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