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Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021): Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley…; The English language debut of idiosyncratic Japanese director Sion Sono (LOVE EXPOSURE), featuring another maniacal performance from Nicolas…
High Ground (2020): Dir. Stephen Johnson
Feat. Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Simon Baker, Callan Mulvey…; Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, this confronting Ozzie Western (also affectionately known as "Meat Pie" Westerns)…
Let Him Go (2020): Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville…; Gripping neo–western thriller following a retired sheriff and his wife from rural Montana, who are grieving over the death of their son when…
Deadwood: The Movie (2019): Dir. Daniel Minahan
Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; Made a remarkable 15 years after the cancellation of the HBO TV show of the same name, this swansong of writer David Milch revisits the South Dakota…
First Cow (2019): Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones…; A western set in the Pacific Northwest from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (MEEK'S CUTOFF), patiently depicting the hardscrabble way of life of…
Nightingale, The (2019): Dir. Jennifer Kent
Feat. Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Claflin; Brazen Australian survival drama from the director of THE BABADOOK, set in 1825 in Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania), where a deeply traumatised Irish…
Sisters Brothers, The (2018): Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal…; John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix play a couple of fraternal assassins who hunt down a gold prospector in 1850s Oregon in this richly satisfying and…
Wind, The (2018): Dir. Emma Tammi
Feat. Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles…; Atmospheric arthouse horror–western in which a tough, resourceful frontierswoman senses a sinister presence at her isolated homestead, with her…
Yellowstone (TV Series) (2018): Feat. Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly…; Picturesque TV western co–created by Taylor Sheridan (HELL OR HIGH WATER) set in Montana, where a family of ranch owners are defending their…
Ballad of Lefty Brown, The (2017): Dir. Jared Moshe
Feat. Bill Pullman, Kathy Baker, Jim Caviezel…; Bill Pullman is the cowboy Lefty Brown in this entertaining modern western, tracking outlaws across the Montana plains in attempt to avenge the…
Hostiles (2017): Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi…; Slow–burning western set in 1892, when a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous…
Son, The (TV Series) (2017): Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Henry Garrett, Zahn McClarnon…; Past and present and interweaved in this multi–generational saga of the bloody price of power that follows the rise of one ambitious family…
Sweet Country (2017): Dir. Warwick Thornton
Feat. Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown…; A sparse and beautifully shot film from the director of SAMSON AND DELILAH, telling a profound morality tale of almost biblical proportions, and…
Wind River (2017): Dir. Taylor Sheridan
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham…; A rookie FBI agent and a local wildlife tracker team up to investigate the death of a young Native American woman on a snowy Indian reservation in…
Duel, The (2016): Dir. Kieran Darcy-Smith
Feat. Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Emory Cohen…; Engagingly odd western with Hemsworth investigating a series of unexplained deaths in a town in thrall to Harrelson's preacher.
In a Valley of Violence (2016): Dir. Ti West
Feat. Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga…; Horror auteur Ti West lends his slow–burn, off–beat sensibility to the Western genre that may not be to conventional taste. Ethan Hawke…
Jane Got a Gun (2016): Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor…; Natalie Portman stars in this solid western forced to turn to her ex–lover for help to save her husband from a gang out to kill him.
Magnificent Seven, The (2016): Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke…; Denzel Washington headlines this solid remake of the classic western charged with defending a small town from a corrupt industrialist.
Wynonna Earp (TV Series) (2016): Feat. Melanie Scrofano, Shamier Anderson, Tim Rozon…; Canadian supernatural Western series based on the IDW Comic, that follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures…
Bone Tomahawk (2015): Dir. S. Craig Zahler
Feat. Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins…; Blood–soaked western with Kurt Russell and his posse setting out to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Hateful Eight, The (2015): Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh…; An extremely bloody western from Tarantino that features a typically stellar cast as a group of miscreants and misanthropes holed up in a cabin in a…
Neon Bull (Boi neon) (2015): Dir. Gabriel Mascaro
Feat. Vinícius de Oliveira, Juliano Cazarré; Transgressive and beguiling drama set in the Brazilian world of the vaquejada, a traditional style of rodeo, as seen through the eyes of a gender…
Slow West (2015): Dir. John Maclean
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn…; New Zealand – specifically Twizel – stands in for Colorado in this tense Western that follows a young Scot, whose travels across America…
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014): Dir. Seth MacFarlane
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried…; Seth MacFarlane directs and stars in this rambunctious western spoof about a cowardly farmer who falls for the wife of a notorious gun–slinger.
Far from Men (2014): Dir. David Oelhoffen
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb; Viggo Mortensen stars in this existential western adapted from an Albert Camus' short story. Set in Algeria in the fifties, Mortensen is charged with…
Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A (2014): Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
Feat. Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh; A languid and luscious Iranian immigrant take on the vampire myth set in the ghost–town of Bad City (filmed in California), where the remaining…
Homesman, The (2014): Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer…; Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
Keeping Room, The (2014): Dir. Daniel Barber
Feat. Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Sam Worthington…; Taut western set during the civil war with three women defending their home from two rogue soldiers fleeing the approaching Union army.
Klondike (TV Mini-Series) (2014): Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Richard Madden, Abbie Cornish, Marton Csokas…; The Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s is richly evoked in this frontier western, which is largely faithful to the history, conditions, and…
Salvation, The (2014): Dir. Kristian Levring
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan…; High on action, low on dialogue, this enjoyable Danish western follows the story of a peaceful American settler who kills his family's murderer and…
Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini-Series) (2013): Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger…; Epic western mini–series recreates the legendary family feud between two Confederate soldiers returning to their land in the aftermath of the…
Lone Ranger, The (2013): Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner…; Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer bring TV western heroes Tonto and the Lone Ranger to the big screen in this splashy, rumble–and–rumble…
Mystery Road (2013): Dir. Ivan Sen
Feat. Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten…; In this sparse and evocative Outback murder mystery, a detective returns to his fractured hometown to investigate the death of a young girl.
Outlaw Michael Howe, The (2013): Dir. Brendan Cowell
Feat. Damon Herriman, Mirrah Foulkes, Matt Day; Actor Brendan Cowell fashions a vivid western out of Australia's brutal convict legacy with this recreation of the events that led to the penal…
Sweet Vengeance (2013): Dir. Logan Miller, Noah Miller
Feat. Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs…; January Jones plays the loving wife of a Mexican farmer who takes things into her own hands when the town's hostile and racist community make their…
Django Unchained (2012): Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio…; A cracking blaxploitation western from Quentin Tarantino, about a liberated slave who, with the help of a German bounty hunter, sets out to rescue…
Good for Nothing (2012): Dir. Mike Wallis
Feat. Cohen Holloway, Inge Rademeyer, Jon Pheloung…; A convincingly mounted 'Pavlova Western' homegrown in New Zealand but set in the traditional American west, about a nameless outlaw's misguided…
Longmire (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips; A widowed sheriff returning to his jurisdiction within Wyoming's big sky country looks to crack down on crime in this involving period TV series,…
Blackthorn (2011): Dir. Mateo Gil
Feat. Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea…; Rugged western with Sam Shepard as a decidedly grizzled Butch Cassidy living out his days in Bolivia and venturing out for one more adventure.…
Cowboys and Aliens (2011): Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde…; Jon Favreau (IRON MAN) directs this high concept alien invasion western, about a ragtag posse of cowboys who must stand up to an extraterrestrial…
Hell on Wheels (TV Series) (2011): Feat. Anson Mount, Common , Colm Meaney…; The building of the transcontinental railroad serves as the backdrop for this ambitious western that centres on the efforts of a Confederate soldier…
Rango (2011): Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin…; Johnny Depp slithers his way through this lively and often brilliant animated western, voicing a lizard who winds up as the sheriff of a lawless…
Jonah Hex (2010): Dir. Jimmy Hayward
Feat. Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox…; Josh Brolin revives DC Comics' anti–hero gunslinger in this acidic western, centred on the titular character's rage–fueled quest to…
Let the Bullets Fly (2010): Dir. Wen Jiang
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You, Wen Jiang…; Cocksure 'noodle' western – best described as a Chinese variation on Kurosawa's YOJIMBO – pits a notorious bandit against the mob boss of…
Meek's Cutoff (2010): Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton…; Another small scale triumph from dir. Kelly Reichardt, here miniaturizing the experience of early American settlers making the treacherous journey…
Sweetgrass (2010): Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ilisa Barbash; An unsentimental elegy to the American West, this follows the last modern–day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's…
True Grit (2010): Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin…; This lively, immaculately shot remake of John Wayne’s classic 1969 western sees the Coen Brothers reinterpret Charles Portis’s novel, about a…
Warrior's Way, The (2010): Dir. Sngmoo Lee
Feat. Jang Dong-Gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush…; A ninja assassin (Jang Dong–Gun) on the run from his former clan is forced to hide in the American Badlands after refusing a mission to kill a…
Donner Party, The (2009): Dir. T. J. Martin
Feat. Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Mark Boone Jr.…; Survival western taking a few liberties with the true story of the Donner Party, who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains while attempting…
Last Rites of Ransom Pride, The (2009): Dir. Tiller Russell
Feat. Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Cote de Pablo…; Pulpy, stylized western with Caplan carrying the body of her dead lover home across treacherous lands in order to give him a proper burial.
