Old west movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant old west movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out wild, realistic, serious, captivating, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with old west, wild west, cowboy, horse, rivalry, native american, murder, heroes, violence and civil war plots mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as old west: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Django Unchained (2012), Broken Trail (2006), Deadwood (2004), Into the West (2005), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), Open Range (2003), High Plains Drifter (1973), Unforgiven (1992), True Grit (2010).

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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story: This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and ...
Style: spaghetti western, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: old west, vengeance, wild west, cowboy, revenge, desert, harmonica, gunfight, small town, mysterious character, death, showdown ...
Time: 19th century, year 1968, 1800s
Place: arizona, yuma arizona, usa
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Django Unchained (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style: suspense, talky, brutal, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: slavery, racism, revenge, violent, bounty hunter, old west, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, hitman, racial violence ...
Time: 19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place: usa, texas, tennessee, mississippi, america ...
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 7.7
 7K
Broken Trail (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, tense ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gang, horse, brothel, nephew, prostitute, fall in love, rescue, escapades, danger, protector ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, america, usa, oregon, san francisco
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 8.6
 117K
Deadwood (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style: tense, serious, atmospheric, clever, dramatic ...
Plot: sheriff, old west, power struggle, shooting, gold rush, prostitute, gunfight, profanity, dishonesty, lifestyle, violence, society ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, victorian era, y2k, year 2004 ...
Place: south dakota, usa, hawaii
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Into the West (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 552 min.
TV show
Story: Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
Style: epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: native american, american indian, wild west, indian war, old west, native american attack, tribe, native american white relationships, wagon train, interracial relations, friendship, injustice ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: south dakota
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An anthology film weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War.
Style: anthology, funny, ironic, captivating, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: old west, dog, cowboy, native american, arizona desert, new mexico desert, murder, violence, trapper, multiple storylines, wild west, shooting ...
Time: 2010s, victorian era, 19th century
Place: arizona, persia, oregon, new mexico, north dakota
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 7.4
 78K
Open Range (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Style: atmospheric, stylized, intense, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gunfight, violence, shootout, revenge, showdown, gunslinger, civil war veteran, vengeance, friendship, corruption ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place: montana
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High Plains Drifter (1973)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, small town, anti hero, revenge, justice, greed, murder, cowboy, vengeance, rape, gang, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place: arizona, usa
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 8.2
 434K
Unforgiven (1992)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: old west, revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, gunfight, hitman, sheriff, prostitute, small town, wild west, tough heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: wyoming, kansas, america, usa
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 7.6
 356K
True Grit (2010)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. ...
Style: tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: vengeance, old west, revenge, cowboy, bounty hunter, justice, gunfight, texas ranger, determination, teenage girl, death of father, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1870s, 1800s ...
Place: texas, arkansas, oklahoma, usa
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Chingachgook: The Great Snake (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: East Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Chingachgook, a Mohawk-born Delaware warrior, strives to rescue his wife Wahtawah from the clutches of an enemy camp of Huron. Joined by his trusted huntsman Deerslayer, the two confront racist pioneers and brutal British soldiers in their quest. ...
Style: tense, intense, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot: old west, indian war, native, native american, heroism, massacre, escapades, unlikely partners, danger, heroes, rivalry, friend ...
Time: 18th century
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic
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 8.0
 867K
The Revenant (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style: atmospheric, breathtaking, scenic, suspenseful, harsh ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, bear attack, life & death, nature, winter, obsessive quest, hunter ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 19th century, 90s, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 161 min.
Story: While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Style: spaghetti western, epic, exciting, breathtaking, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot: old west, civil war, treasure hunt, american civil war, greed, gunfight, moral ambiguity, wild west, anti hero, shootout, cowboy, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1966, 1860s, victorian era
Place: texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, new mexico ...
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 7.6
 330K
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: gunfight, old west, honor, runaway, sheriff, morality, gang, outlaw, heroic mission, wild west, violence, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s
Place: arizona, tucson arizona, usa, yuma arizona, sonora ...
