The Last Drop of Water is a 1911 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.

Two men who are friends, John and Jim, compete for the hand of Mary before they start on their journey westward.

Native Americans ambush the train; the attack leaves the party with a low supply of water.

California had a variety of environments that were used within the film; it was starting to become popular with filmmakers because of the access to natural and various landscapes.

[5] The whole film is an allusion to the life of Sir Philip Sydney and his martyred death of giving all his resources as he lay dying on the battlefield, this reference is given during the first inter-title of the movie.

White actors did redface in this film to portray American Indians as savages and continued the stereotype of the "aggressive savage" as well as the tumultuous relations with the tribes in the West as white Americans were immigrating towards California, indicative of manifest destiny.