Appaloosa (2008): Dir. Ed Harris
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger…; Enjoyable "old–school" Western directed by Ed Harris, who also stars as an incorrigible marshal who is hired along with deputy Viggo Mortensen…
Australia (2008): Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…; Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
Burrowers, The (2008): Dir. J.T. Petty
Feat. Clancy Brown, David Busse, Jocelin Donahue; Horror–western that plays like TREMORS with cowboys, focused on a group of pioneers who set out to recover some missing settlers only to find…
Comanche Moon (TV Mini-series) (2008): Feat. Adam Beach, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths…; Clunky prequel to the Lonesome Dove franchise, with Steve Zahn and Karl Urban filling the younger shoes of Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones…
Good, the Bad, the Weird, The (2008): Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung; The high–end stylist behind Korean box office hits A BITTERSWEET LIFE and A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, dir. Kim Ji–woon flavours this eastern…
3:10 To Yuma (2007): Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster…; Rugged and authentic remake of the '57 western, about a desperate, cash–strapped rancher escorting a notorious outlaw to Yuma via locomotive…
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007): Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell…; A haunting, psychoanalytical western, revisionist in its interpretation of the relationship between outlaw Jesse James, and his eventual killer,…
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007): Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, Anna Paquin…; Distinguished HBO western based on the 1970 book of the same name by Dee Brown. A historical drama set in the 1860's and 1870's, the plot…
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ando Masanobu, Yusuke Iseya, Renji Ishibashi…; Mashing spaghetti western and samurai farce, Takashi Miike spins an east–meets–west tale of two rival clans attempting to bolster their…
Bandidas (2006): Dir. Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg
Feat. Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn…; A spicy and saddled western vehicle for bosom buddies Hayek and Cruz, with the spunky duo turning to bank robbery in an effort to combat a marauding…
Broken Trail (TV Mini-series) (2006): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi…; High calibrE made–for–TV western about an aging cowboy and his nephew who rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader while…
Deadwood - Season 3 (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; Further tales from the troubled Arizona town of Deadwood. Season Three: 12 episodes across four discs. Disc 1: Tell Your God to Ready for Blood, I…
Seraphim Falls (2006): Dir. David Von Ancken
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston; More old–fashioned than revisionist, this muscular revenge western trails a savage army colonel (Neeson) as he hunts down a union officer…
Brokeback Mountain (2005): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams…; A 'cause celebre' of recent cinema, this epic romantic drama is set around the terse and smouldering long–term love affair between two cowboys…
Deadwood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; Further tales from the troubled Arizona town of Deadwood. Season Two: 12 episodes across four discs. Disc 1: A Lie Agreed Upon – Part 1, A…
Into the West (TV Mini-series) (2005): Feat. Matthew Modine, Graham (Actor) Greene, Beau Bridges…; The tale of the settlement of the American West between 1820 and 1890 is laid out in sprawling confusing detail in this epic mini–series told…
Proposition, The (2005): Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston…; Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005): Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam…; Stunning tale of redemption straddles the Texas–Mexico borderline, beginning with the offhand killing of a Mexican ranch–hand (Cedillo)…
Alamo, The (2004): Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric…; Big–budget recasting of the fabled 'Battle of the Alamo' in 1836 between Texan (US) and Mexican forces, which marked a turning point in…
Deadwood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; An acclaimed new revision of the Western genre, recounting the complex and troubling establishment of the Arizona town of Deadwood in the 1880s,…
Home on the Range (2004): Dir. John Sanford, Will Finn; A Disney Western–spoof, in which a herd of cows aim to track down a wily cattle rustler and forestall the closure of their 'Patch of Heaven'…
Kung Fu Hustle (2004): Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Wah Yuen; Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…
Missing, The (2003): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood…; A brooding historical thriller set in 19th–century New Mexico in which Blanchett reunites with her estranged father (Jones) to search for her…
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003): Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek…; The final 'installment' in dir. Rodriguez' violent Mexican trilogy (see EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO), with Banderas again the loner in a dusty town,…
Open Range (2003): Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening…; Costner stars and takes the reins of this latterday Western about a group of itinerant cattle grazers fending off the thuggish tactics of a brutal…
Shanghai Knights (2003): Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Owen Wilson, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen; The successful teaming of Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson returns in a hyperreal 19th century world of Victorian threads, kung fu moves and offbeat, if…
800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002): Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carmen Maura, Sancho Gracia; Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia (DAY OF THE BEAST) brings his wild energy to this story of a stuntman in Almeria whose career is floundering in…
Dust (2002): Dir. Milcho Manchevski
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham; The dir. of BEFORE THE RAIN executes this ‘Balkan western’ with violent, overblown panache despite some miscasting and a dusted–off…
All the Pretty Horses (2000): Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas…; Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…
Claim, The (2000): Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley…; On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
Jericho (2000): Dir. Merlin Miller
Feat. Mark Valley, R. Lee Ermey; Low–budget western mystery in which a man with severe memory loss goes to work on a cattle ranch where he begins to recall his surreptitious…
Shanghai Noon (2000): Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu; Jackie Chan pilots for this lightweight, crowd–pleasing throwback to the Wild West that adds his brand of naïve Eastern exotism to the ol'…
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000): Dir. Wisit Sasanatieng; A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
Ride with the Devil (1999): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tobey Maguire, John Caviezel, Skeet Ulrich; One of the best recent attempts at an American Civil War drama, demonstrating the South's point of view with sympathy and only a few wrong moves.…
Wild Wild West (1999): Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh…; The star and director of MEN IN BLACK and recoupled for this Sci–fi–Western–spoof, first aired as a popular,…
Hi-Lo Country, The (1998): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette; Long left out to pasture, the male–bonding cowboy genre is saddled–up and mounted by dir. Stephen Frears (THE GRIFTERS), who honours the…
Magnificent Seven, The (TV Series) (1998-2000): Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman, Dale Midkiff…; Detailed spin–off series from the 1960 movie THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, continuing with the premise of seven cowboys each with a unique set of…
Newton Boys, The (1998): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich…; Former indie–darling, Richard Linklater (SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED), chronicles the 1920s bankrobbing true exploits of the four brothers,…
Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997): Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jet Li; Jet Li reprises his signature role in the popular saga, this time reinvented as a Kung Fu Western – the perfect setting for…
True Women (1997): Dir. Karen Arthur
Feat. Dana Delaney, Annabeth Gish, Angelina Jolie…; A female–driven historical saga spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through to the American Civil War. A Hallmark production based…
Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996): Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick; TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
Cannibal! The Musical (Alfred Packer: The Musical) (1996): Dir. Trey Parker
Feat. Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Stephen Blackpool; This fiendishly inventive 'student' film from SOUTH PARK creator Trey Parker is one of those no–budget labour of loves like say, BAD TASTE,…
Last Man Standing (1996): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken…; Gunslinger Bruce Willis dishes up violent justice for two factions of bootleggers in an actioner that ropes in western, mob movie, film noir and even…
Lone Star (1996): Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey…; John Sayles' searching character study set in a dusty New Mexican town crosses multiple characters and time frames across three ethnic cultures.…
Buffalo Girls (TV Mini-series) (1995): Dir. Rod Hardy
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith; Miniseries based on the best–selling novel by Larry McMurtry (LONESOME DOVE), which brings to life the Wild West escapades of Calamity Jane and…
Dead Man (1995): Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, Lance Henriksen; A unique meditation on the mystique of the Wild West, branded with the distinctive marks of dir. Jarmusch's dilatory tempo and playful eccentricity.…
Desperado (1995): Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi…; Rodriguez' big–budget blow up of his cult hit EL MARIACHI, with Latino golden–boy Antonio Banderas as the vengeance–bent…
Peace Hotel (1995): Dir. Wai Ka-Fai
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat; Chow Yun–Fat stars in his last Hong Kong opus before taking the Hollywood leap. A 1920s Chinatown Western, he runs the 'Peace Hotel', a refuge…
Quick and the Dead, The (1995): Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe…; A showdown at a gunfighting competition that plays like a cross between a 'Milky Bar' ad and a WWF pro–wrestling rumble. Director Raimi (EVIL…
Wild Bill (1995): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt…; Evocatively intercuts the remorseful twilight of gunfighter Wild Bill Hicock's life, with a series of tangy, sepia–toned flashbacks.
Bad Girls (1994): Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, Mary Stuart Masterson…; Saddle up with four popular Hollywood femmes for this enjoyably silly Western – easier on the eye than most.
Geronimo (1994): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Wes Studi, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman…; Intelligent, if unremarkable, big–budget Western that chronicles the U.S. Army's attempt to bring down the great Apache warrior,…
Last Outlaw, The (1994): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Levine…; Kiwi director's bloody Western with Rourke as a psychopathic confederate hunting down the remnants of his white trash gang.
Maverick (1994): Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner; The popular TV Western is refried with Mel Gibson as the carefree card–shark, Jodie Foster his not–too–bright love interest and…
Oblivion (1994): Dir. Sam Irvin
Feat. Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, Isaac Hayes…
Wyatt Earp (1994): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman; Lovingly crafted rendition of an oft–told legend is the first major flop in the careers of Costner and the director. Not a bad film, but the…
Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The (TV Series) (1993-1994): Dir. Bryan Spicer
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson; Wacky TV western following a Harvard–educated lawyer–turned–bounty hunter who goes after an outlaw using a range of curiously…
Ballad of Little Jo (1993): Dir. Maggie Greenwald
Feat. Suzy Amis; Suzy Amis is terrific as a cowgirl who masquerades as a man in order to realise her fiercely independent dreams. A refreshing revision of the Wild…
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (TV Series) (1993-1998): Feat. Jane Seymour, Chad Allen; Appealing western series starring Jane Seymour as the wilful Dr. Quinn starting up a practice in the wilds of redneck Colorado while dealing with the…
Posse (1993): Dir. Mario Van Peebles
Feat. Mario Van Peebles; Actor/director Van Peebles infuses the Western with flamboyant, MTV–style visuals. He leads a gang of charismatic young black guns seeking to…
Silent Tongue (1993): Dir. Sam Shepard
Feat. Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix; A personal project for playwright/actor/director Shepard, this ghost story chiefly indicts the mistreatment of the native Indian. Haunting film…
Tombstone (1993): Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer; Not–so–young guns Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as Earp and Holliday don't quite make it past being big boys in dress–up. There's…
El Mariachi (1992): Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez; A cause celebre of low–budget film–making, this $7000 Tex–Mex wonder about a guitar–player mistaken for a gangster contains…
Unforgiven (1992): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman…; Clint Eastwood delivers the film of his acting and directing career with a smoulderingly dark rendering of a smart script about an aging gunfighter…
City Slickers (1991): Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Billy Crystal; Crystal and two thirtysomething buddies flee the urban rat–race to rekindle their lost youth – on a cattle drive in the Wild West. Fun,…
Back to the Future 3 (1990): Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen…; Fun conclusion to the trilogy sends Marty McFly back to the wild west to resolve the havoc he created in part 2.
Dances with Wolves (1990): Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner; Kevin Costner's finest few hours. He plays an estranged cavalry officer who befriends and learns the survivalist culture of the native Sioux. Winner…
Quigley Down Under (1990): Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman; Sharpshooter Tom Selleck goes on the run in the Australian outback after being hired by a treacherous cattle baron and discovering his new job is to…
Young Guns 2 (1990): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland…; The long–neglected Western finds popularity with a new generation with an all–star youthful cast.
