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| 1 |  | McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) |  3.2297 53 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$13.79
| A young and charismatic gambler teams up with a business savvy madam to open a bar and brothel. ...more about McCabe & Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie |
| 2 |  | Westworld (1973) | 3.0378 27 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Western |
$13.79
| Two Chicago businessmen visit an expensive fantasy resort where robots and computers simulate ...more about Westworld starring Yul Brynner and Richard Benjamin |
| 3 |  | Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) | 3.0108 45 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$28.99
| When a group of renegade Union soldiers destroys his farm and murders his family a peaceful, quite ...more about Outlaw Josey Wales starring Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George |
| 4 |  | Little Big Man (1970) | 3.0062 37 reviews | PG-13 | Adventure, Drama, War, Western, Comedy |
$8.97
| At 120 years old, Jack Crabb tells his life story about being adopted by Indians, "saved" by a ...more about Little Big Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway |
| 5 |  | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) | 3.0005 19 reviews | R | History, Western |
$12.71
| Former outlaw Pat Garrett is now town sheriff. When Billy the Kid escapes from jail Garrett is ...more about Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid starring James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson |
| 6 |  | Blazing Saddles (1974) | 2.9916 98 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$2.87
| In a Wild West parody, the sheriff is killed and replaced with Bart, a black man. A tactic used by ...more about Blazing Saddles starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder |
| 7 |  | Shootist, The (1976) | 2.9780 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$3.66
| An aging gunfighter discovers he has cancer. Over the course of two months, he attempts to mend old ...more about Shootist starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall |
| 8 |  | Jeremiah Johnson (1972) | 2.9760 12 reviews | NA | Western |
$6.90
| A quiet mountain man living like a hermit is forced to lead a group of soldiers through a sacred ...more about Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford and Will Geer |
| 9 |  | High Plains Drifter (1973) | 2.9439 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Western |
$8.99
| A stranger rides out of the hot desert into a small town in the wild west. The towns people are ...more about High Plains Drifter starring Clint Eastwood and Dan Vadis |
| 10 |  | Junior Bonner (1972) | 2.8205 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Comedy |
$6.62
| Living from rodeo to rodeo Junior Bonner returns to Arizona to find the solid, loving family he ...more about Junior Bonner starring Robert Preston and Ida Lupino |
| 11 |  | Bite the Bullet (1975) | 2.7841 21 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Western |
$3.92
| At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to ...more about Bite the Bullet starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen |
| 12 |  | Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970) | 2.7639 22 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$6.39
| Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. ...more about Ballad of Cable Hogue starring Jason Robards and Stella Stevens |
| 13 |  | Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975) |  2.7254 16 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy, Family |
$7.02
| Three orphaned siblings are forced upon confirmed bachelor Donovan (Bixby) in a 19th century boom ...more about Apple Dumpling Gang starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts |
| 14 |  | Cowboys, The (1972) | 2.7094 13 reviews | PG | Western |
$34.99
| When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on ...more about Cowboys starring John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne |
| 15 |  | Zachariah (1971) | 2.6747 15 reviews | NA | Western |
$4.50
| Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices ...more about Zachariah starring John Rubinstein and Patricia Quinn |
| 16 |  | Fistful of Dynamite, A (1971) | 2.6583 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War, Western | N/A | In Mexico at the time of the Revolution, Juan, the leader of a bandit family, meets John Mallory, ...more about Fistful of Dynamite starring James Coburn and Rod Steiger |
| 17 | | Monte Walsh (1970) | 2.6206 11 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and ...more about Monte Walsh starring Jeanne Moreau and Jack Palance |
| 18 |  | Missouri Breaks, The (1976) | 2.6127 21 reviews | NA | Western |
$4.99
| Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But ...more about Missouri Breaks starring Marlon Brando and Randy Quaid |
| 19 |  | Bad Company (1972) | 2.5776 14 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.66
| A group of naive boys find that life as desperadoes in the west is more serious that they ...more about Bad Company starring Jeff Bridges and Jim Davis |
| 20 | | Hired Hand, The (1971) | 2.5471 14 reviews | R | Western | N/A | Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had ...more about Hired Hand starring Peter Fonda and Warren Oates |
| 21 |  | Rio Lobo (1970) | 2.5064 14 reviews | NA | Adventure, War, Western, Romance |
$5.96
| Col. Cord McNally an ex union officer teams up with a couple of ex Johnny Rebs to search for the ...more about Rio Lobo starring Susana Dosamantes and John Wayne |
| 22 |  | Chisum (1970) | 2.4932 7 reviews | NA | Western |
$11.99
| As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, John Chisum is increasingly worried as Lawrence ...more about Chisum starring John Wayne and Forrest Tucker |
| 23 |  | Electric Horseman, The (1979) | 2.3740 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Romance, Comedy |
$3.92
| Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, ...more about Electric Horseman starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda |
| 24 |  | Heartland (1979) | 2.3706 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$24.99
| ...more about Heartland starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell |
