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A user-created list of the best western movies based on awards, popularity and directing/writing quality. See the rankings, ratings, summaries and cast of classics like Unforgiven, The Searchers and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
1 day ago · A list of the best-reviewed Western movies of all time, sorted by Adjusted Tomatometer and with at least 20 reviews. Find classics like The Searchers, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Unforgiven, as well as modern gems like The Salvation, Dead Man, and The Ballad of Lefty Brown.
- ‘The Great Train Robbery’
- ‘Stagecoach’
- ‘Red River’
- ‘Winchester ’73’
- ‘High Noon’
- ‘The Searchers’
- ‘Rio Bravo’
- ‘The Magnificent Seven’
- ‘One-Eyed Jacks’
- ‘Ride The High Country’
In one of the earliest Westerns in American cinema, the film depicts a group of outlaws who rob passengers on a train and threaten the operator. When trying to run away, they shoot a passenger. The sheriff and his men embark on a manhunt of the men.
The two-time Oscar winning film, directed by John Ford, follows a collective group of passengers aboard a stagecoach, including a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who stole his client’s money and escaped outlaw Ringo Kid. As they make their trip across the wild west to New Mexico in the 1880s, they must face the threat of Geronimo in the a...
After working 14 years to build his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston (John Wayne) is ready to drive them to the market, which is in Missouri. With the help of his trailhand, Nadine Groot (Walter Brennan), and protégé, Matthew Garth (Montgomery Clift), an orphan who Dunston took under his wing, they head out on their journey. But along the way, in...
Lin McAdam (James Stewart) finds himself chasing after a rifle that he won in a contest, but was stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally). In the film, directed by Anthony Mann, McAdam pursues all efforts to retrieve the rifle, even ending up in a shoot-out.
The movie, directed by Fred Zinnemann, features Gary Cooper as former marshal Will Kane, who is preparing to leave a small town in New Mexico with his new wife, Amy, played by Grace Kelly. Before heading out, Kane learned the local criminal, Frank Miller, whom he turned in, has been set free and is seeking revenge. The marshal tries to recruit depu...
The film, directed by John Ford, shows how one man will go through great lengths for his family. When Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) returned home to Texas after the Civil War, he learns members of his brother’s family have been killed or abducted by Comanches. He then embarks on dangerous mission to save the surviving members, including his neice and ...
When small-town sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) arrests gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) for murder, he must face Burdette’s brother Nathan (John Russell) who wants him out of jail. But with the help of an elderly deputy, the town drunk and a young gunfighter, Chance makes a stand against Nathan, in the film directed by Howard Hawks.
When a small Mexican farming village is terrorized by a band of outlaws every year, several of the townspeople hire seven American gunmen to defend them. The film, directed by John Sturges, follows the gunslingers as they train and prepare the village for the outlaws who will be arriving soon.
Following a bank robbery, outlaw Rio (Marlon Brando) and his partner, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) are on the run from the law, but Dad has different plans. In the film, directed by Brando, Dad betrays Rio and takes off with the gold as Rio is captured. Years later, when Rio escapes from prison, he hunts down his ex-partner, who is now a sheriff, in...
In the film directed by Sam Peckinpah, retired lawman Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) hires his friend Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott) and his young protégé Heck to help transport a gold shipment from a bank through a dangerous area. But Gil and Heck devise a plan to steal the gold. Along the way, the three also get involved with a woman trying to escape her...
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A list of 100 classic and underrated western films, ranked by the editors of American Cowboy Magazine. From Once Upon a Time in the West to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, discover the best stories of the Old West on screen.
Mar 13, 2024 · A list of the best Westerns from the silent era to the present, covering different genres, themes, and perspectives on the American frontier. From classics like Dodge City and The Searchers to revisionist gems like The Sisters Brothers and Buck and the Preacher, this article explores the rich legacy of the Western genre.
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- Keith Phipps
4 days ago · A list of the best Western movies ever made, from classics of the 30s and 40s to modern-day iterations of the genre. See the rankings, cast, directors, and plot summaries of each film, and watch them online if available.
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4 days ago · A list of the best Westerns ever made, from classics like The Wild Bunch and High Noon to revisionist and Spaghetti Westerns. Find out why these movies are considered the best of the genre and how they influenced cinema history.
