Subgenre Sampler
Western: 480 Films to Buy & Rent
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.