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Dances with Wolves

Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.

7.8(4,866)19903h 1m25

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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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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Behind the camera

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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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  • S

    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.

  • G

    Gimly

    12/28/2019

    6/10

    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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/26/2023

    7/10

    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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