Western hero movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant western hero movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, realistic, tense, rough and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with western hero, gunfight, heroes, cowboy, violence, gun, showdown, horse, old west and revolver plots mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Italy, Mexico and other countries.
western hero
TOP 10 movies tagged as western hero: Old Henry (2021), Wyatt Earp (1994), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Big Money Rustlas (2010), The Warrant (2020), The Legend of Custer (1968), The Last Victim (2021), Terror on the Prairie (2022), Copper Bill (2020), Gunpoint (1966).
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List of western hero movies
29K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals ...
Style:
tense, exciting, disturbing, captivating, perverse ...
Plot:
western hero, money, gunfight, farmer, fast draw, hidden money, showdown, shooter, protector, murder, monster, civil war ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during ...
Style:
epic, compassionate, harsh, enigmatic, breathtaking ...
Plot:
gunfight, western hero, civil war, violence, cowboy, gangsters, vengeance, gang, friendship, gunslinger, deputy sheriff, justice ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1880s, 1860s
Place:
arizona, california, wyoming, texas, alaska ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, extraterrestrial, ufo, monster, evil alien, cowboy, alien contact, space and aliens, invasion, human versus alien, gunslinger ...
Time:
future, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Insane Clown Posse heads back to the Wild West in this prequel to BIG MONEY HUSTLAS. Nothing happens in the dusty town of Mud Bug without the approval of gambling magnate Big Baby Chips (Violent J), and the locals turn and run when his henchmen ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, parody, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gunfight, small town, social relations, silly humor, small town life, heroes, gangsters, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, old west, western hero, small western town ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 2010s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, exciting, psychological, brutal, suspenseful ...
Plot:
civil war, fight, horse riding, cowboy, gang leader, death, notoriety, old west, sheriff, western hero, robbery, chase ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
usa
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has been reinstated and assigned to command the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays. The regiment has become a ragtag outfit of thieves and ruffians and Custer must whip the soldiers into shape to fight, the Kiowa, ...
Plot:
western hero, heroes, showdown, battles, squad, money, civil war veteran, veteran, general, combat, escape, sword fight ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in the American Southwest, Sheriff Hickey tries to solve the worst case he has seen in his small town, likely caused by a violent local gang led by a fearsome criminal.
Style:
tense, disturbing
Plot:
violence, organized crime, criminal gang, small town sheriff, western hero, suspense, battles, bandit, extreme violence, small town life, small town, investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A pioneering family fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly-built farm on the plains of Montana.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
gang, criminal, strong female lead, attack, violence, fight, battles, female protagonist, bandit, western hero, criminal gang, old west ...
Time:
victorian era
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Genre: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch owner Nathaniel Reed quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a ...
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, group of criminals, society, secret plan, gunslinger, u.s. marshal, human nature, plan gone wrong, thief, hacking, old west, perfect crime ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two thieves attempt to steal 80 million dollars of hidden Texas drug money from the famed ranch belonging to a dead member of the Cowboy Mafia.
Style:
twist ending, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
old west, ranch, robbery, cowboy, drug cartel, gunslinger, violence, one last job, criminal gang, gunfight, poker game, gambling debt ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas
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772
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Colorado sheriff pursues a ruthless gang of train robbers into New Mexico, where he has no official jurisdiction. Accompanying him is a motley posse, including a sharp-shooting gambler whose fiancee the gang has kidnapped.
Plot:
cowboy, small western town, gunfight, squad, showdown, western hero, gang of outlaws, villain, old west, kidnapping, cowboys and outlaws, sniper ...
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, scenic, buddy comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
horse, texas ranger, superhero, indians, disney, gunfight, native american, corruption, revenge, escape, betrayal, escapades ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, san francisco
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60K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Gunslinger Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting ...
Style:
stylized, gothic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, revenge, supernatural, civil war, death, bounty hunter, superhero, american civil war, vengeance, gunslinger, lone wolves, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, virginia, new orleans, south carolina, georgia ...
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417K
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, harsh ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, old west, gunfight, sheriff, prostitute, small town, hitman, morality, prostitution ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
wyoming, kansas, canada, usa
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318K
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:
gloomy, psychological, tense, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, old west, gang, sheriff, suspense, heroic mission, race against time, righting the wronged, death of protagonist, courage, heroes, morality ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, usa, yuma arizona, sonora ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, native american, cowboy, criminal, heroes, indian war, native american attack, western hero, church, desertion, social relations, religions or cults ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, War, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find ...
Style:
realistic, serious, cynical, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, bounty hunter, soldier, heroes, revolutionary, small village, fight, western hero, violence, gunfight, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 1860s
Place:
latin america, austria, mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden ...
Style:
light, entertaining, stylized, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nun, gunfight, french, cowboy, cowboys and outlaws, rescue, heroes, partners, gunslinger, rivalry, rebelliousness, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
mexico, latin america, france
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49K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he ...
Style:
stylized, harsh, exciting, sentimental, clever ...
Audience:
family outing, manly
Plot:
revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, vengeance, hanging, cowboy, reward, civil war veteran, alcoholic, texas ranger, justice ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
texas, arkansas, oklahoma, california, austin texas ...
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154K
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, serious, factual, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, gunfight, cowboy, old west, lone hero, gang, sheriff, friendship, suspense, betrayal, revenge, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
arizona, california, tucson arizona, usa
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Genre: Action, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets ...
Style:
bad ending, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, humorous, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, kidnapping, desert, gunfight, hanging, cowboy, mercenary, lone hero, natural disaster, transformation, catastrophe, violent ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, spain, latin america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, harsh, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genocide, vengeance, australian, suspense, vigilantism, friendship, culture clash, fish out of water, gunfight, against the odds, old west, australian aboriginal ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
australia, london, texas, pacific ocean, wyoming ...
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Genre: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, investigation, murder, frame up, betrayal, old west, jail, sheriff, fistfight, cowboy, vengeance, criminal ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Style:
sexy, tense, intense, buddy movie, affectionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
renegade, native american, comanche indian, small town, desert, gunfight, horse, chase, gang, murder, texas ranger, gambler ...
Time:
19th century, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, louisiana, new jersey, new orleans, latin america ...
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10K
Genre: Biography, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Style:
harsh, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
bounty hunter, cattle, old west, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, dishonesty, elderly, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, greed ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 80s, 1870s
Place:
new mexico, california, texas, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Legend has it-he lives. In this Western drama, some friends of gunfighter Josey Wales (Michael Parks, who also directed) are killed South of the border, so he heads to Mexico to confront a crooked local chief of police and get a good buddy out of ...
Plot:
old west, cowboy, war veteran, war hero, heroes, horse, criminal, cowboys and outlaws, gunfighter, tough guy, gunslinger, one man army ...
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
Plot:
apache tribe, dog, horse, native american attack, native american tribe, captain, cowboy, old west, gunfight, indian war, colonel, lieutenant ...
Place:
arizona
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20K
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of ...
Style:
affectionate, intense, stylized, melancholic, ironic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, cowboy, bounty hunter, mexican, landowner, manhunt, bandit, train, revolutionary, civil war, revenge, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, texas, new mexico, usa, arizona ...
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28K
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, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, vengeance, sheriff, lone hero, old west, adaptation, suspense, cowboy, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, vigilantism ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
texas, california, usa, sonora, mexico
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals.
Style:
psychotronic, serious, realistic, rough, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elvis presley, gunfight, gang, heroes, frame up, tough heroes, righting the wronged, vengeance, chase, rivalry, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time:
60s, victorian era
Place:
mexico, arizona, sonora
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