Top 100 Western Movies List

#80 Western Movie

Quigley Down Under (1990) PG-13

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writers:

Alex Gibney

Stars:

Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman

#79 Western Movie

Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

Director:

S. Craig Zahler

Writers:

S. Craig Zahler

Stars:

Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox

#78 Western Movie

They Call Me Trinity (1970) G

A drifter comes to town where his brother is sheriff. His brother is actually a robber who broke the real sheriff's leg and left him for dead, and became sheriff in order to hide out. They team up against the local land baron who is trying to get rid of the Mormon settlers in a valley he wishes to own.

Director:

Enzo Barboni

Writers:

Enzo Barboni

Stars:

Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias

#77 Western Movie

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.

Director:

Marlon Brando

Writers:

Guy Trosper, Calder Willingham

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer

#76 Western Movie

The Gunfighter (1950) PG-13

Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.

Director:

Henry King

Writers:

William Bowers (screenplay), William Sellers

Stars:

Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell

#75 Western Movie

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

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.

Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

Leon Uris, George Scullin

Stars:

Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming

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#74 Western Movie

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) PG

A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and unpredictable notions Roy Bean distinguishes between lawbreakers and lawgivers by way of his pistols.

Director:

John Huston

Writers:

John Milius

Stars:

Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson

#73 Western Movie

The Frisco Kid (1979)

A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way he is nearly burnt at the stake by Indians and almost killed by outlaws.

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Michael Elias, Frank Shaw

Stars:

Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri

#72 Western Movie

The Alamo (2004) PG-13

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Director:

John Lee Hancock

Writers:

Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gaghan

Stars:

Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría

#71 Western Movie

Rio Lobo (1970) G

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Burton Wohl, Leigh Brackett

Stars:

John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill

#70 Western Movie

The Professionals (1966)

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Frank O'Rourke, Richard Brooks

Stars:

Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan

#69 Western Movie

Vera Cruz (1954)

During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Roland Kibbee, James R. Webb

Stars:

Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel

#68 Western Movie

Heaven's Gate (1980) R

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a sheriff born into wealth attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.

Director:

Michael Cimino

Writers:

Michael Cimino

Stars:

Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt

#67 Western Movie

Joe Kidd (1972) PG

An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.

Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

Elmore Leonard

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon

#66 Western Movie

Wyatt Earp (1994)

Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. The movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's most famous individuals.

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers:

Dan Gordon, Lawrence Kasdan

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman

#65 Western Movie

The Long Riders (1980) R

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse 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.

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers:

Bill Bryden, Steven Smith

Stars:

David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid

#64 Western Movie

Big Jake (1971) GP

In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Big Jake McCandles' grandson and hold him for ransom, Big Jake sets out to rescue the boy.

Director:

George Sherman, John Wayne

Writers:

Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink

Stars:

John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara

#63 Western Movie

Rio Grande (1950)

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke commands a U.S. cavalry troop north of the Rio Grande. Yorke is surprised when he learns that the son he has not seen for 15 years, Jeff, has flunked out of West Point. He's barely digested the information when his son shows up at the camp as a new cavalry recruit.

Director:

John Ford

Writers:

James Kevin McGuinness, James Warner Bellah

Stars:

John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson

#62 Western Movie

The Duel (2016) R

A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Director:

Kieran Darcy-Smith

Writers:

Matt Cook

Stars:

Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, Woody Harrelson

#61 Western Movie

The Quick and the Dead (1995) R

Lady avenger returns to western town owned by a ruthless gunslinger hosting an elimination tournament.

Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers:

Simon Moore

Stars:

Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe

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