FBI-agent Ray Levoi (Val Kilmer), wordt naar de "bad lands" in South Dakota gestuurd om een moord op een Sioux-Indiaan te onderzoeken. Juist hij krijgt deze opdracht omdat er Sioux-bloed door zijn aderen stroomt, iets dat hij altijd voor anderen maar vooral zichzelf heeft verzwegen. Samen met een FBI-veteraan (Sam Shepard) komt hij terecht in de Derde Wereld van Amerika, de mysterieuze en ingewikkelde Indiaanse gemeenschap. Eenmaal in het reservaat, ontmoet Levoi de vrijgevochten sherrif Walter Crow Horse (Graham Greene) en de medicijnman van de stam (Chief Ted Thin Elk) die meer dingen over Levoi’s erfgoed blijkt te weten dan hij zelf. Hoe langer Levoi binnen het reservaat leeft, hoe meer hij gelooft dat de Amerikaanse regering een onschuldige man op het spoor is. Zal deze terugkeer naar zijn geboortegrond hem fataal worden?
Nee, helaas is Thunderheart nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Robert De Niro | Producer |
| Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michael Nozik | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jane Rosenthal | Producer |
| Editing | Ian Crafford | Editor |
| Production | John Fusco | Producer |
| Directing | Michael Apted | Director |
| Writing | John Fusco | Screenplay |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim A. Davison | Stunts |
| Directing | Jeff Okabayashi | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Jeff Butcher | Property Master |
| Camera | Paul Taylor | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joani Yarbrough | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Eric Swanek | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Chris Soldo | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jonathan Herron | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Dennis Maitland II | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Atherton | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | James Ellis Deakins | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | David R. Ellis | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | J. Michael Muro | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Feldbauer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Lisa Clarkson | Casting |
| Sound | Chris Newman | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Bill O'Leary | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Art | Dianna Freas | Set Decoration |
| Art | Bill Ballou | Art Direction |
| Production | Antoine Douaihy | Location Manager |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Tim Pershing | Key Grip |
| Crew | Webster Whinery | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | David Brace | Leadman |
| Crew | John K. Stirber | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Art | Dan Bishop | Production Design |
| Crew | Joan Eisenberg | Unit Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Lyall | Costume Design |
| Camera | Ralph Brandofino | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Elliott Marks | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Fred J. Brown | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Lucy Coldsnow-Smith | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Cindy Marty | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | John Orlebeck | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Jody Hummer | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Edwin Bowden Jr. | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Shawn Murphy | Scoring Mixer |
| Production | Paula Benson-Himes | Production Office Coordinator |
| Editing | Lee Grubin | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Janet Kalas | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Sound | Stan Siegel | Sound Editor |
| Production | Karen Day | Production Accountant |
| Art | Nick Miller | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Michele Sharp | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Gomillion | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Jackson Schwartz | Foley Mixer |
| Crew | Hugh Aodh O'Brien | Stunts |
| Crew | Bernie Pock | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Androff | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Dennis Maguire | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | George Bamber | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Robert Friedman | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joseph T. Sabella | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Michael Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Grant Brittan | Stunts |
| Crew | William H. Burton Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Susan Rangitsch Cronyn | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff Cudney | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Cuny | Stunts |
| Crew | Marty Cuny | Stunts |
| Crew | R.B. Dunn | Stunts |
| Crew | Robbie Dunn | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard M. Ellis | Stunts |
| Crew | Terrance Eugene Fredericks | Stunts |
| Crew | Chris Hall | Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Hall | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve McAuliff | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark J. Nelson | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Pulford | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Ramsey | Stunts |
| Camera | Andy Harris | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Julie Nickol | Assistant Camera |
