Top 100 Western Movies List

#40 Western Movie

Westworld (1973) PG

A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.

Director:

Michael Crichton

Writers:

Michael Crichton

Stars:

Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin

#39 Western Movie

The Homesman (2014) R

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Writers:

Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald

Stars:

Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer

#38 Western Movie

The Lone Ranger (2013) PG-13

Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Writers:

Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner

#37 Western Movie

Hang 'Em High (1968) M

When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.

Director:

Ted Post

Writers:

Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle

#36 Western Movie

The Salvation (2014) R

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

Director:

Kristian Levring

Writers:

Anders Thomas Jensen, Kristian Levring

Stars:

Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Eric Cantona

#35 Western Movie

3:10 to Yuma (2007) R

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

Director:

James Mangold

Writers:

Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster

#34 Western Movie

The Proposition (2005) R

A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.

Director:

John Hillcoat

Writers:

Nick Cave

Stars:

Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson

#33 Western Movie

The Shootist (1976) PG

A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.

Director:

Don Siegel

Writers:

Glendon Swarthout, Miles Hood Swarthout

Stars:

John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard

#32 Western Movie

Little Big Man (1970) PG-13

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

Director:

Arthur Penn

Writers:

Thomas Berger, Calder Willingham

Stars:

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George

#31 Western Movie

Silverado (1985) PG-13

A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers:

Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Kasdan

Stars:

Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner

#30 Western Movie

Dances with Wolves (1990) PG-13

Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

Director:

Kevin Costner

Writers:

Michael Blake

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene

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#29 Western Movie

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) R

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Director:

Andrew Dominik

Writers:

Andrew Dominik, Ron Hansen

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard

#28 Western Movie

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) PG

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Writers:

Vardis Fisher, Raymond W. Thorp

Stars:

Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton

#27 Western Movie

Wild Wild West (1999) PG-13

The two best hired guns in the West must save President Grant from the clutches of a nineteenth-century inventor-villain.

Director:

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers:

Jim Thomas, John Thomas

Stars:

Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh

#26 Western Movie

Pale Rider (1985) R

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers:

Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress

#25 Western Movie

Shane (1953)

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.

Director:

George Stevens

Writers:

A.B. Guthrie Jr., Jack Sher

Stars:

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin

#24 Western Movie

True Grit (2010) PG-13

A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer.

Director:

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Writers:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld

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#23 Western Movie

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

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.

Director:

John Ford

Writers:

James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck

Stars:

James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles

#22 Western Movie

The Hateful Eight (2015) R

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Quentin Tarantino

Stars:

Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

#21 Western Movie

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) PG-13

Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Sergio Donati, Sergio Leone

Stars:

Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale

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