Western - Movies

The Lonely Trail

Western

After serving with the Union army, gallant John Ashley (John Wayne) returns to his hometown in Texas and finds law and order being maintained by northerner Benedict Holden's armed troopers. Initially taken in by Holden's smooth talk, Ashley soon discovers Holden is a carpetbagger who, unbeknownst by the governor, is killing and stealing from the locals under cover of state authority. Hoping to thwart Holden's ongoing attacks against the citizens, Ashley enlists in Holden's troops.

Cimarron (1960)

Western

A moving saga about the life of a wandering Oklahoma pioneer and his frontier family from 1890 to 1915. Starring Glenn Ford ("The Big Heat," "Blackboard Jungle") and Academy Award-winner Anne Baxter ("All About Eve," "The Razor's Edge"). With Oscar-nominee Arthur O'Connell ("The Poseidon Adventure"), Oscar-nominee Russ Tamblyn ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Peyton Place"), Emmy-winner Harry Morgan (TV's "Dragnet" and "M*A*S*H") and Vic Morrow (TV's "Combat," "Twilight Zone - The Movie"). Nominated for two Academy Awards.

The Deadly Trackers

Western

Richard Harris ("Unforgiven," "Camelot") is a small-town sheriff on a path of vengeance, searching for the outlaws who killed his wife and son. The classic Western theme of the peaceable man pushed to violence is well treated in this Lukas Heller ("The Dirty Dozen") script.

7th Cavalry

Western

In an interesting take on the Indian Wars, Randolph Scott is a man branded a coward for not taking part in Custer's disastrous Battle of Little Bighorn. The story follows Scott proving that his accusers are wrong and clearing his good name.

Lust For Gold

Western

Somewhere on Superstition Mountain there lies a treasure as big as the West. Silver screen legend Glenn Ford stars as Jacob "Dutch" Walz, the man behind the myth of Arizona's infamous Lost Dutchman gold mine. Lust For Gold is the quintessential gold rush tale, chronicling one man's quest for the mother lode and the complications that come with such passions. This timeless tale of love, loss, danger and greed co-stars Ida Lupino, Gig Young and an uncredited appearance by Jay Silverheels.

Soldier Blue

Western

Honus Gent, a U.S. soldier devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a white woman who had lived with the Cheyenne for two years, are the only two survivors of a slaughter committed by the Cheyennes on a cavalry group. Together they are hoping to stay alive until they reach the cavalry's base camp. As they travel, Honus feels a growing affection for Cresta, but he is disgusted with her anti-American beliefs as she has more sympathy for Indians than for the U.S. government. They arrive at the cavalry outpost on the eve of an attack on a Cheyenne village, where Honus will learn who has been telling him the truth.

Road to Hell

Western

A stranger arrives in a small town in the Wild West with an unknown agenda. Liz and Anne, alone after their father's death, know him only as the Colonel. The trouble he's about to bring is nothing they could have prepared for…

The Warrant (2020)

Western

Sheriff John Breaker and his son, Cal, reunite after the Civil War to track down a fellow veteran, now a notorious gang leader. Their mission turns dangerous when they find themselves caught between their former friend’s outlaw gang and the vigilantes who are taking the law into their own hands. Starring Neal McDonough (Yellowstone, Captain America), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers, Tarzan), Steven R. McQueen (The Vampire Diaries, Chicago Fire), and Annabeth Gish (X-Files, The Haunting of Hill House).

The Outriders (Remastered Edition) (1950)

Western

Folks headed from Santa Fe to St. Louis by wagon train trust the riders escorting them, tough hombres who proved their mettle by fighting off an Indian attack. Yet the riders are wolves in sheep's clothing. They're Confederate soldiers who aim to lead the wagontrain and its cargo of Union gold into a Rebel ambush. The Outriders is about that journey…and of one man's journey from villain to hero. Joel McCrea plays the Johnny Reb whose change ofheart is inspired in part by a lovely wagon train passenger (Arlene Dahl). Rugged men. Wide-open spaces. Sudden dangers. The hallmarks of the cinematic West are here. And topping them all is a daring river crossing that's "one of the best of its kind everdone on film" (Variety).

Ride Beyond Vengence

Western

Chuck Conners stars in this highly-charged rendition of the novel "The Night of the Tiger." Told in a series of flashbacks, we learn that Connors, a buffalo skin trader, must struggle with his lust for vengeance and his desire for reconciliation with his wife who has left him in disgrace.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Western

Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones (Best Supporting Actor, The Fugitive, 1993) directs and stars in this poetic and striking modern-day Western. Peter Perkins (Jones) is a veteran cowboy who embodies the values of the old west, living in a small Texas town bordering the U.S. and Mexico. He hires Melquiades Estrada as a ranch hand and quickly befriends the man. But when Estrada is gunned down under mysterious circumstances, Perkins takes justice into his own hands and kidnaps a trigger-happy border patrolman (Barry Pepper - Saving Private Ryan), forcing Perkins to unearth Estrada's body and accompany Perkins on horseback on the long and treacherous journey through the frontier mountains and back roads of Mexico to bring his friend's body home.

Westbound (1959)

Western

As the Civil War spills our nation's blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him. At any cost. As chiseled and bone-lean as its star, Westbound is the sixth of seven Westerns Scott made with director Budd Boetticher, films that - along with the James Stewart-Anthony Mann Westerns - helped remake the genre in the 50s, substituting grit and veracity for white-hat heroics.

Hands Across the Rockies

Western

Wild Bill Hickock (Bill Elliott) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) help two young people in love (Mary Daily and Stanley Brown) and bring the murderer (Kenneth MacDonald) of Cannonball's father to justice.

Sweet Country

Western

An Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self defense and goes on the run as posse gathers to hunt him down.

The Dead Don't Hurt

Western

From the producers of Old Henry, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt). Alfred’s violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. Both a tragic love story and a nuanced depiction of the conflict between revenge and forgiveness, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a portrait of a passionate woman determined to stand up for herself in an unforgiving world dominated by ruthless men.

Bitter Creek

Western

"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.

The Tall Stranger

Western

In the post-Civil War Colorado Territory, a rancher rescued from death by a wagon-train demonstrates his gratitude by guiding the train to the newly-opened land. He also finds the rustlers who shot him, as well as true love. Based on the novel "Showdown Trail."

The Outsider

Western

Country Music Legend Trace Adkins stars in this gritty tale of revenge in a small Western boomtown. In search of the American dream, a railroad worker (Jon Foo) finds himself on the wrong side of a lawless frontier. As the Marshal (Adkins) attempts to control his corrupt town, tragedy strikes sending the railroad worker on a path of retaliation. Sean Patrick Flanery & Danny Trejo also star in this gritty tale.

Trigger Jr.

Western

Martin Scorsese Presents REPUBLIC REDISCOVERED—over 20 rarely seen films from the storied Republic Pictures library, restored and remastered by Paramount and personally curated by Martin Scorsese. In Trigger, Jr. Roy Rogers and Trigger join Trigger’s dashing offspring as they try to save a traveling circus from bankruptcy. A prime example of Republic’s Saturday-matinee musical Westerns.

Ride In the Whirlwind

Western

Working from a thoughtful script by Jack Nicholson, Monte Hellman fashioned this moody and tense western about a trio of cowhands who are mistaken for robbers and must outrun and hide from a posse of bloodthirsty vigilantes in the wilds of Utah. A grim yet gripping tale of chance and blind frontier justice,Ride in the Whirlwind is brought to life by a compelling cast, including Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, and Harry Dean Stanton.

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