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Movies by Lists - Best Western Movies of All Time (94 [100])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
3-10 to YumaBroke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.1957Delmer DavesDrama, Thriller, Western7.6 (19.3K votes)9220211228
3-10 to YumaA small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.2007James MangoldAction, Crime, Drama, Western7.7 (302.3K votes)12220211228
AppaloosaTwo friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.2008Ed HarrisAction, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western6.7 (60.6K votes)11520211228
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, TheRobert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.2007Andrew DominikBiography, Crime, Drama, History, Western7.5 (177K votes)16020211228
Back to the Future Part IIIStranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murd1990Robert Zemeckis (*)Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western7.4 (429.7K votes)11820211228
BacurauAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.2019Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça FilhoAction, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western7.3 (28.1K votes)13120221228
Bad Day at Black RockA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.1955John Sturges (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western7.7 (21.2K votes)8120211228
Ballad of Buster Scruggs, TheSix tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.2018Ethan Coen, Joel CoenComedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Western7.3 (137.5K votes)13320211228
Blazing SaddlesIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.1974Mel Brooks (*)Comedy, Western7.7 (134.5K votes)9320211228
Bone TomahawkIn the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.2015S. Craig ZahlerDrama, Horror, Western7.1 (95.9K votes)13220211228
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidWyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.1969George Roy Hill (*)Biography, Crime, Drama, Western8.0 (211.5K votes)11020211228
Cat BallouA young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.1965Elliot SilversteinComedy, Romance, Western6.8 (14.5K votes)9720211228
City SlickersOn the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.1991Ron UnderwoodComedy, Western6.8 (54.6K votes)11320211228
Dances with WolvesLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Native Americans, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.1990Kevin Costner (*)Adventure, Drama, Western8.0 (254.9K votes)18120211228
Dead ManOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange aboriginal American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.1995Jim Jarmusch (*)Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western7.6 (94.8K votes)12120211228
Destry Rides AgainDeputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.1939George Marshall (*)Comedy, Western7.7 (11.2K votes)9520211228
Django UnchainedWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation-owner in Mississippi.2012Quentin Tarantino (*)Drama, Western8.4 (1.5M votes)16520211228
Duck, You SuckerA low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.1971Sergio Leone (*)Drama, War, Western7.6 (33.7K votes)13820211228
Duel in the SunBeautiful, biracial, Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.1946King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle, Sidney Franklin, William Cameron MenziesDrama, Romance, Western6.8 (8.5K votes)12920211228
El DoradoCole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water1966Howard Hawks (*)Drama, Romance, Western7.6 (26.3K votes)12620211228
El MariachiA traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.1992Robert RodriguezAction, Crime, Thriller6.9 (66.1K votes)8120211228
El Topo [The Mole] A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.1970Alejandro Jodorowsky (*)Drama, Western7.4 (28.4K votes)12520211228
Fistful Of Dynamite, A [Giù la Testa]A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.1971Sergio Leone (*)Drama, War, Western7.6 (33.7K votes)13820211228
For A Few Dollars MoreTwo bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down an escaped Mexican outlaw.1965Sergio Leone (*)Western8.2 (248.2K votes)13220211228
Fort ApacheAt Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.1948John Ford (*)Western7.5 (17.6K votes)12820211228
GiantSprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.1956George Stevens (*)Drama, Western7.6 (37.6K votes)20120211228
Good The Bad and The Ugly, TheA 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.1966Sergio Leone (*)Adventure, Western8.8 (732.4K votes)17820211228
Good, the Bad, the Weird, TheThe story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.2008Jee-woon Kim (*)Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western7.3 (35.2K votes)13020211228
Hateful Eight, TheIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.2015Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western7.8 (566.4K votes)16820211228
Hell or High WaterA divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.2016David MackenzieAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western7.6 (219.9K votes)10220211228
High NoonA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.1952Fred Zinnemann (*)Drama, Thriller, Western8.0 (102.2K votes)8520211228
