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Little Big Man (film)
Little Big Man (1970), Arthur Penn's revisionist Western adapted from Thomas Berger's novel, stars Dustin Hoffman as 121-year-old Jack Crabb, raised by the Cheyenne and claiming to be the sole white survivor of the Little Bighorn.
Lonely Are the Brave
Lonely Are the Brave: 1962 American Western directed by David Miller, Kirk Douglas as cowboy Jack Burns, Dalton Trumbo screenplay from Edward Abbey's The Brave Cowboy, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, Jerry Goldsmith score, Douglas's favorite film.
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 American Western directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif in a hunt for a lost canyon of gold.
Major Dundee
Major Dundee is Sam Peckinpah's 1965 Civil War Western starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris, a Union officer leading Confederate prisoners into Mexico against Apaches; famously cut from about 164 to 124 minutes and partially restored in 2005.
Man in the Wilderness
Man in the Wilderness (1971) is a Richard C. Sarafian Western starring Richard Harris as Zachary Bass, a trapper left for dead after a bear mauling; a loose retelling of the Hugh Glass legend later filmed as The Revenant.
Man of the West
Man of the West (1958) is a genre classic American Western directed by Anthony Mann, starring Gary Cooper as a reformed outlaw based on The Border Jumpers.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) is Robert Altman's anti-western starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie as brothel partners in the mining town Presbyterian Church, filmed in British Columbia with Vilmos Zsigmond's flashed photography and Leonard Cohen songs.
McLintock!
McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, produced by Batjac for United Artists, loosely based on The Taming of the Shrew.
Monte Walsh
Monte Walsh (1970) is a Western directed by William A. Fraker, starring Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Palance, adapted from Jack Schaefer's 1963 novel about aging cowboys at the end of the open-range era; remade for television in 2003 with Tom Selleck.
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine is John Ford's 1946 Twentieth Century-Fox western starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, with Victor Mature as Doc Holliday, adapted from Stuart Lake's book, shot in Monument Valley, and edited down by Zanuck.
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobody (Il mio nome è Nessuno) is a 1973 Italian-French-German comedy Western directed by Tonino Valerii from Sergio Leone's idea, starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda, with Morricone music and a 150-man Wild Bunch showdown.
Nevada Smith
Nevada Smith is a 1966 Henry Hathaway Western starring Steve McQueen as Max Sand, a prequel to The Carpetbaggers, tracking three killers of his parents; 128 min, Paramount.
Old Shatterhand (1964 film)
Old Shatterhand (1964) is a West German-French-Italian-Yugoslav Karl May western directed by Hugo Fregonese for Artur Brauner's CCC, starring Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, and Daliah Lavi, with an original screenplay and a Goldene Leinwand award.
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il West), Sergio Leone's 1968 epic spaghetti Western with Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, and an Ennio Morricone score played on set.
One-Eyed Jacks
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) is Marlon Brando's only film as director, a 141-minute Paramount Western adapted from Charles Neider's novel, shot in VistaVision, starring Brando and Karl Malden, restored in 4K in 2016.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is Sam Peckinpah's 1973 MGM Western starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan, who wrote "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"; it exists in multiple cuts after MGM reedited Peckinpah's 121-minute version to 106 minutes.
Pursued
Pursued (1947) is Raoul Walsh's film noir Western, written by Niven Busch, starring Robert Mitchum as massacre survivor Jeb Rand, with Teresa Wright and Judith Anderson; called Hollywood's first psychological or noir Western.
Ramrod
Ramrod is a 1947 Western directed by Andre de Toth, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, the first film of Enterprise Productions, adapted from a Luke Short novel, shot in Zion National Park and often classified as a noir Western.
Rancho Notorious
Rancho Notorious (1952) is Fritz Lang's third and final Western, a Technicolor revenge tale starring Marlene Dietrich as outlaw-ranch owner Altar Keane, with Arthur Kennedy; known for its ballad narration and Chuck-a-Luck hideout.
Red River (1948 film)
Red River (1948) is Howard Hawks's Western starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift in his debut, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan, from Borden Chase's Saturday Evening Post serial The Chisholm Trail, about a tyrannical rancher's post-Civil War cattle drive.
Ride Lonesome (1959 film)
Ride Lonesome (1959) is a Budd Boetticher Western starring Randolph Scott as bounty hunter Ben Brigade, written by Burt Kennedy, fifth of the Ranown cycle, first in CinemaScope, James Coburn's debut.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country (1962), Sam Peckinpah's second feature, a Western starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott as aging lawmen guarding a gold shipment; Scott's final film, Metascore 92.
Rio Bravo (film)
Rio Bravo (1959) is Howard Hawks's Western starring John Wayne as Sheriff Chance, made as a rebuttal to High Noon; 141 minutes, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Metascore 93.
Rio Grande (1950 film)
Rio Grande (1950) is John Ford's black-and-white cavalry Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the third film of Ford's cavalry trilogy, made for Republic Pictures as part of a deal to finance The Quiet Man.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo (1970) is Howard Hawks's final Western, starring John Wayne as Union Col. Cord McNally hunting Civil War traitors in a corrupt Texas town, the third variation on Rio Bravo after El Dorado, with Jorge Rivero and Jennifer O'Neill.
River of No Return
River of No Return is a 1954 American Western directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum as a frontier farmer and Marilyn Monroe as a saloon singer.
Rooster Cogburn (film)
Rooster Cogburn (1975), a Universal Western directed by Stuart Millar and produced by Hal B. Wallis, is the True Grit sequel starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn as Cogburn and Eula Goodnight; 50% Tomatometer, $8 million domestic gross.
Run of the Arrow
Run of the Arrow is a 1957 Samuel Fuller Western starring Rod Steiger as a Confederate who joins the Sioux after Appomattox; noted for its foot-focused title ritual and its plot similarity to Dances with Wolves.
San Antonio (1945 film)
San Antonio (1945) is a Warner Bros. Technicolor Western directed by David Butler, starring Errol Flynn as cattleman Clay Hardin and Alexis Smith, with two Oscar nominations and top-twenty 1945 box office.
Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge (1960) is John Ford's courtroom Western, also titled Captain Buffalo, starring Woody Strode as a Ninth Cavalry Buffalo Soldier tried for rape and murder; the first Hollywood Western with a Black hero.