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- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsVince EdwardsYvette DuguayKeith LarsenOjibway tribe member Hiawatha is sent by his chief to investigate the warlike intentions of the neighboring Dakotah and Illinois tribes that routinely trespass into Ojibway territory.
- DirectorSebastian GrunstraStarsMichael VossGarry ChalkLes LyeHalf man, half God, Hiawatha is sent to his people to teach them the ways of progress and survival.
- DirectorJeffrey ShoreStarsGraham GreeneLitefootIrene BedardThe legendary Ojibwa Chief is sent by the great spirit to lead his people.
- DirectorXavier KollerStarsAdam BeachMandy PatinkinSheldon Peters WolfchildFictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsColin FarrellQ'orianka KilcherChristopher PlummerThe story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
- DirectorDanièle J. SuissaStarsSandrine HoltMiles O'KeeffeTony GoldwynEnglishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious about their "firesticks" and strange customs. One Englishman, John Smith, is captured by the natives, and begins to learn their customs and beliefs. As Smith spends more time with them, specifically Pocahontas, he realizes that the white man may not be meant for the new world.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsSpencer TracyGene TierneyVan JohnsonTrials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsAnthony HopkinsRichard CrennaJenny AgutterIn 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. This movie tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.
- DirectorLisa Quijano WolfingerStarsNicholas AsburyChristopher HaasKeith BartlettAn in-depth dramatization of the story of the Pilgrims
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate DickieAn isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsColleen MooreHardie AlbrightHenry B. WalthallIn the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsDemi MooreGary OldmanRobert DuvallAn affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.
- DirectorElizabeth BerryStarsMolly WilsonKevin WegnerJohn RisnerA young Puritan woman, outcast and shamed for her adultery, struggles to find peace and forgiveness.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsClifford EvansDeborah KerrDennis ArundellWilliam Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayHarvey StephensYoung lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th-century Massachusetts. One family in particular uses the hysteria to its advantage, getting even with everyone for every slight--real or imagined.
- DirectorRaymond RouleauStarsSimone SignoretYves MontandJean DebucourtSalem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsDaniel Day-LewisWinona RyderPaul ScofieldA Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsRandolph ScottBinnie BarnesHenry WilcoxonDuring the brutal French and Indian War, the legendary scout Hawkeye is prevailed upon to escort Major Duncan Heyward, and the two daughters of Fort William Henry commander Colonel Munro -- Alice and Cora -- to safety through.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsSteve ForrestNed RomeroAndrew PrineDuring the French and Indian War in colonial America, a white scout, with two of his Indian brothers, helps a British officer escort two women through dangerous territory, with both French troops and hostile Indians after them.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsDaniel Day-LewisMadeleine StoweRussell MeansThree Mohican trappers agree to protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsClaire TrevorJohn WayneGeorge SandersIn 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsLex BarkerHelen WestcottLon Chaney Jr.During the 1700s, in the Great Lakes region the British troops have driven the French out and with help from the mercenary Hessian troops the British plan to annihilate the native tribes of the Ottawas.
- DirectorAvery CrounseStarsDennis LipscombGuy BoydRebecca StanleyA preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperPaulette GoddardHoward Da SilvaIntrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.