Wild West Movies

Wild West Movies
List of the best movies about the wild west, cowboys, westerns, selected by visitors to our site: 3:10 to Yuma, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, True Grit, Django Unchained, The Alamo, The Hateful Eight, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Maverick, Hostiles.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, western, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:02
CharactersHorses, Gangsters, Cowboys, Heroes, Police
PlotLove, Skirmishes, Fight, Investigation, Chase
PlaceWild West, Trains, Hotels, USA
StyleExciting, Psychological problems, Action, Heavy, For men

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, western, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:09
CharactersDogs, Horses, Cowboys, Indians, Angels
PlotDancing, Bank robbery, Gambling, Money, Weapon
PlaceWild West, USA, Small cities
StyleLight, Fascinating, Tense, Fancy, Not for everyone

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, drama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:30
CharactersHorses, Indians, Cowboys, Police, Sheriffs
PlotRevenge, Poker, Money, Investigation, Friendship
PlaceWild West, Deserts, USA
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense

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.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, adventure, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:50
CharactersHorses, Cowboys, Friends, Hunters, Partners
PlotAdventure, Skirmishes, Revenge, Friendship, Pursuit
PlaceWild West, Court, Texas
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Heavy, Serious

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.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:45
CharactersCowboys, Lifeguards, Heroes, Hunters, Partners
PlotLove, Skirmishes, Revenge, Fight, Slavery
PlaceWild West, Mansions, USA
StyleFascinating, Heavy, Black humor, Epic, Serious

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

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, adventure, western, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:20
PlotWar, Adventure
PlaceTexas
Time19th century
StyleExciting

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, western, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:21
CharactersHired assassins, Cowboys, Hunters, Captives, Warriors
PlotWar, Survival, Skirmishes, Snow, Pads
PlaceWild West, Mountains, Hotels, USA
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Fascinating, Heavy, Tense

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, western
CountryUSA
CharactersHorses, Thieves, Snake, Friends
PlotSurvival, Dancing, Revenge, Motorcycles, Money
PlaceWild West, Deserts

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, adventure, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:07
CharactersStrong women, Cowboys, Thieves, Scammers
PlotRobbery, Adventure, Gambling, Skirmishes, Revenge
PlaceWild West
StyleExciting, Twisted plot, Light, For men

Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:32
CharactersHorses, Indians, Cowboys, Military, Soldier
PlotTravel, Skirmishes, Death, Weapon, Hatred
PlaceWild West, Trains, Mountains, USA
Time19th century
StyleAction, Heavy, Tense

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, drama, western
CountryItaly, Spain, West Germany
Duration01:39
CharactersHorses, Cowboys, Sheriffs
PlotSkirmishes, Revenge, Rivalry
PlaceWild West, Mexico, Small cities
Time19th century
StyleExciting, Atmospheric, Heavy, Serious, For men

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.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, adventure, western
CountryUSA, China
CharactersHorses, Indians, Cowboys, Defenders, Guardian
PlotTravel, Friendship, Loneliness, Curses
PlaceWild West, Texas, USA, Small cities
Time19th century
StyleTense, Touching, Disturbing

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.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrewestern
CountryUSA
Duration01:50
CharactersHeroes
PlaceWild West, Texas, Mexico

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, western
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:14
CharactersGay, Cowboys
PlotLove, Adventure, Passion, Relationship, Wedding
StyleSoulful, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Touching, Sad ones

Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, western
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:56
CharactersHeroes, Partners
PlotAdventure, Revolution
PlaceMexico
StyleExciting

Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden goal.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrehorror, drama, western
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:44
CharactersIndians, Killers, Cowboys, Cannibals, Warriors
PlotSurvival, Travel, Abduction, Death, Weapon
PlacePrison, Wild West
TimeDark ones
StyleAtmospheric, Heavy, Tense, Depressive

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and his nurse.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrewestern
CountryUSA
Duration01:25
CharactersCowboys, Friends, Bartenders
PlotSkirmishes, Friendship, Fate
PlaceWild West, USA, Small cities
Time19th century
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Gloomy, Depressive

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:56
CharactersHorses, Cowboys, Heroes, Farmers
PlotLove, Rivalry
PlaceWild West, USA, Small cities
Time19th century
StyleExplicit scenes

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, western, crime
CountryFrance, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
Duration01:56
CharactersHorses, Hired assassins, Thieves, Spiders, Alcoholics
PlotCheating, Funeral
PlaceWild West, Hotels, USA
Time19th century
StyleExciting, Light, Fascinating

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, western
CountryUSA, Germany, Japan
Duration02:01
CharactersCowboys, Heroes, Friends, Losers, Hunters
PlotTravel, Skirmishes
PlaceWild West, Small cities
StylePsychological problems, Action, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Smart

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

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, adventure, western
CountryGermany, Canada
Duration01:41
CharactersGold miners
PlotAdventure, Travel
PlaceWild West, Deserts, Canada
Time19th century
StyleAtmospheric, Gloomy, Serious, Disturbing

Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboyant businessman Wilhelm Laser, they are hoping to find their fortune in the recently discovered goldfields of Dawson, but they have no idea of the stresses and dangers which lie ahead on their 2,500 kilometre journey. Before long uncertainty, cold weather and exhaustion begin to take their toll and conflicts escalate. The journey leads these men and women deeper and deeper into a menacing wilderness. (Berlinale.de)

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrewestern
CountryUSA
Duration01:55
CharactersTeens, Horses, Cowboys, Heroes, Losers
PlotTime travel, Love triangle, Holidays
PlaceWild West, Party, Small cities
TimeNew Year
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Heavy, Serious, For men

A small gold mining camp is terrorised by a ruthless land owner wanting to take their land. Clint Eastwood arrives riding a pale horse just as a young girl is praying to God to help the miners. He is revealed to be a preacher with mysterious and possible otherworldly origins who teams up with the miners to defeat the land owner and the corrupt sheriff.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, western
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration01:48
CharactersHeroes, Partners
PlotSkirmishes, Revenge, Death, Fate, Rivalry
PlacePrison, Wild West, Small cities
Time19th century
StyleExciting, Action, Atmospheric, Heavy, Tense

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:11
CharactersCowboys, Heroes, Writers, Hunters, Sheriffs
PlotSkirmishes, Revenge, Death
PlaceWild West, Small cities
StyleAction, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive, Disturbing

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.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, western, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:55
CharactersIndians, Heroes, Military, Hunters, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Revenge
PlaceMexico
StyleSoulful, Fascinating, Heavy, Serious

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, whi

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, adventure, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:08
CharactersHeroes, Sheriffs
PlotAdventure, Revenge, Hostage, Chase, Rivalry
PlaceDeserts, USA
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Tense

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, western
CountryRussia, Soviet Union
PlotJealousy
PlaceCinema

Mr Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:45
CharactersLesbians, Cowboys, Friends, Sheriffs
PlotWedding, Friendship, Rivalry
PlaceWild West, USA, Small cities
Time19th century
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, For men

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, western, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:28
CharactersGangsters, Cowboys, Heroes, Hunters
PlotRevenge, Hostage, Chase, Fate, Rivalry
StyleFascinating, Heavy, Serious, For men, Disturbing

A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:33
CharactersHorses, Cowboys, Friends, Losers, Sheriffs
PlotSkirmishes, Weapon
PlaceWild West, Deserts, Small cities
StyleExciting, Light

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.





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