Civil War, The (The American Civil War) (1989): Dir. Ken Burns; An extraordinary documentary series on the American Civil War, widely recognised as one of the greatest ever made. Using archival photographs,…
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993): Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover…; A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
Old Gringo (1989): Dir. Luis Puenzo
Feat. Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits; Western following an American school teacher (Jane Fonda) who is captured by soldiers of Pancho Villa's army while working in Mexico in 1913, and…
Young Guns (1988): Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland…; The long–neglected Western finds popularity with a new generation with an all–star youthful cast.
Steel Dawn (1987): Dir. Lance Hool
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe…; Cheesy post–apocalyptic western with Mr. Patrick Swayze as Nomad the Warrior – a man wandering the desert with a large sword seeking to…
Straight to Hell (1987): Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Joe Strummer, Sy Richardson, Dennis Hopper…; Spaghetti western parody, featuring the Pogues, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello and other rock star types.
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James, The (1986): Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson…; Likeable version of the last years, not days, of the legendary Frank and Jesse James played by 'outlaw' country music stars Johnny Cash and Kris…
Three Amigos (1986): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short; Cheesy comedy with Steve Martin and Chevy Chase lured to Mexico as gunslingers.
Pale Rider (1985): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood; Clint Eastwood mounts his heroic saddle to help protect gold miners bullied by a ruthless tycoon. Clint would have to wait seven years before he…
Robbery Under Arms (1985): Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. Sam Neill; Rollicking outback western with our Sam Neill as a charismatic bushranger at the head of a wild colonial gang in search of love, loot and adventure.…
Silverado (1985): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette…; An excellent modern Western with an all–star cast including Kevins' Costner and Kline. It's a non–stop, spirited concoction of action and…
Comic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984): Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Dawn French…; Excellent 'Comic Strip' double bill that teams up Adrian Edmonson's classic headbanger's satire with the cult repertory's memorable…
Comic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / Gino (1984): Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Rik Mayall, Pete Richardson, Keith Allen…; Winning 'Spaghetti Western' spoof has straw–chewing posers Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson check into the Hotel Bastardos, where they meet…
Calamity Jane (1983): Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Jane Alexander, David Hemmings, Talia Balsam…; Gutsy western adventure centred on the west's ultimate tomboy 'Calamity Jane,' (realistically portrayed by Jane Alexander) renowned for her ability…
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983): Dir. Steve Carver
Feat. Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera…; Man–of–few–words Norris plays a Texas Ranger who brandishes his martial arts trained fists as well as the requisite firepower in…
Utu (1983): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott…; After the great success of GOODBYE PORK PIE, dir. Geoff Murphy and his team get their fingernails dirty with this indigenous 'Western' that addresses…
Utu - Redux (1983-2013): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa…; With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
Wild Horses (1983): Dir. Derek Morton
Feat. Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Bruno Lawrence…; A Kiwi western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central…
Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982): Dir. Robert M. Young
Feat. Edward James Olmos, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill; A young Mexican who kills a sherriff in self defence is manhunted by Texas Rangers as rumours of his notoriety become increasingly inflated.…
Barbarosa (1982): Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Willie Nelson, Gary Busey; A dignified, under–rated Western from Australian director Fred Schepisi that pairs Gary Busey with Willie Nelson in a tale of a young cowboy…
Gambler, The (1980): Dir. Dick Lowry
Feat. Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Christine Belford…; Amiable western with a gambler saddling up after receiving a letter from his son requesting his help. Kenny Rogers knows when to fold 'em and hold…
Heaven's Gate (1980): Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt…; One of Hollywood's biggest financial disasters contributed to the demise of United Artists studios. Despite its flaws, this full–length version…
Long Riders, The (1980): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine…; Sombre treatment of the perennial Jesse James/Cole/Younger–gang saga, starring real–life brothers Carradine, Keach and Quaid, does…
Tom Horn (1980): Dir. William Wiard
Feat. Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth…; Flawed but beautifully lensed tale based on a real–life Wyoming bounty hunter, who outlived the wild years of the 19th century and was…
Butch and Sundance: The Early Years (1979): Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey…; Surprisingly enjoyable prequel to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID has the roguish duo pursued across various New Mexico landscapes. Utterly…
Cactus Jack (1979): Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas; A fledgling Arnie and Kirk Douglas square–up in this comic take on the Old West.
Electric Horseman, The (1979): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine…; Curious romantic western with Redford as a former rodeo star who turns his back on his lucrative gig advertising cereal, and heads off to the desert…
Frisco Kid, The (1979): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Harrison Ford, Gene Wilder; Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder cross joke–strewn terrain in this comedy Western.
Centennial (TV Mini-series) (1978): Feat. Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Robert Conrad; Western mini–series spanning the 200 year history of the town of Centennial, Colarado. Well–researched in its depiction of the…
Comes A Horseman (1978): Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth…; An unusual attempt to transfer the grand mythos of the Western to a latterday setting, with Fonda playing a ranch boss, who mixes it up with a cousin…
Goin' South (1978): Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd…; The ‘Western’ done as farce, with troublesome outlaw Jack Nicholson rescued from the gallows by Mary Steenbergen, in a marriage of…
Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977): Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Maurizio Merli, John Steiner; One of the last belated gasps of the 'spaghetti western' genre, with the handsome Merli playing a bounty hunter whose special talent is with the…
White Buffalo, The (1977): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson…; Rugged and hokey psycho–adventurism in which Charles Bronson channels Captain Ahab in his quest to hunt down a mythical albino buffalo.
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster…; Off–key satire on 'official' American history, with Paul Newman as the charismatic fraud Bill Hickock, whose Wild West Show toured America in…
Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The (1976): Dir. Melvin Frank
Feat. Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Conrad Janis…; Sassy spoof of the old west sees a scheming saloon singer and a suave card shark fall in love through a series of misadventures.
Missouri Breaks, The (1976): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson; Startling 70s Western, pairs regulator Marlon Brando and horse rustler Jack Nicholson for a brutal, yet often comic game of…
Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke; Clint Eastwood mixes action, high drama, humour and landscape to create one of his most satisfying tales of the Wild West. His peaceful farmer turns…
Return of a Man Called Horse, The (1976): Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis; Renowned sequel to the notorious Western, with English aristocrat Harris returning to Dakota and the Yellow Hand Sioux tribe he was inducted into.…
Shootist, The (1976): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. John Wayne, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall; Celebrated finale to John Wayne's career playing an aging gunfighter seeking obscurity but assailed by cancer and various 'young guns', out to prove…
Bite the Bullet (1975): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Gene Hackman, James Coburn; Gene Hackman and James Coburn are adversaries who contest a gruelling 700–mile horse race.
Breakheart Pass (1975): Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna…; Charles Bronson plays a prisoner being transported on a train with a small U.S. army unit and medical supplies through the Rocky mountains. The…
Master Gunfighter, The (1975): Dir. Frank Laughlin
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Ron O'Neal, Barbara Carrera; From the creator/actor of BILLY JACK this samurai western follows a peace–loving master swordsman and gunfighter, who's…
Posse (1975): Dir. Kirk Douglas
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins…; Kirk Douglas acts and directs in this revisionist western about a US Marshal with political ambitions who leads a uniformed posse to hunt down a…
Rooster Cogburn (1975): Dir. Stuart Millar
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn; John Wayne saddles up for another round of boozing and revenging in this follow–up to TRUE GRIT. Reigning in the one–eyed Marshall this…
Take a Hard Ride (1975): Dir. Anthony M. Dawson
Feat. Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson…; Fun western cheapie with Jim Brown heading to Sonora to deliver a payroll....Lee Van Cleef has other ideas.
A Knife for the Ladies (1974): Dir. Larry G. Spangler
Feat. Jack Elam, Jeff Cooper; Brutal Western murder mystery taking inspiration from slasher films of the 1970's, in which a sheriff and a detective track down a vicious killer who…
Billy Two Hats (1974): Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gregory Peck, Desi Jr. Arnaz, Jack Warden…; Minor western with two bandits on the run from a racist sheriff after a botched bank robbery results in a death. Artful take on the genre is mostly…
Blazing Saddles (1974): Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder; Classic Mel Brooks spoof–Western that almost killed the genre off!
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Warren Oates, Kris Kristofferson, Gig Young…; One of the director's best, a modern–day western set in Mexico, with wash–out gringo Warren Oates questing for the bounty–prize…
Gun and the Pulpit, The (1974): Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Marjoe Gortner, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston…; A television pilot for an unproduced series starring former evangelist and cult figure Marjoe Gortner as a gunslinger on the lam who impersonates a…
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1974-1982): Feat. Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert; Gently focused account of a settler family building their 'little house' on the plains of Minnesota in the 1870s. While not exactly gritty, this is…
Spikes Gang, The (1974): Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith…; Downbeat western with Lee Marvin as a wounded outlaw who finds shelter with two young runaways. Regaling them his colorful stories of life on the…
Chino (1973): Dir. John Sturges, Duilio Coletti
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi…; Downbeat western casts a melancholic eye on the plight of a half Indian horse breeder and his struggles in face of racist townsfolk. Almost a…
High Plains Drifter (1973): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom; A spooked town enlist Clint Eastwood's mystical bounty–hunter. A self–conscious hybrid of many sources, Clint brings the drama an…
My Name Is Nobody (1973): Dir. Tonino Valerii
Feat. Henry Fonda, Terence Hill; Leone–influenced western has Henry Fonda as a faded outlaw pestered by adoring fan Terence Hill to learn some new tricks from the old dog.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan; Restored version fully realises the director's vision of events surrounding Sherriff Garrett's pursuit of the legendary outlaw. A strange brew of…
Train Robbers, The (1973): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor; Light, traditional–style John Wayne Western following a gun hand who is hired by a widow to find the gold that was stolen by her late husband…
Westworld (1973): Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin; A theme–park where one experiences violent fantasies in perfect safety gradually goes haywire. Inspired idea would strike the big time for…
A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die! (Una Ragione per vivere e una per morire) (1972): Dir. Tonino Valerii
Feat. James Coburn, Telly Savalas, Bud Spencer…; Uneven spaghetti western set during the American Civil War concerns a private battle between a DIRY DOZEN style group and brutal Confederate…
Bad Company (1972): Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, John Savage; A crafted, deliberately unromantic western which follows a young Jeff Bridges’ flight to escape from army recruiters into an 1863 West…
Buck and the Preacher (1972): Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell…; An intriguing 'black' Western set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, with a group of freed slaves setting out across the dangerous…
Chato's Land (1972): Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore…; DEATH WISH in the desert with Bronson picking off rednecks in revenge for his wife's rape and murder. Michael Winner brings his customary…
Cowboys, The (1972): Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. John Wayne, Bruce Dern; John Wayne loses his cattle ranchers to the gold–rush, so is forced to recruit 11 children, much to the delight of cowboy nasty, Bruce Dern.…
Culpepper Cattle Co., The (1972): Dir. Dick Richards
Feat. Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew…; Intriguing revisionist western with a young farm boy who always wanted to be a cowhand talking a tough trail boss into hiring him on a cattle drive.
