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 | Jane Rosenthal | Producer |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | John Fusco | Producer |
| Directing | Michael Apted | Director |
| Writing | John Fusco | Screenplay |
| Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ian Crafford | Editor |
| Production | Michael Nozik | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert De Niro | Producer |
| Crew | Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim A. Davison | Stunts |
| Art | David Brace | Leadman |
| Sound | Chris Newman | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Bill O'Leary | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Crew | John K. Stirber | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Chris Soldo | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | James Ellis Deakins | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Ralph Brandofino | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Atherton | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Bill Ballou | Art Direction |
| Art | Jeff Butcher | Property Master |
| Camera | Paul Taylor | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Tim Pershing | Key Grip |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Lyall | Costume Design |
| Directing | Jeff Okabayashi | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Eric Swanek | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Lisa Clarkson | Casting |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | J. Michael Muro | Steadicam Operator |
| Art | Dianna Freas | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Jonathan Herron | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Feldbauer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Dan Bishop | Production Design |
| Sound | Dennis Maitland II | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joani Yarbrough | Hairstylist |
| Production | Antoine Douaihy | Location Manager |
| Camera | Elliott Marks | Still Photographer |
| Directing | David R. Ellis | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Joan Eisenberg | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Webster Whinery | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Karen Day | Production Accountant |
| Production | Paula Benson-Himes | Production Office Coordinator |
| Editing | Lee Grubin | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Fred J. Brown | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | John Orlebeck | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Jody Hummer | Extras Casting |
| Sound | Lucy Coldsnow-Smith | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Nick Miller | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Michele Sharp | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Gomillion | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Jackson Schwartz | Foley Mixer |
| Crew | Janet Kalas | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Edwin Bowden Jr. | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Shawn Murphy | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Cindy Marty | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Stan Siegel | Sound Editor |
| 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 |
