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Plot Summary:
In this strange western version of JAWS, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: historical drama, natural horror, exciting, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, wild, campy
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The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Plot Summary:
A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, classic horror, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, wild, weird
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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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Death Hunt (1981)
Plot Summary:
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 against the owner's will. When the owner Hasel complains to Mountie Sergeant Millen, he refuses to take action. But then the loathing breeder and his friends accuse Johnson of murder. So Millen, although sympathetic, has to try to take him under arrest - but Johnson defends his freedom in every way possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: cult classic, visually stunning, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, independent film, black comedy
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White Fang to the Rescue (1975)
Plot Summary:
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, spaghetti western
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The Valley of Death (1968)
Plot Summary:
Mabel Kingsley arrives at a western town to clear her missing father of the charge that he stole a shipment of government gold. A frontiersman known as "Shatterhand" agrees to guide her in a search for the gold and for major Kingsley. They are joined by an army lieutenant, an amateur botanist, and an Apache chief named Winnetou. Despite troubles caused by pursuing bandits and by Winnetou's enemy, a Sioux chief, Mabel's party eventually reaches the "Valley of Death" which holds the answers to the mystery of the missing gold.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Old Surehand (1965)
Plot Summary:
Old Surehand and his faithful old friend Old Wabble are on the trail of a cold-blooded killer with the nickname 'The General'. The brother of Old Surehand was murdered by him. On the way Old Surehand and Old Wabble are involved in the running conflict between settlers and Comanches who are likely to go on the war path. Old Surehand can count on the support of his friend and blood brother Winnetou, the amiable chief of the Apaches. Written by Robert.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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King of the Lost World (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, mockbuster, natural horror, fast, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Valdez Horses (1973)
Plot Summary:
Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, serious, realistic, wild, cult film
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Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002)
Plot Summary:
After a bank robbery, four criminals escape to Mexico, but a storm causes an accident which takes down the plane where several die in the crash. The criminals take it into their own hands to continue when one survivor is attacked and eaten by a crocodile. The criminals kill it, but from then on the mother Crocodile is on a killing spree with a goal to kill each survivor. But that is not the only worry, because they're trapped within it's world, and if it doesn't kill them, the criminals will.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror, slasher, independent film, realistic, psychotronic
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2010: Moby Dick (2010)
Plot Summary:
That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic tale of the battle between man, sea and sea creature starring “Xena” alum Rene O’Connor as the (traditionally male) narrator. But the boat — now a high-tech submarine — is also bigger, and Capt. Ahab is as determined as ever to settle the score and take down the mighty sea mammal that maimed him.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster, creepy, scary, independent film
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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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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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Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Plot Summary:
A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, anamorphic, serious, independent film, black comedy, neo western
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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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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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Age of the Dragons (2011)
Plot Summary:
Age of the Dragons is an adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. Set in a medieval realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner and his friend Queequeg join their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession to seek revenge on a great White Dragon that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, epic
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The Deadly Companions (1961)
Plot Summary:
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Plot Summary:
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, romantic, humorous, bad ending, suspense, stylized, intense
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Winterhawk (1975)
Plot Summary:
Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, grindhouse
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How the West Was Won (1962)
Plot Summary:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, intense, serious, realistic, breathtaking, retro, offbeat, anthology, aesthetic
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Day of Anger (1967)
Plot Summary:
Lee Van Cleef stars as Talby, a sadistic gunfighter who rides into town and takes on a young outcast as his apprentice.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, epic, art house, action adventure, historical drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Crossfire Trail (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch the way a spider eyes a fly.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, cult film
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The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
Plot Summary:
Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the tribe's land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. They must regain their land, led by Horse.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, light, inspirational, sexy, enigmatic
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A Man Called Horse (1970)
Plot Summary:
In 1825 an English aristocrat is captured by Indians. He lives with them and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles. Eventually he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, scenic, intense, exciting, serious, captivating, epic, realistic, historical drama, independent film
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The Lone Ranger (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, scenic, buddy comedy, semi serious, serious, action adventure, funny, spiritual, epic
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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