

Dances with Wolves
Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
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7.8/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22M
- Box office
- $424.2M
- Language
- English
- friendship
- mutiny
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- unsociability
- wolf
- culture clash
- self-discovery
- freedom
- desertion
- language barrier
- dakota
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePG-13Washington, D.C.19 Oct 1990
- Theatrical (limited)PG-139 Nov 1990
- TheatricalPG-1321 Nov 1990
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical158 Feb 1991
- Physical1215 on video8 Feb 1991
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray22 May 2019
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM14 Feb 1991
- TheatricalDirector's cut13 Feb 1992
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG9 Nov 1990
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical29 Nov 1990
AustriaAT
- Theatrical22 Feb 1991
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical20 Feb 1991
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1415 Mar 1991
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1510 May 1991
- TheatricalDirector's cut6 May 1994
FinlandFI
- Theatrical15 Feb 1991
FranceFR
- TheatricalU20 Feb 1991
- TV(version longue + coupures pubs) Paris Première10 Oct 2025
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Dances with Wolves was released on 9 November 1990.
Audience reviews
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Steve Butterworth
4/17/2017
One of my all-time favorite movies. I can't begin to remember how many times I've seen it. And I'll watch it again. Kevin Costner gives a compelling performance, but so does the entire cast. One gets a great sense of who the Lakota were and are. Respect.
- G6/10
Gimly
12/28/2019
I watched the extended version of this film, and I just have to say, any film that can run for FOUR HOURS and not come out the other end as a boring pile of garbage, is worthy of some pretty serious praise. That said, _Dances with Wolves_ is not really in my wheelhouse, and although it held my attention I can't see myself probably ever watching it again. Costner knows what he's about, and that's great, but a four-hou…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/26/2023
There are two actor of recent years that I really struggle with. One is Tom Hanks, the other is Kevin Costner. His monotonic narrative as he conveys this story via his journal makes this otherwise breathtakingly beautiful story frequently a real plod. He is "Lt. Dunbar" who after a very close shave with the Confederate troops during the US Civil War is posted to a far outpost where he finds himself living a solitary …
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