
10 Best Movies Like Dances with Wolves
If you loved Dances with Wolves, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Jeremiah Johnson
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dances with Wolves for fans of Adventure & Drama & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-on-one com...

The Way West
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dances with Wolves for fans of Adventure & Drama & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and de...

The Cowboys
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dances with Wolves for fans of Adventure & Drama & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time t...

The White Buffalo
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dances with Wolves for fans of Adventure & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations ...

News of the World
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dances with Wolves for fans of Adventure & Drama & Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped....

Badland
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dances with Wolves for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams the Old West seeking justice. His resolve is tested when he meets a determined pi...