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1. Hidalgo (2004)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard

Votes: 85,604 | Gross: $67.29M

2. The Young Riders (1989–1992)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The adventures of the riders of the Pony Express.

Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Ty Miller, Gregg Rainwater

Votes: 2,487

3. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.

Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison

Votes: 30,565

4. Wagons East (1994)

PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western

In the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back East to their hometowns.

Director: Peter Markle | Stars: John Candy, Joe Bays, Abraham Benrubi, Jill Boyd

Votes: 6,192 | Gross: $4.36M

5. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Passed | 104 min | Western

Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson

Votes: 19,337

6. High Hopes (1988)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson

Votes: 5,791 | Gross: $1.19M

7. Gun (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gun takes gamers to the untamed West of the late-1800s where greed, lust and murder are rampant.

Stars: Thomas Jane, Lance Henriksen, Brad Dourif, Ron Perlman

Votes: 2,543

8. The Iron Horse (1924)

Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance

After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.

Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick

Votes: 2,449 | Gross: $2.06M

9. Pony Express (1953)

Approved | 101 min | History, Romance, Western

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickock work to establish the Pony Express and fight Indians and California Separatists who seek to destroy it.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker

Votes: 1,483

10. La classe américaine (1993 TV Movie)

70 min | Comedy

George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "cr*ppy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe ... See full summary »

Directors: Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mézerette | Stars: John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Lana Turner, Jason Robards

Votes: 2,754

11. Pony Express Rider (1976)

G | 100 min | Drama, Western

In 1861 Texas, the son of a poor farmer vows to avenge his father's murder committed by the spoiled son of a rich cattleman.

Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Buck Taylor, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 157

12. Egghead Rides Again (1937)

Approved | 7 min | Western, Family, Animation

City dweller Egghead dreams of being a cowboy, but his bouncing around gets him kicked out of his boarding house. He sees an ad for a ranch looking for a cowboy and applies. His tryout ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher, Sons of the Pioneers

Votes: 270

13. Cody of the Pony Express (1950)

Approved | 270 min | Western

An Eastern syndicate, plotting to gain control of the western frontier, hires a gang led by Mort Black to drive out the settlers. Army undercover agent Lt. Jim Archer and young Pony Express... See full summary »

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart, William Fawcett

Votes: 41

14. Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama, Western

A teenage boy gets a job as a Pony Express rider in the Nebraska Territory not long before the Civil War breaks out.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Leif Garrett, Milo O'Shea, Bibi Besch, John Quade

Votes: 86

15. Cavalcade of the West (1936)

Passed | 59 min | Western

Two brothers are separated when young. One becomes the pony express rider Clint Knox and the other the outlaw Ace Carter. Their next meeting finds Ace way-laying Clint as he delivers the mail.

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling, Adam Goodman

Votes: 117

16. From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953)

7 min | Family, Short, Animation

In his first of two Warner Bros. cartoons, schoolboy Ralph Phillips daydreams in class, the lessons inspiring his fantasy heroics, such as being a pony-express rider, a deep-sea diver, a boxing champion and even General Douglas MacArthur.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dick Beals, Bea Benaderet, Norman Nesbitt

Votes: 623

17. Silver Canyon (1951)

Approved | 70 min | Drama, Music, Western

During the Civil War, McQuarrie leads guerrilla raiders, Gene and Cougar serve as Union scouts stationed in Utah.

Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis, Jim Davis

Votes: 103

18. Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965)

92 min | Western

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane team up to stop the gunrunners and help bring peace between the Sioux and the homesteaders.

Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent | Stars: Rik Van Nutter, Adrian Hoven, Gloria Milland, Francisco Sanz

Votes: 70

19. Pony Express Days (1940)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Drama, Western

A youthful Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot in an Indian attack.

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: George Reeves, David Bruce, Frank Wilcox, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 213

20. Heroes of the West (1932)

Passed | 225 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

Efforts to build a transcontinental railroad are resisted by crooks and Indians on the warpath.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Noah Beery Jr., Julie Bishop, Onslow Stevens, William Desmond

Votes: 60

21. Porky's Phoney Express (1938)

7 min | Animation, Western, Family

A pony express office. Porky's only allowed to clean up and lick envelopes. When a rider comes back, unable to get past the Indians, Porky has his chance. The plan is to send Porky out ... See full summary »

Directors: Cal Dalton, Cal Howard | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 185

22. Saddle Silly (1941)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A Pony Express rider's adventures in getting the mail through Indian country.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 126

23. The Overland Express (1938)

Approved | 55 min | Western

It's 1861 and Buck gets the business men of Sacramento to establish the Pony express. Hawley runs the stage line over the same route and has the U. S. mail contract. When it looks like the ... See full summary »

Director: Drew Eberson | Stars: Buck Jones, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Maston Williams

Votes: 14

24. Riders of the Pony Express (1949)

Approved | 60 min | Western

In a rigged gunfight Tom Blake is forced to shoot a man in self defense and is then hunted for murder. After a long trip fleeing the posse he uses a false name and joins the Pony Express ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Salle | Stars: Ken Curtis, Shug Fisher, Cathy Douglas, William 'Billy' Benedict

Votes: 24

25. Saved by the Pony Express (1911)

15 min | Short, Western

Our first scene shows cowboys and their sweethearts, enjoying a quadrille on horseback. "Happy Jack" rides off with Belle Archer, the sweetheart of Jim. Jim, furiously angry, attacks Happy ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Tom Mix, Thomas Carrigan, Old Blue

Votes: 24

26. White Eagle (1932)

Passed | 65 min | Western

Gregory is a phony government agent issuing worthless checks. To keep from being exposed he has his men dress as Indians and attack anything bringing mail. This leads to an Indian war. ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks, Robert Ellis, Jason Robards Sr.

