Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "contemporary-western"

1. Yellowstone (2018– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Western

A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.

Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

Votes: 220,751

2. Reacher (2022– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.

Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald

Votes: 211,758

3. Justified (2010–2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Enforcing his own brand of justice, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a strong-willed, quiet law-man haunted by his past, returns to his native town to see that justice is served to those in need.

Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 118,774

4. Walker (2021– )

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A widowed father returns to Austin after one year, attempting to reconnect with his children, navigate clashes with his family, and find common ground with his new partner, while growing increasingly suspicious of his wife's death.

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Molly Hagan, Keegan Allen, Violet Brinson

Votes: 14,874

5. In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In a remote Irish village, a widower is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.

Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Kerry Condon, Desmond Eastwood, Conor MacNeill, Seamus O'Hara

Votes: 11,855

6. Logan (2017)

R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook

Votes: 831,697 | Gross: $226.28M

7. No Country for Old Men (2007)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 1,060,535 | Gross: $74.28M

8. Fallout: New Vegas (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After surviving a bullet to the head, Courier Six traverses the post-apocalyptic Mojave desert in search of the men who wronged him, while making an impact on thousands in the process.

Director: Josh Sawyer | Stars: Matthew Perry, Wayne Newton, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman

Votes: 13,951

9. Thelma & Louise (1991)

R | 130 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen

Votes: 173,234 | Gross: $45.36M

10. Longmire (2012–2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.

Stars: Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, Cassidy Freeman

Votes: 40,026

11. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Cordell Walker and his partner, James Trivette, are Texas Rangers. They make it their business to battle crime in Dallas and all around the state of Texas.

Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Sheree J. Wilson, Noble Willingham

Votes: 18,855

12. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,293 | Gross: $83.04M

13. Hell or High Water (II) (2016)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch.

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham

Votes: 252,604 | Gross: $27.01M

14. Justified: City Primeval (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama

Series based on Elmore Leonard's novel "City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit."

Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Votes: 17,586

15. Wind River (2017)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.

Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille

Votes: 280,665 | Gross: $33.80M

16. The Mule (2018)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León, Gustavo Muñoz

Votes: 152,586 | Gross: $103.80M

17. The Son (2017–2019)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, History, Western

A multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire.

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland, Henry Garrett, Paola Núñez

Votes: 7,328

18. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

TV-MA | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Fugitive Jesse Pinkman runs from his captors, the law, and his past.

Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Matt Jones, Charles Baker

Votes: 291,822

19. The Highwaymen (2019)

R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch

Votes: 103,587

20. Joe Pickett (2021–2023)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Western

Follows a game warden and his family during a changing political and socioeconomic climate in a small rural town.

Stars: Michael Dorman, Julianna Guill, Sharon Lawrence, Mustafa Speaks

Votes: 10,489

21. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Comedy

The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Stars: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle

Votes: 15,700

22. The Ranch (2016–2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

The son of a Colorado rancher returns home from a semi-pro football career to run the family business.

Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Sam Elliott, Grady Lee Richmond, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 42,547

23. Desperado (1995)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin

Votes: 197,695 | Gross: $25.63M

24. Rango (2011)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 293,134 | Gross: $123.48M

25. Near Dark (1987)

R | 94 min | Horror

A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton

Votes: 44,755 | Gross: $3.37M

26. Cry Macho (2021)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Daniel V. Graulau, Amber Lynn Ashley

Votes: 33,113

27. City Slickers (1991)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Western

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby

Votes: 63,083 | Gross: $124.03M

28. Eddington

Comedy, Drama, Horror | Filming

Plot is under wraps.

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Joaquin Phoenix

29. Urban Cowboy (1980)

PG | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne

Votes: 16,826 | Gross: $53.30M

30. The Last Stand (2013)

R | 107 min | Action, Thriller, Western

The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 145,358 | Gross: $12.05M

31. The Last of Us: Part II (2020 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Five years after the events of The Last of Us, Ellie embarks on another journey through a post-apocalyptic America on a mission of vengeance against a mysterious militia.

Directors: Neil Druckmann, Kurt Margenau, Anthony Newman | Stars: Ashley Johnson, Troy Baker, Derek Phillips, Jeffrey Pierce

Votes: 42,018

32. Wynonna Earp (2016–2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Battling demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies, Wyatt Earp's great great-granddaughter Wynonna is the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.

Stars: Melanie Scrofano, Tim Rozon, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Katherine Barrell

Votes: 24,805

33. McCloud (1970–1977)

TV-PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A New Mexico deputy marshal gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct.

Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Ken Lynch

Votes: 3,766

34. El Mariachi (1992)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt

Votes: 71,313 | Gross: $2.04M

35. The Forever Purge (2021)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin

Votes: 43,476 | Gross: $44.54M

36. Gold (I) (2022)

R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the not too distant future, a drifter travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return.

Director: Anthony Hayes | Stars: Zac Efron, Akuol Ngot, Thiik Biar, Andreas Sobik

Votes: 12,514

37. The Horse Whisperer (1998)

PG-13 | 169 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 43,543 | Gross: $75.38M

38. The Misfits (1961)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter

Votes: 23,427 | Gross: $8.94M

39. Lone Star (1996)

R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang

Votes: 32,346 | Gross: $13.27M

40. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime

Carl "CJ" Johnson, a member of the Grove Street street gang, comes home after a family tragedy to find it overtaken by crime and corruption, which he must take back before things become worse.

Stars: Young Maylay, Faizon Love, Yolanda 'Yo-Yo' Whittaker, Clifton Powell

Votes: 44,514

41. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

Approved | 107 min | Drama, Western

A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane

Votes: 9,957

42. Next of Kin (1989)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt

Votes: 12,613 | Gross: $15.94M

43. Lucky (I) (2017)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.

Director: John Carroll Lynch | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 26,100 | Gross: $0.96M

44. 8 Seconds (1994)

PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

This movie chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn, Cameron Finley

Votes: 5,759 | Gross: $19.60M

45. Montana Story (2021)

R | 114 min | Drama

Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague, Gilbert Owuor, Kimberly Guerrero

Votes: 3,375

46. Hud (1963)

Passed | 112 min | Drama, Western

Honest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde

Votes: 23,944 | Gross: $10.00M

47. L.A. Noire (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

Cole Phelps, a war hero and rookie cop, moves up the ranks and solves dark cases in 1940s Los Angeles.

Director: Brendan McNamara | Stars: Aaron Staton, Michael McGrady, Adam J. Harrington, Sean McGowan

Votes: 16,630

48. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

PG | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.

Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy

Votes: 13,969 | Gross: $12.23M

49. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999 Video)

R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Five career criminals gather in Mexico to pull off a bank heist. They soon realize that they are up against far more frightening creatures than the police pursuing them.

Director: Scott Spiegel | Stars: Robert Patrick, Bo Hopkins, Duane Whitaker, Muse Watson

Votes: 17,409

50. Far Cry 5 (2018 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

A deputy is sent to the town of Hope County to arrest Joseph Seed, a corrupt evangelical religious leader who rules the town with the help of his disturbed followers.

Director: Patrick Methe | Stars: Greg Bryk, Mark Pellegrino, Seamus Dever, Jenessa Grant

Votes: 9,063