Top 26 films in Western
The Searchers
Directed by John Ford | 119 min | 1956
A Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from an Indian tribe.
The Wild Bunch
Directed by Sam Peckinpah | Rated R | 145 min | 1969
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Directed by John Huston | 126 min | 1948
Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Once Upon a Time in the West
Directed by Sergio Leone | Rated PG-13 | 175 min | 1968
Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Unforgiven
Directed by Clint Eastwood | Rated R | 131 min | 1992
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
Stagecoach
Directed by John Ford | 96 min | 1939
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
High Noon
Directed by Fred Zinnemann | Rated PG | 85 min | 1952
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Directed by Sergio Leone | 161 min | 1966
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Dances with Wolves
Directed by Kevin Costner | Rated PG-13 | 181 min | 1990
Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
The Power of the Dog
Directed by Jane Campion | Rated R | 126 min | 2021
Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Directed by Robert Altman | Rated R | 120 min | 1971
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Shane
Directed by George Stevens | 118 min | 1953
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
First Cow
Directed by Kelly Reichardt | Rated PG-13 | 122 min | 2019
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
Rio Bravo
Directed by Howard Hawks | 141 min | 1959
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
My Darling Clementine
Directed by John Ford | 97 min | 1946
A Western retelling the tale of the Shoot-out at the OK Corral.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Directed by John Ford | 123 min | 1962
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Blazing Saddles
Directed by Mel Brooks | Rated R | 93 min | 1974
To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Johnny Guitar
Directed by Nicholas Ray | 110 min | 1954
A strong willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob, when she helps a wounded gang member.
Heaven's Gate
Directed by Michael Cimino | Rated R | 325 min | 1980
A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a sheriff born into wealth attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
The Ox-Bow Incident
Directed by William A. Wellman | 75 min | 1943
When a posse catches up three men suspected of killing a local farmer, some of them become strongly divided on whether or not to lynch the men.
The Rider
Directed by Chloé Zhao | Rated R | 104 min | 2017
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Django Unchained
Directed by Quentin Tarantino | Rated R | 165 min | 2012
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
The Far Country
Directed by Anthony Mann | 97 min | 1954
A self-minded adventurer (Jeff Webster) locks horns with a crooked lawman (Mr. Gannon) while driving cattle to Dawson.
Cimarron
Directed by Wesley Ruggles | 123 min | 1931
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
For a Few Dollars More
Directed by Sergio Leone | 132 min | 1965
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw.
Hell or High Water
Directed by David Mackenzie | Rated R | 102 min | 2016
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
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