In this tense drama based on the Elmore Leonard bestseller, Russell Crowe stars as a dangerous outlaw who must be transported from one jail to another. Christian Bale is a poor but honest farmer, desperate for money to pay for medical care for his younger son. So the farmer accepts the assignment to escort the outlaw from jail to a train that will take him to another state. The farmer is also motivated by a desire to impress his older son (Ben Foster), who is attracted to the outlaw life. Peter Fonda plays a former gunslinger who helps the farmer. Directed by James Mangold. With Logan Lerman and Dallas Roberts. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.
3:10 to Yuma
When a powerful baron seizes all the deeds to the homesteads in a Midwestern town, a group of young ranchers band together to take back their land and end the baron's tyranny. As their power and fame grows, they become the centers of an enormous manhunt aimed at capturing their leader, Jesse James (Colin Farrell). Directed by Les Mayfield. With Scott Caan, Ali Larter and Gabriel Macht. Categories: Action, Comedy, Western. Year: 2001.
American Outlaws
Renegade rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) has taken control of the small western town of Appaloosa, hoarding its resources and killing off the marshall and one of his deputies. Two gunmen, Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), are hired to regain control of the lawless town, and put Bragg in his place. But, when widow Allison French (Renée Zellweger) comes to to town, her arrival complicates Cole and Hitch's mission and puts their lives in danger. Directed by Ed Harris. With Lance Henriksen. Categories: Western, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Appaloosa
As the notorious and charismatic outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he must battle against the men who want to capture him for fame and a fortune in reward money. Meanwhile, Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), an admire of James, joins his gang, only to become resentful of his former hero and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. Directed by Andrew Dominik. With Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell and Sam Shepard. Categories: Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
During WWII, English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a large cattle ranch in northern Australia. When local cattle barons plot to steal her land, Sarah reluctantly joins forces with the Drover (Hugh Jackman), a tough Outback cowboy, to drive her 2,000 head of cattle across the country. As they traverse the unforgiving lands of the continent, the Japenese bomb Darwin, engulfing their world in chaos and war. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With David Wenham. Categories: Adventure, Drama, War, Western. Year: 2008.
Australia
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) flies back into the Old West to rescue Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) after getting a letter dated from 1885. Once there, Marty has a run-in with the villainous Tannen Gang, shows off the revolver skills he picked up at the 7-Eleven, and finds that Doc has fallen in love. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson and Elisabeth Shue. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western. Year: 1990.
Back to the Future Part III
Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek star as two female Latinas who begin robbing banks in turn-of-the-century Mexico when a corrupt railroad baron starts bankrupting the locals. Cruz plays a farmer's daughter, while Hayek is from a wealthy family. Sam Shepherd plays the retired robber who shows them the ropes in this action-packed, comic Western. Directed by Espen Sandberg. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Western. Year: 2006.
Bandidas
Corrupt politician Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), intent on ruining a western town, appoints Bart (Cleavon Little), a run away slave, as sheriff. Bart intially has difficulty winning over the racist townspeople, but with help from an outlaw named Jim (Gene Wilder) and Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn), a show-girl, Bart sets out to win the hearts of the town and thwart Lemar's evil plan. Directed by Mel Brooks. With Mel Brooks, David Huddleston and Liam Dunn. Categories: Comedy, Western. Year: 1974.
Blazing Saddles
Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) are two bank and train robbers who escape to Bolivia when the Wild West becomes too civilized for their liking. Pursued by a posse willing to follow them over land and sea to bring them to justice, these two gang leaders with a flair for the theatrical aren't about to change their ways anytime soon. Directed by George Roy Hill. With Katharine Ross, Strother Martin. Categories: Cult Classics, Adventure, Crime, Western, History. Year: 1969.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) becomes a hero when he accidentally leads Union troops to victory in a key battle. Requesting assignment on the Western front, he finds himself sole guardian of an abandoned military outpost. There, he befriends a lonely wolf and a local Indian tribe, whose ways he grows to respect and adopt as their culture and lives are threatened by U.S. encroachment on their territories. An epic tale of the American West as it once was. Directed by Kevin Costner. With Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Western. Year: 1990.
