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Western movies

Tales of the American frontier, outlaws, and lawmen, set against the rugged backdrop of the Wild West.

Subgenres include: Classic Western, Revisionist Western, Spaghetti Western.

Maverick

51. Maverick

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
7.0

19942h 7min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.


Wyatt Earp

52. Wyatt Earp

Western Drama Action Adventure Revisionist Western
6.7

19943h 11min

United States

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Violence as social currency, Frontier law and family obligation, Romantic entanglements and stigma, Frontier authority legitimacy, Survival and mobility in harsh landscapes

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The Quick and the Dead

53. The Quick and the Dead

Western Action Drama Romance Thriller
6.5

19951h 47min

United States, Japan

Director: Sam Raimi

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.


City Slickers

54. City Slickers

Comedy Western
6.8

19911h 54min

United States

Director: Ron Underwood

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.


Quigley Down Under

55. Quigley Down Under

Western
6.9

19901h 59min

United States

Director: Simon Wincer

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.


Geronimo: An American Legend

56. Geronimo: An American Legend

Western History Action Drama
6.5

19931h 55min

United States

Director: Walter Hill

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.


Far and Away

57. Far and Away

Adventure Drama Romance Western
6.6

19922h 20min

United States

Director: Ron Howard

A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.


Young Guns II

58. Young Guns II

Western Adventure
6.5

19901h 44min

United States

Director: Geoff Murphy

Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.