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Best westerns

by tinnes-04102 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 5 months ago
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  • John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond, Jeffrey Hunter, and Vera Miles in The Searchers (1956)

    1. The Searchers

    19561h 59mApproved94Metascore
    7.8 (100K)
    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.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera Miles
  • Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

    2. The Outlaw Josey Wales

    19762h 15mPG69Metascore
    7.8 (83K)
    Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeChief Dan George
  • Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

    3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    19691h 50mPG66Metascore
    8.0 (232K)
    In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels..
    DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine Ross
  • Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970)

    4. Little Big Man

    19702h 19mPG-1363Metascore
    7.5 (39K)
    Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
    DirectorArthur PennStarsDustin HoffmanFaye DunawayChief Dan George
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

    5. Django Unchained

    20122h 45mR81Metascore
    8.5 (1.8M)
    With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprio
  • Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, John Wayne, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Sheree North, and Hugh O'Brian in The Shootist (1976)

    6. The Shootist

    19761h 40mPG77Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
    DirectorDon SiegelStarsJohn WayneLauren BacallRon Howard
  • Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, and Richard Harris in Unforgiven (1992)

    7. Unforgiven

    19922h 10mR85Metascore
    8.2 (454K)
    Retired Old West gunslinger Will Munny reluctantly takes on one last job to avenge an injustice with the help of his old partner and a newer outlaw known simply as The Schofield Kid.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan Freeman
  • Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017)

    8. Logan

    20172h 17mR77Metascore
    8.1 (890K)
    In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.
    DirectorJames MangoldStarsHugh JackmanPatrick StewartDafne Keen
  • James Coburn and Rod Steiger in Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

    9. Duck, You Sucker!

    19712h 18mPG77Metascore
    7.6 (40K)
    A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
    DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRod SteigerJames CoburnRomolo Valli
  • Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson in The Missouri Breaks (1976)

    10. The Missouri Breaks

    19762h 6mPG65Metascore
    6.5 (13K)
    Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
    DirectorArthur PennStarsMarlon BrandoJack NicholsonRandy Quaid
  • Mel Brooks and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)

    11. Blazing Saddles

    19741h 33mR73Metascore
    7.7 (159K)
    In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
    DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim Pickens
  • Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro (1998)

    12. The Mask of Zorro

    19982h 16mPG-1362Metascore
    6.8 (204K)
    A young thief seeking revenge for his brother's death is trained by the once-great, aging Zorro, who is pursuing his own vengeance.
    DirectorMartin CampbellStarsAntonio BanderasAnthony HopkinsCatherine Zeta-Jones
  • Johnny Depp in Dead Man (1995)

    13. Dead Man

    19952h 1mR62Metascore
    7.5 (106K)
    On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
    DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin Glover
  • Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)

    14. Tombstone

    19932h 10mR50Metascore
    7.8 (182K)
    A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
    DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsKurt RussellVal KilmerSam Elliott
  • Lone Star (1996)

    15. Lone Star

    19962h 15mR79Metascore
    7.4 (34K)
    When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
    DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperElizabeth PeñaStephen Mendillo
  • Thunderheart (1992)

    16. Thunderheart

    19921h 59mR58Metascore
    6.8 (18K)
    A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsVal KilmerSam ShepardGraham Greene
    Neo western
  • Powers Boothe, Keith Carradine, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, and Molly Parker in Deadwood (2004)

    17. Deadwood

    2004–200636 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.6 (124K)
    A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
    CreatorDavid MilchStarsTimothy OlyphantIan McShaneMolly Parker
    only seen season 1 so far
  • Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner in Wind River (2017)

    18. Wind River

    20171h 47mR73Metascore
    7.7 (297K)
    A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
    DirectorTaylor SheridanStarsElizabeth OlsenJeremy RennerGraham Greene
  • Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

    19. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    20072h 40mR68Metascore
    7.5 (198K)
    Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
    DirectorAndrew DominikStarsBrad PittCasey AffleckSam Shepard
  • Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990)

    20. Back to the Future Part III

    19901h 58mPG55Metascore
    7.5 (501K)
    Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydMary Steenburgen
  • Jeff Bridges and Blythe Danner in Hearts of the West (1975)

    21. Hearts of the West

    19751h 42mPG
    6.5 (1.8K)
    During the 1930s, Lewis Tate aspires to be the next great American Western writer. When he travels to California, he's recruited by Bert Kessler, a Hollywood unit manager, to star in a series of low-rent Westerns.
    DirectorHoward ZieffStarsJeff BridgesAndy GriffithDonald Pleasence
  • Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Lee Van Cleef, Katy Jurado, Ian MacDonald, Robert J. Wilke, and Sheb Wooley in High Noon (1952)

    22. High Noon

    19521h 25mPG89Metascore
    7.9 (114K)
    A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas Mitchell
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

    23. Annie Get Your Gun

    19501h 47mApproved77Metascore
    6.8 (5.5K)
    The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.
    DirectorsGeorge SidneyBusby BerkeleyStarsBetty HuttonHoward KeelLouis Calhern
  • John Wayne, Glen Campbell, and Kim Darby in True Grit (1969)

    24. True Grit

    19692h 8mG83Metascore
    7.4 (53K)
    A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in the old American West.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneKim DarbyGlen Campbell
  • Ulzana's Raid (1972)

    25. Ulzana's Raid

    19721h 43mR
    7.0 (6.9K)
    After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt LancasterBruce DavisonJorge Luke

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