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 captivating, suspenseful, tense, exciting, serious and suspense films and TV shows about / with western hero, old west, cowboy, gunfight, violence, heroes, showdown, shootout, murder and horse plots mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Mexico, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as western hero: Old Henry (2021), The Warrant (2020), Unforgiven (1992), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Tombstone (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Big Money Rustlas (2010), Winnetou - The Last Fight (2016), Heart of the Gun (2021).

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 7.3
 36K
Old Henry (2021)
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: captivating, exciting, tense, disturbing, southern gothic ...
Plot: western hero, billy the kid, murder, money, farmer, gunfight, medieval, shooter, showdown, hidden money, protector, ancient ...
Time: 2020s, 1900s
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 4.8
 755
The Warrant (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, 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, psychological, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: civil war, sheriff, fight, father son relationship, gunfight, cowboy, death, gang leader, old west, good versus evil, western hero, chase ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1969
Place: usa, kansas, missouri
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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
 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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 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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 6.7
 55K
Wyatt Earp (1994)
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, cult classic, historical drama, retro, anamorphic ...
Plot: gunfight, cowboy, wyatt earp, gunslinger, wild west, modern west, modern western, western hero, outlaw gang, u.s. marshal, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 90s, 1870s, 1860s ...
Place: arizona, wyoming, alaska, texas, arkansas
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, 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: ufo, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, alien, invasion, cowboy, space and aliens, monster, evil alien, creature, human versus alien, alien abduction ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, future, 1870s, 19th century
Place: arizona, space western, usa
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Big Money Rustlas (2010)
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, surprise ending, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gunfight, small town, social relations, gangster, silly humor, small town life, uninhibited rivalry, heroes, rivalry, western hero, small western town, cowboy ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 2010s
Place: usa
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Winnetou - The Last Fight (2016)
Genre: Western
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In Part Three, entitled "The Last Fight," gangster Santer Jr. attempts to seize an oil well on Indian territory. To prevent this, Winnetou and Old Shatterhand must reconcile the warring Indian tribes so that they can take up the fight ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: native american, western hero, money, gang, indians, breaking the law, murderer, old west, murder, sheriff, corrupt sheriff, lawlessness ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s
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Heart of the Gun (2021)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: One of the 12 Westerns in 12 Months; Travers, a doctor who deserted his military post, searches the frontier for the wife who left him. His quest is thrown off course when he saves Sarah, a woman left for dead after a wagon raid. With the cavalry, ...
Style: romantic, captivating
Plot: relationships, western hero, love and romance, salvation, daring rescue, cowboys and outlaws, search and rescue, saving a life, cowboy, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship ...
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 5.6
 3K
Badland (2019)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams the Old West seeking justice. His resolve is tested when he meets a determined pioneer woman who is far more than she seems.
Style: rough, tense, suspenseful, brutal, dark ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, gunslinger, chase, notoriety, sheriff, heroes, gunfight, veteran, morality, escape, fight ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
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The Legend of Custer (1968)
Genre: Drama, 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: native, western hero, shootout, double barreled shotgun, shooting, paratrooper, showdown, squad, veteran, combat, money, civil war veteran ...
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Fighting with Anger (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ray (Fleming) is a young, beautiful and deadly assassin looking for answers about her past. Will (Willie Nelson) is her aging mentor who assigns her to a series of new jobs and may know more about her past than he is letting on. When an innocent ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: female assassin, sniper, assassin, female fighter, female murderer, hitman, female gunfighter, murderer, modern western, killings, murder, manhunt ...
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 5.0
 243
Sanctified (2022)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An outlaw is rescued from death by a nun who is traveling through the Badlands. She nurses him back to health in exchange for him guiding her to a Church in Williston. A deep friendship develops between these two unlikely people as they learn to ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: wasteland, nun, problem, travel, western hero, shooting, relationships, church, fight, gunfight, death
Place: north dakota, south dakota
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 4.5
 79
Branded (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In this post-apocalyptic-western, Alexander Dante has lived the past 10 years in exile for the killing of Edwin, his beloved brother. Then one day he's astounded to receive a letter, purportedly from Edwin. The letter states Edwin now lives in ...
