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1. The Sisters Brothers (2018)
R | 122 min | Drama, Western
Eli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 70,600 | Gross: $3.14M
2. Gold (I) (2016)
R | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.
Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll
Votes: 69,391 | Gross: $7.23M
3. The Far Country (1954)
Passed | 97 min | Romance, Western
A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan
Votes: 8,650
4. The Last Movie (1971)
R | 108 min | Drama
After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind to witness the ways that filmmaking affects the locals.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Julie Adams, Daniel Ades, Richmond L. Aguilar, John Alderman
Votes: 2,655
5. Woman in the Moon (1929)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A tenacious scientist blasts off for the moon in hopes of riches that may be found there.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl, Fritz Rasp
Votes: 3,862
6. Grizzly Mountain (1995)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Present-day Portland suburbs kids Dylan and Nicole go on the camping trip with their family, and when they enter a mysterious cave in the mountains, they're transported back in time to 1870, where they meet mountain man Jeremiah.
Director: Jeremy Haft | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Dylan Haggerty, Nicole Lund, Kim Morgan Greene
Votes: 304 | Gross: $0.34M
7. The Tall Texan (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Western
A group of travelers in the Southwest band together to search for gold on Indian burial grounds. Convict Ben Trask attempts to maintain order within the group as they are faced with greed and danger.
Director: Elmo Williams | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Lee J. Cobb, Marie Windsor, Luther Adler
Votes: 200
8. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
120 min | Documentary, History
The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett
Votes: 2,153 | Gross: $0.13M
9. Amazon (1990)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong, Minna Sovio
Votes: 562
10. Ramona (1928)
80 min | Drama, Romance
After refusing to marry her adopted brother, a half Native-American Mexican woman flees to marry a Native man.
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Warner Baxter, Roland Drew, Vera Lewis
Votes: 169
11. Gold Fever (1996– )
Adventure, Family, Reality-TV
Join host Tom Massie as he travels the world in search of one of the planet's most precious metals - Gold.
Votes: 17
12. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 212
13. The Jackals (1967)
96 min | Adventure, Western
Bad bank robber falls in love with granddaughter of miner he and his men planned to rob of gold, has change of heart.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Ivarson, Robert Gunner, Bob Courtney
Votes: 317
14. Villin Pohjolan kulta (1963)
85 min | Western
The Vorna brothers arrives in a city ruled by a powerful bank manager and a saloon owner. The Vorna's are in trouble as they are suspected of a robbery murder years earlier.
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Tamara Lund, Vili Auvinen, Helge Herala, Åke Lindman
Votes: 113
15. The Soilers (1923)
24 min | Comedy, Short
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Stan Laurel, Ena Gregory, Mae Laurel, James Finlayson
Votes: 303
16. Uncharted Expedition (2022– )
Documentary, Action, Adventure
Uncharted Expedition is a reality web series that shows real-life treasure hunters and adventures. The team is investigating legends and mysteries around America.
Stars: Timothy C Draper, Shaun Fotheringham, Todd Andersen, Antonio Mendez
17. Lo blanco, lo rojo y lo negro (1979)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Directors: Alberto Mariscal, Alfredo Salazar | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Jorge Luke, Shandira, Carlos East
Votes: 13
18. The Drifters (1919)
50 min | Drama
Each of the three men living in a lonely, snowbound cabin in Alaska has come north for his own reasons. Burke Marston seeks forgetfulness through drink, and Hugh MacLaren is searching for ... See full summary »
Director: Jesse D. Hampton | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, William Conklin, Casson Ferguson, Lois Wilson
19. Iola's Promise (1912)
18 min | Short, Romance, Western
Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats, from whose clutches and abuse she is rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector. She is truly grateful to Jack, for she ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Alfred Paget, Frank Evans, Dorothy Bernard
Votes: 57
20. Adventures in Gold Rush (2023– )
Documentary
A man, his dog and friends hunt the world for Gold.
Stars: Rick L. Winters, Diodoublegee vom Rhöner Erlen Bach, Björn Maass, Benjamin Kümpel
21. PioneerPauly (2021– )
Reality-TV
The most popular gold prospecting channel in the world. Watch how Paul Larouche challenges the norm to prospecting with his arsenal of knowledge, sense of humor, and a spoon.