Evil Roy Slade (1972): Dir. Jerry Paris
Feat. John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Henry Gibson…; Wacky western spoof made its way onto screens after originally flopping as TV pilot. John Astin (ADDAM'S FAMILY) plays the titular villain on…
Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The (1972): Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Robert Duvall, Cliff Robertson; Hard–edged Western tells the story of the fading Jesse James gang and their most daring and ill–fated bank raid. Duvall and Robertson…
Jeremiah Johnson (1972): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Will Geer; A counter–culture sensibility pervades this rugged wilderness western, about a mountain man whose distaste for civilization sees him go off the…
Joe Kidd (1972): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon…; An amoral Clint Eastwood gets involved in a range fued between land baron Robert Duvall and Mexican settlers. Despite a screenplay by Elmore Leonard,…
Junior Bonner (1972): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino…; Rodeo–rider Steve McQueen is on the end of a losing streak when he revisits his hometown, and a last chance at a new life. Filled with amiable…
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner…; Huston's surreal Western stars Paul Newman as Roy Bean, the eccentric hanging 'judge' of American folklore.
Man of the East (1972): Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Harry Jr. Carey; Harebrained western has Terence Hill as a poetry–loving city slicker who in order to inherit his fathers ranch must become a…
Trinity Is Still My Name (1972): Dir. E.B. Clucher
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill; Equally funny sequel to spaghetti–Western THEY CALL ME TRINITY, starring duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
Ulzana's Raid (1972): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison; Burt Lancaster saddles up to hunt a band of Apache Indians who have escaped their impoverished reservation and have gone on the warpath. One of…
A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker!) (1971): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli; Leone’s final spaghetti–western is a sprawling adventure set in the Mexican revolution, with fistfuls of action and comedy aplenty to rival…
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) (1971): Feat. Pete Duel, Ben Murphy; Two notorious outlaws receive amnesty on the condition they lay low for a year in this rumble–tumble western clearly inspired by the rogue…
Bad Man's River (1971): Dir. Eugenio Martin
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, Gina Lollobrigida; Jokey spaghetti–west has an outlaw outsmarted by a gang of Mexican Banditos and a conniving widow.
Bearcats! (TV Series) (1971): Feat. Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole; Endearing "late Western" TV series set in 1914 in which Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole star as a pair of charismatic troubleshooters for hire who gad…
Doc (1971): Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin; Underrated retelling of events leading up to the gunfight at the OK Corral with stronger emphasis on character than gunplay. This striking…
El Topo (1971): Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Feat. Alejandro Jodorowsky; The first official midnight movie – Jodorowsky's legendary vision is a bonafide 'head' picture (confusing yet stimulating), committing enough…
Gunfight, A (1971): Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander…; An inventive late western in the Sergio Leone tradition, concerning rival gunfighters Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash (in his debut) charging admission…
Hannie Caulder (1971): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Christopher Lee…; Raquel Welch dons poncho and six–shooters in this violent quasi–spoof Western, playing the victim of a gang rape who, with the help of a…
Hired Hand, The (1971): Dir. Peter Fonda
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom…; An unusual directorial debut for Peter Fonda, who turns out a small masterpiece with this revisionist Western bathed in the hippie afterglow of the…
Hunting Party, The (1971): Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman; WILD BUNCH–wannabe with Gene Hackman hunting ruffian Oliver Reed and kidnapped wife Candice Bergan to the ends of the earth. A ridiculously…
Kill Django... Kill First (1971): Dir. Sergio Garrone
Feat. Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Aldo Sambrell, Krista Nell; Brutal spaghetti western with a ruthless cowboy teaming up with an old prospector to take down an unscrupulous banker and his network of killers.
Lucky Luke (1971): Hardcase western animation, from the creator of ASTERIX, centred on Lucky Luke the cowboy and his penchant for upholding law over the land.…
Man in the Wilderness, The (w/ The Deadly Trackers) (1971): Dir. Richard Serafian
Feat. Richard Harris, John Huston, Percy Herbert…; Double Bill Western starring Richard Harris. THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS is based on the same source material that inspired the Oscar–winning…
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie; Repentant gunfighter Warren Beatty stakes out a claim for respectability by developing a two–bit mining camp into a town (chiefly by…
Red Sun (1971): Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune…; Exotic western with samurai elements that boasts an international cast. The plot involves a munhunt to retrieve a ceremonial Japanese sword from a…
Return Of Sabata (1971): Dir. Frank Kramer
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, Pedro Sanchez, Reiner Schone; Van Cleef takes the reins back from Brynner in the third and final outing for the ace gunslinger. This time out Sabata is a stunt rider with a…
Skin Game (1971): Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. James Garner, Louis Jr. Gossett, Susan Clark…; Beguiling comedy about a pair of con–artists who pose as master and slave to deceive unsuspecting rednecks in the post–civil war era.
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette; James Garner again plays a con–man, this time mistaken for a notorious gunfighter. Good natured, entertaining satire.
They Call Me Trinity (1971): Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Terence Hill, Bud Spencer; The film that triggered the careers of B–movie icons Terence Hill and Bud Spencer is an engaging spaghetti–western spoof. Something of a…
Valdez Is Coming (1971): Dir. Edwin Sherin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera…; An underrated late Western, with Lancaster playing a down–heels Mexican sherriff who takes a dangerous stand on principle against a powerful…
Wild Rovers (1971): Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden…; Saddle–sore cowpunchers William Holden and Ryan O'Neal safeguard their retirement by bank robbery, then head for the Mexican border.…
A Man Called Horse (1970): Dir. Elliot Silverstein
Feat. Richard Harris, Dame Judith Anderson; Notorious yet serious–minded late western is set around the capture by Sioux of an English nobleman and his subsequent initiation into the…
Adios, Sabata (1970): Dir. Frank Kramer
Feat. Yul Brynner, Pedro Sanchez, Dean Reed; Yul Brynner takes over the role of the ex–confederate master blaster, but the song remains essentially the same as Sabata aids Mexican…
Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., Stella Stevens; A lyrical Western in which Jason Robards plays an endearing, lone gold propector who develops an oasis in a remote part of the old west. His…
Barquero (1970): Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Forrest Tucker…; Taut and bloody morality play set by a river's edge with Van Cleef as an ornery barge owner holding out against a band of mercenaries desperate to…
Beguiled, The (1970): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman; Clint Eastwood plays a wounded Union soldier taken refuge at a Confederate girl's school, where his presense stirs up a hornet's nest. The closest…
Chisum (1970): Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George…; A western starring John Wayne, very loosely based around events from the Lincoln County War in 1878, when a conflict arose over the control of goods…
Lawman (1970): Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb…; Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan are veteran adversaries in this violent '70s Western. Saddle–sore Lancaster is on the trail of a band of…
Little Big Man (1970): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam…; Life–story of 121–yr old 'white' Indian Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) at first lightly sketches his progress from Cheyenne brave to…
Man Called Sledge, A (1970): Dir. Vic Morrow
Feat. James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Laura Antonelli…; Spaghetti western with James Garner slumming it in the role of a grimy villain who connives his way into a prison intending to steal a large shipment…
McMasters, The (Blood Crowd, The) (1970): Dir. Alf Kjellin
Feat. Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine…; A tough depiction of post–Civil War strife, with former slave Peters, who fought for the Union, trying to start over in the American southwest.…
Monte Walsh (1970): Dir. William A. Fraker
Feat. Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau; Beautifully contemplative western set during the final days of the Wild West, following an aged cowboy and his friend who spend their days picking up…
Rio Lobo (1970): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Jack Elam, Victor French…; The third and final Western collaboration between John Wayne, dir. Hawks and screenwriter Leigh Brackett (after RIO BRAVO and EL DORADO), this…
Soldier Blue (1970): Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, Candice Bergen; Perhaps the most violent and disreputable of the ‘revisionist’ Westerns (initiated by THE WILD BUNCH), this depiction of mutual barbarity between…
There Was a Crooked Man (1970): Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda; Prison inmate Kirk Douglas matches wits with warden Henry Fonda in an attempt to escape. Curious mix of black comedy and melodrama.
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Shirley Maclaine; Mexican–set western adventure following a mysterious nun pursued by the French Army who begins a mutually beneficial relationship with a…
100 Rifles (1969): Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds; Explosive action–western cliche of the late–70's featuring Burt Reynolds, unfortunately cast as a half–Indian bank–robber,…
Boot Hill (1969): Dir. Giuseppe Colizzi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Woody Strode…; Typically raucous Hill and Spencer westerner with the un–dynamic duo doing battle with a tyrannical mayor.
Bullet for Sandoval (Vengeance is Mine) (1969): Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Ernest Borgnine, George Hilton; Reasonable foray into the Spaghetti Western genre for splatter king Fulci and as always with Fulci narrative is secondary to violent…
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Robert Redford; This light and tasty yarn enjoyed huge popularity, partly due to the abounding charisma of Paul Newman and Robert Redford who together have lots of…
Charro (1969): Dir. Charles M. Warren
Feat. Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French; An Elvis curiosity which (mis)casts him in a dramatic Western. An unintentional hoot.