Dances with Wolves
Harlan (Edward Norton), a drifter who's convinced himself that he's a cowboy, makes a connection with Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a rebellious teenage girl who is growing up fast in the San Fernando Valley. When her father (David Morse) objects to the relationship, Tobe acts out and Harlan makes plans to take her away from her unhappy home life. Directed by David Jacobson. With Rory Culkin and Bruce Dern. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Down in the Valley
El Mariachi (Carlos Gallardo), a traveling musician, moves from place to place to play his guitar and carry on a family tradition. But, when El arrives in a small town at the same time as an escaped convict who carries his guns in a guitar case, the local drug lord and his henchmen mistake El for the killer. As the criminals chase El around town, he's forced to trade his guitar for a gun and defend the life of Domino (Consuelo Gómez), a beautiful bar owner. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. With Peter Marquardt, Jaime de Hoyos and Reinol Martinez. Categories: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western, Independent Film. Year: 1992.
El Mariachi
The man with no name (Clint Eastwood), a wandering gunfighter, makes plans to get rich by playing both sides in a dispute between two rival families. Directed by Sergio Leone. With Marianne Koch. Categories: Action, Western, Classic. Year: 1964.
A Fistful of Dollars
Against the backdrop of the Civil War, three men search for a fortune in gold buried in an unmarked grave. Blondie (Clint Eastwood) is a wandering gunman who fights with honor and a quick trigger, Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) is a hitman who never misses his mark, and Tuco (Eli Wallach) is a Mexican bandit who only looks out for himself. Each man holds a clue to the gold's exact location, but none can find it on his own. Directed by Sergio Leone. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. Year: 1966.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen), a cowboy and cavalry man, pitts his horse, Hidalgo, against the finest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders in the Ocean of Fire, a 3,000 mile endurance race across the Arabian desert. The first American to compete, Hopkins rides for pride and honor, fighting for his own survival in an attempt to do the impossible. Directed by Joe Johnston. With Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif and J.K. Simmons. Categories: Action, Drama, Adventure, Western. Year: 2004.
Hidalgo
Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) is a disenchanted ex-soldier who leaves civilization behind and settles in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Determined to survive on his own, Johnson wishes to be left in peace. But, after crossing paths with a band of Indians, he must learn the ways to the untamed land and defend himself in order to gain the respect of its original settlers. Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Will Geer, Delle Bolton and Josh Albee. Categories: Drama, Action, Western. Year: 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson
In colonial America, British and French troops enlist the aid of native Americans to help in their battles against each other. Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), a white man reared by Mohawk Indians, sides with no one but his Indian brethren as they attempt to find peace. However, a growing romance between Hawkeye and a British officer's daughter (Madeleine Stowe) threatens his own life as well as hers. Directed by Michael Mann. With Russell Means, Eric Schweig and Jodhi May. Categories: Adventure, Romance, War, Western. Year: 1992.
The Last of the Mohicans
After being discharged from the Army, Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) takes his three sons (Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn and Henry Thomas) and moves to the mountains of Montana in order to escape the corruption of early 20th century American society. As the three brothers grow up in the wide, open country, they become inseparably close. But, when Samuel returns from Harvard with the beautiful Susannah Fincannon (Julia Ormond), the resulting romantic feud sets of a series of tragedies, stetching from World War I through Prohibition, that rip the family apart. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Karina Lombard. Categories: Politics, Drama, Romance, Western. Year: 1994.
Legends of the Fall
The original Zorro (Anthony Hopkins), a master swordsman, was imprisoned in 19th century California by the evil Spanish governor for fighting for freedom. His wife was killed and his daughter was abducted and raised by the governor. Twenty years later, Zorro trains a young country bumpkin (Antonio Banderas) to become the new Zorro and drive away the governor. When the new Zorro meets the now grown daughter (Catherine Zeta-Jones) of his master, sparks fly. Directed by Martin Campbell. Categories: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western. Year: 1998.
The Mask of Zorro
After renegades murder his family and destroy his land, Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) sets out to track down these men and bring them to justice. Finding that his enemies side with the Union, Wales joins up with a group of rebel guerillas who continue fighting even after the official surrender. Now an outlaw on the run, Wales continues his pursuit and is eventually joined by a group of settlers who need his protection. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Chief Dan George and Sondra Locke. Categories: Action, Drama, Western. Year: 1976.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
When Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce), a notorious outlaw, he makes him an offer. Either he tracks down and kills his older brother (Danny Huston), or his younger brother (Richard Wilson) will be executed in nine days. Directed by John Hillcoat. With David Wenham, Emily Watson and John Hurt. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Western, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
The Proposition
The Lady (Sharon Stone), a female gunslinger, rides into Redemption, Arizona to carry out a deeply personal vendetta. As Herod (Gene Hackman), the cruel ruler of the small Western town, plans a quick draw competition designed to eliminate his competition, a group of outlaws, gunfighters and trick shooters move into town, intent on proving their superior skills. After meeting Cort (Russell Crowe), a reformed killer forced into the contest by Herod, the Lady finds that they share a common enemy and the two devise a plan to free Redemption from oppression. Directed by Sam Raimi. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Gary Sinise and Tobin Bell. Categories: Action, Adventure, Western. Year: 1995.
