7.03

Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.

2020

Grant

Grant 2020

6.90

This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.

2020

George Washington

George Washington 1984

7.40

This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.

1984

The Swamp Fox

The Swamp Fox 1959

6.70

The story of Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, an American patriot who fought the British Tories using unusual methods, becoming known as “The Swamp Fox.”

1959

Washington

Washington 2020

7.10

The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”

2020

The American Revolution

The American Revolution 2014

8.30

Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride to warn colonial forces of the British approach. But history books don't tell of the man who sent Revere on his mission: Joseph Warren, America's least remembered founding father. Uncover the forgotten history of Warren and stories of other unsung heroes in our fight for independence.

2014

American Roots Music

American Roots Music 2001

4.20

Travel back through the 20th century to explore the roots of American music and discover the pioneers of the musical forms that combined on American soil to become the most pervasive music throughout the world.

2001

America: Promised Land

America: Promised Land 2017

1.00

The epic history behind the creation of America, exploring how and why our ancestors came to this country. Examine the massive immigration patterns of ethnic groups to the United States through the telling of historical events including the Dutch Fur Trade, the Great Potato Famine, the California Gold Rush and more.

2017