The Best Western Movies Ever Made
Dances with wolves (1990)
Anyone who said that the era of good westerns is long gone was wrong. Dances with Wolves not only was a financial success but also brought fame for its creators. This profitable production won a few Oscars, too.
It Earned Huge Profits
Around $19 million was invested in the production this modern western, which turned back as $400 million at the box office, proving that this good old genre is not dead yet. Dances with Wolves proved that people were still interested in the genre, opening up the door to even more Western films in the future.
Movie Plot: Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
- Rated: PG-13
- Released: 21 Nov 1990 in USA, UK
- Runtime: 181 min
- Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
- BoxOffice: $184,208,848
- Awards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 38 nominations.
Dances with Wolves was Written by Michael Blake (screenplay), Michael Blake (novel) and directed by Kevin Costner and produced by Majestic Film, Tig Productions.
83% Rotten Tomatoes
72/100 Metacritic
