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| 1 |  | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) |  3.4197 42 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$14.74
| Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they ...more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston |
| 2 |  | Red River (1948) | 3.3925 12 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Western |
$4.86
| Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive ...more about Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift |
| 3 |  | Angel and the Badman (1947) |  3.2128 11 reviews | NA | Western, Romance |
$2.90
| A wounded outlaw is taken in and nursed by a nice Quaker family. During his stay, he begins to fall ...more about Angel and the Badman starring John Wayne and Gail Russell |
| 4 |  | Northwest Passage (1940) | 3.1637 12 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, History, Western, Romance | N/A | Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They ...more about Northwest Passage starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Young |
| 5 |  | 3 Godfathers (1948) | 3.1636 17 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Western |
$9.99
| Three outlaws, on the run after robbing a bank, encounter a woman in labor in the middle of the ...more about 3 Godfathers starring John Wayne and Pedro Armendáriz |
| 6 |  | Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) | 3.0181 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$4.86
| A local farmer has been killed and his cattle stolen. The towns people ban together to catch the ...more about Ox-Bow Incident starring Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews |
| 7 |  | My Friend Flicka (1943) | 2.9668 10 reviews | NA | Western |
$7.99
| Young Ken McLaughlin has a problem doing anything to please his father. The boy is constantly ...more about My Friend Flicka starring Preston Foster and Rita Johnson |
| 8 |  | Fort Apache (1948) | 2.9463 12 reviews | G | Western |
$11.52
| In John Ford's sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character ...more about Fort Apache starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda |
| 9 |  | My Darling Clementine (1946) | 2.9206 48 reviews | NA | Western |
$4.86
| Wyatt Earp and his brothers move to Tombstone to live the lives of quiet farmers, but when a band ...more about My Darling Clementine starring Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell |
| 10 |  | Lady Takes a Chance, A (1943) | 2.8753 8 reviews | NA | Western, Romance, Comedy |
$9.99
| ...more about Lady Takes a Chance starring Jean Arthur and John Wayne |
| 11 |  | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) | 2.8609 26 reviews | NA | Western, Romance |
$17.99
| Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending ...more about She Wore a Yellow Ribbon starring John Wayne and Joanne Dru |
| 12 |  | They Died with Their Boots On (1941) | 2.8136 15 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Western, Biography, Romance |
$8.68
| This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through ...more about They Died with Their Boots On starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 13 |  | Go West (1940) | 2.8061 9 reviews | NA | Western, Musical, Comedy |
$8.63
| Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale (Groucho) is heading west to find his ...more about Go West starring John Carroll |
| 14 |  | Texas (1941) | 2.7990 6 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.95
| Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. ...more about Texas starring William Holden and Glenn Ford |
| 15 |  | Westerner, The (1940) | 2.7727 11 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Cole Hardin just doesn't look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she ...more about Westerner starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan |
| 16 |  | Duel in the Sun (1946) | 2.7711 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$5.79
| When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chevez goes to live ...more about Duel in the Sun starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten |
| 17 |  | Yellow Sky (1948) | 2.7696 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$5.99
| A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water ...more about Yellow Sky starring Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter |
| 18 |  | Western Union (1941) |  2.7396 8 reviews | NA | History, Western | N/A | Vance Shaw gives up outlawing and goes to work for the telegraph company; his brother Jack Slade ...more about Western Union starring Robert Young and Randolph Scott |
| 19 |  | Mark of Zorro, The (1940) | 2.7031 14 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Western |
$9.27
| Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a ...more about Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell |
| 20 |  | My Little Chickadee (1940) | 2.6863 9 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$5.96
| Rightly suspected of illicit relations with the Masked Bandit, Flower Belle Lee is run out of ...more about My Little Chickadee starring Mae West and W.C. Fields |
| 21 |  | Harvey Girls, The (1946) | 2.6785 15 reviews | NA | Western, Musical |
$13.79
| On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women ...more about Harvey Girls starring Judy Garland and John Hodiak |
| 22 |  | King of the Texas Rangers (1941) | 2.6574 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Western | N/A | Fifth columnists threaten the Texas oil field until stopped by an all-American football player who ...more about King of the Texas Rangers starring Neil Hamilton and Pauline Moore |
| 23 |  | Along Came Jones (1945) | 2.6506 9 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$4.86
| Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious ...more about Along Came Jones starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young |
| 24 |  | Man from Colorado, The (1948) | 2.5859 6 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.95
| Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of ...more about Man from Colorado starring Glenn Ford and William Holden |
