Best Western TV shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Western TV shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, realistic, serious, tense, historical drama and period drama. Plot: wild west, cowboy, old west, modern western, society, native american, sheriff, rivalry, horse and modern west. Genre: Western, Drama and Action. Country: USA, Canada and UK.
Best Western TV shows
Best Western TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Yellowstone (2018), Hell on Wheels (2011), Deadwood (2004), 1883 (2021), Lonesome Dove (1989), Into the West (2005), Deputy (2020), 1923 (2022), Godless (2017), Joe Pickett (2021), Longmire (2012), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), The Magnificent Seven (1998), Vegas (2012), Justified (2010), Alias Smith and Jones (1971), The Good Lord Bird (2020), Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994), Hatfields & McCoys (2012), Little House on the Prairie (1974).

List of Best TV Shows

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 8.7
 213K
Yellowstone (2018)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, ...
Style: scenic, sad, suspense, tense, neo western ...
Plot: ranch, family business, cowboy, death, cattle ranch, society, family relations, rivalry, dishonesty, old west, violence, killings ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, montana
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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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 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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 8.7
 113K
1883 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 562 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in ...
Style: historical drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating, anime ...
Plot: journey, old west, wild west, cowboy, husband wife relationship, travel, wildlife, family relations, life is a bitch, road trip, cop, quarantine ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: america, texas, montana
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 8.7
 26K
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 384 min.
TV show
Story: Lonesome Dove is a Western television miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, Lonesome Dove was originally broadcast by CBS on February 5, 1989, drawing a ...
Style: epic, realistic, touching, entertaining, anime ...
Plot: wild west, modern western, cowboy, texas ranger, indians, modern west, gunfight, friendship, native american, old west, obsessive quest, villain ...
Time: 19th century
Place: montana, austin texas, america, nebraska, usa ...
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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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 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
 51K
1923 (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
Style: dramatic, atmospheric, serious, harsh, captivating ...
Plot: cowboy, journey, great depression, fight, relationships, small town, life is a bitch, survival, family relations, society, range war, nudity ...
Time: 1920s, 1940s, 60s
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 8.2
 78K
Godless (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 452 min.
TV show
Story: Frank Griffin, an outlaw terrorizing the 1880s American West, hunts down Roy Goode, his partner turned enemy. Roy hides out at a ranch as Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico - a town mysteriously made up entirely of women.
Style: suspense, rough, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: showdown, mining town, gunslinger, strong female lead, violence, cowboy, lesbian, outlaw, old west, modern western, modern west, wild west ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: new mexico
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 7.7
 10K
Joe Pickett (2021)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a small rural town in Wyoming on the verge of economic collapse. Surrounded by rich history and vast wildlife, the township hides decades of schemes and ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, neo western
Audience: family friendly
Plot: small town, secret, conspiracy, life is a bitch, secret society, political intrigue, political conspiracy, political unrest, small town life, changing lives, criminal, handgun ...
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 8.3
 40K
Longmire (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: sheriff, police, cowboy, small town, policewoman, machismo, small town life, father daughter relationship, social relations, peril, election, fighting crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama series created by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour who plays Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the American West and who settles ...
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, touching, medical drama ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot: family values, old west, doctors and patients, small town, female doctor, parents and children, medical, medicine, love and romance, children, american indian, society ...
Time: 19th century, 90s
Place: colorado
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The Magnificent Seven (1998)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black ...
Style: realistic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: modern west, cowboy, modern western, wild west, anti hero, master warrior, vengeance, cons and scams, clergy, good versus evil, prostitute, old west ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona
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 7.3
 8K
Vegas (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor ...
Style: serious, stylized, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sheriff, organized crime, greed, corruption, police investigation, mafia, power struggle, rivalry, father son relationship, cowboy, mobster, gambling ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1961
Place: las vegas, usa
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 8.6
 118K
Justified (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 3400 min.
