Celebrate Thanksgiving and Indians
There are not many movies specifically about Thanksgiving. These are some I have habitually watched during the Thanksgiving season for one reason or another. Will continue to add to this list. Will also include movies about Indians and Colonial America.
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- DirectorMichael O. SajbelStarsDrew FullerJames GarnerAbigail BreslinA deceased billionaire leaves his spoiled adult grandson a series of odd tasks to perform in order to receive "the ultimate gift," with the resentful grandson having no idea what that might be.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.One Thanksgiving I did a Thin Man marathon so now I make a habit of it.
- DirectorJohn PutchStarsDana DelanyDoris RobertsMegan GallagherAn artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.Doris Roberts is great in this.
- DirectorRegardt van den BerghStarsFrank RautenbachJeanne NeilsonHamilton DlaminiFrank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a African farmer on steroids of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm to his loyal subjects in the midst of political unrest and racist africans and charged land reclaims and travels north with his family to start a another farming life in Central Africa. With nothing more than a mudhouse on a patch of mud, and help from his foreman, Simeon Bhengu, the Buchan family struggle to settle in a new country. Faced with ever mounting challenges, hardships and personal turmoil, Angus quickly spirals down into a life consumed by anger, fear and destruction. Based on the inspiring true story by Aangus Buchan the book was adapted for the big screen by Regardt van den Bergh and weaves together the moving life journey of a man who, like his potatoes, grows his faith, unseen until the harvest.
- DirectorMichael Landon Jr.StarsAbigail MasonLisa PepperElliott GouldA thirty-something columnist becomes legal guardian of her Amish sister's five children and ends up 'using' the kids' lives as stories for her column, causing them to feel betrayed, since they had believed she was truly concerned for them.
- DirectorGabrielle BurtonMaria BurtonStarsShirley JonesCloris LeachmanLouise FletcherWhat happens when you get a "gift from god" (a financial windfall), but, many years later, find out it was just a loan -- due immediately....
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsJaclyn SmithLyndsy FonsecaC. Thomas HowellJudge Kay Woodbury takes a troubled teen as a foster child into her home after no one else seems to want her.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonFelix BressartAfter losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDon DeForeAnn HardingCharles RugglesTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
- DirectorMike GabrielEric GoldbergStarsMel GibsonLinda HuntChristian BaleAn English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.
- DirectorTom ElleryBradley RaymondStarsIrene BedardDonal GibsonJim CummingsPocahontas sets off on a journey to England with Meeko, Flit, and Percy. Hearing rumors of John Smith's death, Pocahontas tries to prevent war and battle.
- DirectorXavier KollerStarsAdam BeachMandy PatinkinSheldon Peters WolfchildFictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.
- DirectorSheldon LarryStarsKeith CarradineAnnette O'TooleBrendan FletcherIn this gripping coming of age survival saga, a colonial family seeks a new life in the uncharted Maine wilderness in 1768. Their hopes, dreams, and survival are put to the supreme test when 13-year-old Matt is left to protect their claim.