High Plains DrifterA gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.1973Clint Eastwood (*)Drama, Mystery, Western7.5 (53.7K votes)10520211228
Homesman,TheThree women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.2014Tommy Lee JonesDrama, Western6.6 (32.6K votes)12220211228
Horse Whisperer, TheThe mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.1998Robert Redford (*)Drama, Romance, Western6.6 (40.6K votes)16920211228
HostilesIn 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.2017Scott CooperDrama, Western7.2 (82.3K votes)13420220415
How the West Was WonA family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.1962John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard ThorpeWestern7.1 (20.3K votes)16420211228
HudHonest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.1963Martin Ritt (*)Drama, Western7.8 (21.3K votes)11220211228
In a Valley of ViolenceA mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.2016Ti WestAction, Western6.0 (18.1K votes)10420211228
Jeremiah JohnsonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.1972Sydney Pollack (*)Adventure, Drama, Western7.6 (30.9K votes)10820211228
Johnny GuitarAfter helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.1954Nicholas Ray (*)Drama, Western7.6 (17.2K votes)11020211228
Keeping Room, TheLeft without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three women must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.2014Daniel BarberDrama, Western6.0 (6.9K votes)9520211228
Little Big ManJack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.1970Arthur Penn (*)Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western7.6 (34.6K votes)13920211228
Lone StarWhen the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.1996John Sayles (*)Drama, Mystery, Western7.4 (29.3K votes)13520211228
Long Riders, TheThe origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.1980Walter HillBiography, Crime, Western7.0 (11.1K votes)10020211228
Magnificent Seven, TheSeven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.2016Antoine FuquaAction, Adventure, Western6.9 (203.8K votes)13220211228
Magnificent Seven, TheSeven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.1960John Sturges (*)Action, Adventure, Western7.7 (92.8K votes)12820211228
Major DundeeIn 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.1965Sam Peckinpah (*)Adventure, War, Western6.7 (7.8K votes)12320211228
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TheA senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.1962John Ford (*)Drama, Western8.1 (73.9K votes)12320211228
McCabe & Mrs. MillerA 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.1971Robert Altman (*)Drama, Western7.7 (24.3K votes)12020211228
Meek's CutoffSettlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.2010Kelly ReichardtAdventure, Drama, Thriller, Western6.6 (13.7K votes)10420211228
Misfits, TheA divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.1961John Huston (*)Drama, Romance, Western7.2 (20.2K votes)12520211228
My Darling ClementineAfter their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.1946John Ford (*)Drama, Romance, Western7.8 (23.1K votes)9720211228
Mystery RoadAn indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.2013Ivan SenCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (7.4K votes)12120211228
Near DarkA small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.1987Kathryn BigelowHorror7.0 (37.3K votes)9420211228
Never Grow OldAn Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.2019Ivan KavanaghDrama, Western6.0 (4.2K votes)10020221228
No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.2007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (924.5K votes)12220211228
Once Upon a Time in The WestA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.1968Sergio Leone (*)Western8.5 (319.7K votes)16520211228
Open RangeA former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.2003Kevin Costner (*)Action, Drama, Romance, Western7.4 (71.1K votes)13920211228
Outlaw Josey Wales, TheMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.1976Clint Eastwood (*)Western7.8 (71.4K votes)13520211228
Ox-Bow Incident, TheWhen a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.1942William A. Wellman (*)Drama, Western8.0 (22.7K votes)7520211228
Pale RiderA mysterious preacher (Clint Eastwood) protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.1985Clint Eastwood (*)Drama, Western7.3 (57.6K votes)11520211228
Pat Garrett and Billy The KidPat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.1973Sam Peckinpah (*)Biography, Drama, Western7.3 (19.1K votes)12220211228
Proposition, TheA lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.2005John HillcoatCrime, Drama, Western7.3 (54.5K votes)10420231207
RangoRango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.2011Gore VerbinskiAnimation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western7.2 (253.4K votes)10720211228
Red HillA young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town.2010Patrick HughesThriller, Western6.4 (8.6K votes)9520211228
Red RiverDunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.1948Howard Hawks, Arthur RossonDrama, Western7.8 (30.4K votes)13320211228
