6 Best Gold Rush Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · April 10, 2026

The frenzied, desperate hunt for gold has powered cinema from Chaplin’s silent classic to modern epics about greed and ambition.

Klondike Fever (1980)

IMDb ★ 4.9

A young adventurer joins the frantic stampede of prospectors seeking fortune during the Klondike gold rush.

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There Will Be Blood (2007)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A ruthless oil prospector's ambition and greed consume him as he builds his empire in the desert.

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The Claim (2000)

IMDb ★ 6.2

A ruthless Gold Rush town founder's past catches up with him when his abandoned family arrives.

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Paint Your Wagon (1969)

IMDb ★ 6.3

Two prospecting partners share a wife and build a chaotic gold rush boomtown together.

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Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

IMDb ★ 8.2

Three American drifters searching for gold in Mexico find their partnership eroded by greed.

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The Gold Rush (1925)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A lone prospector braves the frozen Klondike wilderness in search of fortune and love.

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.

6 Best Gold Rush Movies of All Time

Klondike Fever (1980)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

The Claim (2000)

Paint Your Wagon (1969)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

The Gold Rush (1925)

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