Top Western Movies, a list by Arse

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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.

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8.8

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84

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3.0

age 15+

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

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8.1

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78

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4.3

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92

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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.

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78

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78

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4.2

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90

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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.

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8.2

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80

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79

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4.2

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93

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85

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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

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79

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79

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4.3

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93

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86

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92

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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

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76

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73

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4.0

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100

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87

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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

7.8

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75

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76

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4.0

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100

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86

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93

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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.

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7.9

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75

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75

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4.1

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90

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4.0

age 16+

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

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8.0

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77

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74

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4.2

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4.0

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.

85

8.5

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84

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81

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4.3

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87

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92

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81

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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

8.0

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72

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73

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4.0

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96

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90

/150/

4.0

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

84

7.7

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74

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74

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4.1

/38649/

100

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85

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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

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75

/2042/

76

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3.9

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87

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88

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94

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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

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75

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74

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4.1

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94

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85

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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

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75

/1983/

76

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4.0

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94

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89

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89

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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

8.5

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82

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82

/4723/

4.4

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96

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94

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82

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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.

83

7.6

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73

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71

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4.1

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85

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86

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93

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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.

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8.2

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80

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80

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4.2

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92

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94

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74

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3.0

age 12+

Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.

82

8.0

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78

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78

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3.9

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87

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87

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72

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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.

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8.0

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77

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4.1

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91

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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

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74

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74

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3.7

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97

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81

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85

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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.

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7.4

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72

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4.0

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97

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82

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85

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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.

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7.3

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77

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76

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3.9

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93

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84

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82

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4.0

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.

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7.7

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74

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75

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4.1

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100

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89

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A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.

82

7.5

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77

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73

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3.8

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96

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87

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85

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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

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75

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72

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3.8

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89

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86

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76

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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

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74

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73

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3.9

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100

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86

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83

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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

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73

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67

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3.8

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81

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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

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75

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72

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3.9

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97

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87

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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

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74

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73

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3.7

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87

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84

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83

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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

7.9

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78

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78

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4.0

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98

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91

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65

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age 11+

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

81

7.3

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71

/1066/

73

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3.9

/43709/

97

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82

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80

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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

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77

/5689/

72

/2004/

3.8

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89

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90

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73

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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

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74

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76

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3.9

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86

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87

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84

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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

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78

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76

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4.0

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100

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91

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61

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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

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70

/1201/

71

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3.9

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96

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65

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90

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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

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7.7

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74

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73

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4.0

/13358/

94

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89

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94

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age 10+

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

80

7.2

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67

/28/

65

/19/

3.5

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100

/5/

86

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4.0

Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.

80

7.6

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75

/10480/

73

/5585/

3.8

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95

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85

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80

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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

6.8

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67

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67

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3.7

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94

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76

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89

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4.0

age 15+

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

79

7.5

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75

/766/

75

/688/

3.7

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91

/79/

87

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63

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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

7.5

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74

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77

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3.9

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92

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83

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77

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At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

79

7.7

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76

/3012/

75

/1912/

3.8

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89

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87

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74

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age 13+

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

79

7.2

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71

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71

/4291/

3.6

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89

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78

/623/

79

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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

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74

/447/

70

/393/

3.8

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100

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82

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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

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73

/395/

70

/226/

3.7

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94

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80

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80

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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

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76

/1032/

72

/668/

3.8

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91

/23/

89

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