Subgenre Sampler
Western: 480 Films to Buy & Rent
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…