Death of a Gunfighter (1969): Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor…; The first Alan Smithee film is a hard–bitten western with Widmark as an old–fashioned lawman in a town determined to modernise. The title…
Mackenna's Gold (1969): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif; Sprawling Western adaptation of the best–selling Will Henry novel about an Arizona Marshal travelling to an unknown canyon of gold who gets…
Moon Zero Two (1969): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. James Olson, Catherina Von Schell, Warren Mitchell…; Low–budget science fiction foray from Hammer Films, billed as the first moon "western" and released very soon after the first moon landing in…
Over the Hill Gang, The (1969): Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Pat O'Brien…; Laidback reunion for various horse–opera stars of old cleaning up a lawless town in the old west. Telemovie doesn't quite have a script worthy…
Paint Your Wagon (1969): Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg…; Entertaining musical epic based on the popular Lerner–Loewe play. Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood play gold prospectors who share a wife they…
Sabata (1969): Dir. Frank Kramer
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Pedro Sanchez; Berzerk spaghetti western with Van Cleef as the titular master gunfighter hunting robbers for rewards. Memorable is an understatement for this…
Support Your Local Sheriff (1969): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. James Garner, Joan Hackett; The definitive Western spoof stars James Garner as a reluctant sheriff ordained to restore law and order to a village struck by goldrush fever.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969): Dir. Abraham Polonsky
Feat. Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake…; This Western comeback from blacklisted director Polonsky (FORCE OF EVIL) focuses (rather ironically) on the manhunt of Robert Blake, who here plays…
True Grit (1969): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate…; John Wayne subtly sends–up his hardcase persona, playing an over–the–hill marshall who drags himself out of semi–retirement…
Undefeated, The (1969): Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lee Meriwether; Amiable post–Civil War Western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson as ex–Union and ex–Confederate Colonels who lead two disparate…
Wild Bunch, The (1969): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan…; Sam Peckinpah's uncompromising Western bloodbath with William Holden and Ernest Borgnine leading the famous band of unruly marauders. Astonishing in…
Young Billy Young (1969): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jnr…; Serviceable western has Mitchum hunting for the man who killed his son. Pic drifts along a little too amiably at times though the name cast to their…
Ace High (I quattro dell'Ave Maria) (1968): Dir. Giuseppe Colizzi
Feat. Eli Wallach, Terence Hill, Brock Peters…; Spaghetti western starring Eli Wallach as a bandit seeking revenge on those who framed him, teaming up with two bounty hunters and an acrobat in the…
Bandolero! (1968): Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch…; Number three in James Stewart's Western repertoire centred on two brawling brothers who must find a way to work together to avoid the death sentence…
Death Rides A Horse (Da uomo a uomo) (1968): Dir. Giulio Petroni
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega…; 'Spaghetti Western' about the years–in–the–waiting revenge mission of an orphan to hunt his parent's bandit murderers. Although…
Five Card Stud (1968): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens; Western set in small–town Colorado where players from an ill–fated game of poker start to go missing, and murder is suspected. From the…
Great Silence, The (1968): Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frank Wolff; A 'pure' spaghetti western in the Italian language, with Trintignant playing a mute desperado being pursued by bounty–hunter Kinski through a…
Hang 'em High (1968): Dir. Ted Post
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens; A stateside attempt at a spaghetti Western. Clint Eastwood avenges a gang of vigilantes who wrongfully tried to hang him for murder.
Journey to Shiloh (1968): Dir. William Hale
Feat. James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Harrison Ford…; Diverting counterculture western with seven fresh–faced young men embarking on a cross–country journey to join the confederate army.…
Kill Them All And Come Back Alone (1968): Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Chuck Connors, Frank Wolff, Franco Citti…; Spaghetti western set during the American Civil War, with a confederate going after a cache of gold owned by the Union Army. He is aided by a group…
Long Ride From Hell, A (Vivo per la tua Morte) (1968): Dir. Camillo Bazzoni
Feat. Steve Reeves, Wayde Preston; An overlooked, tough–minded Spaghetti Western featuring the legendary Steve "Hercules" Reeves in his final screen performance, this tells the…
More Dead than Alive (1968): Dir. Robert Sparr
Feat. Clint Walker, Vincent Price, Anne Francis…; Western about a reformed killer who struggles with life on the outside. After trying to settle down as a rancher but failing to win people's…
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards Jr.…; A 13–minute credit sequence opens this riveting frontier saga, arguably the finest film of the genre. Charles Bronson steps in to Clint…
Scalphunters, The (1968): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Ossie Davis…; A 'mountain' Western, with fur trapper Lancaster and ex–slave Davis teaming up to recapture a cargo of stolen pelts. The script aims at various…
Shalako (1968): Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Stephen Boyd…; Silver screen vamp Brigitte Bardot teams up with Sean Connery in this "damsel in distress" western, where a hunting party who've wandered onto the…
This Man Can't Die (1968): Dir. Gianfranco Baldanello
Feat. Guy Madison, Lucienne Bridou, Rik Battaglia; Mean and gritty spaghetti western following a government agent hot on the trial of the rich boss who murdered his family.
Villa Rides (1968): Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom…; Violent western set during the Mexican revolution, with Robert Mitchum playing a corrupt Texas gunrunner and pilot who joins Pancho Villa (Yul…
Will Penny (1968): Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence…; An impressive, unromanticised view of an aging cowpuncher – played by Charlton Heston in possibly his finest dramatic performance – as he…
Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (Se sei vivo spara) (1967): Dir. Giulio Questi
Feat. Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock; A rather entrancing surrealistic version of the 'spaghetti western' involving a robbery gone wrong and an avenger from beyond the grave... but also…
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef; The third, the funniest and most violent of Clint's association with director Leone. Set during the Civil War, three low–lifes search for a…
High Chaparral, The (TV Series) (1967): Feat. Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Linda Cristal…; Conceived amidst the popularity of BONANZA, this classic TV western sought to replicate its success. The series centres on the ranch life of an…
Hour of the Gun (1967): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. James Garner, Jason Robards Jr., Robert Ryan…; Slowburning, melancholic revenge flick follows on from the events of Gunfight at the O.K Corral, with Garner as Wyatt Earp wrecking vengeance on the…
Rough Night in Jericho (1967): Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Dean Martin, Slim Pickens, Jean Simmons…; Dean Martin terrorizes a town and its helpless folk in this coarse, outdated western. Rough indeed.
Stranger on the Run (1967): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Henry Fonda, Anne Baxter, Michael Parks…; Henry Fonda is once again THE WRONG MAN in this tasty Don Siegel western. Fonda plays an embittered ex–con who falls foul of a ruthless…
War Wagon, The (1967): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel…; A light–hearted western with John Wayne playing a rancher who returns to his home town after being wrongfully imprisoned, to take revenge on…
A Bullet For the General (Quien Sabe?) (1966): Dir. Damiano Damiani
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick; Spaghetti western set during the Mexican revolution where a gringo assassin infiltrates a gang of bandits in order to find and kill a rebel general.…
Alvarez Kelly (1966): Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. William Holden, Richard Widmark; Set during the American Civil War, this violent western concerns a running feud between the leads over cattle–rustling activities.
Appaloosa, The (Southwest to Senora) (1966): Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon…; Minor, though well–crafted and photographed Western set around Brando's attempts to recover his prized horse from a Mexican bandit (Saxon).
Django (1966): Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Franco Nero, Jose Bodalo, Loredana Nusciak…; Stylish, ice–cold 'Spaghetti Western' tells the story of Django, a gunslinger who drags a mysterious coffin through the bandit–populated…
Django Shoots First (1966): Dir. Alberto De Martino
Feat. Glenn Saxson, Ida Galli, Nando Gazzolo…; Spaghetti western riffing liberally on Sergio Leone stereotypes, and carrying the distinction of being the first DJANGO knock–off. A man sets…
El Dorado (1966): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…; A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
Few Dollars for Django (1966): Dir. Leon Klimovsky
Feat. Antonio De Teffe, Gloria Osuna, Frank Wolff; Imitation spaghetti–Western, several times removed from the Sergei Leone/Clint Eastwood model, let alone Franco Nero's original 'Django'.…
Hills Run Red, The (Un fiume di dollari ) (1966): Dir. Carlo Lizzani
Feat. Dan Duryea, Henry Silva, Thomas Hunter; Violent spaghetti western doesn't spare the sauce as two confederate soldiers flee the civil war with some ill–gotten loot. Duryea appears to…
Hombre (1966): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone…; Paul Newman portrays the sombre hombre, a white man brought up by the Apache, who helps the red–neck passengers of an ambushed stagecoach.…
Navajo Joe (1966): Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Fernando Rey; Bloodthirsty Navajo Joe goes looking for revenge after his family is killed by nefarious outlaws. Pre–fame Burt teams up with pre–Django…
Nevada Smith (1966): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith…; McQueen plays an orphaned half–breed in the West, who quests relentlessly for his parents' killers. Beautifully made in some stunning…
Professionals, The (1966): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan…; A taut precursor to THE WILD BUNCH, with a gang of American mercenaries making an incursion into Mexican territory to rescue a beautiful hostage…
Rage (1966): Dir. Gilberto Gazcón
Feat. Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, David Reynoso; Sweaty Mexican American thriller with Glenn Ford playing a self–pitying alcoholic doctor who lives alone in a border town, and finds himself…
Texas Across The River (1966): Dir. Michael Gordon
Feat. Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth…; Gag–heavy Western spoof sees Joey Bishop get painted up 'native' and Dean Martin and Alain Delon facing off for the love of Rosemary Forsyth's…
Cat Ballou (1965): Dir. Elliot Silverstein
Feat. Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin; Amusing spoof of the genre with Jane Fonda as a school–teacher who becomes an outlaw after her father's untimely death. Lee Marvin won an Oscar…
Duel at Diablo (1965): Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier, James Garner; Violent, off–beat Cowboys–and–Indians conflict successfully revives the formula. With Sidney Poitier, and James Garner in a sober…
For a Few Dollars More (1965): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte; An improvement on the original film with Eastwood encoring to the strains of that unmistakable Morricone score.
Glory Guys, The (1965): Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Andrew Duggan; A bigoted Civil War general and his subservient cavalry set about to obliterate the Native Indian populous in this atypical western, from the pen of…
Hallelujah Trail, The (1965): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence…; Unusual western adventure about a wagon train of whisky that becomes the target of the US cavalry, the Temperance League and local Indians. Overlong…
Major Dundee (1965): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Dana (Jim) Hutton…; Important homage–critique of the Western from dir. Peckinpah, with Heston playing a misanthropic prison warden who pursues a murderous Apache…
Outlaws Is Coming, The (1965): Dir. Norman Maurer
Feat. Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe De Rita; In their last comic feature, the Three Stooges don cowboy hats for a slapstick romp in the Wild West.
