Subgenre Sampler
Western: 476 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…