Style: suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: distopia, family problems, guilty conscience, countryside, western hero, misplaced guilt, post apocalypse, problem, post apocalyptic
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The Head of Joaquín Murrieta (2023)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 39 min.
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Story: Greed took over California because of the gold rush. It made people thirsty for wealth and land. There, in the newly drawn border between Mexico and the US, a lawless war for control, fueled by the anger and xenophobia of the past war, is led by a ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: enemy, western hero, adventurer, problem, fight, bandit, shooting, gunfight, battles, teamwork, gunslinger, female nudity ...
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Butcher's Crossing (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the 1870s, a young Harvard dropout seeks his destiny out West by tying his fate to a team of buffalo hunters led by a man named Miller. Together, they embark on a harrowing journey risking life and sanity.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: mental disorder, problem, western hero, bison, hunter, risk, desert, threat, hunting, buffalo, college dropout, journey ...
Time: 1870s
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Any Bullet Will Do (2018)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Taking place during 1876 in Montana, a ruthless headhunter tracks his own Brother through Big Sky country with the help of a young fur trapper.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: bounty hunter, gang, western hero, bandit, criminal gang, highwayman, fighting crime, old west, criminal, gunslinger, civil war, hunting ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 1800s
Place: montana
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The Last Victim (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, 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: disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: organized crime, murder investigation, violence, small town sheriff, investigation, small town, gang, criminal, battles, bandit, brutality, old west ...
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Terror on the Prairie (2022)
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: captivating, disturbing, tense, costume drama, independent film ...
Plot: strong female lead, gang, violence, western hero, fight, criminal gang, criminal, battles, old west, bandit, female protagonist, monster ...
Time: victorian era
Place: montana
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Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story (2016)
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, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot: criminal heroes, partner, cowboy, planning, plan gone wrong, gunslinger, heist, human nature, murder, strategy, escapades, friendship ...
Time: 18th century
Place: canada
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 3.8
 779
Copper Bill (2020)
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: suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: old west, ranch, robbery, cowboy, drug cartel, gunslinger, poker, thief, criminal gang, murder, gambling debt, violence ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas
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 6.1
 874
Gunpoint (1966)
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, shootout, lonely, squad, small western town, western hero, showdown, woman, wild west, horse riding, horse, pistol ...
Time: year 1966
Place: colorado
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 6.4
 244K
The Lone Ranger (2013)
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, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: texas ranger, superhero, horse, wild west, native american, indians, gunfight, cowboy, corruption, partner, revenge, masked vigilante ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place: texas, seattle, austin texas, usa, san francisco
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 4.7
 61K
Jonah Hex (2010)
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: boys' night, teens
Plot: bounty hunter, comic book, civil war, revenge, american civil war, supernatural, death, superhero, gunslinger, vengeance, one against many, cowboy ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1870s
Place: usa, virginia, charleston south carolina, arizona, georgia ...
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 6.7
 6K
Sabata (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
Style: spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, gunfight, anti hero, wild west, old west, gambling, heist, rivalry, bank robbery, cash, shootout, gunfighter ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969
Place: usa, texas
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Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
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: spaghetti western, exciting, serious, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, native american, outlaw, shootout, heroes, village, indian war, native american attack, western hero, desertion, church, disorder ...
Time: 18th century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 7.4
 51K
True Grit (1969)
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, suspense, exciting, spaghetti western ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, cowboy, hanging, texas ranger, reward, civil war veteran, teenage girl, alcoholic, justice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: texas, oklahoma, arkansas, austin texas, usa
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Return of the Seven (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, 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: spaghetti western, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, wild west, cowboy, vengeance, kidnapping, gunfight, desert, hanging, horse riding, freedom, revolution, struggle ...
Time: year 1966, 19th century, 1800s
Place: mexico, latin america, sonora
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The Comancheros (1961)
Genre: Drama, 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: exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, texas ranger, renegade, horse, comanche indian, small town, desert, gunfight, shootout, chase, murder, gambler ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1800s, 60s
Place: texas, louisiana, usa, mexico, latin america ...
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