Ride In the Whirlwind (1965): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell; A low–budget western shot back–to–back with THE SHOOTING and although the lesser of the two, has a few gritty moments. The VHS tape…
Shenandoah (1965): Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. James Stewart, Doug McClure; Moving melodrama in which James Stewart heads a Virginian family deeply affected by the American Civil War. Co–stars Doug 'The 'Virginian'…
Shooting, The (1965): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, Millie Perkins; Avant–garde cowboy tale co–written by and featuring a typically crazed performance from Jack Nicholson, plus a memorable and unexpected…
Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer…; Big screen return for John Wayne after his cancer scare that tells the tale of the four unruly sons of frontier woman Katie Elder who set out to…
Viva Maria! (1965): Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton; Louis Malle harnesses the assets of Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, here playing two circus performing ‘Marias’ with a penchant for viva la…
Wild Wild West (TV Series) (1965): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Robert Conrad, Ross Martin; Two detectives in the turn–of–the–century Wild West fight weird adversaries with the then latest technology and a sense of humour.
Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964): Dir. Bill Ward
Feat. Marty Robbins, Robert Barron, Nestor Paiva; Minor western with singer Marty Robbins acquitting himself well as a prairie Robin Hood thieving from stage coaches in order to give to the poor.…
Black God White Devil (1964): Dir. Glauber Rocha
Feat. Maurício do Valle, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos; A landmark of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, fusing discordant sound and imagery with the embittered folktale of a…
Dollars Trilogy, The (A Fistful of Dollars; For Few Dollars More; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) (1964-1966): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood; Box–set containing all three of Clint Eastwood's iconic 'spaghetti westerns'. A.K.A "The Man With No Name Trilogy"
Fistful of Dollars, A (1964): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonte; Perhaps the most famous of the spaghetti Westerns, with Clint Eastwood influencing a generation of tough guy anti–heroes with his formidable,…
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964): Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Yul Brynner, Janice Rule, Brad Dexter…; Set in New Mexico in the wake of the Civil War, a small bigoted town is beset by racist prejudices despite being outwardly pro–Union. Yul…
4 For Texas (Four for Texas) (1963): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ursula Andress…; Frivolous comedy–western in which "Rat Pack–ers" Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin play friendly rivals who each make a bid for a waterfront…
Hud (1963): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Melvyn Douglas…; Handsome idler Paul Newman sows the seeds of trouble in this excellent modern–day Texas western, with his piercing eyes and calculated slouch…
McLintock! (1963): Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo…; TAMING OF THE SHREW goes West in this rambunctious battle of wits between cattle rancher (Wayne) and his firebrand wife (O’Hara), in search of a…
Geronimo (1962): Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Chuck Connors, Adam West; Despite the ridiculous casting of blue–eyed Connors as the legendary renegade Apache, this is a half decent B movie, loosely following the…
How the West Was Won (1962): Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Fonda…; The history of the West through three generations, with three directors each contributing an instalment. Headed by a cast to match its ambitions and…
Lonely Are The Brave (1962): Dir. David Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau…; Kirk Douglas is on top form in this Dalton Trumbo–penned 'psychological' Western, playing an anti–establishment cowboy who purposefully…
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962): Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles…; A dream cast and director deliver the classic that one would expect. Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne compete for Vera Miles but unite against Lee Marvin…
Ride the High Country (1962): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea; Perhaps the last hoorah of a great western tradition, directed with supreme artistry by Sam Peckinpah. Scott and McCrea play retiring lawmen who…
Virginian, The (TV Series) (1962-1971): Feat. James Drury, Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb; Television adaptation of Owen Wister's novel, where Jame's Drury's 'The Virginian' tries to maintain order on the Shiloh Ranch in the Wyoming…
Comancheros, The (1961): Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin…; John Wayne stars (and served as an uncredited director when Michael Curtiz fell ill) in this Western set in Texas in 1843. A Texas ranger arrests a…
Deadly Companions, The (1961): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran; Sam Peckinpah's debut film is a typically unorthodox western, that while uneven reveals the quirky characters and emotive nostalgia of his later…
Last Sunset, The (1961): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone…; Melodramatic Western set against the backdrop of the Texas/Mexico border stars Kirk Douglas as a fugitive hounded by Rock Hudson's sheriff, only to…
Misfits, The (1961): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe; Stark melodrama was to be the curtain call for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. They are two of a group of cheerless souls roping wild mustangs…
One Eyed Jacks (1961): Dir. Marlon Brando
Feat. Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado…; Marlon Brando is an outlaw battling a sheriff in this psychological Western played out against a brooding landscape. Bursts of violence punctuate the…
Second Time Around, The (1961): Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith…; Debbie Reynolds stars as a feisty widow who becomes sheriff of a wild Arizona town, where a gambler and a rancher vie for her affections.
Singer Not the Song, The (1961): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot…; Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…
Two Rode Together (1961): Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones; Overlooked Jimmy Stewart and Richard Widmark starrer with the master of the genre at the helm.
Alamo, The (1960): Dir. John Wayne
Feat. John Wayne; Duke's sprawling historical epic centres around a small fort where Texas fought for its independence. Slow pace builds to an exciting climax.
Bonanza (TV Series) (1960): Dir. Lewis Allen, Arthur Lubin
Feat. Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts…; Iconic, larger–than–life western TV show set near Virginia City, Nevada, in which Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his sons help protect…
Comanche Station (1960): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins…; Last of the Boetticher/Scott westerns with Randolph Scott again essaying the taciturn hero brilliantly. Here he's attempting to resuce saving a…
Flaming Star (1960): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Dolores Del Rio; Elvis Presley plays a half Native American rancher whose neighbourhood starts getting raided by people from the same tribe he is descended from, in…
Hell Bent for Leather (1960): Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally…; Another "mistaken identity" western for Murphy. This time he's an honest horse–trader wanted for a murder he didn't commit pursued across Texas…
Heller in Pink Tights (1960): Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn; Dysfunctional stagecoach high jinx with Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren fleeing with a theatre company into the American's heartland. While lush as a…
Magnificent Seven, The (1960): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson…; Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson head other famous faces–to–be in this popular remake of Kurosawa's THE SEVEN SAMURAI.
One Foot in Hell (1960): Dir. James B. Clark
Feat. Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy…; Alan Ladd's final western –scripted by Aaron Spelling – has him cast as a psychotic killer exacting revenge on a small town by assuming…
Sundowners, The (1960): Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov…; Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr play a devoted couple in 1920s Australia who come to a crossroads over their gypsy lifestyle. Affectionate saga about…
Unforgiven, The (1960): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster; Audrey Hepburn plays an adopted ranchers daughter who becomes the focus of a racist furore when her Indian roots are discovered.
Day of the Outlaw (1959): Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise…; Bleak snowbound western has a gang of outlaws terrorizing the inhabitants of a small farming town. Shot in stark black and white this is a…
Gunfight at Dodge City, The (1959): Dir. Joseph M. Newman
Feat. Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire…; Lean and mean western with Joel McCrea as a reluctant sheriff struggling to restore order to town besieged with corruption and violence.
Horse Soldiers, The (1959): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers; Set around a Yankee incursion into Rebel territory during the American Civil War, this rates about average against Dir. Ford's other action films. …
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones…; Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
No Name on the Bullet (1959): Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans…; Considered Audie Murphy's strongest Western, he plays a gun–for–hire who rides into a town where the leading citizens are justifiably…
Rawhide (TV Series) (1959- 1966): Feat. Clint Eastwood; Clint Eastwood steals the show as Rowdy Yates in this 60's cattle–driving TV show.
Ride Lonesome (1959): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, James Best, Lee Van Cleef…; Randolph Scott stars as a bounty hunter tasked with escorting a killer back to the gallows, all the while using him as bait to lure his murderous…
Rio Bravo (1959): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson…; John Wayne plays a sheriff who has captured a high profile bandit. With the state Marshall many days away and a gang of thugs planning a raid from…
Warlock (1959): Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn…; A–grade western set in the lawless town of Warlock where the citizens hire a notorious gunman to keep the peace who brings with him his own set…
Big Country, The (1958): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston; A big Western – where feuding families with rival patriarchs fight it out to the bitter end.
Bravados, The (1958): Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Lee Van Cleef…; Peck sets out on the grim task of annihilating the rapists and killers of his wife in this taut, if occasionally obvious Western. As Peck works his…
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley…; Randolph Scott plays a loner who finds himself caught up in a violent feud in this taut Budd Boetticher western.
Law and Jake Wade, The (1958): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens…; Western from director John Sturges (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN) about a reformed town marshal whose old criminal partner starts stalking him while he's on…
Left Handed Gun, The (1958): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Paul Newman; Influential version of the Billy the Kid story, with Paul Newman portraying the Kid in an ambiguous light, unstable and homosexually repressed. Has…
Man of the West (1958): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb…; Gary Cooper stars in this battle of nerves as a former gunman forced by his old gang to engage in their criminal activity. Solid, intelligent film…
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958): Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau…; Routine western with Murphy as a bank robber mistaken for a famed U.S Marshall and going along with the ruse. Some nice comedic touches and location…
Sheepman, The (Stranger with a Gun) (1958): Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Glenn Ford, Shirley Maclaine, Leslie Nielsen…; Lighthearted western with Glenn Ford as a hard–bitten sheep farmer duking it out with cattle baron Nielsen and Shirley Maclaine as the object…
Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The (1958): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Jayne Mansfield, Kenneth More, Henry Hull…; In this goofy western, Jayne Mansfield plays a buxom saloon proprietor who lassos a clueless Englishman when he becomes the sheriff of the titular…
Terror in a Texas Town (1958): Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Feat. Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot; Eccentric western with Sterling Hayden as a Swedish whaler –armed with harpoon – seeking to exact revenge on the greedy oil baron who…
Wanted Dead or Alive (TV Series) (1958): Feat. Steve McQueen; Riding on the back of success in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, Steve McQueen lends his star charisma to this TV western series as bounty hunter Josh…
3:10 to Yuma (1957): Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Glenn Ford, Van Heflin; Outlaw Glenn Ford is escorted via train to his trial in Yuma by rookie bounty–man Van Heflin. A suspenseful yarn made of Elmore Leonard's novel.
