Movies - Top Rated Western, a list by Quick

8.5

/380779/

82

/5931/

82

/4723/

4.4

/252296/

96

/67/

94

/4737/

82

/9/

2.5

age 14+

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

85

8.5

/1854353/

84

/52964/

81

/27409/

4.3

/2853703/

87

/295/

92

/16024/

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.

89

8.2

/140239/

79

/2005/

79

/1294/

4.3

/82178/

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.

87

8.2

/464259/

80

/8860/

79

/4779/

4.2

/285639/

96

/108/

93

/6478/

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

/1168296/

79

/25746/

79

/12884/

4.3

/1903432/

93

/291/

86

/60251/

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.

88

8.1

/87702/

78

/1614/

78

/1240/

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.

82

8.0

/306941/

78

/7065/

78

/4543/

3.9

/148249/

87

/132/

87

/7016/

72

/20/

4.0

age 15+

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

87

8.0

/72734/

78

/1599/

78

/1220/

4.2

/68930/

96

/50/

90

/1203/

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.

78

8.0

/237771/

77

/3679/

76

/2378/

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.

79

8.0

/936034/

76

/38012/

75

/18908/

3.9

/1254690/

78

/401/

84

/6500/

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.

80

7.9

/23825/

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.

86

7.9

/94617/

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.

83

7.9

/115507/

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.

86

7.8

/58038/

75

/1229/

76

/1194/

4.0

/87974/

100

/48/

86

/803/

93

/15/

4.0

age 11+

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

84

7.8

/102657/

75

/2042/

76

/1528/

3.9

/125140/

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.

79

7.8

/85651/

77

/2339/

74

/1240/

3.9

/59499/

91

/46/

91

/1786/

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.

75

7.8

/188694/

79

/6538/

75

/2337/

3.9

/200014/

76

/50/

93

/10942/

50

/22/

age 16+

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

72

7.8

/713538/

77

/31971/

77

/14904/

4.0

/1153379/

74

/332/

77

/4685/

68

/51/

2.0

age 18+

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

86

7.7

/37402/

76

/670/

73

/568/

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.

79

7.7

/109354/

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.

84

7.7

/28045/

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.

81

7.7

/26163/

75

/582/

72

/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

7.7

/162495/

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.

81

7.6

/348663/

75

/7752/

72

/3881/

3.8

/180745/

89

/225/

86

/32472/

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.

80

7.6

/44742/

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.

81

7.6

/23947/

74

/541/

73

/383/

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.

78

7.6

/23523/

72

/540/

72

/397/

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.

82

7.6

/47134/

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.

78

7.6

/28956/

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.

83

7.6

/21308/

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

7.6

/30023/

73

/578/

71

/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.

79

7.6

/38940/

76

/1032/

72

/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.

80

7.6

/373661/

75

/10480/

73

/5585/

3.8

/344606/

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

7.6

/273013/

75

/15937/

73

/4722/

3.9

/328316/

97

/286/

89

/2206/

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.

69

7.5

/108147/

72

/2072/

73

/1672/

3.9

/113369/

69

/51/

88

/3162/

62

/20/

1.5

On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

79

7.5

/39971/

75

/766/

75

/688/

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.

82

7.5

/32988/

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.

70

7.5

/197135/

74

/4026/

73

/2768/

3.5

/132670/

61

/61/

87

/6582/

45

/23/

3.0

age 15+

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

75

7.5

/202362/

71

/4639/

71

/2677/

4.0

/180587/

76

/174/

75

/13936/

68

/32/

3.5

age 16+

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

82

7.4

/21747/

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.

81

7.4

/54454/

74

/1184/

73

/827/

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.

78

7.4

/50606/

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.

77

7.4

/72191/

74

/2008/

73

/1282/

3.7

/70742/

94

/32/

85

/1189/

69

/10/

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

76

7.4

/82992/

74

/2211/

72

/1159/

3.7

/29944/

79

/182/

84

/2046/

67

/40/

3.5

age 15+

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

77

7.3

/44016/

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.

81

7.3

/28708/

73

/2347/

67

/433/

3.8

/18218/

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.

73

7.3

/40285/

73

/1990/

70

/637/

3.7

/74497/

87

/241/

73

/5/

77

/36/

2.5

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

82

7.3

/33753/

77

/2133/

76

/1104/

3.9

/163796/

93

/170/

84

/114/

82

/27/