Meek's Cutoff

Apr 8, 2011

1h 43m

★ 6.5

The Road to Civilisation is Not Always Civilised.

Overview

A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

Genres

Western

History

Production Companies

filmscience

Evenstar Films

Harmony

Primitive Nerd

Meek's Cutoff Trailers

Cast

Emily Tetherow

Michelle Williams

Stephen Meek

Bruce Greenwood

Soloman Tetherow

Will Patton

Millie Gately

Zoe Kazan

Thomas Gately

Paul Dano

Glory White

Shirley Henderson

William White

Neal Huff

Jimmy White

Tommy Nelson

The Indian

Rod Rondeaux

Orphans is the true story of a forbidden love affair set in the oppressive and violent atmosphere of nineteenth century Mexico. One man, Melchor Ocampo, driven by the twin passions of love and idealism, defies the stain of illegitimacy to shake off the crippling yoke of Spain and the Catholic Church. In so doing he becomes a founding figure of modern day Mexico.

8.0

The Battle of The Alamo

Mar 9, 1996

No overview available.

6.1

Moses the Lawgiver

Mar 26, 1976

The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. This is the edited-down version for theatrical release.

7.2

The Diary of Anne Frank

Mar 18, 1959

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

5.0

Vigilante Terror

Nov 15, 1953

Vigilante Terror was one of the last of the "Wild Bill" Elliot westerns for Columbia. This time, Elliot comes to rescue an imperiled storekeeper. A band of masked vigilantes is laying waste to the countryside, and the storekeeper is blamed. Wild Bill saves the day by going undercover -- or under hood, as it were

6.8

Manitou's Shoe

Jul 11, 2001

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.

6.5

Earth

Sep 16, 1998

In 1947, the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.

7.0

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Nov 17, 2005

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

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8.0

Grubstake

Jan 1, 1952

Grubstake, also known as Apache Gold, is a 1952 American Western film directed by Larry Buchanan.

5.9

The Countess

Mar 13, 2009

Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.

4.4

Süss, the Jew

Sep 24, 1940

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.

4.5

Felicitas

Jun 11, 2009

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

7.2

Pale Rider

Jun 28, 1985

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

5.6

The Anarchist's Wife

Jun 26, 2008

Manuela is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He is deported to a concentration camp, and upon his release, continues the fight against nationalism in the French resistance. Years pass without a word from him, but his wife never gives up hope of seeing him again.

5.7

Amelia

Oct 22, 2009

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

5.5

I Want to See

May 16, 2008

July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the conflict. It is the beginning of an unpredictable, unexpected adventure...

7.3

Europa Europa

Nov 14, 1990

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

6.6

K-19: The Widowmaker

Jul 19, 2002

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

5.8

Sam Whiskey

Apr 1, 1969

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.