Revenant, TheA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.2015Alejandro G. IñárrituAction, Adventure, Drama, History, Western8.0 (762.8K votes)15620211228
Rider, TheAfter 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.2017Chloé ZhaoDrama, Western7.4 (18.4K votes)10420220415
Rio BravoA small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.1959Howard Hawks (*)Western8.0 (60.5K votes)14120211228
Salvation, TheIn 1870s America, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed when a peaceful American settler avenges the death of his family. Then as his cowardly fellow townspeople betray him, he is forced to hunt down the outlaws alone.2014Kristian LevringAction, Drama, Thriller, Western6.7 (38.5K votes)9220211228
Searchers, TheAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.1956John Ford (*)Adventure, Drama, Western7.9 (86.6K votes)11920211228
ShaneA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.1953George Stevens (*)Drama, Western7.6 (39.6K votes)11820211228
Shanghai NoonA Chinese man travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped Princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.2000Tom DeyAction, Adventure, Comedy, Western6.6 (124.9K votes)11020211228
She Wore a Yellow RibbonCaptain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.1949John Ford (*)Western7.3 (17.1K votes)10420211228
Shooting, TheA mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.1966Monte Hellman (*)Western6.6 (5.2K votes)8220211228
Shootist, TheA dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.1976Don Siegel (*)Drama, Romance, Western7.6 (23.9K votes)10020211228
SilveradoA misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.1985Lawrence Kasdan (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western7.2 (43K votes)13320211228
Sisters Brothers, TheEli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.2018Jacques AudiardComedy, Drama, Western6.9 (64.5K votes)12220220822
Slow WestA young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.2015John MacleanAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western6.9 (44.9K votes)8420211228
StagecoachA 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.1939John Ford (*)Adventure, Drama, Western7.9 (47.4K votes)9620211228
Sweet CountryAustralian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.2017Warwick ThorntonAdventure, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western6.9 (8.4K votes)11320220415
Tears of the Black Tiger [Fah talai jone]With its loud acting style, exuberant sets and stunning shots in pastel colours, this Thai cult film is as much a parody as an homage to the Western and the romantic tearjerker.2000Wisit SasanatiengAction, Comedy, Romance, Western6.9 (2.8K votes)11020211228
Three Burials [The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.2005Tommy Lee JonesAdventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery7.4 (40.1K votes)12120211228
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, TheTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.1948John Huston (*)Adventure, Drama, Western8.2 (121.7K votes)12620211228
True GritA drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.1969Henry HathawayAdventure, Drama, Western7.4 (46.3K votes)12820211228
True GritA stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.2010Ethan Coen, Joel CoenDrama, Western7.6 (329.7K votes)11020211228
True History of the Kelly GangAustralian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.2019Justin KurzelBiography, Crime, Drama, Western6.0 (11.7K votes)12420221228
UnforgivenRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."1992Clint Eastwood (*)Drama, Western8.2 (398.7K votes)13020211228
WestworldA robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.1973Michael CrichtonAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western7.0 (56.2K votes)8820211228
Wild Bunch, TheAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.1969Sam Peckinpah (*)Action, Adventure, Western7.9 (82.6K votes)13520211228
Winchester '73A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.1950Anthony Mann (*)Action, Drama, Western7.6 (19.3K votes)9220211228
Wind RiverA veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.2017Taylor SheridanCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (234.7K votes)10720211228
Wind, TheA plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.2018Emma TammiHorror, Mystery, Thriller, Western5.5 (8.3K votes)8820220822
Wyatt EarpFrom Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, a man becomes a myth in this thrilling journey of romance, adventure, and desperate heroic action.1994Lawrence Kasdan (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western6.7 (49.4K votes)19120211228
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron2002Kelly AsburyAdventure,Animation,Drama,Family,Western7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Blackthorn2011Mateo GilAction,Adventure,Drama,Western6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Ballad of Lefty Brown2017Jared MosheAction,Drama,Western6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Bisbee '172018Robert GreeneDocumentary,History,Western6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Sweetgrass2009Ilisa BarbashAdventure,Documentary,Western6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Old Yeller1957Robert StevensonAdventure,Drama,Family,Western7.2 (Unkn) Excluded