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The Duel (2016 film)
The Duel (2016), also known as By Way of Helena, is an American Western directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith, starring Woody Harrelson as a cult-preacher and Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger; it earned 32% on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $20,672.
The Harder They Fall (2021 film)
The Harder They Fall is a 2021 Netflix Western directed by Jeymes Samuel, produced by Jay-Z, with Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba and Regina King as fictional stories about real Black Old West figures.
The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino's 2015 post-Civil War Western, shot in Ultra Panavision 70 (2.76:1) and released as a 70mm roadshow with overture and intermission in 100 theaters, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with an Ennio Morricone score.
The Homesman
The Homesman: 1988 Glendon Swarthout novel and 2014 Tommy Lee Jones film about Mary Bee Cuddy escorting three women driven mad on the 1850s Nebraska frontier back East to Iowa, a west-to-east anti-Western.
The Kid (2019 film)
The Kid is a 2019 American Western drama directed by Vincent D'Onofrio, in which a boy becomes entangled in Pat Garrett's pursuit of Billy the Kid.
The Long Riders
The Long Riders (1980) is Walter Hill's Western about the James-Younger gang, notable for casting four sets of real brothers (Carradines, Keaches, Quaids, Guests) as the outlaw siblings; released 16 May 1980 by United Artists.
The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)
The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 American Western action film directed by Antoine Fuqua, a remake of the 1960 film of the same name, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.
The Man from Boulevard des Capucines
The Man from Boulevard des Capucines (Человек с бульвара Капуцинов) is a 1987 Soviet comedy western musical by Alla Surikova, in which Johnny First brings the cinematograph to the Wild West; the top Soviet box-office film of 1987 and Andrey Mironov's final lead role.
The Man from Snowy River (1982 film)
The Man from Snowy River (1982), George Miller's Australian Western based on Banjo Paterson's 1890 poem, stars Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, and Kirk Douglas in a dual role; a major hit and AFI-awarded score.
The Missing (2003 film)
The Missing (2003 film): Ron Howard's American Western thriller starring Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, based on Thomas Eidson's novel The Last Ride; distinct from Lee Kang-sheng's Taiwanese film Bu jian of the same year.
The Old Way
The Old Way (2023) is a revenge Western directed by Brett Donowho, starring Nicolas Cage as retired gunslinger Colton Briggs and Ryan Kiera Armstrong as his 12-year-old daughter Brooke; 95 minutes, R, 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Power of the Dog (film)
The Power of the Dog is Jane Campion's 2021 Netflix Western drama adapted from Thomas Savage's 1967 novel, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee; it earned 12 Oscar nominations and won Campion Best Director.
The Proposition (2005 film)
The Proposition is a 2005 Australian western directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, and John Hurt; set in the 1880s outback, it follows a captain's offer to Charlie Burns to kill his brother Arthur or see Mikey hanged.
The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)
The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 American Western directed by Sam Raimi, in which Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio star in a deadly quick-draw tournament.
The Rescue (2027 film)
The Rescue (2027 film), Potsy Ponciroli's Paramount Western thriller starring Brandon Sklenar as a rodeo cowboy searching for his kidnapped daughter with her dog; US release January 29, 2027; distinct from the Kellan Lutz survival film.
The Revenant (2015 film)
The Revenant (2015) is Alejandro González Iñárritu's survival western starring Leonardo DiCaprio as fur trapper Hugh Glass; shot in natural light, it won three Oscars including Best Actor and Best Director.
The Rider (film)
The Rider is Chloé Zhao's 2017 drama, premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, in which real rodeo rider Brady Jandreau plays a fictionalized self recovering from a near-fatal head injury on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
The Rover (2014 film)
The Rover (2014) is an Australian dystopian drama by David Michôd, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, set ten years after an economic collapse; A24 released it in 2014.
The Salvation (film)
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish western directed by Kristian Levring, starring Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.
The Sisters Brothers (film)
The Sisters Brothers (2018) is Jacques Audiard's first English-language Western, adapted from Patrick deWitt's novel, starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix as assassin brothers hunting a gold prospector; Silver Lion winner at Venice 2018.
The Stalemate
The Stalemate is an American absurdist Western comedy, the debut feature of writer-director Nicholas Arioli, starring Ben Foster, Manny Jacinto, and Fiona Shaw, filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Theeb (ذيب)
Theeb (ذيب, "wolf") is a 2014 Jordanian-British coming-of-age film by Naji Abu Nowar, set in 1916 Hejaz, starring non-professional Bedouin actor Jacir Eid; Venice Orizzonti best director winner and 2016 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
Tombstone (film)
Tombstone is a 1993 American Western directed by George P. Cosmatos, dramatizing the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, with Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.
Trinidad (2026 film)
Trinidad (2026 film), Spanish-English action/adventure Western by Laura Alvea and Jose Ortuno, produced by Inefable Productions (ISII Group); Gabriela Andrada, Paz Vega, Karla Sofia Gascon, Milena Smit star; 115 minutes, 2026 premiere.
True Grit (2010 film)
True Grit is a 2010 American Western directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from Charles Portis's 1968 novel, starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, and Matt Damon.
Unforgiven
Unforgiven (1992) is Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning revisionist Western, from David Webb Peoples's 1976 script The Cut-Whore Killings, starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman, and Morgan Freeman; it won Best Picture and Director and was Eastwood's last Western.
Wagons East
Wagons East is a 1994 American comedy Western directed by Peter Markle, in which settlers hire John Candy's wagon master to lead them back East; it was Candy's final film.
Wolfram (film)
Wolfram is a 2025 Australian western by Warwick Thornton, a sequel to Sweet Country, set in 1932 at a tungsten mine where Aboriginal child labourers escape their masters; it premiered at Adelaide and competed at Berlinale 2026.
Young Guns (film)
Young Guns is a 1988 American Western directed by Christopher Cain, written by John Fusco, and starring Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War; the first Morgan Creek film, it grossed $44.7 million domestically and led to Young Guns II (1990).
Young Guns II
Young Guns II (1990) is a Western sequel to Young Guns (1988), directed by Geoff Murphy, written by John Fusco, starring Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid fleeing Pat Garrett; released 1 August 1990, with Bon Jovi's Oscar-nominated song Blaze of Glory.