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A list of 100 classic and contemporary western films, from Once Upon a Time in the West to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, with ratings, summaries and directors. Find out which movies made the cut and which ones you may have never heard of.
This list is based on how western they are. by far the most accurate western movie list out there
2 days ago · Find out the 100 best-reviewed Western movies of all time, sorted by Adjusted Tomatometer and with at least 20 reviews each. From classics like The Searchers and Shane to modern gems like The Salvation and Dead Man, this list covers the full spectrum of the genre.
- The Harder They Fall
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Spirit: Stallion of The Cimarron
- Concrete Cowboy
- The Beguiled
- The Mule
- Hold The Dark
- The Power of The Dog
- The Highwaymen
- The Quick and The Dead
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A recent spin on the Western is co-screenwriter and director Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall, featuring a historically based, all-Black outlaw gang and a fierce cast that includes Oscar winner Regina King, Oscar nominees Idris Elba andLakeith Stanfield, plusZazie Beetz andJonathan Majors.
Writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen walk a sublime line between comedy and tragedy in this anthology Western. Six short films include the surreal musical of the title (starring Tim Blake Nelson), an unlikely romance on the Oregon trail and an ominous stagecoach journey with a satisfying twist. Related: 13 Classic Clint Eastwood Movie Quotes
While there are plenty of horses in most westerns, there are very few about the actual horses themselves. In this DreamWorks animated family film, a young mustang stallion named Spirit just wants to run free on the plains. However, after he is captured by the US military, he must break free. Matt Damon provides the voice of Spirit and Bryan Adamsad...
Inspired by the little-known, century-long culture of Black horseback riding in inner city Philadelphia, Ricky Staub’s neo-Western tells the unforgettable story of a father (the always stellar Idris Elba) who tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage son (Caleb McLaughlin of Stranger Things) by bringing him into the urban riding community.
Many a classic Western is set during the Civil War. Sofia Coppola’s underrated drama moves the camera away from the soldiers and onto the abandoned women who must protect their own frontier—in this case, a Southern girls’ school where the teachers (Nicole Kidman,Kirsten Dunst) and students (including Elle Fanning) find their isolated world turned u...
Back in 2014, The New York Times wrote a story about a 90-year-old drug mule for the cartels to make extra cash. Obviously there was only one man to play such a role and that was Clint Eastwood. In addition to starring, Eastwood also directed the project. At the time, many thought it could be his last film, but the 93-year-old is still behind the c...
A haunting neo-Western from low-budget thriller master Jeremy Saulnier, Hold the Dark takes viewers to a remote Alaskan village, where an animal expert (Jeffrey Wright) has been summoned to track a child-stealing wolf. The longer he stays in town, the deeper and more violent its mysteries become.
The rare Western to sweep awards season, Jane Campion's stunning drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank, a cruel cattle rancher trying to keep macho cowboy traditions alive in 1920s Montana. When his kind brother George marries widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst), bringing her sensitive teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), into the family, Phil ...
John Lee Hancock's true crime thriller has a tantalizing premise indeed: It's the story of the 1930s Bonnie and Clyde manhunt, from the perspective of law enforcement. Kevin Costner co-stars with Woody Harrelson, both as Texas Rangers. The Highwaymen is surely not as gripping as Bonnie & Clyde (scarcely few films are) but it's slick, well-acted per...
If you were thinking to yourself, gosh I wish there was a movie that mixed The Hunger Games, March Madness and Bonanza then you're in luck. This '90s Western romp watches a cast jamp-packed with celebs battle each other in a series of quick-draw duels to see who will take home bragging rights and a large pile of cast. Unfortunately, the consolation...
Looking for cowboy movies to watch on Netflix? Check out this list of 15 Westerns, from classics to modern variations, featuring stars like Clint Eastwood, Idris Elba and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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- ‘The Great Train Robbery’ (1903) In one of the earliest Westerns in American cinema, the film depicts a group of outlaws who rob passengers on a train and threaten the operator.
- ‘Stagecoach’ (1939) The two-time Oscar winning film, directed by John Ford, follows a collective group of passengers aboard a stagecoach, including a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who stole his client’s money and escaped outlaw Ringo Kid.
- ‘Red River’ (1948) After working 14 years to build his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston (John Wayne) is ready to drive them to the market, which is in Missouri.
- ‘Winchester ’73’ (1950) Lin McAdam (James Stewart) finds himself chasing after a rifle that he won in a contest, but was stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally).
From 1952’s “High Noon” to Netflix’s “The Harder They Fall,” these 20 films are some of the best Western films and cowboy films from the past 70 years.
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