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 6.1
 1K
Gold (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: old west, treasure hunt, gold rush, escapades, adventurer, danger, wilderness, desert, human nature, brutality, murder, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: canada
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A Soldier's Revenge (2020)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Haunted by wartime horrors, Civil War soldier-turned-bounty-hunter Frank Connor (Neal Bledsoe) spends his time post-war polishing off two things: whiskey and fugitives. When two desperate children arrive on his doorstep and enlist his help to find ...
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, tense
Plot: old west, civil war veteran, criminal, rivalry, jousting, love interest, murder, heroes, battles, showdown, flashback, gunslinger ...
Time: 19th century
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 7.8
 165K
Tombstone (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style: realistic, suspense, serious, factual, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, lone hero, criminal, gunslinger, sheriff, friendship, revenge, betrayal, wyatt earp ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, 1800s, 1880s
Place: arizona, america, tucson arizona, usa, mexico ...
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A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Style: parody, humorous, funny, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: old west, wild west, small town, irreverent, cowboy, stereotypes, profanity, fall in love, satire, newcomer, teaching the ways of the world, notoriety ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century, 1880s
Place: usa, arizona
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Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, exciting, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, rivalry, wild west, violence, brutality, duel, friendship, society, courage, cruelty, friends, rescue ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 2010s, 1880s
Place: usa, south dakota
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 6.6
 35K
The Homesman (2014)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, realistic, bleak, depressing ...
Plot: old west, twists and turns, mental illness, suicide, wild west, human nature, depression, native american, anti hero, obsessive quest, unlikely partners, partner ...
Time: 19th century, year 2014, 2010s
Place: iowa, usa, nebraska
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 6.5
 6K
Deputy (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman, more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea of politics, who won’t ...
Style: bleak, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: old west, sheriff, cowboy, law and order, die hard, deputy, fighting crime, police station, small town sheriff, swat team, wife, politician ...
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 8.3
 56K
Hell on Wheels (2011)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
Style: atmospheric, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: civil war, slavery, old west, rivalry, haunted by the past, courage, rivals, tribe, shooting, historical character, ambitious, wild west ...
Time: 1860s, 19th century
Place: usa
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The Harder They Fall (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, costume drama ...
Plot: old west, released from prison, murder, outlaw gang, revenge, murder of parents, revelation, wild west, fight, stagecoach, enemy, mass murder ...
Time: future, victorian era, 2020s, 19th century
Place: usa, texas
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Love's Enduring Promise (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this Janette Oke sequel to "Love Comes Softly," the eldest child in an 1800s frontier family, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful elementary schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When ...
Style: uplifting, serious, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: farm, old west, christian, fall in love, love triangle, couples, family relations, lifestyle, young lovers, countryside, haunted by the past, parents and children ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
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The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Style: stylized, harsh, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, old west, duel, gunfight, gunslinger, female protagonist, lone hero, vengeance, strong female character, strong female lead, justice, destiny ...
Time: 90s, 1800s, 19th century, victorian era
Place: yuma arizona, arizona, tucson arizona, sonora, mexico
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 7.5
 30K
El Dorado (1966)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Style: talky, tense, suspense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: old west, sheriff, friendship, redemption, alcoholic, shootout, vengeance, lone hero, wild west, cowboy, adaptation, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, year 1967, 1800s
Place: texas, usa, sonora, mexico
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 6.8
 4K
Purgatory (1999)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: afterlife, old west, gang, small town, heroes, horse, righting the wronged, small town life, chases and races, rivalry, on the run, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas, arizona, new mexico, mexico
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 6.2
 4K
The Way West (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who ...
Style: captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, against the odds, rivalry, obnoxious boss, on the road, fish out of water, culture clash, father son relationship, cowboy, painting, native american, wagon train ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967, 1840s
Place: missouri, oregon, usa
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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb possessing out-of-this world powers. Hot lead and ...
Style: semi serious, futuristic, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bounty hunter, time travel, good versus evil, old west, tough heroes, chases and races, lone wolves, modern western, modern west, adventurer, supernatural being, magic ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
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Lightning Jack (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
Style: funny, humorous, anamorphic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, old west, friendship, wild west, childhood, friends, bank robbery, meme, buddy, robbery, cowboy, interracial friendship ...
Time: year 1994, 19th century
Place: australia, arizona
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