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Plot Summary:
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Plot Summary:
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, post modern
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White Comanche (1968)
Plot Summary:
William Shatner plays two roles: cowboy Johnny Moon and his ruthless Indian twin brother, Notah. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that he's the Comanche messiah sent to lead the Comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of Rio Hondo. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop Notah either by words or by bullets.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, psychotronic
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A Tale of Two Guns (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the lawless West, The Cowboys, a notorious brotherhood of killers and thieves, reigned over the land with brutal fists and fast guns. Fate had finally caught up with them and now the merciless gang has but a single surviving member. When a deputized gunslinger takes up the call to hunt down the last Cowboy, the chase is on and the bullets fly, and only one of these hardened men can survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967)
Plot Summary:
Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Chuka: The Gunfighter (1967)
Plot Summary:
A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: retro, spaghetti western
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He Rides Tall (1964)
Plot Summary:
A rancher is pressured by his cheating wife and a gang leader, into trying to cripple a marshal's gun hand, after that marshal killed his murderous son in self defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, tension, suspense
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The Wild Westerners (1962)
Plot Summary:
Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Marshal McDowell and his men are looking for the killers. They catch one who is murdered to keep from talking but his killer is identified as Plummer's Deputy. Plummer is still not suspected when McDowell's wife is kidnaped and the outlaws demand the big gold shipment be sent unguarded. So McDowell heads out alone to face the gang with a load of gunpowder instead of gold and only a few trusted Deputies nearby.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
Plot Summary:
Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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Cattle King (1963)
Plot Summary:
President Arthur helps a rich rancher (Robert Taylor) fight advocates of open grazing in the Territory of Wyoming.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
Plot Summary:
The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead, Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Fort Courageous (1965)
Plot Summary:
In this western, a cavalry sergeant is wrongly court-martialed. To reclaim his good name, he takes over a patrol that just lost its leader in an Indian attack. He leads the regiment to Fort Courageous, but is appalled to discover that the Indians attacked and massacred all but one of its inhabitants. The hardy little group must now fight the renegades on their own. The ex-sergeant plans a brilliant strategy that culminates in winning the Indian's respect. They leave the fort alone and peace is restored.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Plot Summary:
Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, parody, tension, light, romantic
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Showdown (1963)
Plot Summary:
A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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The Decoy (2006)
Plot Summary:
A deputy must escort a longtime friend to be hanged for the crime of murdering his wife's parents. Along the way he discovers the startling truth about the murders, and is forced to face the real danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Johnny Reno (1966)
Plot Summary:
The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, tension, suspense
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Winchester 73 (1967)
Plot Summary:
TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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Apache Uprising (1965)
Plot Summary:
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Blood on the Arrow (1964)
Plot Summary:
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to his trial.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Rare Breed (1966)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic drama, cult film
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Taggart (1964)
Plot Summary:
Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache territory to escape the wrath of the trio of hired killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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Stagecoach (1986)
Plot Summary:
Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Marshal taking in his prisoner Johnny Ringo, a crooked gambler, and the infamous Doc Holliday.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Hard Bounty (1995)
Plot Summary:
Donnie and her whores strap on guns, saddle up, and ride out seeking justice.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, action adventure, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, crying, independent film, weeping
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Charro! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, wild, cult film
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Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of gold has been stolen and buried in the desert. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and the army sends captain Matt Martin to arrest him and come back with the gold. Martin, his prisoner and a handful of men enter Indian territory in search of the precious cargo. The Apaches, outlaws and storms will make it not too easy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense
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The Outcasts (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: hood
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Monte Walsh (1970)
Plot Summary:
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, independent film, sentimental, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, freeze frame
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Yuma (1971)
Plot Summary:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
Plot Summary:
Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, spaghetti western, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, double entendre
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The Appaloosa (1966)
Plot Summary:
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, shot in Mexico. The 2008 Appaloosa film (starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) is not related nor a remake of this film, although it has almost the same title.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense, mind blowing, tension, suspense, wild
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Plot Summary:
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, harsh, epic, retro, entertaining, educational, smart, visually stunning, powerful