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Plot Summary:
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, France, Bolivia, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, spaghetti western, perverse, powerful, contemplative, stylized
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Tepepa (1969)
Plot Summary:
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, grindhouse, action adventure, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004)
Plot Summary:
Just before the turn of the Century two young outlaws team up for a historic ride. Based on historical references, the "True Story" of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, exciting, campy
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The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Action, Adventure, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
Plot Summary:
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Bad Girls (1994)
Plot Summary:
Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, spaghetti western, anime, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, light, road movie, sexy
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Bite the Bullet (1975)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, crying, spaghetti western, inspirational, enigmatic
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Tracker (2010)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang. Written by Filmfinders 1903. A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of NZ with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against that of the other. Written by Anonymous.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, road movie, scenic, realistic, period drama
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Purgatory (1999)
Plot Summary:
An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill Hickok who must redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven...or screw up and go to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, offbeat, dark fantasy, spaghetti western, wild, cult film
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Prairie Fever (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of women contracted a strange fever and a former sheriff is responsible for taking them to the hospital in the nearest town, but in their way they will encounter a gang of murderers. His only hope is a woman whose beauty is matched only by his skill with weapons.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy
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Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Plot Summary:
The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're after the gold; soon they meet a group of "honorable" citizens and the cavalry crosses their way too - and that is even before they enter Indian territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, spaghetti western, captivating, tense, suspense, light, retro, costume drama, rough, serious
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The Professionals (1966)
Plot Summary:
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film directed by Richard Brooks. A kidnap-rescue adventure set in about 1917, it features a small group of experts heading into Mexico to free the Mexican-born wife of a wealthy Texan from several hundred bandits. The film is based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, independent film
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Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Plot Summary:
Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: brutal, spaghetti western, exciting, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, wild, cult film
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Take a Hard Ride (1975)
Plot Summary:
After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Senora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Red Sun (1971)
Plot Summary:
An ancient Japanese sword is robbed by gangsters from the Japanese ambassador while he is traveling through west America. The embassador's bodyguard, a samurai, goes after them with the help of one of the gang leaders who was betrayed by his fellows.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, epic, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, euro western, wild, cult film
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Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Plot Summary:
Any Gun Can Play (Italian: Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro Alessandroni. It follows a familiar pattern of protagonists searching for gold, double-crossing one another and a high body count. The three main characters continually change allegiances and get the upper hand only to be thwarted by fellow outlaws, mysterious insurance investigators and each other. In the opening scene one of the three outlaws is dressed very similar to Clint Eastwood's character in the "Dollars" trilogy, one is dressed as Lee Van Cleef's characters in those and other westerns, and one as Franco Nero's character Django.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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Jane Got a Gun (2015)
Plot Summary:
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, teen, dark, independent film, anamorphic
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 224000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: epic, suspense, entertaining, scenic, cult classic, period piece, clever, realistic, witty, retro
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The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aging sidekick Lefty Brown has ridden with Eddie Johnson his entire life. But when a rustler kills Eddie, Lefty is forced from his partner’s shadow and must confront the ugly realities of frontier justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, surprise ending, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, period piece, visual
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Young Guns II (1990)
Plot Summary:
Only three of the original five "young guns" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, period piece, anamorphic, cult classic, exciting, tense, serious, realistic, surprise ending, dark comedy
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The Last Outlaw (1993)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff (Rourke) had once been a heroic and staunch supporter of the southern cause, but after losing his family he became cold hearted and ruthless. His second in command is Eustis (Mulroney), whom Graff has trained on the strategies of leadership and combat command.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: brutal, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Plot Summary:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, exciting, harsh, rough, realistic, serious, period piece, spaghetti western, funny
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True Grit (1969)
Plot Summary:
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, harsh, exciting, spaghetti western, period piece, action adventure, serious, captivating, realistic
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Young Guns (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting, epic, hood, period piece, realistic, dark comedy
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by his old partner, Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan). As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them, resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: controversial, intense, cult classic, brutal, bloody, suspense, disturbing, epic, atmospheric, bleak
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense
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Open Range (2003)
Plot Summary:
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, stylized, intense, realistic, captivating, contemplative, period piece, funny, sexy, epic
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Seraphim Falls (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and arid deserts, far from the comforts and codes of civilisation, into the bloodiest recesses of their own souls.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspense, intense, atmospheric, rough, captivating, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking
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Slow West (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, road movie, atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic, scenic, independent film, suspense, tense
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The Mountain Men (1980)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: perverse, action adventure, serious, realistic, suspenseful, historical drama, wild, period drama
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The Revenant (2015)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 854000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: breathtaking, atmospheric, scenic, exciting, visually stunning, suspenseful, harsh, rough, realistic, serious