Movies like Dances with Wolves

Kabaal · October 2011

Anyone have some suggestions for someone who's just watched the mentioned movie and looiking for some more? I watched it 20 years ago a couple of times and just watched it again tonight after reading the comparisons of Avatar to it, I have to admit that i remembered not one single line from the movie and it was like watching it for the first time.

It was a good movie but won't go down as a favourite, any other suggestions of similar and hopefully better?

Asheram · October 2011

Originally posted by Kabaal
It was a good movie but won't go down as a favourite, any other suggestions of similar and hopefully better?

Similar in plot or time period or just good westerns?

Kabaal · October 2011

Similar for the empathy if that makes sense.

Asheram · October 2011

Originally posted by Kabaal
Similar for the empathy if that makes sense.

"Answers.com definition of empathy: identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives; the attribution of one's own feelings to an object; Sympathetic, sad concern for someone in misfortune. "

From: http://robin.hubpages.com/hub/Sympathy_vs_Empathy

I would say Apocalypto, as you empathize with the lead character all the way to the very last scene.Here is a pretty awesome music video set to seens from it Apocalypto-Escape dont watch if you havn't seen movie yet as there are some spoilers,but I cant imagine there would be many that havnt seen the movie yet.

GTwander · October 2011

If you want something along the lines of the "world's longest drama movies", I would recommend Apocalypse Now, The Seven Samurai, or (obvious) Last of the Mohicans. That's like 9 hours of movie right there.

Seven Sam is like my fav of all time, and i'm not trying to be a pretentious ass when I say that. Saw it on KPBS a decade ago and it changed everything. They made a western take of it called The Magnificent Seven, same plot and outcome, just wild west. Never saw it, though.

Flem · October 2011

The Last of the Mohicans.

Kabaal · October 2011

Originally posted by GTwander
If you want something along the lines of the "world's longest drama movies", I would recommend Apocalypse Now, The Seven Samurai, or (obvious) Last of the Mohicans. That's like 9 hours of movie right there.

Seven Sam is like my fav of all time, and i'm not trying to be a pretentious ass when I say that. Saw it on KPBS a decade ago and it changed everything. They made a western take of it called The Magnificent Seven, same plot and outcome, just wild west. Never saw it, though.

I've already watched Apocalypto and wasn't impresses with gibson, then again i wasn't impressed with Costners monotone narrative in Wolves either but still enjoyed the movies.

Of the ones you mentioned, i grew up on apocalypse now, and last of the mohicans i've watched a few times. I don't think i've seen the seven samurai though. Favourite of all time you say? Consider it watched tonight, and thanks for the suggestion.

Asheram · October 2011

For some more Samauri suggestions there is:

GOEMON for awesome story, has some over the top anime stylings but I still loved it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sIiiLwo1dc

Goemon is by the same guy who made Casshern if you have seen that and liked it you will like Goemon even more I think.

And for a more down to earth realistic one:

13 Assassins (2011) - Official Trailer [HD]

This one is kind of a modernized take of Seven Samauri/Magnificent 7 but not really protect the village theme but the nation from a corruptted authority type thing.

Teala · October 2011

Wish to see a brilliant movie...check out Mongol.

Nijraw · October 2011

Originally posted by Flem
The Last of the Mohicans.

Good one ^

Flem · October 2011

Thought of a few more:

A Man Called Horse (and its sequel The Return of the Man Called Horse)
The Missing
Little Big Man
Jerimiah Johnson

Also outside of Westerns theres:

Braveheart
Rob Roy
The Patriot
Legends of the Fall

Volgore · October 2011

Can't believe no one has suggested The New World

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402399/

Dekron · October 2011

You wish for long and boring movies? How about Roots?

Laserwolf · October 2011

If what you are asking for are movies where the protagonist somehow finds himself amongst those he considers his enemies or primitives, and then comes to appreciate them to the point of defending them (and I believe you are) then I have a few suggestions:

The Last Samurai - This one is recent enough that I bet you've seen it, but it's very similar to Avatar or Dances with Wolves.

Enemy Mine- This one would seem to unrelated, but it's exactly what you are lookin for. A Sci-Fi movie where a human pilot and an Alien pilot whose races are at war with each other crash land on an isolated planet and have to coexist. It's fairly popular as well, though much older, so you may have seen it as well. Either way, worth watching again if it has been awhile.

District 9 touches on this same thing if you haven't seen it yet.

American History X is a great movie that fits too.

Remember the Titans is also about race relations, but less one-sided.

Personally I love movies like this and enjoy as many as I can. I knows there are many more of them out there that I have seen and liked, but can't think of them just now.