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Monsters(2010)

3.1/5 (with 720 votes)

Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an infected zone. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures," while a journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

Chisum(1970)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 51min | Western
3.4/5 (with 75 votes)

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.

Red River(1948)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 13min | Western, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 213 votes)

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

The Big Country(1958)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 45min | Drama, Western, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 138 votes)

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish and controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill. The Major is involved in a ruthless civil war, over watering rights for cattle, with a rough hewn clan led by Rufus Hannassey. The land in question is owned by Julie Maragon and both Terrill and Hannassey want it.

The Cowboys(1972)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 11min | Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 95 votes)

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage; however, neither Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

Old Yeller(1957)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 23min | Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Western
3.5/5 (with 111 votes)

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.

Alvarez Kelly(1966)

1h 46min | Action, War, Western
3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.

The Far Country(1954)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Western, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 63 votes)

In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.

Timbuktu(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 207 votes)

A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed. A look at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels.

Bullhead(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 9min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 155 votes)

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

Wichita(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 21min | Western, Action, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 21 votes)

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.

The Rare Breed(1966)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Western
3.1/5 (with 26 votes)

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.

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Vengeance Valley(1951)

1h 23min | Western
2.6/5 (with 20 votes)

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

Track of the Cat(1954)

1h 42min | Drama, Western
2.8/5 (with 15 votes)

A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.

Broken Lance(1954)

1h 36min | Western
3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.

The Big Land(1957)

3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $10 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.

Cattle King(1963)

1h 28min | Western
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.

The Wizard of Oz(1925)

2.7/5 (with 18 votes)

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

Abilene Town(1946)

2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However….

The Cariboo Trail(1950)

1h 21min | Western
3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin - With Randolph Scott

The Furies(1950)

3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.

The Virginian(1946)

1h 30min | Western
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.

Texas(1941)

3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

Montana(1950)

2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.

The Beast of Hollow Mountain(1956)

2.1/5 (with 23 votes)

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.

The Culpepper Cattle Co.(1972)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Western
3.2/5 (with 18 votes)

Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.

Cattle Empire(1958)

1h 23min | Western
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading citizen to drive their cattle to Fort Clemson. Complicating matters, a rival cattle baron also hires the cattle driver to lead his herd.

The Redhead from Wyoming(1953)

1h 17min | Western
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.

Knight of the Plains(1938)

1h | Western
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Peterson has a plan to obtain all the ranches in the valley. He gives Carson a phony Spanish land grant and has him pose as the Mexican owner. When Fred and Fuzzy have their cattle stolen by Peterson's men, they quickly become involved in the scheme.

Directed by Sam Newfield

Phantom Rancher(1940)

1.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.

Directed by Harry L. Fraser
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