| 25 |  | Pecos Bill (1948) | 2.5844 1 reviews | NA | Western, Animation, Short | N/A | Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers tell the story of Pecos Bill, an infant who fell out of a ...more about Pecos Bill starring Roy Rogers and Bob Nolan |
| 26 |  | Virginia City (1940) | 2.5417 5 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, History, Western, Romance | N/A | Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. ...more about Virginia City starring Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins |
| 27 |  | Unconquered (1947) | 2.5387 3 reviews | NA | Adventure, History, Western | N/A | In 1763, felon Abby Hale is sentenced to slavery in America. In Virginia, heroic Capt. Holden buys ...more about Unconquered starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard |
| 28 |  | Ramrod (1947) | 2.5113 6 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she ...more about Ramrod starring Veronica Lake and Don DeFore |
| 29 |  | Paleface, The (1948) | 2.5086 12 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$3.92
| Someone is selling guns to the Indians and in order to find the culprit Calamity Jane and a secret ...more about Paleface starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell |
| 30 |  | Tall in the Saddle (1944) | 2.4985 5 reviews | NA | Western, Mystery, Romance |
$6.84
| When a stranger arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who sent for him has been ...more about Tall in the Saddle starring John Wayne and Ella Raines |
| 31 | | Blood on the Moon (1948) | 2.4078 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Western | N/A | When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired ...more about Blood on the Moon starring Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Preston |
| 32 |  | North West Mounted Police (1940) | 2.4078 3 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western | N/A | Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) ...more about North West Mounted Police starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll |
| 33 |  | Buffalo Bill (1944) | 2.4054 5 reviews | NA | Western, Biography |
$6.88
| The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to ...more about Buffalo Bill starring Maureen O'Hara and Linda Darnell |
| 34 |  | Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) | 2.3908 5 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.99
| Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to ...more about Flame of Barbary Coast starring John Wayne and Ann Dvorak |
| 35 |  | Four Faces West (1948) | 2.3488 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.99
| Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks ...more about Four Faces West starring Frances Dee and Eva Novak |
| 36 |  | Pursued (1947) | 2.3241 4 reviews | NA | Thriller, Western |
$7.70
| ...more about Pursued starring Teresa Wright and Judith Anderson |
| 37 |  | Billy the Kid (1941) | 2.3241 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Biography | N/A | ...more about Billy the Kid starring Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy |
| 38 |  | Bad Bascomb (1946) | 2.2830 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | It's just after the civil war when the elderly outlaw Bascomb and his gang try to rob a bank. They ...more about Bad Bascomb starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien |
| 39 |  | Desperadoes, The (1943) |  2.2488 5 reviews | NA | Western |
$8.68
| Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They ...more about Desperadoes starring Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor |
| 40 |  | Santa Fe Trail (1940) | 2.2252 3 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western, Biography, Romance |
$5.99
| The story of Jeb Stewart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and ...more about Santa Fe Trail starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 41 |  | Dark Command (1940) | 2.2145 4 reviews | NA | Western, Romance |
$6.55
| Cowpoke Bob Seton becomes a rival for William Cantrell's girl and for the sheriff's job Cantrell ...more about Dark Command starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne |
| 42 | | Station West (1948) | 2.1125 3 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Station West starring Dick Powell and Jane Greer |
| 43 | | Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, The (1949) | 2.0821 4 reviews | NA | Western, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. ...more about Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend starring Betty Grable and J. Farrell MacDonald |
| 44 |  | Marshal of Reno (1944) | 2.0821 1 reviews | NA | Western |
$13.29
| One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to ...more about Marshal of Reno starring George 'Gabby' Hayes and Alice Fleming |
| 45 | | Colorado Territory (1949) | 2.0638 3 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job. He doesn't like his new ...more about Colorado Territory starring Virginia Mayo and Dorothy Malone |
| 46 | | Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) | 2.0547 2 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Fury at Furnace Creek starring Victor Mature and Coleen Gray |
| 47 |  | Return of Frank James, The (1940) | 2.0547 5 reviews | NA | Western |
$5.99
| Frank James sets out to find the men who killed his brother. When the killers are pardoned, he ...more about Return of Frank James starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney |
| 48 |  | Blazing Across the Pecos (1948) | 2.0547 2 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.66
| Ace Brockway is trying to drive Matt Carter out of business by having Indians attack his trading ...more about Blazing Across the Pecos starring Charles Starrett and Paul Campbell |
| 49 | | I Shot Jesse James (1949) | 2.0501 2 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about I Shot Jesse James starring Preston Foster and Barbara Britton |
| 50 |  | Marshal of Laredo (1945) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Western |
$19.93
| Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) chases and catches a bank robber, but the robber's ...more about Marshal of Laredo starring Alice Fleming and Peggy Stewart |
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