some genre westerns

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1. My Darling Clementine (1946)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western

After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs

Votes: 25,765

2. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Passed | 104 min | Western

87 Metascore

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.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson

Votes: 19,329

3. 7 Men from Now (1956)

Approved | 78 min | Western

A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed

Votes: 5,998

4. The Searchers (1956)

Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

94 Metascore

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond

Votes: 96,336

5. Ride Lonesome (1959)

Approved | 73 min | Western

A bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best

Votes: 6,607

6. Rio Bravo (1959)

Passed | 141 min | Western

93 Metascore

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson

Votes: 68,094 | Gross: $12.54M

7. For a Few Dollars More (1965)

R | 132 min | Drama, Western

74 Metascore

Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp

Votes: 274,793 | Gross: $15.00M

8. The Professionals (1966)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

75 Metascore

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode

Votes: 18,848 | Gross: $19.54M

9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

90 Metascore

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè

Votes: 811,561 | Gross: $6.10M

10. Hombre (1967)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Western

80 Metascore

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Native Americans, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento

Votes: 13,846

11. Monte Walsh (1970)

PG-13 | 106 min | Western

An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.

Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 3,035

12. Unforgiven (1992)

R | 130 min | Drama, Western

85 Metascore

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

Votes: 436,316 | Gross: $101.16M

13. Edison Kinetoscope Records: Annie Oakley (1894)

Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Western

Annie Oakley, the 'Little Miss Sure Shot' of the 'Wild West' gives an exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls and clay pigeons in a film from the Edison Catalog.

Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Francis E. Butler, Annie Oakley

Votes: 1,492

14. Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene (1899)

1 min | Western, Short

A vignette of a barroom/liquor-store in the West, no plot per se. However this short is usually regarded as the first "Western" in the sense that it depicts a western scene.

Director: James H. White

Votes: 339

15. The Great Train Robbery (1903)

TV-G | 11 min | Short, Action, Adventure

A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.

Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, A.C. Abadie, George Barnes, Justus D. Barnes

Votes: 20,999

16. Broncho Billy's Adventure (1911)

Short, Western

Broncho Billy, on a pilgrimage, pulls up at a small tavern and takes a room there for the night. The pretty daughter of the tavern-keeper has many sweethearts, but the father, fearing he ... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Arthur Mackley, Edna Fisher, Fred Church

Votes: 23

17. Broncho Bill's Last Spree (1911)

Comedy, Short

Broncho Bill of Snakeville, is on one of his sprees. Loaded down with all kinds of artillery, he comes up Main Street, firing both pistols. He first visits the town bar and chases everybody... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Victor Potel, Augustus Carney

18. Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner (1911)

12 min | Short, Western

The sheriff of Rattlesnake County, Nevada, has received a notification from the district attorney to post dodgers along the highways, announcing that the notorious outlaw and bad man, ... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Edna Fisher, Arthur Mackley, Julia Mackley

Votes: 41

19. Fighting Blood (1911)

18 min | Short, Action, Western

An old soldier on the frontier, the father of a dozen children, a staunch patriot himself, brings these children up with rigid military training. He conducts his household as a garrison ... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Kate Bruce, Robert Harron, Florence La Badie

Votes: 170

20. The Last Drop of Water (1911)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Western

A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Joseph Graybill, Francis J. Grandon

Votes: 289

21. The Massacre (1912)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, War

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Alfred Paget

Votes: 355

22. The Sheepman's Escape (1912)

Short, Western

Tom Harper, a young sheepman, lately arrived in the country with his mother, is warned by an unsigned note that "this is a cattleman's country, and not good for a sheepman's health." Tom ... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Brinsley Shaw, Julia Mackley, Edna Fisher

23. The Heart of an Indian (1912)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Western

When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child... See full summary »

Director: Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Francis Ford, Ann Little, J. Barney Sherry, Art Acord

Votes: 107

24. Geronimo's Last Raid (1912)

20 min | Short, Thriller, Western

Lieutenant Parker reports for duty to Major Wilkins, commanding Ft. Sill, where Geronimo is a prisoner. Parker quickly wins the love of Pauline, the major's daughter, and the undying hatred... See full summary »

