El Dorado (1966)
Western
Gunfighter-for-hire Cole Thornton joins forces with his friend the Sheriff, an old Indian fighter and a gambler to help a rancher and his family fight off a rival that is trying to steal their water.
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt
Director: Howard Hawks
Far and Away (1992)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western
A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. Filmed in 70mm.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney
Director: Ron Howard
Tepepa / Long Live the Revolution (1969)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Western
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
Starring: Tomas Milian, Orson Welles, John Steiner
Director: Giulio Petroni
A Fistful of Dynamite / Once Upon a Time… the Revolution / Duck, You Sucker / Giù la testa (1971)
Adventure | Western
Set in 1913 in Mexico, a bandit and an ex-Irish Republican Army explosives expert join forces to rob a bank. John H. Mallory is an Irish soldier of fortune with a penchant for explosives. Juan Miranda, another mercenary, wants to utilize Mallory's specialty to blast into a bank. Despite his avaricious intentions, Miranda becomes a hero when the hole he blows in the bank wall frees dozens of political prisoners.
Starring: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti
Director: Sergio Leone
Fort Apache (1948)
Western
A colonel is embittered because he's been assigned to a remote fort after a brilliant war record. His rule-book manners and inability to accept advice of officers experienced with the west and the Indians lead to a tragic massacre for himself and the majority of his command.
Starring: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen
Director: John Ford
North to Alaska (1960)
Comedy | Western
Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy. Frankie is a con man trying to steal the partner's gold claim.
Starring: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovaks, Fabian, Capucine, Mickey Shaughnessy
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Drama | History | Western
When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne tribe in their barren desert reserve, the starving Indians have taken more abuse than it's worth and break it too by embarking on a 1,500 miles journey back to their ancestral hunting grounds. US Cavalry Capt. Thomas Archer is charged with their retrieval, but during the hunt grows to respect their noble courage, and decides to help them.
Starring: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo
Director: John Ford
Living by the Gun / Livin' by the Gun (2011)
Action | Western
Blaming her uncle for both her family's troubles and the death of her father, a young girl vows to even the score and sets out on a quest for vengeance. To survive the Wild West, she becomes a ruthless killer, cutting down everyone who stands in her way. When their paths finally cross, only one can survive, but who will find redemption at the end of their bloody road.
Starring: Jeffery Babineau, Pat McIntire, Judith Rhodes, Buck King, Charles Gill, Dom Degen
Director: James Miller
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Yellow Sky (1948)
Crime | Western
A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water they stumble into what appears to be a ghost town, only to discover an old prospector and his granddaughter living there. The robbers discover that the old man has been mining gold and set out to make a quick fortune by robbing the pair. Their plan runs foul when the gang leader, Stretch, falls for the granddaughter, which sets off a showdown between the entire gang.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, James Barton
Director: William A. Wellman
Da uomo a uomo / Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Western
As a child, Bill witnesses the murder of his family by four robbers. Fifteen years later, he embarks on his revenge…
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli, Anthony Dawson
Director: Giulio Petroni
Se sei vivo spara / Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! (1967)
Horror | Western
Various factions including a Mexican Bandit, a gang of Homosexual Cowboys and a Priest feud over stolen gold in a surreal town.
Starring: Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock, Piero Lulli
Director: Giulio Questi
Stagecoach (1966)
Western
Gordon Douglas (Rio Conchos, Them!) directs an all-star cast in this handsome remake of the 1939 Western classic about a motley group of travelers – alcoholic doctor, brassy dance-hall girl, mysterious gambling man, meek whiskey drummer, pregnant cavalry wife, absconding banker and the glamorously antiheroic Ringo Kid among them – on the road to Cheyenne, struggling with bands of marauding Sioux, a gang of outlaws and the turmoil of their own personal dramas. Shot by the great William H. Clothier (Cheyenne Autumn, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), and featuring a gorgeous Americana-flavored score by Jerry Goldsmith (available here as an isolated track).
Starring: Ann-Margret, Alex Cord, Red Buttons, Bing Crosby, Stefanie Powers, Mike Connors
Director: Gordon Douglas
The Call of the Wild (1935)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan — who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found — Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter.
Starring: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Reginald Owen, Katherine DeMille, Sidney Toler
Director: William A. Wellman
The Undefeated (1969)
Western
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
Starring: John Wayne, Antonio Aguilar, Rock Hudson, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Jubal (1956)
Western
Found injured by rancher Shep Horgan, Jubal Troop is offered a job as cowhand and soon gains Shep's trust. Mae Horgan, feeling she's been trapped into marriage with Shep, takes a shine to Jubal, although he is more interested in Naomi Hoktor who is travelling with a wagon train camped on Shep's land. Pinky, until now top hand and used to Mae's favours himself, doesn't think much of the new deal and trouble is inevitable.
Starring: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, Felicia Farr, Charles Bronson
Director: Delmer Daves
Sweetwater (2013)
Thriller | Western
In the late 1800s, a former prostitute is trying to build an honest life with her husband in the rugged plains of New Mexico. When she catches the eye of a sadistic religious leader, her life is turned violently upside down. She embarks on a bloody course of vengeance with the assistance of a renegade sheriff.
Starring: January Jones, Ed Harris, Jason Isaacs, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Root, Dylan Kenin, Jason Aldean
Director: Logan Miller
The Americano (1955)
Western
An man from the US working on a ranch in the Amazon comes up against a gang of Brazilian bandits.
Starring: Glenn Ford, Frank Lovejoy, Cesar Romero, Ursula Thiess, Abbe Lane
Director: William Castle
Ambush at Dark Canyon / Dark Canyon (2012)
Western
U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Timothy V. Murphy, Kix Brooks, Courtney Gains, Sydney Penny
Director: Dustin Rikert
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Giant (1956)
Drama | Romance | Western
Jordan 'Bick' Benedict Jr., is a wealthy land owner and cattle rancher who marries a spoiled and wealthy Virginian woman. When the two return to his cattle empire in Texas, conflicts around race, class and changing traditions including former cowboy and now rich oil tycoon Jett Rink rise to epic proportions through the years and test the unity of the family and surrounding community.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo
Director: George Stevens
Ramrod (1947)
Romance | Western
A headstrong young woman defies the wishes of her father by ignoring the romantic advances of a powerful local landowner, instead deciding to run her own ranch with the help of a recovering alcoholic and his friend.
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster
Director: André De Toth