Decision at Sundown (1957): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele…; Another fruitful Boetticher/Scott collaboration is the grimmest of the lot with Scott on the trail of the man who drove his wife to suicide.
Forty Guns (1957): Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger…; A surreal, somewhat lurid Western set in Tombstone, Arizona pits voluptuous land–baroness Stanwyck against the new, world–weary marshall…
Gun for a Coward (1957): Dir. Abner Biberman
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule…; Character driven western with the tragic Jeffrey Hunter as a peaceful cowboy whose non–violent manner saddles him with a reputation for…
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming; The legendary Doc Holliday–Wyatt Earp clash with the Clayton gang with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading spurs. A textbook Western.
Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) (1957): Feat. Richard Boone, Hal Needham; Popular classic Western series about the adventures of professional gunfighter Paladin and his manservant Hey Boy.
Man in the Shadow, The (1957): Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Ben Alexander; Socially–conscious Western thriller starring Orson Welles as a property kingpin who provides most of the town a thriving economy. But when his…
Night Passage (1957): Dir. James Neilson
Feat. James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea…; A 'railroad western' with good guy Stewart defending the tracks against a gang of desperados led by Duryea. Tough cast give some distinction to a…
Robbery Under Arms (1957): Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith…; Seminal Aussie western with Peter Finch as charismatic outlaw Captain Starlight leading two brothers astray after they join his roving band of…
Run of the Arrow (1957): Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Rod Steiger, Brian Keith, Charles Bronson…; Technicolour western set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, with Confederate veteran Rod Steiger going rogue and joining the Sioux, but…
Tall T, The (1957): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan; The formidable Budd Boetticher–Randolph Scott alliance delivered this lean, mean stagecoach thriller – probably the finest of the duo’s…
Tin Star, The (1957): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer…; Anthony Perkins stars in one of his earliest roles playing a young sheriff eager to prove himself in a small town, who accepts help and advice from a…
True Story of Jesse James, The (1957): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange…; Remake of the 1939 film Jesse James, but hardly a true story, as it is only loosely based on the notorious outlaw's life and his relationship to…
Wagon Train (TV Series) (1957-1965): Feat. Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton…; Classic adventures of a wagon train and its varied passengers as they journey from Missouri to California in the aftermath of the Civil War. Wagons,…
Backlash (1956): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell…; Richard Widmark and Donna Reed play the tough–talkin', rootin–tootin leads in this gritty horse opera, as they both seek vengeance for…
Fastest Gun Alive, The (1956): Dir. Russell Rouse
Feat. Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Jeanne Crain…; Modest–scale Western with Ford playing a reformed gunfighter who is not allowed to leave his past behind.
Friendly Persuasion (1956): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins…; Gary Cooper headlines this sentimental yet atmospheric and beautifuly crafted drama about a Quaker family in southern Indiana whose pacifist beliefs…
Gunslinger (1956): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes; In this cut–price Roger Corman western, town ain’t big enough for a touch–as–nails lady marshall, and her nemesis, a spiteful…
Jubal (1956): Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger; Vivid Western melodrama from visually gifted director Delmer Daves (3:10 TO YUMA), telling a Shakespearean tale of jealousy and betrayal between two…
King and Four Queens, The (1956): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes…; Wily comedy–western with con man Gable ingratiating himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to…
Last Wagon, The (1956): Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner…; Racially charged western with a vengeful Widmark and a wagon full of bigots under siege from Indians.
Lone Ranger, The (1956): Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger…; Modest but proficient movie spinoff from the popular 1950s TV series, with the masked one (Moore) and Tonto (Silverheels) taking on a rancher who is…
Mohawk (1956): Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Scott Brady, Rita Gam; White men playing Indians is typical of this hokey affair, which is about as ethnically sensitive as Adolf Hitler. In retrospect, though, it's a…
Pardners (1956): Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Agnes Moorehead; Comic–partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddle–up for a jaunt in the Old West.
Searchers, The (1956): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles…; A grand example of what made this such a popular genre. A disturbed John Wayne treks the untamed wilderness in a five–year odyssey to kill the…
Seven Men From Now (1956): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin…; Revered, obscure Western from iconoclast Budd Boetticher: Randolph Scott plays a lone rider charged with bringing seven ruthless bank robbers to…
Star in the Dust (1956): Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. John Agar, Richard Boone, Mamie Van Doren…; Psychological western with Agar as a sheriff caught between farmers and cattlemen who disagree the impending execution of a gunman.
Walk the Proud Land (1956): Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Charles Drake; Considered one of Audie Murphy's best Westerns, based on the true story of an Indian agent who is sent to try a new approach to peace with the…
Gunsmoke (TV Series) (1955): Feat. James Arness; James Arness plays Marshal Matt Dillon protecting Dodge City from roaming gunslingers in this seminal TV show – the Grandaddy of TV…
Indian Fighter, The (1955): Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau…; Douglas plays a grizzled scout who must negotiate his way through hostile Indian territory on behalf of a wagon–train. Falling in love with a…
Kentuckian, The (1955): Dir. Burt Lancaster
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn…; Western directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, an adaptation of the novel The Gabriel Horn by Felix Holt. Beautifully shot in Kentucky and…
Man from Laramie, The (1955): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp…; An angst–ridden James Stewart seeks retribution on arms dealers whose illegal trade resulted in the ambushing of his brother's cavalry patrol.…
Man with the Gun (1955): Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe…; Brawny western with Mitchum typically taciturn as a mercenary hired by frightened citizens to vanquish a pack of murderous gunfighters.
Man Without A Star (1955): Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor; Character–driven Western sees Kirk Douglas plays a laconic gunslinger with a dark–side, who drifts from scrape to scrape while working…
Tall Men, The (1955): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan…; Effortlessly enjoyable western with Gable as a Confederate who signs up for a grand cattle drive from Texas to Montana, Jane Russell and Robert Ryan…
Violent Men, The (1955): Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson…; Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford and Edward G. Robinson transform a standard conflict of the land into a notable diversion.
White Feather (1955): Dir. Robert D. Webb
Feat. Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lund…; Superior liberal western, scripted by Delmer Dawes, concerns the surrender of the last Cheyenne warriors to the U.S. government. Though Wagner…
Apache (1954): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire…; Although now dated in it's treatment of the subject – like casting the blue–eyed Lancaster as an Apache Indian – at the time this…
Broken Lance (1954): Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters…; King Lear loosely transposed as a gripping Western melodrama with proud yet stubborn patriarch Spencer Tracy at odds with his ungrateful sons over…
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954): Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…; TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Drum Beat (1954): Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan…; Fine western with Indian fighter Ladd sent by President Grant to negotiate a treaty with the Medoc Tribe. Charles Bronson's first major role.
Far Country, The (1954): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Walter Brennan; The Yukon Ranges provide the unforgiving backdrop to this prototypical Anthony Mann western, in which James Stewart must battle the elements and…
Garden of Evil (1954): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward…; A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches. In Cinemascope.
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954): Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Russell Johnson…; Classic B–movie western following a railroad surveyor who forms an unlikely alliance with a notorious gunslinger to avenge the death of his…
River of No Return (1954): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum; A Western adventure set aboard a river raft in which the frayed temperaments of Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum endure the perils of raging water…
Track of the Cat (1954): Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Tab Hunter…; Claustrophobic allegorical western finds a feuding family snowbound and under siege from a less than benevolent panther. Certainly something of a…
Vera Cruz (1954): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster; Humour and suspense reflect the uneasy alliance of Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster who collaborate to depose a corrupt Emperor in 1860s Mexico.
Calamity Jane (1953): Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Howard Keel; Big, rousing musical western, featuring Doris Day as the tomboy heroine, who falls for easygoing Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
Gun Fury (1953): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Philip Carey…; Attractively shot revenge western shot on location in Arizona, with Rock Hudson going after the ruthless gang that stole his fiancé and left him for…
Hondo (1953): Dir. John Farrow
Feat. John Wayne, Geraldine Page; A Louis L'Amour story gives John Wayne a chance to swagger his stuff as a wily half–Apache cavalry scout who finds and assists Geraldine Page,…
Johnny Guitar (1953): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden…; Cowgirls Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge come head to head over the men they love in this wild Western soap opera, brimming with quirky…
Lawless Breed, The (1953): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Mary Castle…; Western based on the life of outlaw John Wesley Hardin (Rock Hudson), a former gunfighter who creates a manuscript detailing his life and adventures,…
Man from the Alamo, The (1953): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills…; Glenn Ford stars in a sprawling but nuanced Western from the legendary Budd Boetticher that hurtles from the battle of the Alamo to a gripping wagon…
Naked Spur, The (1953): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan…; Cited as one of the Great Westerns; a tough, hard little film about self–styled bounty hunter Stewart trying to capture Ryan, who stirs tension…
Redhead From Wyoming, The (1953): Dir. Lee Sholem
Feat. Maureen O'Hara, Alex Nicol; Breakout Western for Maureen O’Hara – usually second fiddle to John Wayne – here as the plucky proprietress of saloon who’s equally adept on…
Seminole (1953): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn…; Superlative Western set against the backdrop of 1835 Florida, where Rock Hudson plays a West Pointer Lieutenant who, on the insistence of Richard…
Shane (1953): Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Emile Meyer; Former gunfighter Alan Ladd comes to the defence of homesteaders menaced by Jack Palance (satanically clad all in black). Classic Western is splendid…
Bend of the River (1952): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson…; A gritty and compelling showdown on the Oregon Trail between settler James Stewart and double–crosser Arthur Kennedy. Beautiful Rocky Mountain…
Cimarron Kid, The (1952): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler; Budd Boetticher directs Audie Murphy as a cowboy who is unjustly accused of robbing a train but then re–joins his old gang and becomes a…
Hangman's Knot (1952): Dir. Roy Huggins
Feat. Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jr. Jarman…; Handsome technicolour western with Randolph Scott leading a band of Confederate soldiers who are unaware that the war is over, and attack a wagon of…
High Noon (1952): Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell…; Retiring marshal Gary Cooper faces a crisis of conscience when he learns an old adversary wants revenge. A classic that derives its impact through…
Horizons West (1952): Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson; Western with shades of film noir and gangster pic, set in post–civil war Texas, where two confederate soldier brothers return to their family…
Lusty Men, The (1952): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy; A nicely close–to–the–ground take on the life of the rodeo rider – and one of Wim Wenders' favourite films – this…
Rancho Notorious (1952): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer; Lively and interesting Western about a vengeful gunman who search brings him to the ranch of sultry saloon mistress Marlene Dietrich.
