Top Western Movies


The Top Western Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Western List". Lists are calculated daily.

141. My Little Chickadee

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward F. Cline
Actors: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran

142. The Great K & A Train Robbery

Year of Release: 1926
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Seiler
Actors: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Dorothy Dwan, Will Walling
Plot: In order to bring down a gang of train robbers, a man poses undercover as a highwayman and brings the men down from the inside, along with the help of a hobo.

143. Gunman's Walk

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Phil Karlson
Actors: Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Kathryn Grant, James Darren
Plot: A widowed ranger, with the spirit of the old west inside of him, endeavors to raise his sons in the same manner. But one son, Ed, has a wild streak and he and his brother, Davy find themselves fighting over the same woman. When she chooses Davy, Ed becomes a gunfighter, and wants nothing more than to shine brighter than his brother and father. In the end, it will lead to a deadly confrontation.

144. New Land, The ( Nybyggarna )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jan Troell
Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Pierre Lindstedt

145. The Power of the Dog

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Plot: Phil Burbank is a cruel, tough cowboy - who finds delight in making life hard for everyone around him. When his brother marries a widowed woman with a soft son, he reserves his cruelty for them. As things begin to break down, he slowly opens up to the boy - but how can he extend a helping hand when it is mercilessly pressing down?

146. The Far Horizons

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale

147. Hellbenders, The ( Crudeli, I )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Actors: Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Al Mulock, Aldo Sambrell

148. Barquero

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gordon Douglas
Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Forrest Tucker, Kerwin Mathews
Plot: Violent story of a psycho outlaw who finds his band of marauders trapped in a riverside village - facing down the barge owner who will die before allowing them to cross the river to safety.

149. Seven Ways from Sundown

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harry Keller
Actors: Audie Murphy, Barry Sullivan, Venetia Stevenson, John McIntire
Plot: Seven Ways from Sundown Jones joins the Texas Rangers. His first assignment is to capture Jim Flood with veteran Hennessey. Flood is a dangerous outlaw that has alluded Hennessy. Capturing him is easy, but getting him back to Texas turns out to be hard.

150. 3 Godfathers

Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond
Plot: 3 Godfathers follows three horse thieves who have turned to bank robbing. After a narrow escape from the Law, they stumble on a woman about to give birth. She names the child after all three of them and puts her child in their care. With the Law still on their heels they set out for New Jerusalem, with the bible as their guide. It is a sweet allegory for the Christmas story. This movie is a remake of an earlier silent version.

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