TV show
Story: A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, neo noir, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: u.s. marshal, fighting crime, officer, drug lord, lone wolves, justice, gunfight, shooting, white trash, small town, tough law enforcer, ex convict ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
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Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: wild west, spy, outlaw, partner, friends, wanted, disorder, going straight, buddies, escapades, hidden identity, pardon ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, usa
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Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995)
Genre: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years" begins two years after the end of "Lonesome Dove". After two years spent bounty hunting, womanizing, and drinking away the painful memories of his late wife, Hannah, Newt Call returns to town to ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot: bounty hunter, wild west, cowboy, small town life, hotel, small town, rivalry, couple relations, adventurer, social relations, anti hero, brothel ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: texas
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The Good Lord Bird (2020)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 335 min.
TV show
Story: Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
Style: historical drama, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: abolitionist, slavery, civil war, slave, fight for supremacy, wartime, battles, fight, fighting the system, civil rights, african american, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: america, kansas
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Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)
Genre: Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the small western town of Curtis Wells, Lonesome Dove: The Series follows first the romance and later the marriage of Newt Call and Hannah Peale, and the obsession that Clay Mosby, who owns most of the town, has with young Hannah, who looks ...
Style: costume drama, realistic, serious, exciting, rough
Plot: cowboy, wild west, couples, love and romance, obsession, escapades, society, couple relations, old west, small town, small town life, newlyweds ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: wyoming, usa
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Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min.
TV show
Story: Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: civil war, american civil war, old west, gunfight, feud, revenge, violence spree, violence, murder, rivalry, ethnic conflict, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s, 1890s ...
Place: kentucky, west virginia, usa
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Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Style: sentimental, sincere, feel good, touching, serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, toddlers, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: parents and children, farm, family life, small town, love and romance, small town life, social relations, siblings relations, teachers and students, youth, husband wife relationship, optimism ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 1880s, 1800s
Place: minnesota, kansas
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 6.2
 15K
Walker (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Reboot of the 1993 series focusing on Walker as he returns from years undercover. A widower and father of two, he begins fighting crime with a new partner, who is one of the only female Rangers in history.
Style: tense, captivating, detective
Plot: texas ranger, police officer, gay, gay brother, deputy sheriff, fighting crime, sheriff, teamwork, officer, showdown, police, small town sheriff ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: texas
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Strange Empire (2014)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a ...
Style: serious, touching, suspenseful, realistic, period drama
Plot: woman, power struggle, small town life, danger, survival, old west, small town, strong female presence, woman with a gun, civil war, house, women ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: usa, montana
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 7.1
 24K
Frontier (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, exciting, harsh, historical drama ...
Plot: native american, trafficking, rivalry, medieval, intrigue, competitor, showdown, fight for supremacy, society, struggle for survival, fight, battles ...
Time: 18th century, 2010s, 1790s
Place: nova scotia, newfoundland, canada
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McLeod's Daughters (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: McLeod's Daughters is an Australian television series that began airing on the Nine Network on 8 August 2001. This Logie award winning drama series follows the lives of half sisters Claire and Tess McLeod as they embark on a mission: to run ...
Style: realistic, witty, captivating, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: kids
Plot: farm, feminism, family relations, couple relations, workplace, family business, sister sister relationship, family problems, estrangement, wilderness, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: australia, south australia
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Billy the Kid (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, romantic drama, bilingual
Plot: american history, gunslinger, outlaw gang, fast draw, female nudity, bandit, cowboy, gang, lifestyle, criminal gang, criminal, ancient ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: new mexico
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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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The Virginian (1962)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. It was a spin-off from a 1958 summer series called Decision. Filmed in color, The ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Audience: kids
Plot: old west, team, wild west, ranch, farm, tough heroes, friends, heroes, lone wolves, ego clash, rivalry, against the odds ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 1890s, 70s, 60s
Place: wyoming, usa
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 7.8
 29K
The English (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: revenge, woman, death of son, death, son, old west, city, troubled past, female protagonist, bereavement, vengeance, loss of child ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1900s
Place: wyoming
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The Big Valley (1965)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides ...
Style: retro, historical drama, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot: old west, wild west, brothers, indians, team, woman with a gun, parents, family drama, american history, society, estrangement, family relations ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: california, usa, mexico
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