Movie Releases by Genre
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
May 23, 1973
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.
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The Train Robbers
February 7, 1973
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.
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
December 17, 1972
In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
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Joe Kidd
July 19, 1972
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.
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Hannie Caulder
July 1, 1972
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.
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Duck, You Sucker
June 1, 1972
Sergio Leone's 1972 Western, set during the Mexican Revolution.
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Jeremiah Johnson
May 12, 1972
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.
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Buck and the Preacher
April 28, 1972
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
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Pocket Money
February 1, 1972
Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
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The Cowboys
January 13, 1972
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.
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Skin Game
September 30, 1971
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.
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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.
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Lawman
August 4, 1971
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.
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
June 24, 1971
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.
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Big Jake
May 26, 1971
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.
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The Beguiled
March 31, 1971
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.
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There Was a Crooked Man...
December 25, 1970
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.
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Little Big Man
December 23, 1970
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)
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El Topo
December 18, 1970
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
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Rio Lobo
December 18, 1970
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.
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
June 16, 1970
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.
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A Man Called Horse
May 1, 1970
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.
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The Undefeated
November 27, 1969
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.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
October 24, 1969
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)
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Paint Your Wagon
October 15, 1969
Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.
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Death Rides a Horse
June 25, 1969
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.
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The Wild Bunch
June 18, 1969
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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True Grit
June 11, 1969
A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.
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Mackenna's Gold
May 10, 1969
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.
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Death of a Gunfighter
May 8, 1969
A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.
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Support Your Local Sheriff!
March 26, 1969
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.
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Shalako
October 7, 1968
In 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.
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Hang 'Em High
August 3, 1968
When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
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Firecreek
January 24, 1968
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.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
December 29, 1967
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]
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Navajo Joe
December 6, 1967
A Native American warrior called Navajo Joe seeks revenge on a gang of sadistic outlaws who has massacred the people of his tribe.
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Hour of the Gun
November 1, 1967
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.
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El Dorado
June 7, 1967
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.
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The War Wagon
May 27, 1967
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.
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The Way West
May 24, 1967
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.
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For a Few Dollars More
May 10, 1967
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw.
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Hombre
March 21, 1967
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.
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A Fistful of Dollars
January 18, 1967
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
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Django
December 1, 1966
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.
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The Professionals
November 2, 1966
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
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The Appaloosa
September 14, 1966
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
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The Great Race
July 1, 1965
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.
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The Sons of Katie Elder
June 24, 1965
Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
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Cat Ballou
June 24, 1965
A young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.
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McLintock!
November 13, 1963
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.
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How the West Was Won
February 20, 1963
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.
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Ride the High Country
May 9, 1962
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.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
April 22, 1962
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.
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The Comancheros
November 1, 1961
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.
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The Misfits
February 1, 1961
A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.
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The Magnificent Seven
October 23, 1960
Seven gunfighters defend an oppressed Mexican village against an army of marauding bandits.
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Rio Bravo
April 4, 1959
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.
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The Big Country
October 1, 1958
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.
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Old Yeller
December 25, 1957
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]
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3:10 to Yuma
August 7, 1957
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.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
May 30, 1957
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.
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Giant
November 24, 1956
The film version of Edna Ferber's big Texas novel, a sprawling epic of contemporary cattle barons and nouveau riche oil tycoons.
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The Searchers
May 26, 1956
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
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Oklahoma!
October 11, 1955
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
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The Kentuckian
August 1, 1955
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.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
August 6, 1954
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Hondo
November 27, 1953
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
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Calamity Jane
November 4, 1953
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.
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Shane
April 23, 1953
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
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High Noon
July 30, 1952
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.
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Winchester '73
July 12, 1950
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
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The Gunfighter
June 23, 1950
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.
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
October 22, 1949
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.
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3 Godfathers
January 13, 1949
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.
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Red River
September 17, 1948
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.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
January 24, 1948
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.
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The Yearling
May 1, 1947
A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
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The Harvey Girls
January 18, 1946
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.
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They Died with Their Boots On
January 1, 1942
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.
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Honky Tonk
October 1, 1941
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.
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The Westerner
September 20, 1940
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
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Destry Rides Again
December 29, 1939
When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.
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Stagecoach
March 3, 1939
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.
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Cimarron
February 9, 1931
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
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The Gold Rush (1925)
June 26, 1925
The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.
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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.
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