Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "black-cowboy"

1. Unforgiven (1992)

R | 130 min | Drama, Western

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

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

Votes: 437,514 | Gross: $101.16M

2. Blazing Saddles (1974)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Western

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman

Votes: 153,026 | Gross: $119.50M

3. Silverado (1985)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Rosanna Arquette

Votes: 49,720 | Gross: $33.20M

4. The Harder They Fall (2021)

R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Western

When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge.

Director: Jeymes Samuel | Stars: Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, RJ Cyler, Edi Gathegi

Votes: 71,524

5. Wild Wild West (1999)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek

Votes: 167,558 | Gross: $113.81M

6. The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)

R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western

A thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice.

Director: Jared Moshe | Stars: Bill Pullman, Peter Fonda, Stephen Alan Seder, Kathy Baker

Votes: 7,865 | Gross: $0.01M

7. Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021)

TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

A remarkable story inspired by the life of renowned Chickasaw cattleman Montford T. Johnson, a man who overcame great hardships to establish a ranching empire along the famous cattle highway of the American West, the Chisolm Trail.

Director: Nathan Frankowski | Stars: Martin Sensmeier, Dermot Mulroney, Tommy Flanagan, James Landry Hébert

Votes: 1,008

8. Posse (1993)

R | 111 min | Western

In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Paul Bartel

Votes: 4,887 | Gross: $18.29M

9. Boss Nigger (1974)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Western

Two black bounty hunters, pursuing an outlaw, take over a small Western town without a sheriff.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, William Smith, R.G. Armstrong

Votes: 2,945

10. Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

G | 82 min | Drama, Western

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Katherine Squire

Votes: 4,431

11. Texas Rangers (2001)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott

Votes: 6,334 | Gross: $0.62M

12. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History

Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen

Votes: 2,513

13. Red River (1988 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 96 min | Drama, Western

Thomas Dunson is a rancher at odds with his adopted son.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Gregory Harrison, Ray Walston

Votes: 442

14. Vengeance (1976)

R | 94 min | Drama, Western

Tom's parents are killed by Mexicans after their leader (Van Cleef) rapes his mother as he watched. He sets out to exact revenge and is ultimately helped by a successful gold prospector who has been robbed by the same group.

Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, John Marley, Glynnis O'Connor

Votes: 657

15. Take a Hard Ride (1975)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

After selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak

Votes: 1,496

16. High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 96 min | Drama, Western

Former Marshal Will Kane returns to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and finds the town in the grip of a tyrannical Marshal who abuses his power.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Lee Majors, David Carradine, J.A. Preston, Michael Pataki

Votes: 350

17. The Return of Desperado (1988 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama, Western

This second entry in the "Desperado" film series again follows Duell McCall, a wandering cowboy who's been framed for murder. He hides in a small town run by black folk who are trying to protect themselves from a greedy landowner.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Alex McArthur, Robert Foxworth, Marcy Walker, Victor Love

Votes: 145

18. Black Fox: Good Men and Bad (1995 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Western

A man seeks revenge on the bigot who shot his wife to death in 1860s Texas.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kim Coates, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey

Votes: 230

19. Joshua (1976)

R | 90 min | Drama, Western

A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.

Director: Larry G. Spangler | Stars: Fred Williamson, Cal Bartlett, Brenda Venus, Isela Vega

Votes: 442

20. Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus: Old Town Road (Remix) (2019 Music Video)

5 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

Music video for Lil Nas X's song Old Town Road (Remix) feat. Billy Ray Cyrus. Old West outlaws, Nas and Cyrus, get teleported from 1889 to 2019, where they interact with baffled residents of present day Old Town Road in entertaining ways.

Director: Calmatic | Stars: Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chris Rock, Haha Davis

Votes: 308

21. Los Locos (1997)

R | 99 min | Drama, Western

In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Rene Auberjonois, Tom Dorfmeister, Paul Lazar

Votes: 310

22. Black Rodeo (1972)

G | 87 min | Documentary, Sport

Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem, New York City.

Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Archie Wycoff, Clarence Gonzalez, Woody Strode

Votes: 69

23. Cow-Cow Boogie (1943)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The foreman of the "Lazy S Ranch" is getting much work out of his shiftless cowhands until a black cowboy on a donkey comes riding' along singing "Cow Cow Boogie." While his version doesn't... See full summary »

Director: Alex Lovy | Star: King Jackson

Votes: 34

24. The Showdown (2009 Video)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Western

A U.S. marshal on a mission to reunite his family finds nothing but trouble after settling in a small Texas town.

Director: Jim Conover | Stars: Bob Handegan, Ann Hagemann, William Homel, Bob Krouse

Votes: 94

25. Classified X (2007 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary

A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.

Director: Mark Daniels | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Margaret Barker, Joanna Barnes, Ethel Barrymore

Votes: 254 | Gross: $0.00M

26. Freedom on the Range (2022 TV Special)

TV-G | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A celebration of the frontier spirit, this special highlights five of the legendary Black cowboys who helped tame the Old West. Today, these heroes inspire a new generation of cowboys and ranchers who keep that spirit alive and well.

Stars: Havon Baraka, Jamie B. Cline, Phillip-Charlie Daniell, David Floryan

Votes: 12

27. The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Music

Cowboy Bob Blake (Herbert Jeffries) and four friends ride to Arizona to help Betty Jackson (Artie Young), the sister of Bob's friend, Joe (Rollie Hardin), who has gone missing.

Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young, F.E. Miller

Votes: 264

28. Harlem Rides the Range (1939)

56 min | Drama, Music, Western

A cowboy and his sidekick try to help a homesteader from being cheated out of his property.

Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, F.E. Miller, Artie Young

Votes: 175

29. Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Drama, Music

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten, Clarence Brooks, Mantan Moreland

Votes: 165

30. Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

In this action adventure, both a sequel to Wild Wild West (1999) and very loose remake of The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Steel Assassin (1966), Artemus Gordon and Jim West must stop a mysterious assassin known only as The Bull before she can kill President Grant.

Stars: Jim Ward, Andre Ware

Votes: 7

31. Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995–1996)
Episode: The Hideout (1996)

TV-14 | Western

A dissatisfied copper mine investor sends a collector to make Mosby return his money. Amanda and Mattie are used as hostages until Mosby pays.

Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Eric McCormack, Kelly Rowan, Paul Johansson

Votes: 18

32. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode: Two Ounces of Tin (1962)

TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western

A super fast, black gunman who killed the 5 men the law allowed to murder his father years ago, demands that deputy McCain symbolically throw his badge in the dirt.

Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Johnny Ginger

Votes: 179

33. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Mild Mild West (2009)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Buffalo Bill Cody pulls into town with his roadshow. Murder happens during the show and it's up to Murdoch and the team to solve it.

Director: Paul Fox | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 396

34. Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998–1999)
Episode: Sex Lies and Narrow Escapes (1999)

45 min | Comedy, Romance

After Rich returns from two weeks on the range, he and Gloria are anxious for some time alone together. Arranging this alone time is even more difficult than usual since their old friend ... See full summary »

Director: Peter D. Marshall | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Ted Atherton, Kristian Ayre, Kimberley Warnat

35. Timeless (2016–2018)
Episode: The Murder of Jesse James (2017)

Not Rated | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After Flynn joins forces with an outlaw in the Old West, the team enlist the help of two lawmen to track them down.

Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph

Votes: 1,488