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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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Missouri Breaks, The (1976): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Harry Dean Stanton…; 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Revengers, The (1972): Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode…; One of the more violet westerns not to be directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring William Holden as a rancher and Civil War hero who assembles a posse of…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…

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