Stars: Paul Larouche, Dan Hurd, Michael Einziger
22. Earth's Golden Playground (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, News
Since the first Gold Rush in the late 1890s the Yukon and its legendary Klondike gold fields has been a remote land shrouded in mystery. In times of economic instability the high price of ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Horvath
Votes: 22
24. Gold and Sand (1948)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Erik Blomberg, Eino Mäkinen | Star: Eino Mäkinen
25. From the Lemmenjoki River (1948)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Erik Blomberg, Eino Mäkinen | Star: Eino Mäkinen
26. Rock-Hound Magoo (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to mistaking a gold rock for a rain cloud, he meets an old prospect and accuses him of claim-jumping. Together, they actually discover gold.
Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Earl Bennett
Votes: 30
27.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Gold Detector
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Professor MacNultey is the inventor of a "Willy Wonka like" machine, which he sells to Hoss claiming it has the ability to detect gold. However, all it can really detect is the lie behind the 'gold detection' theory.
Director: Donald R. Daves | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Wally Cox
Votes: 87
28.
The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode:
Realms of Gold
(1987)
Drama
Reg Hodges has finally found a piece of gold - but is it real?.
Director: Mark Defriest | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien
Votes: 10
29.
The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
Episode:
The Prospector
(1963)
26 min | Family
When McLeod Valley is threatened by fire the kids go to warm the old prospector living in the valley.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Graydon Gould, Rex Hagon, Ralph Endersby, Syme Jago
30.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Goldtown
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Merry Florene is back, along with her remaining half-brother Elbert Moses and cousin Smiley. Merry pesters Newly while the boys scam Dodge City with a salted gold mine.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness
Votes: 136
31.
MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode:
Unfinished Business
(1989)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
MacGyver, Jack and Pete go to relax on a gold-panning expedition. Unfortunately, a woman from MacGyver's past stalks them and has murderous intentions in her plan of revenge.
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Kristian Alfonso
Votes: 284
32.
DuckTales (2017–2021)
Episode:
The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!
(2019)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the old west, Scrooge and Goldie start a band of outlaws and stage a heist to save a small town from a corrupt businessman, John D. Rockerduck.
Director: Tanner Johnson | Stars: David Tennant, Bobby Moynihan, Allison Janney, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Votes: 659
33.
Madventures Suomi (2020– )
Episode:
Kullankaivajien heimo
(2020)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Riku Rantala, Tuomas Milonoff
Votes: 24
34.
Peltsin toinen luonto (2020–2023)
Episode:
Luontosuhde haussa
(2021)
30 min
Director: Mika Niva | Stars: Mikko 'Peltsi' Peltola, Vesa Luhta
35.
Centennial (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Massacre
(1978)
TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As wars rage across America in the mid 1800s, a militia man from Minnesota, Frank Skimmerhorn, takes his personal vendetta to Colorado in an effort to kill all Indians, including the Pasquinel brothers.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 134
36.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Cold Start
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Palin begins at the North Pole, flying there on a small aeroplane fitted with skis. From there, he heads to Greenland, then the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, where the towns of Ny ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen
Votes: 97
37.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)
Episode:
Alaska/Russia
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
From Diomede Island to Alaska then across to Kamchatka peninsula which is one of the scenic highlights of this series. From there to Vladivostok.
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Rob Hehnlin
Votes: 79
38.
Arctic (2011– )
Episode:
Alaska
(2011)
51 min | Documentary
Bruce starts his visit to Alaska with the cabana family, which makes a fortune by fishing salmon three months a year in a smart, allegedly ecologically sustainable way. Next the hazardous ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Sullivan | Stars: Bruce Parry, Bari Cabana, Kami Cabana, Roy Cabana
Votes: 11
39.
Joe Wilson (1988)
Episode:
Joe Wilson's Courtship
(1988)
Drama
Director: Geoffrey Nottage | Stars: Matthew Fargher, Kim Krejus, Glenn Keenan, Tom Roberts