Director: John Emerson | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Jack Richardson, Jessalyn Van Trump

Votes: 25

25. The Way of a Mother (1913)

Short, Drama

The brutality of Mrs. Cardigan's husband excites comment, and one day a miner named Norton intercedes on her behalf. Norton agrees to take Mrs. Cardigan away from her vicious husband, but ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Giblyn | Stars: Ethel Grandin, Mildred Bracken, George Fisher, Frank Brady

26. Broncho Billy's Last Deed (1913)

Short, Western

Broncho Billy is seen smoking a cigar in a general store in the far west. An Indian enters, who tries to force his attentions on a young girl. The Indian is rejected by Broncho. The Indian ... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Brinsley Shaw, Harry Todd, Carl Stockdale

27. The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913)

Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Action, Western

The fact that an Indian tribe is eating puppies starts an action-packed battle in a Western town.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Leslie Loveridge, Alfred Paget, Robert Harron

Votes: 924

28. The Aryan (1916)

50 min | Western

Denton rides into Yellow Ridge with a money-belt filled after years of toil in the mines beyond the desert. The local gamblers covet the fortune but fail to get Steve to try the roulette ... See full summary »

Directors: Reginald Barker, William S. Hart, Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum

Votes: 64

29. Hell's Hinges (1916)

Unrated | 64 min | Romance, Western

In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.

Directors: Charles Swickard, William S. Hart, Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Clara Williams, Jack Standing, Alfred Hollingsworth

Votes: 1,079

30. The Gunfighter (1917)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Romance, Western

Cliff Hudspeth, the leader of a band of outlaws in Arizona, has won his place by the killing of notorious gun-bullies. At their headquarters, in the Gila Mountains, in consultation with "... See full summary »

Director: William S. Hart | Stars: William S. Hart, Margery Wilson, Roy Laidlaw, Joseph J. Dowling

Votes: 30

31. The Narrow Trail (1917)

68 min | Drama, Western

Ice Harding, leader of a band of outlaws, covets the pinto leader of a band of wild horses, and after a long chase, ropes and breaks him. Ice and "The King" become fast friends and when the... See full summary »

Directors: William S. Hart, Lambert Hillyer | Stars: William S. Hart, Sylvia Breamer, Milton Ross, Bob Kortman

Votes: 87

32. The Lady of the Dugout (1918)

60 min | Drama, Western

Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Al J. Jennings, Frank Jennings, Corinne Grant, Ben Alexander

Votes: 155

33. 'Blue Blazes' Rawden (1918)

65 min | Drama, Western

Rawden, a lumberjack in the North woods, fights with crooked dance hall owner 'Ladyfingers' Hilgard over the affections of Babette DuFresne. Hilgard is killed. When Hilgard's mother and ... See full summary »

Director: William S. Hart | Stars: William S. Hart, Maude George, Robert McKim, Gertrude Claire

Votes: 124

34. Rough-Riding Romance (1919)

50 min | Western

Dreamer dairyman Phineas Dobbs of Cow Hollow suddenly acquires a fortune when oil is discovered on his ranch, and celebrates by throwing a party for the whole town. One day a young woman ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Tom Mix, Juanita Hansen, Pat Chrisman, Spottiswoode Aitken

35. Just Pals (1920)

Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

Small-town tramp befriends runaway boy.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson, Georgie Stone, Duke R. Lee

Votes: 503

36. The Toll Gate (1920)

Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

After being betrayed to the law by one of his henchmen, a bandit leader seeks to avenge himself.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson, Joseph Singleton, Jack Richardson

Votes: 263

37. Action (1921)

50 min | Western

Orphaned Molly is heir to a ranch and mine and falls under the influence of saloon-owner Plimsoll, who schemes to deprive her of the inheritance. Sandy Brouke and his pals, Soda Water ... See full summary »

Director: John Ford | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Francis Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Buck Connors

