Movies Like Buffalo Dance (1894)

Buffalo Dance is a 1894 documentary, western film from William K.L. Dickson with a MovieMagicScore of 4.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Sioux Ghost Dance and Stolen Women, Captured Hearts.

Documentary Western

Sioux Ghost Dance

1894

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes. 40 feet. 7.50. According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film and others shot on the same day (see also Buffalo dance) featured Native American Indian dancers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and represent the American Indian's first appearance before a motion picture camera.

4.5

MagicScore

Stolen Women, Captured Hearts

1997

Kansas, 1868. A wagon train is attacked by a band of Lakota Sioux led by the young and athletic warrior Tokalah. The attractive, red haired Anna Brewster-Morgan and her friend Sarah White are on this wagon train too. When Tokalah noticed a terrified Anna with a Bible, he thinks this is an omen. Despite killing the other passengers of the wagon train, only Anna and Sarah may continue their voyage. The next day Anna and Sarah are kidnapped by Tokalah. At first terrified of her captors, the unhappily married Anna eventually falls in love with the noble, honorable Tokalah. After a year's captivity, Sarah is returned to her own people. Anna now must choose between her new life with Tokalah and her previous existence as the wife of farmer Daniel Morgan.

7.6

MagicScore

A Man Called Horse

1970

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will permit him to become a member of the tribe.

6.4

MagicScore

Run of the Arrow

1957

When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.

6.0

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Custer of the West

1967

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

5.9

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Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

1983

Shunka Wakan, formerly Lord John, helps his Dakota son defend their tribe against gold rushers.

5.8

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The Return of a Man Called Horse

1976

Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the tribe's land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Led by Horse, they fight to repossess their land.

5.7

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Man with a Movie Camera

1929

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

7.8

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Häxan

1922

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

The Wind

1928

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

The Mark of Zorro

1920

Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Nanook of the North

1922

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

The Great Train Robbery

1903

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

An Eastern Westerner

1920

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

The Pilgrim

1923

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

À propos de Nice

1930

What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

1927

Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Manhatta

1921

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. A crane promotes the city's upward progress, as an ironworker balances on a high beam. A locomotive in a railway yard prepares to depart, while an arriving ocean liner jostles with attentive tugboats. Fading sunlight is reflected in the waters of the harbor. The imagery is interspersed with quotations from Walt Whitman, who is left unnamed.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

The Winning of Barbara Worth

1926

While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

The Frozen North

1922

A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the subway".

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Buffalo Dance?

The top films similar to Buffalo Dance by MovieMagicScore are Sioux Ghost Dance (4.5), Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (7.6), A Man Called Horse (6.4). Each shares documentary/western themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Buffalo Dance worth watching?

Buffalo Dance holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.6/10 from 42 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Buffalo Dance?

Buffalo Dance (1894) is a documentary, western film directed by William K.L. Dickson, starring Hair Coat, Parts His Hair, Last Horse.

Where can I find more recommendations like Buffalo Dance?

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About movies like Buffalo Dance

This ranked list pairs Buffalo Dance (1894), a documentary and western film from William K.L. Dickson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Hair Coat take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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