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3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)
3:10 to Yuma is a 2007 American Western directed by James Mangold, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale as an outlaw and the rancher escorting him to prison.
800 Bullets
800 Bullets (800 balas) is a 2002 Spanish comedy-drama-western by Álex de la Iglesia, an homage to spaghetti westerns and Almería stuntmen, set at Texas Hollywood in Tabernas, starring Sancho Gracia and Carmen Maura.
A Million Ways to Die in the West
A Million Ways to Die in the West is Seth MacFarlane's 2014 comedy-western, his live-action directorial debut, starring Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried; set in 1882 Arizona, it opened to $17.1 million and 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
American Outlaws
American Outlaws is a 2001 American Western comedy directed by Les Mayfield, starring Colin Farrell as Jesse James, with Timothy Dalton as the Pinkerton detective pursuing him.
Appaloosa (film)
Appaloosa is a 2008 American Western directed by Ed Harris, based on Robert B. Parker's novel, about two lawmen hired to protect a mining town.
Bacurau
Bacurau (2019) is a Brazilian-French weird western directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, starring Sônia Braga and Udo Kier; a sertão village erased from maps fights mercenaries, winning the Cannes Jury Prize.
Bad Girls (1994 film)
Bad Girls is a 1994 American Western directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It stars Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, and Drew Barrymore as four prostitutes who flee a Colorado bordello.
Bad Men Must Bleed
Bad Men Must Bleed is a 2025 American Western drama written and directed by Micah Lyons, 111 minutes, starring Todd Terry, Chris Routhe, Lexi Rabe, Chad Michael Murray, and Bruce Dern, released digitally October 7, 2025.
Bone Tomahawk
Bone Tomahawk is a 2015 Western-horror film, S. Craig Zahler's directorial debut, starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, and Matthew Fox as a posse rescuing townsfolk kidnapped by cannibalistic troglodytes; 132 minutes, $1.8 million budget, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Brimstone (2016 film)
Brimstone (2016 film) is a Western thriller directed by Martin Koolhoven. It stars Dakota Fanning and Guy Pearce in a brutal story set in the 19th-century American West.
Broke (2025 film)
Broke (2025) is a contemporary western drama, Carlyle Eubank's debut feature, starring Wyatt Russell as rodeo bronc rider True Brandywine, with Dennis Quaid and Mary McDonnell; released digitally May 6, 2025 by Sony, later on Netflix.
Butcher's Crossing (film)
Butcher's Crossing is a 2023 American Western directed by Gabe Polsky, adapted from John Williams's 1960 novel, starring Nicolas Cage as buffalo hunter Miller and Fred Hechinger as Harvard dropout Will Andrews; premiered at TIFF 2022, released by Saban Films in October 2023.
Calamity Jane (2024 film)
Calamity Jane (2024) is a Canadian revenge Western directed by Terry Miles, starring Emily Bett Rickards, Stephen Amell, and Tim Rozon, released February 2, 2024 in US theaters and on VOD via Samuel Goldwyn Films and Tubi; it is distinct from the 1953 Doris Day musical.
Cottonmouth (film)
Cottonmouth (2025 Western film by Brock Harris), a Monte Cristo-inspired Oklahoma Territory revenge Western starring Martin Sensmeier, Ron Perlman, and Esai Morales, released by Cineverse, streaming November 4, 2025; distinct from the 2001 Lethal Force drama and the 2020 and 2026 shorts.
Cry Macho (film)
Cry Macho is a 2021 American neo-Western drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as a former rodeo star hired to retrieve a boy from Mexico.
Damsel (2018 film)
Damsel (2018) is a comedy Western by David and Nathan Zellner, starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, premiered at Sundance 2018 and in Berlinale competition, released by Magnolia Pictures; distinct from the unrelated 2024 Netflix film of the same name.
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American Western directed by Kevin Costner, starring him as Lt. John Dunbar, who befriends a Lakota Sioux community during the Civil War.
Day of Reckoning (2025 film)
Day of Reckoning (2025) is an American action Western thriller directed by Shaun Silva, starring Zach Roerig, Billy Zane, Cara Jade Myers, Scott Adkins, and Trace Adkins; a Tubi original released March 28, 2025, about lawmen holding an outlaw's wife hostage.
Dead for a Dollar
Dead for a Dollar (2022) is Walter Hill's Western starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, and Rachel Brosnahan, about a bounty hunter in 1897 Mexico; distinct from the 1969 Osvaldo Civirani film of the same name.
Dead Man
Dead Man (1995), Jim Jarmusch's black-and-white anti-Western starring Johnny Depp as accountant William Blake and Gary Farmer as Nobody, premiered at Cannes, with a Neil Young score and Robby Müller cinematography.
Dead Souls (2025 film)
Dead Souls (Dead $oul$) is a 2025 American-Spanish Western directed by and starring Alex Cox as Strindler, loosely adapted from Gogol's 1842 novel; set in 1890 Arizona, co-written with Gianni Garko, released by Kino Lorber in 2026.
Deadwood: The Movie
Deadwood: The Movie is a 2019 HBO Films western written by David Milch and directed by Daniel Minahan, reuniting Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant ten years after the canceled series, set at South Dakota's 1889 statehood; it scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Desperado (film)
Desperado is a 1995 American action film directed by Robert Rodriguez. It stars Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, and is the second film in the Mexico Trilogy.
Django Unchained
Django Unchained is a 2012 American Western drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, and Leonardo DiCaprio, which won two Academy Awards.
East of Wall
East of Wall is a 2025 American docufiction drama, Kate Beecroft's debut, starring rancher Tabatha Zimiga and daughter Porshia playing themselves in the South Dakota Badlands; Sundance NEXT Audience Award winner released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice is a 1987 Walter Hill neo-Western action film, also described as a modern Western, starring Nick Nolte as Texas Ranger Jack Benteen, facing drug lord Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe) and a unit of officially dead Special Forces soldiers; released April 24, 1987 by Tri-Star.
Far and Away
Far and Away is a 1992 American romantic adventure drama directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as Irish immigrants chasing free land in Oklahoma.
Forsaken (2015 film)
Forsaken (2015) is a Canadian Western drama directed by Jon Cassar, written by Brad Mirman, starring Kiefer and Donald Sutherland together on screen for the first time, with Demi Moore and Brian Cox; released by Momentum Pictures in 2016.
Frontier Crucible
Frontier Crucible: 2025 American Western thriller directed by Travis Mills, based on Harry Whittington's 1961 novel Desert Stake-Out, adapted by S. Craig Zahler; stars Myles Clohessy, Armie Hammer, Thomas Jane; released December 5, 2025, 125 minutes, R-rated.
Gunslingers (2025 film)
Gunslingers (분노의 총잡이 in South Korea) is a 2025 Brian Skiba Western starring Stephen Dorff, Nicolas Cage, and Heather Graham, released by Lionsgate April 11, 2025; set in 1907 Kentucky, it earned 5% on Rotten Tomatoes.