WESTERNS or Movies Depicting Settling of the West in U. S. (Janet's List)
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1. Aces 'N' Eights (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Action, Drama, Western
Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law ... See full summary »
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Bruce Boxleitner, Ernest Borgnine, Jeff Kober
Votes: 846
2. Comes a Horseman (1978)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A brave and proud woman struggles for her land, finding help and something more in unexpected way.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard
Votes: 3,361
3. Shadow on the Mesa (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Western
After his mother is murdered, a gun-slinging bounty hunter finds the father he never met who is battling a range war against a powerful land baron.
Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Wes Brown, Kevin Sorbo, Gail O'Grady, Shannon Lucio
Votes: 570
4. The Warrant (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After fighting in the Civil War, two Union Army buddies find themselves on opposite sides of the law with the post-war peace at risk.
Director: Brent Christy | Stars: Neal McDonough, Steven R. McQueen, Casper Van Dien, Gregory Cruz
Votes: 789
5. Yellowstone (2018– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Western
A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley
Votes: 220,907
6. High Plains Drifter (1973)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
A gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 64,558 | Gross: $15.70M
7. Tom Horn (1980)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 5,918 | Gross: $9.68M
8. Open Range (2003)
R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Diego Luna, Abraham Benrubi
Votes: 78,177 | Gross: $58.33M
9. Tombstone (1993)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
Directors: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Stars: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton
Votes: 166,387 | Gross: $56.51M
10. Wyatt Earp (1994)
PG-13 | 191 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, a man becomes a myth in this thrilling journey of romance, adventure, and desperate heroic action.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews
Votes: 54,967 | Gross: $25.05M
11. Lonesome Dove (1989)
TV-14 | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Two former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory.
Stars: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane
Votes: 25,924
12. Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
TV-14 | 97 min | Drama, History, Romance
Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
Stars: Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr, Tom Berenger
Votes: 29,341
13. America's Greatest Feud: The Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
Documentary
After the Civil War, two families in neighboring states become involved in what would be the most famous feud in American history. This documentary explores the reasons for the feud and attempts to separate the facts from fiction.
Stars: Kevin Costner, Joshua DeBeni, Meghan Martin, Jordan Marx
Votes: 32
14.
Goodnight for Justice (2011–2013)
Episode:
Goodnight for Justice
(2011)
PG | 88 min | Western
When John Goodnight was a boy he watched in the weeds as his entire family was killed in a ruthless outlaw attack. Now as a circuit judge of the western territories Goodnight travels the west protecting the innocent from injustice.
Director: Jason Priestley | Stars: Luke Perry, Lara Gilchrist, Ron Lea, Adrian Hough
Votes: 642
15.
Goodnight for Justice (2011–2013)
Episode:
Queen of Hearts
(2013)
PG | 86 min | Western
John Goodnight crosses paths with a stagecoach under attack and comes to the rescue of its passengers, one of whom is a beautiful woman who may or may not have been a prisoner being ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Luke Perry, Ricky Schroder, Katharine Isabelle, Ted Mann
Votes: 385
16.
Goodnight for Justice (2011–2013)
Episode:
The Measure of a Man
(2012)
PG | 86 min | Western
While traveling, a judge witnesses a gang robbing a bank and vows to bring the thieves to justice, but the case turns personal when one of the outlaws turns out to be the son of a widow he admires.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Luke Perry, Cameron Bright, Stefanie von Pfetten, Teach Grant
Votes: 321
17. A Gunfighter's Pledge (2008 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Drama, Western
After the murder of his wife and son by an escaped criminal Sheriff Matt Austin sets out to capture him only to find he's been hired by a greedy land baron seeking to take land from a widow and her son.
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Luke Perry, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Coates, Jaclyn DeSantis
Votes: 470
18. The Shadow Riders (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, Ben Johnson
Votes: 3,074
19. Last Stand at Saber River (1997 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Western
After the Civil War, a returning Confederate veteran must reclaim his Arizona land and homestead from the Yankee carpetbaggers who illegally occupy it.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Tom Selleck, Suzy Amis, Rachel Duncan, Haley Joel Osment
Votes: 2,143
20. Conagher (1991 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama, Western
A tough cowboy facing some trouble crosses paths with a lonely woman living in the middle of nowhere.
Director: Reynaldo Villalobos | Stars: Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 2,211
21. Pale Rider (1985)
R | 115 min | Drama, Western
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Sydney Penny
Votes: 64,723 | Gross: $41.41M
22. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Western
Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Bill McKinney
Votes: 79,874 | Gross: $31.80M
23. The Sacketts (1979)
PG | 240 min | Drama, Western
After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.
Stars: Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, Glenn Ford
Votes: 2,214
24. The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Western
In 1919, a cocky sophomore in the forest service has to learn life the hard way.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Sam Elliott, Jerry O'Connell, Ricky Jay, Molly Parker
Votes: 669
25. The Outsider (2002 TV Movie)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Mennonite-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.
Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine
Votes: 2,421
26. Hannah's Law (2012 TV Movie)
PG | 88 min | Action, Drama, Western
A bounty Hunter seeks revenge for the murder of her family and prepares for a showdown with the powerful gang leader responsible for the slayings. She calls on old friends to stand with her in the fight.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Sara Canning, John Pyper-Ferguson, Greyston Holt, Ryan Kennedy
Votes: 610
27. 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: 436,316 | Gross: $101.16M
28.
Goodnight for Justice (2011–2013)
Episode:
The Measure of a Man
(2012)
PG | 86 min | Western
While traveling, a judge witnesses a gang robbing a bank and vows to bring the thieves to justice, but the case turns personal when one of the outlaws turns out to be the son of a widow he admires.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Luke Perry, Cameron Bright, Stefanie von Pfetten, Teach Grant
Votes: 321
29. Wild West Chronicles (2020– )
TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Once a feared lawman, the legendary Bat Masterson trades his sheriff's badge for a pen and becomes a newspaper reporter. He now travels the frontier to chronicle the amazing true stories of the Wild West and bring them to life once more.
Stars: Jack Elliott, Leslie Koch Foumberg, Robert Gatewood, Tom Gelo
Votes: 187
30. The American West (2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, History, Western
A large-scale review of the American frontier stories.
Stars: Mark Lee Gardner, Bert Thomas Morris, David H. Stevens, Will Strongheart
Votes: 1,723
31. The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary, History
A look at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America.
Stars: Campbell Scott, Mykel Hawke, Andrew Robertt, Robert I. Mesa
Votes: 950
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