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Poll: Five Movies, One Plot

All of these movies essentially have the same plot. They consist of a man who goes to a new land/civilization with malicious intentions of war, plunder, and exploitation, but falls in love with a woman and her people group, to then find himself fighting against his own kind to protect his new found friends and their homeland. Which of these movies is your favorite?

Discuss here.

Results of 1,495 votes:

  1. 1.

    Avatar (2009)

     
    Marine Jake Sully - Neytiri and the Na'vi
  2. 2.

    The Last Samurai (2003)

     
    Captain Nathan Algren - Taka and the Samurai Village
  3. 3.

    Dances with Wolves (1990)

     
    First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar - Stands With A Fist and the Souix
  4. 4.

    Pocahontas (1995)

     
    John Smith - Pocahontas and the Powhatan Tribe
  5. 5.

    FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

     
    Zak Young - Crysta and the Faries

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