Viva Zapata! (1952): Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn; Stirring treatment of the life of the Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) who rose from peasanthood to presidency in the…
Rawhide (1951): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Dean Jagger…; Tense western with a stagecoach stop employee and a stranded woman traveler finding themselves at the mercy of four desperate outlaws intent on…
Roy Rogers Show, The (TV Series) (1951-1957): Feat. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans; Much–loved early TV classic with 'King of the Cowboys' Roy Rogers hanging out on the Double R Ranch with Trigger ('The Smartest Horse in the…
Annie Get Your Gun (1950): Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Betty Hutton, Howard Keel; The much–filmed story of Annie Oakley, star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, is the subject of this Irving Berlin musical, with Betty Hutton…
Bitter Springs (1950): Dir. Ralph Smart
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Tommy Trinder; Racially dubious Australian bush western about a 20th century settler (Chips Rafferty) trying to make a living off land shared by an Aboriginal tribe.
Broken Arrow (1950): Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget; This influenced a trend in offering a more sympathetic view of Indian culture. James Stewart is amiable as always as an army scout who arbitrates…
Cisco Kid, The (TV Series) (1950-1956): Feat. Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo; A generous selection of episodes from the 1950s TV Western serial, in which the semi–masked 'Cisco Kid' (Renaldo) redistributes justice and…
Comanche Territory (1950): Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Will Geer…; Solid enough B Western with Carey as Jim Bowie sent by the government to negotiate a treaty with an Indian tribe. Double–crossing ensues, but…
Furies, The (1950): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Wendell Corey; Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston lock horns in this colossal, psychosexual western, notable for its Oedipal complex and Freudian horseplay. Anthony…
Gunfighter, The (1950): Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell…; Right up there with the best cowboy flicks is this bleak yet brilliant tale of a retiring gunfighter (Gregory Peck) who is challenged by a young punk…
Rio Grande (1950): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson; Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
Wagon Master, The (1950): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Ben Johnson; Pioneering saga starring Ben Johnson. A personal favourite of its director.
Winchester '73 (1950): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Shelley Winters; Lean, mean, and superbly photographed, this helped repopularise the Western in the '50s. Stewart wins a rare 'perfect' rifle, which is subsequently…
Man from Colorado, The (1949): Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew; Gritty technicolor psycho–drama set during the American Civil War starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar…; Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
Streets of Laredo (1949): Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman…; Middling western with Holden as an outlaw who separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit…
Fort Apache (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple; The first film of Ford's cavalry trilogy tells of a maverick martinet (Henry Fonda) at odds with his peers and the Injuns. Followed by SHE WORE A…
Paleface, The (1948): Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong…; One of Bob Hope's most popular comedies is a western spoof in which he stars as a hapless dentist who through a series of misfortunes winds up…
Rachel and the Stranger (1948): Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum; Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
Red River (1948): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru; Another contender for the best of the west. John Wayne is in prime mode as a tyrannical rancher whose adopted son is determined to prove his…
Three Godfathers (3 Godfathers) (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne; Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Whispering Smith (1948): Dir. Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein
Feat. Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall…; Swish, action–packed western features Alan Ladd chasing train robbers and sentimental skirt. Good stuff.
Yellow Sky (1948): Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark…; Tough–minded western shot largely in Death Valley has Anne Baxter coming across a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in a neighboring…
Angel and the Badman (1947): Dir. James Edward Grant
Feat. John Wayne, Gail Russell; Classic model Western with big John Wayne as a gunfighter tamed by the love of a good woman.
Last of the Redmen (1947): Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea; Economy–sized take on the Last Of The Mohicans story.
Pursued (1947): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Dame Judith Anderson…; This moody western is one of the best Mitchum performances, in a film famous for it's unusual (at the time) use of Freudian psychology. A nightmarish…
Canyon Passage (1946): Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward…; Jacques Tourneur's grand western is a sub–plot heavy ode to community. Dana Andrews is a fledgling businessman whose friendship with…
Duel in the Sun (1946): Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten…; Brothers Gregory Peck and James Cotton feud over the family ranch and legacy. Lauded by the likes of Martin Scorsese for its visual splendour, this…
My Darling Clementine (1946): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Walter Brennan; Masterful retelling of the O.K. Corrall incident by John Ford, is also a note–perfect rendition of many classical Western themes. Henry Fonda…
Virginian, The (1946): Feat. Joel McCrea, Sonny Tufts, Brian Donlevy; Fourth time out of the stable adaptation of Owen Wister's influential novel. Local ranch hand (McCrea) risks losing his best friend and the woman…
Yearling, The (1946): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Claude Jr. Jarman, Jane Wyman, Gregory Peck; Delightfully quaint fable of childhood, has innocent lad Claude Jarman Jnr raising a pet deer in backwoods Florida, while Ma and Pa, scrape together…
San Antonio (1945): Dir. David Butler, Robert Florey
Feat. Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall…; In the middle of a range war a tough dance hall girl falls for a chivalrous cowboy trying to bring law and order to San Antonio.
Buffalo Bill (1944): Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell; Fictionalized story of one of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, from his days as an army scout to his…
Can't Help Singing (1944): Dir. Frank Ryan
Feat. Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff; Sugary sweet technicolour western musical based on the book "Girl of the Overland Trail" by Samuel J. and Curtis B. Warshawsky. Set during the…
Tall in the Saddle (1944): Dir. Edwin L. Marin
Feat. John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond; An action–packed John Wayne Oater in which he plays a tough, quiet cowboy who arrives at an Arizona town to find his boss has been murdered and…
Outlaw, The (1943): Dir. Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell…; Off–beat retelling of the legend of Billy the Kid with Jane Russell's cleavage outraging the censors of the day. Now a tame curiosity.
Ox Bow Incident, The (Strange Incident) (1943): Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes…; Superlative moral drama in a Western setting, where three lynched cattle rustlers are later proven innocent by the upstanding Henry Ford. Although…
Spoilers, The (1942): Dir. Ray Enright
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne; A gold–rush Western set in Alaska in which gold–miner John Wayne tussles it out with corrupt commissioner Randolph Scott over his claims…
They Died With Their Boots On (1941): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland; Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland lead a great cast for the life and times of General Custer. Part romantic comedy, part tragedy, done in grandest…
Western Union (1941): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger…; Outlaw Vance Shaw tries to escape his dark past by protecting the good citizens building telegraph poles in the Great Plains from bandits, only to…
When the Daltons Rode (1941): Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy…; Stirring western centred around a lawyer forced to choose between loyalty to his friends or the word of law when the infamous Dalton Gang are framed…
Arizona (1940): Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William; Epic frontier Western set in Tuscon, Arizona in early 1860's, where an independent, tough–as–nails pioneer woman aspires to be a cattle…
My Little Chickadee (1940): Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. Mae West, W.C. Fields; Mae West and W.C. Fields profitably co–exist in this formula story of marital shenanigans in the Wild West, garlanded with lunatic gags, dirty…
North West Mounted Police (1940): Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Lon Jr. Chaney…; Technicolour western set in 1885, with Gary Cooper playing a Texas Ranger who travels to Canada to arrest a fugitive who is inciting rebellion…
Return of Frank James (1940): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper; Worthy sequel to JESSE JAMES with Henry Fonda reprising his role of Frank, now out to avenge the death of his brother.
Santa Fe Trail, The (1940): Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Olivia de Havilland…; Set in the leadup to the American Civil War, this professionally executed Western has future Confederate general Jeb Stuart (Flynn) lead the charge…
Westerner, The (1940): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan; Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
Destry Rides Again (1939): Dir. George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Una Merkel; James Stewart is once again a mild–mannered law–man while Marlene Dietrich makes her most sensational Hollywood turn as exotic saloon…
Dodge City (1939): Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland; Lusty western with Errol Flynn cutting the mustard as a cowboy hero. Olivia De Havilland is his gracious co–star once again.
Jesse James (1939): Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly; Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda play the legendary James brothers in this somewhat romanticised version of their fable. Sequel: THE RETURN OF FRANK…
Stagecoach (1939): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine; As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom. Panoramic…
Terror of Tiny Town (1938): Dir. Sam Newfield
Feat. Billy Curtis; The infamous Western oddity featuring an entire cast of midgets.
Way Out West (1937): Dir. James W Horne
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy; One of Laurel and Hardy's best features, spreading their brand of chaos into the Old West.
Plainsman, The (1936): Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur; A brash, implausible Western from grand master DeMille: Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur run amok in a spectacle that wildly bastardizes the Old West and…
Texas Rangers, The (1936): Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker…; High–end, intricately plotted Western from King Vidor about three outlaws in a scheme to pose as Texas Rangers and gain the advantage in…
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The (1936): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda; This pioneering colour film is an engaging old–fashioned Western tale of loyalty, family and romance set against an age–old feud between…
Annie Oakley (1935): Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas…; Sharpshooter Barbara Stanwyck joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for friendly rivalry with resident top gun Preston Foster. A romantic–comic…
Barbary Coast (1935): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Edward G. Robinson…; Set as far out west as a Western can go – San Fransisco, circa the 1850s gold–rush days. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are two…
Miracle Rider, The (1935): Dir. B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer
Feat. Tom Mix, Joan Gale, Charles Middleton; Fifteen–part serial Western stars former silent star Tom Mix in a highly energetic role as a Texas Ranger who must protect a group of native…
Phantom Empire, The (1935): Feat. Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Smiley Burnette; Oddball children's serial from the thirties has singing cowboy Autry discovering the last remaining inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu living…
Cimarron (1931): Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor; Set during the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1880's, a charismatic newspaper editor claims a plot of land and resettles himself, along with his rather…
Range Feud, The (1931): Dir. D.Ross Lederman
Feat. John Wayne, Buck Jones; A better than B–Western with a young, gangly John Wayne as a ten–galloned Romeo framed for murder while entangled in a feud with his…
Big Trail, The (1930): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel…; The film that elevated a young John Wayne from bit–part actor to leading man is this grand saga of a wagon trail, shot in an early form of 70mm.
Iron Horse, The (1924): Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy; An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
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