Movie

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

2024 · 182 min

A sprawling, patient frontier epic that moves between many lives, offering grandeur and grit but demanding stamina as it sets its pieces in place.

Tagline: The American saga begins this summer.
Overview: In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow gunman.

Search YouTube for the trailer

Stream in the UK

Amazon Prime Video

More options Data from JustWatch

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
violence
colonialism
ambition
Places: wilderness
small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

Titles like Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Movie

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

2024

A sprawling, slow-burning historical epic that immerses you in the harsh beauty and brutal conflicts of the American West.

Same writer: Kevin Costner · Earnest, melancholic, slow-burn · about survival and family · ensemble

Also: Same writer: Kevin Costner
Via: earnest
melancholic
survival
family
ensemble
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 190 min

Details In your watch list

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2Hidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Yellowstone

2018–2024

A brooding, slow-burning family saga set against vast landscapes, where loyalty and land are defended with ruthless resolve.

Earnest, melancholic, slow-burn · about family · ensemble

Via: earnest
melancholic
family
ensemble
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 5

Details In your watch list

YellowstoneHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

1883

2021–2022

A harrowing, slow journey across a brutal frontier, heavy with loss and quiet resolve, demanding patience but rewarding with raw emotional weight.

Earnest, melancholic, slow-burn · about survival and family

Via: earnest
melancholic
survival
family
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details In your watch list

1883Hidden from your suggestions.

TV series

1923

2022–2025

A slow-burning, rugged saga of family survival against harsh landscapes and brutal adversaries, demanding patience but rewarding with stark emotional weight.

Earnest, tense, slow-burn · about survival and family · ensemble

Via: earnest
tense
survival
family
ensemble
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 2

Details In your watch list

1923Hidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Marshals

2026

A brooding modern Western procedural where grief sits under every badge and gunfight, slow tension building toward hard-won justice.

Melancholic, tense · about family and violence

Via: melancholic
tense
family
violence
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 2

Details In your watch list

MarshalsHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Dutton Ranch

2026

A brooding, sun-baked western where old wounds and new rivalries simmer under a hard-won hope.

Earnest, tense · about survival and family

Via: earnest
tense
survival
family
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details In your watch list

Dutton RanchHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Billy the Kid

2022–2025

A dusty, brooding western that trades myth for slow-building tension and moral ambiguity.

Earnest, melancholic · about survival and violence

Via: earnest
melancholic
survival
violence
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 3

Details In your watch list

Billy the KidHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Hell on Wheels

2011–2016

A gritty, brooding Western that immerses you in the mud, blood, and ambition of railroad expansion, with a slow-burning intensity.

Melancholic, tense · about survival and ambition

Via: melancholic
tense
survival
ambition
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 5

Details In your watch list

Hell on WheelsHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Dances with Wolves

1990

A sweeping, patient epic that immerses you in a vanishing world, blending quiet wonder with a lingering sense of loss.

Same director: Kevin Costner · Earnest, melancholic, slow-burn

Also: Same director: Kevin Costner
Via: earnest
melancholic
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 181 min

Details In your watch list

Dances with WolvesHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Bonanza

1959–1973

A comfortable, old-fashioned weekly visit with a decent family who face moral quandaries and settle them with warmth and firm principles.

Earnest · about family · ensemble

Via: earnest
family
ensemble
Pacing: measured
Attention: easy-watch
Seasons: 14

Details In your watch list

BonanzaHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Into the West

2005

A sweeping, somber historical epic that immerses you in the harsh beauty and tragedy of the American frontier.

Earnest, melancholic · about survival and family · ensemble

Via: earnest
melancholic
survival
family
ensemble
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details In your watch list

Into the WestHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Hatfields & McCoys

2012

A grim, slow-building historical drama that tightens like a noose as pride and grudges turn neighbors into killers.

Same composer: John Debney · Earnest, tense · about family and violence · ensemble

Also: Same composer: John Debney
Via: earnest
tense
family
violence
ensemble
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details In your watch list

Hatfields & McCoysHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Rent

Apple TV Store
Rakuten TV
Amazon Video

Buy

Apple TV Store
Rakuten TV
Amazon Video
Sky Store
YouTube

Streaming data from JustWatch.All options on TMDB

Details

Genres: western, drama
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Written by: Jon Baird, Kevin Costner
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson
Music: John Debney
Cinematography: J. Michael Muro
Runtime: 182 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Mandarin, Navajo

TMDB IMDb Wikipedia Wikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

How it feels

More like this

Titles like Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Where to watch in the UK

Details