6 Best Iron Eyes Cody Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 9, 2026

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Iron Eyes Cody was one of Hollywood’s most recognisable Native American screen actors and appeared in well over a hundred films across five decades. The Light in the Forest returns a white man raised by a tribe to his birth family, The Viking pits Norse half-brothers over a throne, Red Mountain drags prospectors into the Civil War’s final days, and The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County saves a blacksmith’s year for a mail-order bride. The Cowboy and the Indians and Something for a Lonely Man round out the list.

Red Mountain (1951) 01

Red Mountain (1951)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Iron Eyes Cody appears in this western about a fleeing rebel captain who drags an innocent gold-prospecting couple into danger during the final chaotic days of the Civil War.

Directed by William Dieterle · 1h 24m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

The Light in the Forest (1958) 02

The Light in the Forest (1958)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Iron Eyes Cody appears in this Disney drama about a young white man raised by a Native American tribe who struggles to adjust after being returned to the family and world he was taught to hate.

Directed by Herschel Daugherty · 1h 29m · Rated NR

The Viking (1928) 03

The Viking (1928)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Iron Eyes Cody appears in this early Technicolor feature about Norse half-brothers who vie for a throne and the same woman in a legendary tale of the first Vikings to reach North America.

Directed by Roy William Neill · 1h 30m

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970) 04

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Iron Eyes Cody appears in this comedy about a simple-minded but beloved blacksmith who saves for a year to send away for a mail-order bride.

Directed by Anton Leader & Ranald MacDougall · 1h 39m · Rated G

The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) 05

The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Iron Eyes Cody is in this Gene Autry western about a cowboy who uncovers a corrupt store owner cheating a starving tribe and framing an innocent man for the chief's murder.

Directed by John English · 1h 08m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

Something for a Lonely Man (1968) 06

Something for a Lonely Man (1968)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Iron Eyes Cody features in this western about a small-town blacksmith who becomes an outcast after the community he helped found is bypassed by the coming railroad.

Directed by Don Taylor · 2h 00m · Rated G

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.