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Plot Summary:
A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, southern gothic, perverse, surprise ending, suspense, wild
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Shadow on the Mesa (2013)
Plot Summary:
Wes Rawlins is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West. His life changes when he finds out that his mother is dead and the man responsible is still at large. Wes believes that his long lost father Ray Eastman is responsible and sets out to find him seeking revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Billy the Kid (1989)
Plot Summary:
Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Aces 'N' Eights (2008)
Plot Summary:
Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an elderly rancher and an accomplished, but retired, gunslinger.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
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The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Plot Summary:
The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their father in a card game with which he was shortly murdered there after but not before getting through the troubles that come with the Elders name.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, tense, romantic, road movie, clever
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Big Kill (2019)
Plot Summary:
A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, erotic, action adventure, spaghetti western
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Gang of Roses (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough, captivating, suspenseful
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Return of the Outlaws (2009)
Plot Summary:
Miraculously escaping a painful demise in the gallows, a notorious outlaw cons a crooked judge, an attractive saloon girl, and an old partner into carrying out the heist of a lifetime. As the plan gets underway, a small town sheriff makes it his personal mission to capture the outlaw and ensure that justice is served.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Hills Run Red (1966)
Plot Summary:
After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. They are caught by Union troops. One escapes, but the other is sent to prison for five years. When he gets out and goes home, he finds that his wife has died in poverty because his partner kept all the money, and is now a major power in the area with an army of deadly gunmen to back him up.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, period piece, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Return of the Seven (1966)
Plot Summary:
Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, humorous, bad ending
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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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Diablo (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, spaghetti western, wild
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Dawn Rider (2012)
Plot Summary:
A gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John’s best friend. Based on the timeless John Wayne adventure, Dawn Rider is a riveting saga of retribution, duty and valor in the American West.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Plot Summary:
Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 270000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, stylized, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, exciting, serious, visual, tense, witty
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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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Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)
Plot Summary:
U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, crying
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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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Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009)
Plot Summary:
A blind man seeks revenge against the psychopath who took away his sight and slaughtered his wife and daughter. Eight years after the massacre, the man has returned to the desert town, now a highly trained samurai swordsman ready to seek justice. But he doesn't know there awaits seven assassins hired by his sworn enemy who want the bounty on his head. Set in nowhere, no time, this bloody modern day fable is a new age hybrid action film with a classic samurai essence and a spaghetti western spirit. This is, "Sushi Western!".
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, retro, rough, stylized, semi serious, independent film, fast
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The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Plot Summary:
Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, crying, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, wild
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News of the World (2020)
Plot Summary:
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, road movie, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, spaghetti western, inspirational, serious, period piece
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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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Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012)
Plot Summary:
Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. Together with his friend Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman and Charlie Bassett he goes hunting for the perpetrator.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense, rough
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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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Unforgiven (1992)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 430000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: bleak, tense, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, harsh, rough, captivating, epic, spaghetti western
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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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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 230000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, India
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, stylized, entertaining, suspense, period piece, captivating, intense, intellectual
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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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The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Plot Summary:
Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, entertaining, exciting, tense, disturbing, motivational, epic, period piece, anamorphic
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True Grit (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross 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. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and adventure on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, scenic, visually appealing, serious, captivating, dark