Genre: Western

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · James Stewart · Vera Miles · Lee Marvin

Synopsis Congressman Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to the tiny town of Shinbone to bury an old friend, Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), and tells reporters the truth about how he came to be known as...

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Clint Eastwood · Lee Van Cleef · Eli Wallach · Aldo Giuffrè

Synopsis The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) follows three gunslingers in the American Civil War era, each with distinct motives, as they race to find a hidden fortune of Confederate gold. The stoic "Good" (Blondie), the ruthless "Bad" (Angel...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Gene Hackman · Morgan Freeman · Richard Harris

Synopsis Unforgiven (1992) follows William Munny, a retired, once-ruthless outlaw turned struggling pig farmer. When a young man named the Schofield Kid offers him a bounty to avenge a disfigured prostitute in the town of Big Whiskey, Munny reluctantly agrees, seeking...

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Henry Fonda · Charles Bronson · Claudia Cardinale · Gabriele Ferzetti

Synopsis Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) is a sweeping epic set in the American Old West. The story revolves around a mysterious harmonica-playing stranger, a vengeful outlaw, a ruthless gunslinger, and a recently widowed woman. Their fates intertwine...

Direction John Huston

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Walter Huston · Tim Holt · Bruce Bennett

Synopsis The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) follows two down-on-their-luck Americans, Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, who team up with an old prospector, Howard, to search for gold in the rugged mountains of Mexico. Driven by desperation and greed, they...

Direction Victor Sjöström

Cast Lillian Gish · Lars Hanson · Montagu Love · Dorothy Cumming

Synopsis Letty, a naive, poor young woman, travels to the wind-blown Texas prairie and lives in a dust-bowl town on her cousin's ranch. She takes care of the children, but is disliked by her cousin's wife Cora (Dorothy Cumming) who is...

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Gary Cooper · Grace Kelly · Thomas Mitchell · Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis High Noon (1952) follows Marshal Will Kane, who prepares to retire and leave Hadleyville with his new bride. However, on his wedding day, he learns that a dangerous outlaw he once brought to justice is returning on the noon train,...

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Clint Eastwood · Lee Van Cleef · Gian Maria Volonté · Mara Krupp

Synopsis For a Few Dollars More (1965) follows two rival bounty hunters, the cunning Monco and the enigmatic Colonel Mortimer, as they track the notorious outlaw El Indio and his ruthless gang. Though initially at odds, the hunters form an uneasy...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Gregory Peck · Jean Simmons · Charlton Heston · Burl Ives

Synopsis In a dry, parched canyon located in the southwest, a rich rancher battles it out with a poor counterpart for water rights. Yet in fact, neither man has control of the precious liquid. It really belongs to Julie Maragon, and...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Natalie Wood · Jeffrey Hunter · Ward Bond

Synopsis The Searchers (1956) follows Ethan Edwards, a hardened Civil War veteran, who returns to his brother's Texas ranch. After a Comanche raid leaves his family dead and his niece Debbie abducted, Ethan embarks on a relentless years-long quest to find...

Direction John Ford

Cast Henry Fonda · Linda Darnell · Victor Mature · Walter Brennan

Synopsis In My Darling Clementine (1946), Wyatt Earp becomes the marshal of Tombstone after his brother is killed in a cattle dispute. Determined to bring justice, he forms an uneasy alliance with Doc Holliday, a troubled gambler and gunslinger. As tensions...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Dean Martin · Ricky Nelson · Angie Dickinson

Synopsis Rio Bravo (1959) follows Sheriff John T. Chance as he works to maintain order in a small Texas town. When a dangerous outlaw is arrested, his powerful brother and gang attempt to free him. Outnumbered and facing overwhelming odds, Chance...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Claire Trevor · Thomas Mitchell · Andy Devine

Synopsis Stagecoach (1939) follows a diverse group of passengers traveling by stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory in the Wild West. Among them are a pregnant woman, a fugitive, a gambler, a drunken doctor, and a prostitute shunned by society. As they...

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast William Holden · Ernest Borgnine · Robert Ryan · Edmond O'Brien

Synopsis The Wild Bunch (1969) follows a group of aging outlaws in the early 20th century, led by Pike Bishop, as they navigate a changing world. Pursued by a relentless former ally, Deke Thornton, and his posse, the gang plans one...

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Henry Fonda · Dana Andrews · Mary Beth Hughes · Anthony Quinn

Synopsis In Nevada in 1885, two worn out cowboys, Gil (Henry Fonda) and Art (Harry Morgan), ride into Darby’s Saloon and Hotel looking for a drink. Shortly after their arrival, they learn that Mr. Kinkaid, a local resident, has been murdered...

Direction Quentin Tarantino

Cast Jamie Foxx · Christoph Waltz · Leonardo DiCaprio · Kerry Washington

Synopsis With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. In the American South, two years before The Civil War begins, a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) is set...

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Katharine Ross · Strother Martin

Synopsis Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) follows the adventures of two charismatic outlaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as they lead the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang in the American Old West. Known for their charm and daring heists, the duo...

Direction Taylor Sheridan · Christina Voros · Ben Richardson

Cast Sam Elliott · Tim McGraw · Isabel May · LaMonica Garrett

Synopsis 1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · James Caan · Charlene Holt

Synopsis In El Dorado (1966), a drunken sheriff and a skilled but wounded gunslinger team up to defend a rancher and his family from a ruthless land baron. Set in the Old West, the story follows their struggle to uphold justice...

Direction Nicholas Ray

Cast Joan Crawford · Sterling Hayden · Scott Brady · Mercedes McCambridge

Synopsis In Johnny Guitar (1954), a strong-willed saloon owner named Vienna faces hostility from a vengeful townsfolk led by the ruthless Emma. When a mysterious stranger, Johnny Guitar, arrives—a former lover with a hidden past—tensions escalate. Accused of harboring an outlaw...