Votes: 66

27. Iron Mountain Trail (1953)

Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western

Rex Allen and Slim Pickens are sent from Washington, D.C. to California in 1850 to speed up deliveries of mail to the goldfields, and find a destructive feud raging between two stage-line ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Slim Pickens, Grant Withers

Votes: 49

28. Puny Express (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Woody is a wandering cowboy who notices an ad at a western post office advertising for a new mail delivery rider. Woody accepts but is warned of mail thief Buzz Buzzard. Woody regards the ... See full summary »

Directors: Walter Lantz, Dick Lundy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Grace Stafford

Votes: 101

29. Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time (2010 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy

This new party game will permit you and your "rabbids", to travel in time with a time washing machine. You'll have the possibility to change history and bring a mess every time, everywhere.

Director: Cédric Royer | Stars: Patrice Baudrier, Spencer Kayden, Thierry Kazazian, Pui Fan Lee

Votes: 49

30. History of the Oregon Trail & the Pony Express (2009)

48 min | History

Ride along with the pioneers who suffered hardships and victories to forge The Oregon Trail, America's longest and most famous trail. Then discover little-known facts about the legendary Pony Express riders and their part in the Civil War.

Director: Jim Whitefield

31. Eats Are West (1925)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix the Cat enters the Old West and battles cruel gunmen and savage Indians.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 53

32. Servant of Mankind (1940)

Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

This short dramatizes how profoundly the inventions of Thomas A. Edison have affected the world in which we live. In addition to the electric light, Edison developed the system of ... See full summary »

Stars: Thomas A. Edison, Frank Whitbeck

Votes: 86

33. Riding for the Pony Express (1980 TV Movie)

60 min | Western

Follow the adventures of Jed Beechum and Albie Foreman as they rode for the Pony Express.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: John Hammond, Harry Crosby, Victor French, Glenn Withrow

34. Ready to Ride (1950)

Approved | 30 min | Short, Action, Drama

In this 30-minute remake of Universal's 1938 "Outlaw Express" and filled from front to back with footage edited from that film, Tex Williams (Tex Williams) is a United States Army officer ... See full summary »

Director: Will Cowan | Stars: Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggins, Donna Martell

35. Buddy's Pony Express (1935)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Buddy races the other townsfolk to win a job as a Pony Express rider.

Director: Ben Hardaway | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow

Votes: 90

36. Pioneers of the West (1927)

Western

Caught by the Piutes, pony Express Rider Dick Carter falls in love with pretty Dorothy Earle, who belongs to that seemingly endless supply of white girls kidnapped in childhood and raised ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Perez | Stars: Dick Carter, Dorothy Earle, Olin Francis, Bud Osborne

Votes: 14

37. Pony Express Rider (1926)

50 min | Western

Bill Miller, youngest member of the notorious Range Riders, gets job as pony express rider. Indians become dangerous on the war path. Bill forestalls plan of a bandit chief to rob mails ... See full summary »

Director: Robert J. Horner | Stars: William Barrymore, Pauline Curley

38. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Pigeon and Hawk (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

When two speculators try to corner the stock market by sending former Pony Express riders racing from the mining towns to Denver with the latest information, Bat helps his friend counter the move with by sending news by carrier pigeon.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Gene Barry, Lisa Montell, Howard Petrie, Hugh Sanders

Votes: 38

39. Voyagers! (1982–1983)
Episode: Sneak Attack (1983)

TV-G | 49 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Phineas and Jeff save General MacArthur's life during the attack on Pearl Harbor and help Buffalo Bill Cody make his Pony Express run. They must also deal with an Army intelligence officer who travels in time with them.

Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Ike Eisenmann, Dana Elcar

Votes: 64

40. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: The Target (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

While on a stage coach, a Pony Express rider, Stan Blake, who Jim knows stops to help them and is found dead down the route. Jim Hardie takes on the man's route and hopes to lure the murderers out into the open after notifying Stan's wife.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Dale Robertson, Kelo Henderson, Rush Williams, Eilene Janssen

Votes: 70

41. Bordertown (1989–1991)
Episode: The Pony Riders (1990)

TV-14 | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

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Director: Pierre Magny | Stars: Richard Comar, John H. Brennan, Sophie Barjac, Sam Malkin

Votes: 5

42. Unnatural History (2010)
Episode: The Griffin Gang (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a mysterious flu-like epidemic sweeps through Smithson High and forces the school into lock down, it's up to our trio of heroes to figure out what's happened before Smithson High becomes the sophomore class's tomb.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Kevin G. Schmidt, Jordan Gavaris, Italia Ricci, Martin Donovan

Votes: 43

43. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Boris Makes His Move or The Mice Man Cometh/Big Cheese Boris or I'd Rather Be Rat (1961)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Metal Eating Mice" Part 7, Fractured Fairy Tales "Jack and the Beanstalk", Peabody's Improbable History "The Pony Express", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Metal Eating Mice" Part 8.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 34