Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: IMDb Charts :: Top by Genre :: Western


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1.  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

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2.  Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

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3.  Django Unchained (2012)

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

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4.  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled...

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5.  For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Two bounty hunters with completely different intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw.

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6.  Unforgiven (1992)

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.

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7.  The Gold Rush (1925)

The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.

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8.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

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9.  High Noon (1952)

A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him.

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10.  The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen...

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11.  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

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12.  Rio Bravo (1959)

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter...

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13.  A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.

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14.  The Wild Bunch (1969)

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the ''traditional'' American West is disappearing around them.

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15.  The Searchers (1956)

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

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16.  Dances With Wolves (1990)

Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

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17.  Stagecoach (1939)

A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The...

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18.  The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.

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19.The Big Country (1958)
20.  Tombstone (1993)

A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.

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21.  The Magnificent Seven (1960)

An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

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22.  Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.

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23.  Red River (1948)

Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.

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24.The Great Silence (1968)
25.  3:10 to Yuma (2007)

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

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26.  Blazing Saddles (1974)

To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

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27.  Winchester '73 (1953)

The journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another parallels a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.

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28.  Dead Man (1995)

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Indian named ''Nobody'' who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

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29.  My Darling Clementine (1946)

A Western retelling the tale of the Shoot-out at the OK Corral.

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30.The Gunfighter (1950)
31.  Shane (1953)

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.

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32.Duck, You Sucker (1971)
33.Destry Rides Again (1939)
34.The Shootist (1976)
35.  Giant (1956)

Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.

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36.  True Grit (2010)

A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.

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37.  McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

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38.Johnny Guitar (1954)
39.Little Big Man (1970)
40.El Dorado (1966)
41.High Plains Drifter (1973)
42.Fort Apache (1948)
43.  3:10 to Yuma (1957)

After outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town, his gang continue to threaten. Small-time...

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44.Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
45.The Mark of Zorro (1940)
46.Ride the High Country (1962)
47.  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

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48.  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

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49.Viva Zapata! (1952)
50.El Topo (1970)

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