The Quick and the Dead
When a Chinese princess (Lucy Liu) is kidnapped in the Old West, a warrior (Jackie Chan), is sent to find her. Owen Wilson plays a train robber who becomes the warrior's unlikely partner in the search. Cultural and language differences between the two rescuers make for a lot of comic moments and there is also a great deal of martial-arts action. Directed by Tom Dey. With Xander Berkeley. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western. Year: 2000.
Shanghai Noon
When a revolver-weilding gunman (Hideaki Ito) crosses paths with two warring clans on the hunt of buried treasure in a remote western town, he offers his services to the highest bidder. But, as the battle unfolds, he eventually comes to the aid of the innocent townspeople. Directed by Takashi Miike. With Quentin Tarantino, Masanobu Ando, Yusuke Iseya, Renji Ishibashi, Takaaki Ishibashi and Yoshino Kimura. Categories: Action, Western, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
Sukiyaki Western Django
When a Mexican villiage is terrorized by a villainous bandit and his gang of outlaws, the townspeople call upon the greatest heroes they know: Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin) and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short). The only problem is that these would-be gunmen are actually three out of work silent movie actors who think they are traveling south of the border to star in a new film. When the danger they face turns out to be real, these wise cracking pals have to dig deep and become the heroes they were meant to be. Directed by John Landis. With Jon Lovitz. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Western. Year: 1986.
Three Amigos!
When Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo) is accidentally murdered by a Texas Border Patrolman Mike Norton (Barry Pepper), his friend Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) sets out to keep a promise he made to see that Melquiades is buried in his Mexican hometown. After kidnapping Norton and digging up his friend's body, Perkins begins a dangerous journey over harsh terrain while trying to elude a police search party. With only a story to lead his way, Perkins never wavers in his dedication to see that his promise is fulfilled. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. With January Jones and Melissa Leo. Categories: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2005.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), the famous lawman known for cleaning up Dodge City, moves to Tombstone, Arizona to retire anonymously beside his brothers and childhood friend Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer). But, his peaceful years are cut short when a band of outlaws called the Cowboys move in and disrupt the town. Earp is forced back into action and, with his brothers and Doc by his side, faces off with the Cowboys in a shoot-out at the OK Corral. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. With Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton and Charlton Heston. Categories: Action, Drama, Romance, Western. Year: 1993.
Tombstone
Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt) are two contract men hired by Pat McCormick (Bruce Bennett) to find gold in the brooding hills of the Sierra Madre. After the job is finished, they are approached by an old prospector (Walter Huston) claming that the area is still rich with ore, if they're willing to do what it takes to get it. Directed by John Huston. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Action, Classic. Year: 1948.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
A bounty put on some cowboys who assaulted a prostitute, attracts the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett), an inexperienced outlaw, and retired killer William Munny (Clint Eastwood). Teaming up with his old partner Ned (Morgan Freeman), Munny needs this one last job to help save his farm and provide for his children now that their mother is dead. While trying to secure the bounty, Munny eventually finds himself in a feud with Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), Big Whiskey's sheriff. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Categories: Drama, Western. Year: 1992.
Unforgiven
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy head out west to deliver the deed to a valuable goldmine to a late prospector's daughter (Rosina Lawrence). Hilarity ensues as they encounter one problem after another, and must fend off the woman's evil guardian, Mickey Finn (James Finlayson), who wants the gold all for himself. Directed by James W. Horne. With Sharon Lynn. Categories: Comedy, Western, Classic. Year: 1937.
Way Out West
Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) was one of the Wild West's greatest heroes, a family man who became a law man to bring justice to the frontier. Together with Doc Holiday (Dennis Quaid), Earp reigns in the same kind of rough and tumble bandits he would eventually face in the famous showdown at the O.K. Corral. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. With Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Catherine O'Hara. Categories: Biography, Western. Year: 1994.
Wyatt Earp