| 25 | | Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) | 2.3173 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Western |
$11.71
| ...more about Godmonster of Indian Flats starring Christopher Brooks and Stuart Lancaster |
| 26 |  | Breakheart Pass (1975) | 2.3021 11 reviews | NA | Action, Western, Crime, Mystery |
$5.99
| Train with medical supplies and small U.S. Army unit is heading through Rocky mountains towards ...more about Breakheart Pass starring Charles Bronson and Ben Johnson |
| 27 |  | Big Jake (1971) |  2.2296 10 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Western |
$7.74
| The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap ...more about Big Jake starring John Wayne and Richard Boone |
| 28 |  | Train Robbers, The (1973) | 2.1410 10 reviews | NA | Western |
$7.71
| A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she ...more about Train Robbers starring John Wayne and Ann-Margret |
| 29 |  | Cheyenne Social Club, The (1970) | 2.1393 7 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$12.71
| John is working as a cow poke for very little money with his friend Harley when he gets word his ...more about Cheyenne Social Club starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda |
| 30 |  | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) | 2.0982 7 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.10
| ...more about Butch and Sundance: The Early Days starring William Katt and Tom Berenger |
| 31 |  | Frisco Kid, The (1979) | 2.0931 13 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$8.63
| A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the ...more about Frisco Kid starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford |
| 32 |  | Buck and the Preacher (1972) | 2.0445 10 reviews | NA | Western |
$13.26
| ...more about Buck and the Preacher starring Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte |
| 33 |  | Man Called Sledge, A (1970) | 2.0210 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$24.99
| ...more about Man Called Sledge starring James Garner and Paola Barbara |
| 34 |  | Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The (1972) | 2.0114 3 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$13.79
| A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the ...more about Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean starring Roy Jenson and Gary Combs |
| 35 | | When the Legends Die (1972) | 2.0053 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Western | N/A | ...more about When the Legends Die starring Richard Widmark and Frederic Forrest |
| 36 |  | Lawman (1971) | 1.9962 3 reviews | NA | Western |
$6.62
| ...more about Lawman starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan |
| 37 |  | Villain, The (1979) | 1.9916 4 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$13.26
| The cowboy Handsome Stranger will escort miss Charming Jones to get a large sum of money from her ...more about Villain starring Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret |
| 38 | | Soldier Blue (1970) | 1.9893 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.99
| After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive ...more about Soldier Blue starring Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss |
| 39 |  | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | 1.9825 4 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$9.99
| James Garner plays a ladies' man who ends up on the run from a conquest. He has an embarrassing ...more about Support Your Local Gunfighter starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette |
| 40 |  | My Name is Nobody (1973) | 1.9615 5 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$13.00
| ...more about My Name is Nobody starring Henry Fonda and Terence Hill |
| 41 |  | Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) | 1.9505 10 reviews | NA | War, Western, Comedy |
$8.11
| Set in Mexico, a nun called Sara is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan, who is on his way to do ...more about Two Mules for Sister Sara starring Shirley MacLaine and Clint Eastwood |
| 42 |  | Posse (1975) | 1.9213 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.99
| A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He ...more about Posse starring Kirk Douglas and Bruce Dern |
| 43 | | China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) | 1.9163 5 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Condemned gunman Clayton is given a last minute reprieve on condition he murders rancher Matthew ...more about China 9 starring Warren Oates and Fabio Testi |
| 44 |  | There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) | 1.9117 8 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$8.68
| Charm, intelligence and succes in criminal career doesn't prevent Paris Pitman Jr. to start doing ...more about There Was a Crooked Man... starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda |
| 45 |  | Hearts of the West (1975) | 1.9026 4 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy | N/A | Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes ...more about Hearts of the West starring Jeff Bridges and Andy Griffith |
| 46 |  | Magnificent Seven Ride!, The (1972) | 1.8988 4 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.99
| ...more about Magnificent Seven Ride! starring Lee Van Cleef and Stefanie Powers |
| 47 |  | Joe Kidd (1972) | 1.8853 10 reviews | NA | Western |
$4.08
| Joe Kidd is a former bounty hunter and all-around tough-guy in the American Southwest. When a band ...more about Joe Kidd starring Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall |
| 48 |  | Ned Kelly (1970) | 1.8744 13 reviews | NA | Action, Western, Biography, Crime |
$3.99
| Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to ...more about Ned Kelly starring Mick Jagger and Ken Goodlet |
| 49 |  | Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) | 1.8729 4 reviews | NA | Western |
$10.99
| J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys ...more about Cahill U.S. Marshal starring John Wayne and George Kennedy |
| 50 |  | Man and Boy (1972) | 1.8318 3 reviews | NA | Adventure, Western |
$10.00
| ...more about Man and Boy starring Bill Cosby and Gloria Foster |
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