Western Movies (Top 300 1941 to Now), a list by Sterling

8.2

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79

/2008/

79

/1296/

4.3

/82684/

100

/54/

93

/1450/

98

/10/

4.0

age 13+

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

88

8.1

/87729/

78

/1614/

78

/1243/

4.3

/83458/

95

/56/

92

/1200/

94

/10/

4.0

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

87

8.0

/72756/

78

/1602/

78

/1222/

4.2

/69439/

96

/50/

90

/1204/

93

/18/

4.0

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

87

8.2

/464473/

80

/8878/

79

/4784/

4.2

/287501/

96

/108/

93

/6479/

85

/34/

4.0

age 18+

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

87

8.2

/1168980/

79

/25828/

79

/12900/

4.3

/1921536/

93

/291/

86

/60250/

92

/39/

4.0

age 17+

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

86

7.7

/37416/

76

/670/

73

/570/

4.0

/33887/

100

/32/

87

/474/

96

/15/

4.0

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

86

7.9

/94638/

75

/1714/

75

/1285/

4.1

/71973/

91

/67/

90

/1765/

98

/20/

4.0

age 16+

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

85

8.5

/1855278/

84

/53074/

81

/27425/

4.3

/2880991/

87

/295/

92

/16016/

81

/42/

age 18+

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

84

7.7

/28063/

74

/551/

74

/465/

4.1

/38649/

100

/34/

85

/362/

4.0

age 10+

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

84

7.8

/102693/

75

/2049/

76

/1530/

3.9

/125881/

87

/102/

88

/2475/

94

/15/

4.0

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

83

7.6

/21315/

75

/501/

74

/456/

4.1

/43580/

94

/52/

85

/259/

83

/4/

4.0

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

83

7.9

/115543/

75

/1983/

76

/1531/

4.0

/84298/

94

/90/

89

/1533/

89

/7/

age 11+

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

83

7.6

/30034/

73

/578/

72

/432/

4.1

/56707/

85

/62/

86

/564/

93

/17/

4.0

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

83

82

8.0

/26902/

76

/483/

77

/418/

4.1

/21376/

92

/24/

91

/298/

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

82

7.6

/47148/

74

/935/

74

/660/

3.7

/38202/

97

/38/

81

/824/

85

/17/

4.0

age 10+

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

82

7.4

/21758/

72

/937/

72

/527/

4.0

/44083/

97

/189/

82

/182/

85

/43/

4.0

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

82

7.5

/32995/

77

/889/

73

/560/

3.8

/18962/

96

/25/

87

/482/

85

/11/

3.5

age 12+

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

81

7.6

/348754/

75

/7776/

72

/3888/

3.8

/181745/

89

/225/

86

/32470/

76

/37/

4.0

age 15+

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

81

7.6

/23956/

74

/541/

73

/384/

3.9

/20868/

100

/33/

86

/244/

83

/15/

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

81

7.3

/28715/

73

/2356/

67

/434/

3.8

/18381/

98

/89/

81

/41/

4.0

age 17+

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.

81

7.7

/26174/

75

/582/

73

/398/

3.9

/27821/

97

/34/

87

/337/

age 10+

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

81

7.4

/54475/

74

/1184/

73

/829/

3.7

/29264/

87

/54/

84

/1339/

83

/17/

4.0

age 11+

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

81

7.3

/28129/

71

/1074/

73

/620/

3.9

/44194/

97

/150/

82

/137/

80

/34/

4.0

age 14+

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

81

7.7

/162575/

77

/5689/

72

/2004/

3.8

/190408/

89

/74/

90

/11986/

73

/12/

4.0

age 15+

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

80

7.6

/44754/

74

/758/

76

/729/

3.9

/34378/

86

/50/

87

/1064/

84

/15/

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.

80

7.9

/23834/

78

/506/

76

/395/

4.0

/14465/

100

/12/

91

/290/

61

/12/

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

80

7.1

/24026/

70

/1201/

70

/511/

3.9

/99246/

96

/224/

65

/161/

90

/44/

4.0

age 13+

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

83

80

7.7

/14106/

74

/270/

73

/197/

4.0

/13358/

94

/16/

89

/118/

94

/8/

age 10+

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

80

7.6

/373742/

75

/10503/

73

/5590/

3.8

/346082/

95

/277/

85

/15331/

80

/41/

3.5

age 15+

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

79

7.5

/39993/

75

/766/

74

/689/

3.7

/20161/

91

/79/

87

/701/

63

/7/

4.0

age 15+

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

79

7.7

/109406/

76

/3012/

75

/1912/

3.8

/69521/

89

/47/

87

/2270/

74

/13/

age 13+

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

79

7.2

/181798/

71

/7846/

71

/4291/

3.6

/377426/

89

/235/

78

/623/

79

/48/

4.0

age 17+

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

79

7.4

/21176/

74

/447/

70

/394/

3.8

/17119/

100

/21/

82

/238/

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

79

7.4

/15508/

73

/395/

70

/226/

3.7

/8377/

94

/17/

80

/168/

80

/5/

3.5

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

79

7.6

/38980/

76

/1032/

73

/668/

3.8

/30757/

91

/23/

89

/745/

75

/7/

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.

79

7.8

/85697/

77

/2344/

74

/1240/

3.9

/59870/

91

/46/

91

/1787/

69

/9/

3.0

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.

79

7.6

/273156/

75

/15961/

73

/4728/

3.9

/329488/

97

/286/

89

/2205/

88

/47/

2.5

age 17+

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

79

8.0

/936569/

76

/38073/

75

/18918/

3.9

/1265658/

78

/401/

84

/6496/

76

/50/

3.5

age 18+

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

78

7.6

/23531/

72

/540/

72

/398/

3.9

/22432/

94

/31/

79

/516/

80

/12/

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

78

7.6

/28977/

74

/515/

71

/367/

3.7

/13039/

81

/26/

88

/537/

77

/10/

3.5

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

78

8.0

/237820/

77

/3679/

76

/2386/

4.2

/170067/

89

/63/

92

/3895/

66

/13/

2.5

age 13+

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

78

7.2

/11261/

72

/217/

69

/214/

3.7

/7441/

94

/17/

81

/153/

3.5

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.

78

7.3

/43072/

71

/703/

70

/624/

3.7

/13699/

84

/148/

81

/1639/

77

/35/

4.0

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

78

7.4

/50626/

72

/1135/

72

/694/

3.5

/51568/

97

/30/

82

/1774/

73

/20/

3.5

age 13+

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

78

7.3

/70088/

75

/1953/

71

/1158/

3.6

/40683/

94

/31/

83

/1040/

61

/13/

4.0

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

77

7.3

/44069/

74

/2901/

72

/646/

3.6

/33767/

94

/72/

92

/286/

69

/18/

3.0

age 15+

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.

77

6.6

/76589/

69

/3827/

66

/1160/

3.5

/137868/

88

/198/

93

/39/

68

/41/

4.0

age 16+

Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

77

7.2

/16439/

73

/593/

69

/288/

3.3

/15692/

100

/21/

79

/1466/