Classic Westerns, a list by Riz

7.7

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72

/1734/

3.8

/124149/

89

/70/

Audience

91

/218776/

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.

84

8.5

/349033/

82

/4737/

82

/4109/

4.4

/156659/

96

/67/

Audience

95

/66113/

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.

74

7.2

/49427/

74

/987/

69

/669/

3.5

/18106/

78

/36/

Audience

80

/23385/

64

/14/

3.5

age 13+

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

77

7.4

/64504/

74

/1466/

74

/1056/

3.7

/37026/

94

/32/

Audience

86

/36078/

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.

78

8.0

/226684/

78

/2784/

76

/2083/

4.1

/113746/

89

/61/

Audience

92

/71398/

66

/13/

2.5

age 13+

In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1998.

79

7.7

/102510/

77

/2409/

75

/1675/

3.8

/44540/

89

/46/

Audience

87

/54152/

74

/13/

age 13+

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

59

6.8

/68032/

72

/2025/

67

/857/

3.2

/24116/

31

/26/

Audience

66

/52536/

50

/13/

age 15+

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

63

57

6.6

/9724/

69

/181/

62

/179/

3.1

/4129/

60

/5/

Audience

60

/6684/

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.

79

7.8

/79827/

77

/1692/

75

/1054/

3.8

/36392/

91

/44/

Audience

91

/46952/

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.

71

70

7.1

/23316/

73

/437/

70

/412/

3.4

/9504/

87

/23/

Audience

74

/9848/

56

/6/

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

79

77

7.4

/19685/

75

/329/

70

/336/

3.8

/11406/

100

/21/

Audience

82

/7961/

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.

57

6.6

/14866/

70

/273/

63

/229/

3.1

/4521/

33

/18/

Audience

68

/8389/

50

/7/

2.0

A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.

63

61

6.7

/17143/

67

/296/

67

/336/

3.7

/15709/

57

/47/

Audience

54

/5493/

57

/15/

age 16+

Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

56

6.5

/83630/

70

/1898/

63

/897/

3.3

/41912/

45

/42/

Audience

67

/181361/

52

/13/

1.0

age 11+

A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.

62

54

6.7

/6445/

69

/98/

67

/126/

3.4

/2675/

60

/15/

Audience

44

/691/

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

66

7.2

/21085/

74

/334/

72

/374/

3.8

/15660/

56

/57/

Audience

82

/7692/

53

/7/

2.0

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

87

8.1

/82272/

78

/1172/

77

/1043/

4.2

/53251/

95

/55/

Audience

92

/23820/

94

/10/

4.0

A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

83

8.0

/110149/

76

/1468/

76

/1338/

4.0

/56083/

94

/89/

Audience

89

/25592/

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.

85

7.8

/96261/

75

/1457/

77

/1277/

3.9

/74734/

94

/54/

Audience

88

/40958/

94

/15/

4.0

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

81

7.5

/30415/

77

/644/

73

/476/

3.7

/12223/

96

/25/

Audience

87

/12749/

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.

86

7.9

/90342/

75

/1342/

76

/1114/

4.1

/52445/

91

/66/

Audience

90

/34349/

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.

81

7.7

/24249/

76

/431/

73

/343/

3.9

/20012/

97

/35/

Audience

87

/5891/

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.

78

7.4

/13831/

73

/311/

70

/197/

3.6

/5235/

93

/15/

Audience

80

/3986/

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.

81

7.4

/51430/

75

/893/

73

/736/

3.6

/22031/

88

/56/

Audience

84

/26272/

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.

87

8.0

/68043/

78

/1182/

78

/1073/

4.2

/45896/

96

/50/

Audience

91

/24036/

93

/18/

4.0

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.

79

7.6

/34979/

77

/730/

73

/560/

3.8

/16122/

91

/23/

Audience

89

/12987/

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

/42234/

75

/550/

76

/634/

3.8

/21978/

88

/50/

Audience

87

/24330/

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.

82

7.6

/44130/

74

/678/

74

/541/

3.7

/26002/

97

/37/

Audience

81

/15646/

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.

62

6.4

/21187/

70

/457/

64

/323/

3.1

/8448/

80

/10/

Audience

54

/8413/

52

/6/

2.0

A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.

68

67

7.1

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75

/357/

66

/210/

3.2

/4566/

57

/7/

Audience

84

/16675/

62

/5/

Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men, McLintock's own sons and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.

70

69

7.1

/17427/

73

/324/

70

/309/

3.5

/6939/

87

/15/

Audience

69

/6875/

56

/8/

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

79

7.5

/37886/

75

/610/

75

/581/

3.6

/13548/

91

/80/

Audience

87

/17508/

63

/7/

4.0

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

72

6.9

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69

/3406/

68

/1209/

3.4

/52414/

84

/43/

Audience

70

/16252/

77

/4/

age 13+

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After Peter and his friend John have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

67

66

6.4

/16816/

69

/354/

65

/246/

3.2

/8186/

70

/23/

Audience

80

/32843/

61

/12/

After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.

78

71

7.4

/5996/

73

/118/

68

/99/

3.8

/5231/

100

/8/

Audience

82

/2041/

A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths with a couple heading to California.

84

8.0

/10757/

73

/140/

74

/167/

4.0

/8208/

96

/27/

Audience

91

/2537/

4.0

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

68

59

6.8

/6668/

72

/132/

64

/105/

3.3

/1671/

71

/7/

Audience

67

/7002/

Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.

70

69

7.1

/14404/

74

/354/

68

/207/

3.3

/3643/

75

/8/

Audience

85

/12768/

57

/4/

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

66

6.3

/13955/

67

/375/

64

/326/

3.1

/4892/

57

/7/

Audience

67

/6541/

65

/9/

3.5

The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.

62

6.4

/6561/

72

/271/

65

/111/

3.0

/4258/

56

/9/

Audience

60

/11112/

59

/5/

2.5

age 7+

A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.

64

52

6.7

/3725/

67

/64/

67

/75/

3.4

/1480/

60

/5/

Audience

58

/457/

Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.

82

73

8.0

/7158/

72

/74/

75

/92/

4.0

/6059/

100

/9/

Audience

88

/845/

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.

73

65

6.9

/5275/

70

/89/

67

/66/

3.1

/2650/

100

/12/

Audience

67

/8688/

77

/5/

age 6+

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

58

6.8

/13115/

72

/281/

65

/180/

3.2

/3038/

45

/11/

Audience

70

/8431/

1.0

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.

71

69

6.9

/12901/

71

/295/

66

/231/

3.5

/6644/

81

/27/

Audience

73

/5528/

68

/15/

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

57

53

6.9

/8344/

71

/234/

66

/158/

3.4

/2256/

17

/6/

Audience

70

/3668/

40

/4/

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

67

62

6.5

/12172/

69

/195/

65

/195/

3.3

/5321/

79

/28/

Audience

60

/4029/

65

/11/

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

74

56

7.3

/4652/

72

/69/

70

/64/

3.5

/902/