Movie Releases by Genre

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

May 23, 1973 | R
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
The Train Robbers

The Train Robbers

February 7, 1973 | Passed
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

December 17, 1972 | PG
In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd

July 19, 1972 | TV-14
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.4
Hannie Caulder

Hannie Caulder

July 1, 1972 | R
After she is raped and her husband murdered, a woman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can get her revenge on the three outlaws responsible.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Duck, You Sucker

Duck, You Sucker

June 1, 1972 | PG
Sergio Leone's 1972 Western, set during the Mexican Revolution.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.3
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

May 12, 1972 | GP
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.5
Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

April 28, 1972 | TV-14
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Pocket Money

Pocket Money

February 1, 1972 | PG
Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
The Cowboys

The Cowboys

January 13, 1972 | PG
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.5
Skin Game

Skin Game

September 30, 1971 | GP
In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Black God, White Devil

Black God, White Devil

September 25, 1971
After killing his employer when said employer tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Lawman

Lawman

August 4, 1971 | GP
A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

June 24, 1971 | R
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Metascore:
93
User Score:
7.9
Big Jake

Big Jake

May 26, 1971 | PG-13
In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake (John Wayne) sets out to rescue the boy.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.0
The Beguiled

The Beguiled

March 31, 1971 | R
While imprisoned in a Confederate girls' boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.4
There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

December 25, 1970 | R
A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Little Big Man

Little Big Man

December 23, 1970 | GP
The 121-year old sole survivor of Custer's Last Stand tells about everything from his adoption by Cheyenne Indians to his marriages and friendship with Wild Bill Hickok. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.6
El Topo

El Topo

December 18, 1970 | TV-MA
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.8
Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

December 18, 1970 | G
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose treachery caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
5.0
Two Mules for Sister Sara

Two Mules for Sister Sara

June 16, 1970 | GP
Nun Sara is on the run in Mexico and is saved from cowboys by Hogan, who is preparing for a future mission to capture a French fort. The pair become good friends, but Sara never does tell him the true reason behind her being outlawed.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.8
A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse

May 1, 1970 | GP
In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
6.3
The Undefeated

The Undefeated

November 27, 1969 | TV-PG
After the Civil War, ex-Confederate soldiers heading for a new life in Mexico run into ex-Union cavalrymen selling horses to the Mexican government but they must join forces to fight off Mexican bandits and revolutionaries.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

October 24, 1969 | M
The Sundance Kid (Redford) is the frontier's fastest gun. His sidekick, Butch Cassidy (Newman), is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. Times are changing in the west and life is getting tougher. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, don new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend (Ross), head down to Bolivia. Never mind that they don't speak Spanish - they'll manage somehow. (Twentieth Century Fox)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.6
Paint Your Wagon

Paint Your Wagon

October 15, 1969 | M
Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Death Rides a Horse

Death Rides a Horse

June 25, 1969 | M
A young gunfighter forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, till the surprising end.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
tbd
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

June 18, 1969 | R
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Metascore:
98
User Score:
7.6
True Grit

True Grit

June 11, 1969 | M
A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
6.8
Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

May 10, 1969 | M
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
tbd
Death of a Gunfighter

Death of a Gunfighter

May 8, 1969 | M/PG
A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

March 26, 1969 | G
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Shalako

Shalako

October 7, 1968 | M/PG
In 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High

August 3, 1968 | M
When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.0
Firecreek

Firecreek

January 24, 1968 | TV-14
A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

December 29, 1967 | R
For three men the Civil War wasn't hell... it was practice! Clint Eastwood returns as "The Man with No Name," this time teaming with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) to pursue a cache of $200,000 and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way. [MGM]
Metascore:
90
User Score:
9.1
Navajo Joe

Navajo Joe

December 6, 1967 | Not Rated
A Native American warrior called Navajo Joe seeks revenge on a gang of sadistic outlaws who has massacred the people of his tribe.
Metascore:
32
User Score:
tbd
Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

November 1, 1967 | Approved
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
El Dorado

El Dorado

June 7, 1967 | TV-PG
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
6.8
The War Wagon

The War Wagon

May 27, 1967 | Unrated
The story of a man who was shot, robbed and imprisoned who returns to steal a large gold shipment from the man who wronged him. The gold is transported in an armored stage coach, the War Wagon.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
The Way West

