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1. The Searchers (1956)

Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond

Votes: 96,241

2. Cheyenne (1955–1963)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.

Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks, Lane Chandler

Votes: 2,024

3. The Unforgiven (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon

Votes: 9,724

4. Rocky Mountain (1950)

Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In California during the Civil War, a Confederate patrol and a Union troop must set their differences aside in order to survive a Shoshone attack.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Votes: 1,316

5. Gunfighters (1947)

Passed | 87 min | Western

Gunfighter Brazos Kane takes a job on a ranch but he is unjustly accused of killing fellow cowhand Bob Tyrell and must clear himself by finding the real killer.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Dorothy Hart, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 914

6. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Passed | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey

Votes: 3,546

7. Sugarfoot (1957–1961)

60 min | Western

Correspondence-school law graduate Tom Brewster travels west to seek his fortune. Unfortunately, his "cowboy" abilities leave a lot to be desired and earn him the nickname "Sugarfoot", which is one step lower than a "Tenderfoot".

Stars: Will Hutchins, Charles Fredericks, Gil Perkins, Don 'Red' Barry

Votes: 456

8. Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War

At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with the U.S. Army's Company C Division during their liberation of Italy.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell

Votes: 3,724

9. The Walking Hills (1949)

Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Thriller, Western

A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 1,116

10. Bronco (1958–1962)

60 min | Western

A former confederate soldier wanders the old west, and meets such famous characters as Jesse James, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Stars: Ty Hardin, Robert Colbert, Clyde Howdy, Mike Road

Votes: 392

11. San Antonio (1945)

Passed | 109 min | Western

Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.

Directors: David Butler, Robert Florey, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Victor Francen

Votes: 1,844

12. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)

Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Romance

Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes

Votes: 1,698

13. The Sundowners (1950)

Approved | 83 min | Drama, Western

Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of feuding ranchers in the old west.

Director: George Templeton | Stars: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs

Votes: 561

14. High Lonesome (1950)

Approved | 81 min | Western

When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.

Director: Alan Le May | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Chill Wills, John Archer, Lois Butler

Votes: 330

15. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)

60 min | Drama

Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.

Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery

Votes: 136

16. Along Came Jones (1945)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea

Votes: 2,406

17. Wide Country (1962–1963)

60 min | Drama, Sport, Western

Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.

Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Slim Pickens, Ray Teal

Votes: 94

18. Tap Roots (1948)

TV-PG | 109 min | Drama, Romance, War

In 1860s Mississippi, the Dabneys, founders of the Dabney plantation in Levington, experience tragedy and turmoil when they refuse to join either side of the American Civil War.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London

Votes: 431

19. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,360

20. North West Mounted Police (1940)

Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western

In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster

Votes: 1,830

21. I Dream of Jeanie (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley, Muriel Lawrence, Eileen Christy

Votes: 248

22. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Passed | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe

Votes: 1,103

23. Quebec (1951)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure, History

Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.

Director: George Templeton | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Corinne Calvet, Barbara Rush, Patric Knowles

Votes: 100

24. Cheyenne (1947)

Passed | 99 min | Western

Wells Fargo stages are being robbed by 'The Poet' and no one can find out who he is. Wylie is a gambler who is found by the sheriff and gives him the option of going back to a questionable ... See full summary »

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 623

25. The Vanishing American (1955)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A white woman who inherits land in New Mexico makes an alliance with the local Navajos against greedy land grabbers and crooked white traders.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Scott Brady, Audrey Totter, Forrest Tucker, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 121

26. Flight Nurse (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War

During the Korean War, a United States Air Force nurse with the Medical Air Evacuation Unit flies on C-47 transport aircraft based in Japan where she ferries servicemen wounded in combat.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Jeff Donnell

Votes: 154

27. Trailin' West (1944)

20 min | Short, Western

When Tommy is accused of murder, his girl Linda begs Old Man Coffey to track down the real killer with his dogs. Coffey's tracking is unsuccessful, but his suspicions are aroused by the attitude of the victim's partner.

Director: George Templeton | Stars: Chill Wills, Elaine Riley, Earle Hodgins, Jack Elam

28. Bronco (1958–1962)
Episode: Red Water North (1959)

60 min | Western

Bronco is hired to deliver a riverboat to his friend Martha Chandler. He hasn't counted, though, on a ruthless businessman who doesn't want the ship to complete the trip, and a beautiful blonde passenger who has her own agenda.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Ty Hardin, Dorothy Provine, Karl Swenson, Burt Douglas

Votes: 26

29. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode: Mountain Fortress (1955)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Cheyenne and his co-worker Smitty worried about smoke signals decide to hide on a high area but find an outlaw gang already there. When the Shoshone attack a stage, the group rescues the driver and woman passenger but are now trapped.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Clint Walker, L.Q. Jones, Ann Robinson, Robert J. Wilke

Votes: 193

30. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode: Along Came Jones (1955)

60 min | Drama

A soft-spoken cowboy shows up in a small western town looking for work. The locals mistakenly assume he's a murderous troublemaker, causing great tension when he starts dating the real killer's girlfriend.

Stars: Robert Montgomery, Lonny Chapman, Charlton Heston, Pat Roe

Votes: 20

31. Sugarfoot (1957–1961)
Episode: Misfire (1957)

60 min | Western

Sugarfoot unknowingly figures in a scheme by Mercy Preston to get rid of two men who are standing in the way of her owning a rich mine. However, Mercy's sister Patience finds out about her plans and tries to help Sugarfoot.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Will Hutchins, Connie Stevens, Eve Brent, Frank Albertson

Votes: 19

32. Wide Country (1962–1963)
Episode: Memory of a Filly (1963)

30 min | Drama, Sport, Western

Mitch and Andy escort their friend Slim's kid sister to her far backwoods home town. Not so easy, as the girl has a mind of her own and is the one who really turns out to be in control of the trip.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Ronnie Haran, Richard Hale

33. Wide Country (1962–1963)
Episode: Straitjacket for an Indian (1962)

60 min | Drama, Sport, Western

The best laid plans of Mitch Guthrie go awry when he asks his Indian friend Bullriver to drive twenty wild broncs from the Indian reservation to the rodeo arena two states away.

Director: John Florea | Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins, Howard McNear