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Movies: Best Western Movies

The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.: 7  The frontier was commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a sparsely populated hostile region patrolled by cowboys, outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, manifest destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. Native American "Indian" populations were often portrayed as averse foes and/or savages. Originating in vaquero heritage and Western fiction, the genre popularized the Western lifestyle, country-Western music, and Western wear globally. Throughout the history of the genre, it has seen popular revivals and been incorporated into various subgenres. ()

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Django Unchained(2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 45min | Drama, Western
4.1/5 (with 12,444 votes)

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

The Revenant(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 37min | Western, Drama, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 8,463 votes)

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

The Hateful Eight(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 3h 8min | Drama, Mystery, Western
3.9/5 (with 6,428 votes)

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 41min | Western
4.2/5 (with 3,648 votes)

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

Rango(2011)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Western, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 2,870 votes)

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

The Lone Ranger(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 29min | Action, Adventure, Western
3.0/5 (with 2,780 votes)

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.

The Magnificent Seven(2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 12min | Adventure, Action, Western
3.2/5 (with 2,685 votes)

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.

True Grit(2010)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Adventure, Western
3.7/5 (with 2,365 votes)

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

Cowboys & Aliens(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western
2.8/5 (with 2,268 votes)

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Directed by Jon Favreau - With Daniel Craig, Abigail Spencer, Matthew Taylor, Clancy Brown, Paul Dano, Adam Beach, ...

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron(2002)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 23min | Western, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
3.8/5 (with 2,037 votes)

As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.

Hell or High Water(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Western, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 1,991 votes)

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 46min | Drama, Western
4.1/5 (with 1,988 votes)

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

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Unforgiven(1992)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 10min | Western
4.0/5 (with 1,855 votes)

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

Dances with Wolves(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 1min | Adventure, Drama, Western
3.9/5 (with 1,830 votes)

Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

A Million Ways to Die in the West(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Western
3.0/5 (with 1,823 votes)

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

A Fistful of Dollars(1964)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 39min | Western
3.9/5 (with 1,805 votes)

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)

2h 12min | Western, Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,763 votes)

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Puss in Boots(2011)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 30min | Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Western
3.3/5 (with 1,723 votes)

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.

Directed by Chris Miller

For a Few Dollars More(1965)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 12min | Western
4.0/5 (with 1,691 votes)

Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.

3:10 to Yuma(2007)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 2min | Western
3.6/5 (with 1,590 votes)

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

Wild Wild West(1999)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Western
2.7/5 (with 1,551 votes)

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

Lawless(2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 55min | Crime, Drama, Western
3.5/5 (with 1,399 votes)

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

The Legend of Zorro(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 9min | Action, Adventure, Western
3.1/5 (with 1,298 votes)

Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count Armand, a dashing French aristocrat. But Alejandro knows something she doesn't: Armand is the evil mastermind behind a terrorist plot to destroy the United States. And so, with his marriage and the county's future at stake, it's up to Zorro to save two unions before it's too late.

The Power of the Dog(2021)

2h 5min | Western
3.4/5 (with 1,121 votes)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Legends of the Fall(1994)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 13min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love, War, Western
3.7/5 (with 1,114 votes)

An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 40min | Action, Drama, Western
3.5/5 (with 1,096 votes)

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

Shanghai Noon(2000)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Adventure, Action, Comedy, Western
3.2/5 (with 1,096 votes)

Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard trails Princess Pei Pei when she is kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.

Hostiles(2017)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 14min | Western, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 1,013 votes)

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Western
3.8/5 (with 999 votes)

In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1998.

Shanghai Knights(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
3.1/5 (with 985 votes)

The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but instead unearths a plot to kill the royal family. No one believes her, though, and it's up to Chon and Roy (who has romance on his mind) to prove her right.

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