Subgenre Sampler
Western: 480 Films to Buy & Rent
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…