The Way West

May 24, 1967 | Approved
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

May 10, 1967 | M
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.4
Hombre

Hombre

March 21, 1967 | Approved
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.4
A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars

January 18, 1967 | R
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.2
Django

Django

December 1, 1966 | Not Rated
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.5
The Professionals

The Professionals

November 2, 1966 | GP
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.1
The Appaloosa

The Appaloosa

September 14, 1966 | Unrated
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
The Great Race

The Great Race

July 1, 1965 | Approved
In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.0
The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

June 24, 1965 | Passed
Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.5
Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

June 24, 1965 | Approved
A young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.6
McLintock!

McLintock!

November 13, 1963 | Passed
Wealthy rancher G.W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

February 20, 1963 | TV-G
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.2
Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

May 9, 1962 | Approved
An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Metascore:
92
User Score:
tbd
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

April 22, 1962 | Approved
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Metascore:
94
User Score:
8.6
The Comancheros

The Comancheros

November 1, 1961 | TV-PG
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
The Misfits

The Misfits

February 1, 1961 | Approved
A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.6
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

October 23, 1960 | Approved
Seven gunfighters defend an oppressed Mexican village against an army of marauding bandits.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.3
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

April 4, 1959 | Passed
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Metascore:
93
User Score:
8.2
The Big Country

The Big Country

October 1, 1958 | Passed
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Old Yeller

Old Yeller

December 25, 1957 | Approved
When his younger brother adopts a frisky lop-eared stray, 15-year-old Travis (Tommy Kirk), acting "man-of-the-house," tries to shoo him away. But Old Yeller soon proves he is anything but "yellow" when he protects the family farm and saves Travis' life. [Disney]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

August 7, 1957 | TV-PG
Dan Evans (Van Heflin) is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that tests each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.3
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

May 30, 1957 | Passed
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Giant

Giant

November 24, 1956 | TV-G
The film version of Edna Ferber's big Texas novel, a sprawling epic of contemporary cattle barons and nouveau riche oil tycoons.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.6
The Searchers

The Searchers

May 26, 1956 | Passed
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
Metascore:
94
User Score:
7.6
Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

October 11, 1955 | Passed
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

August 1, 1955 | TV-PG
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

August 6, 1954 | Passed
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Hondo

Hondo

November 27, 1953 | TV-PG
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

November 4, 1953 | Passed
Doris Day and Howard Keel star as "Calamity" Jane and "Wild Bill" Hickock in this lighthearted musical based on the lives of two real celebrities of the American West. Calamity Jane is a the roughest, toughest gal in the town of Deadwood. And only Wild Bill Hickock is man enough to discover the lady underneath the tough talk and gun belts.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Shane

Shane

April 23, 1953 | TV-PG
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.6
High Noon

High Noon

July 30, 1952 | Approved
This classic 1952 Western stars Gary Cooper as just-married lawman Will Kane, who is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride (Grace Kelly) when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald) is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.4
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

July 12, 1950 | Passed
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
tbd
The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

June 23, 1950 | TV-PG
Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.
Metascore:
94
User Score:
6.8
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

October 22, 1949 | Passed
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.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
tbd
3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers

January 13, 1949 | Passed
Three outlaws on the run find a dying woman in the desert who gives birth to a baby. The mother entrusts the care of the child to the three men.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Red River

Red River

September 17, 1948 | Passed
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Metascore:
96
User Score:
8.2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

January 24, 1948 | TV-PG
Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Metascore:
98
User Score:
8.1
The Yearling

The Yearling

May 1, 1947 | Passed
A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
Metascore:
89
User Score:
tbd
The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

January 18, 1946 | TV-G
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

January 1, 1942 | Approved
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

October 1, 1941 | Passed
Fast-talking con man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
The Westerner

The Westerner

September 20, 1940 | Passed
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

December 29, 1939 | TV-PG
When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.8
Stagecoach

Stagecoach

March 3, 1939 | TV-G
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Metascore:
93
User Score:
7.5
Cimarron

Cimarron

February 9, 1931 | Passed
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
The Gold Rush (1925)

The Gold Rush (1925)

June 26, 1925
The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
tbd
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

TBA
Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, Horizon: An American Saga explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
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