Votes: 60

38. Three Word Brand (1921)

Passed | 82 min | Western

Ben Trego dies defending his twin sons from Indian attack. Separated, the two boys grow up very differently, one as Paul Marsden, the other as a cowboy named Three Word Brand. Paul becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: William S. Hart, Jane Novak, S.J. Bingham, J. Gordon Russell

Votes: 66

39. Just Tony (1922)

Passed | 70 min | Western

A cowboy seeks revenge against the man who shot him in a bar-room brawl. While searching for him, he comes across a wild stallion that he is determined to capture and break, and unknowingly... See full summary »

Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, J.P. Lockney, Claire Adams

Votes: 44

40. The Bear Cat (1922)

Passed | 50 min | Western

The Bearcat, alias The Singin' Kid, crosses the Rio Grande into Three Pines, singing bloodthirsty verses, but in spite of these he makes friends with Sheriff Bill Garfield and likewise with... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Lillian Rich, Charles K. French, Joe Harris

41. Sky High (1922)

58 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A government agent infiltrates a gang of Chinese immigrant smugglers and pursues their ringleader throughout the heart of the Southwestern desert.

Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak, Sid Jordan

Votes: 327

42. The Paleface (1922)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western

Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.

Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts

Votes: 3,269

43. The Man from Hell's River (1922)

Passed | Drama, Western

Though engaged to Pierre, a member of the Royal Mounted Police, Mabella, a girl living at a Canadian fur-trading post, is forced to marry Gaspard, a vicious half-breed who has incriminating... See full summary »

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Irving Cummings, Eva Novak, Wallace Beery, Frank Whitson

Votes: 26

44. The Frozen North (1922)

Unrated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Western

Buster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Marion Harlan, Bonnie Hill

Votes: 2,545

45. Cameo Kirby (1923)

70 min | Drama

Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead, Alan Hale, Eric Mayne

Votes: 377

46. Wild Bill Hickok (1923)

70 min | History, Western

After the America Civil War ends, important political and military figures gather in Washington D.C. Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (William Hart) retires to Dodge City where he hangs up his ... See full summary »

Director: Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Ethel Grey Terry, Kathleen O'Connor, Jim Farley

Votes: 28

47. The Lone Star Ranger (1923)

Passed | 60 min | Western

An outlaw named Duane (Tom Mix), captured by the Texas Rangers, is promised a pardon if he rounds up a gang of cattle thieves. The man he suspects as the leader is revealed to be the father... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Billie Dove, Lee Shumway

48. The Covered Wagon (1923)

98 min | Adventure, Romance, Western

Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and ... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale, Ernest Torrence

Votes: 781 | Gross: $7.63M

49. Ride for Your Life (1924)

60 min | Western

When Bud Watkins (Hoot Gibson), loses his ranch and savings to gambling house proprietor "Gentlemen Jim" Slade, the Cocopah Kid, a notorious bandit, lures away Betsy Burke (Laura La Plante)... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Laura La Plante, Harry Todd, Robert McKim

50. The Iron Horse (1924)

Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance

After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.

Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick

Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $2.06M

51. Thundering Hoofs (1924)

50 min | Drama, Western

The border bandit Severn is after Estrada's money. He not only gets Estrada to promise his daughter to him in marriage but he also convinces him that Dave Marshall is the bandit. When Dave shows up to expose Severn, he is jailed.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Fred Thomson, Fred Huntley, Charles Hill Mailes, Charles De Ravenne

Votes: 48

52. Tumbleweeds (1925)

Approved | 78 min | Western

The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.

Directors: King Baggot, William S. Hart | Stars: William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield, J. Gordon Russell

Votes: 672

53. The Vanishing American (1925)

110 min | Drama, Western

History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Malcolm McGregor

Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.29M

54. Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)

Passed | 56 min | Action, Drama, Western

A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.

Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Beatrice Burnham, Arthur Morrison, Seessel Anne Johnson

Votes: 242

55. The Rainbow Trail (1925)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western

John Shefford is looking for his uncle Venters who years ago found a hidden valley and lived there with Jane Withersteen and young Fay Larkin. He finds Kay, now grown, who tells John that ... See full summary »

Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Anne Cornwall, George Bancroft, Lucien Littlefield

Votes: 28

56. The Thundering Herd (1925)

Not Rated | 70 min | Western

In 1876, a band of buffalo hunters assembles at Sprague's Trading Post and is joined by Tom Doan, fresh from a Kansas farm. At the post, Tom meets, and falls in love with, Milly Fayre, the ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 31 | Gross: $0.19M

57. The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)

53 min | Drama, Western

Disguising as a bandit, a detective infiltrates a group of train robberies while falling in love with the K and A railroad's president's daughter.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan, Tony the Horse, Will Walling

Votes: 397

58. Lazy Lightning (1926)

50 min | Western

Rance Lighton, a lazy wanderer, is arrested for vagrancy and taken to the Rogers Ranch, where Dickie Rogers, an invalid child who is confined to a wheelchair, takes a liking to the stranger.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Art Acord, Fay Wray, Robert Gordon, Vin Moore

Votes: 44

59. The Gentle Cyclone (1926)

50 min | Comedy, Western

Marshall and Wilkes, uncles of orphan June Prowitt, resort to a feud when June inherits a strip of valuable property lying between their farms. They hire Absolem Wales, a "pacifist who ... See full summary »

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Buck Jones, Rose Blossom, Will Walling, Reed Howes

Votes: 29

60. 3 Bad Men (1926)

Unrated | 122 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi

Votes: 1,501

61. The Red Raiders (1927)

70 min | Western

Lone Wolf, who is stirring up the Indians against the wishes of his elders, gets the job of scout at the fort. When he hears of the approval of the new reservation, he sends his men to trap... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ken Maynard, Anne Drew, J.P. McGowan, Paul Hurst

Votes: 39

62. White Gold (1927)

73 min | Western

A beautiful young Mexican girl marries an Arizona sheep rancher and returns with him to his ranch, where he lives with his elderly father. The father, not used to sharing his son's ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Jetta Goudal, Kenneth Thomson, George Bancroft, George Nichols

Votes: 102

63. The Broncho Twister (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Western

Returning home to the family ranch after a hitch with the US Marines, Tom Mason discovers that neighboring rancher Brady and his gang are trying to steal his family's ranch and have ... See full summary »

Director: Orville O. Dull | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Helene Costello, Nancy Drexel

Votes: 11

64. Jesse James (1927)

80 min | Western

Jesse James, a member of Quantrill's Partisan Rangers during the Civil War, meets Zerelda Mimms, a northern girl marooned on her uncle's southern plantation, and is saved from capture as a ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Montagu Love, Mary Carr

Votes: 33 | Gross: $1.20M

65. The Wind (1928)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming

Votes: 7,161

66. In Old Arizona (1928)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Western

A charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.

Directors: Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess, Henry Armetta

Votes: 1,295 | Gross: $2.83M

67. Hell's Heroes (1929)

Passed | 68 min | Western

Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Fritzi Ridgeway

Votes: 967

68. The Spoilers (1930)

Passed | 86 min | Action, Drama, Western

While traveling to Nome, Alaska, Roy Glenister (Gary Cooper) meets beautiful Helen Chester (Kay Johnson), who soon becomes his sweetheart. Glenister is one of several owners of a lucrative ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, Betty Compson, William 'Stage' Boyd

Votes: 92

69. Shadow Ranch (1930)

Passed | 64 min | Drama, Western

When cowpunchers Sim and Ranny get fired, Ranny heads for Shadow Ranch. Later on, Sim arrives just as Ranny is being buried. He then sets out to find the killer who shot him in the back.

Director: Louis King | Stars: Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte, Kate Price, Albert J. Smith

Votes: 75

70. Billy the Kid (1930)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Western

In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff ... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane

Votes: 462

71. The Big Trail (1930)

Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.

Directors: Raoul Walsh, Louis R. Loeffler | Stars: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall

Votes: 4,339

72. Cimarron (1931)

Passed | 123 min | Drama, Western

70 Metascore

A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil

Votes: 6,937

73. Law and Order (1932)

Passed | 75 min | Western

A lawman sets out to tame Tombstone, Arizona.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton

Votes: 343

74. Forbidden Trail (1932)

Passed | 68 min | Western

Karger is behind all the cattle rustling. After Tom Devlin catches his man Burke in the act, Burke hides evidence against Karger in his jail cell. Later when Tom is jailed he accidentally ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks, George Cooper, Wallis Clark

Votes: 114

75. The Conquerors (1932)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 346

76. The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)

Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Western

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: W.C. Fields, Rosemary Theby, George Chandler, Richard Cramer

Votes: 1,898

77. Secrets (1933)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A New England society girl braves the West to help her husband build his fortune.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Friderici

Votes: 703 | Gross: $0.70M

78. The Eagle's Brood (1935)

Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western

When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, George 'Gabby' Hayes

Votes: 256

79. The Ivory-Handled Gun (1935)

Passed | 58 min | Western

Buck Ward and the Wolverine Kid, who each own one of the ivory handled guns, continue the feud started by their fathers. When Pat Moore is killed, Bill Ward recognizes the bullet as coming ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Buck Jones, Charlotte Wynters, Walter Miller, Frank Rice

Votes: 55

80. The Crimson Trail (1935)

Passed | 60 min | Western

A ranch owner mistakenly believes that a neighboring rancher is involved with cattle thieves.

Director: Alfred Raboch | Stars: Buck Jones, Polly Ann Young, Ward Bond, John Bleifer

Votes: 64

81. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A railroad man from the city befriends a mountain girl in a Kentucky family feud.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone

Votes: 1,366

82. Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Western

A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of marshal in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.

Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Gail Sheridan, Evelyn Brent

Votes: 290

83. Three Godfathers (1936)

Passed | 81 min | Western

Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.

Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey

Votes: 963

84. Red River Valley (1936)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western

Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant, Boothe Howard

Votes: 252 | Gross: $0.23M

85. The Texas Rangers (1936)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Western

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 838

86. The Plainsman (1936)

Passed | 113 min | Drama, Western

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford

Votes: 2,430

87. Sutter's Gold (1936)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katharine Alexander

Votes: 139

88. Heart of the Rockies (1937)

Approved | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western

Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Lynne Roberts

Votes: 95

89. Hills of Old Wyoming (1937)

Passed | 78 min | Drama, Western

An evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the cattlemen and Indians. Hoppy, Windy and Lucky see that justice is served. Songs abound.

Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Russell Hayden

Votes: 192

90. Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western

The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson, LeRoy Mason

Votes: 149

91. Wells Fargo (1937)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, History, Western

The life and career of a Wells Fargo official frames this fictionalized account of the express company's formation.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 641

92. Phantom Ranger (1938)

Approved | 53 min | Western

A Treasury Department engraver is being held captive by a counterfeiting gang that wants him to make counterfeit plates for them. A lawman is sent to rescue him.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Suzanne Kaaren, Karl Hackett, John St. Polis

Votes: 115

93. The Texans (1938)

Passed | 92 min | Western

After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan

Votes: 368

94. Flaming Frontiers (1938)

Approved | 298 min | Drama, Western

Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields and Eaton and his men follow. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to ... See full summary »

Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Hansen, John Archer, William Royle

Votes: 89

95. Outlaws of Sonora (1938)

Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western

Dude's gang captures Stony and seeing the resemblance, Dude poses as Stony. Wanted for the robberies and murder committed by Dude, a wounded Stony escapes. After Doc Martin fixes him up, ... See full summary »

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall

Votes: 81

96. Dodge City (1939)

Approved | 104 min | Western

A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 5,765

97. Frontier Marshal (1939)

Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 1,034

98. Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 1,801

99. Destry Rides Again (1939)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Western

81 Metascore

Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger

Votes: 12,556 | Gross: $0.35M

100. Stagecoach (1939)

Passed | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

93 Metascore

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.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine

Votes: 53,790



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