Westerns
The American West has always fascinated movie goers, even though much of the Old West never was. Russian nobility toured, eccentric Englishwomen toured, and authors wrote wild stories that seeped into the minds of us all. Gunslingers, cattle rustlers and savage Indians are part of the myth. Other iconic elements include the hanging tree, stetsons amd spurs, lassos and Colt 45s, stagecoaches, gamblers, long-horned cattle and cattle drives, prostitutes (or madams) with a heart of gold, and more.
Alice's Westerns, or Cowboy Films are listed alphabetically below, be sure to check out 'Spaghetti Westerns' sub-featured in green on the left, and 'TV Westerns' under 'Television Shows'.
Doc (1971)
6.1/10
Director: Frank Perry
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Stacy Keach
An unusually accurate portrayal of famous Western personalities - a group so important in American legend they are generally glorified whatever their... Read more
Dodge City (1939)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan...
A big scale western from director Michael Curtiz, inspired by the exploits of Wyatt Earp, and telling the story of an ex-soldier who rides into the wi... Read more
Dollar for the Dead (1998)
5.4/10
Director: Gene Quintano
Starring: Ed Lauter, Emilio Estevez, Joaquim de Almeida, William Forsythe, Howie Long
In this tribute to the old-time spaghetti westerns, with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwo... Read more
Don't Come Knocking (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk,...
Writer and actor Sam Shepard reunites with director Wim Wenders for the first time since their acclaimed 'Paris, Texas'. With a similar mood-drenched... Read more
Down Mexico Way (1941)
6.7/10
Starring: Gene Autry
After the bad guys swindle the good folk of Sage City, Gene and Frog chase them to Mexico where they are now trying to rob a rich Mexican ranchero. Read more
Draw! (1984)
6.3/10
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Starring: James Coburn, Kirk Douglas, Len Birman
Kirk Douglas is an old-time outlaw who finds himself trapped in a small Western town after a poker game ends in a gunfight and James Coburn is his old... Read more
Drum Beat (1954)
6.5/10
Director: Delmer Daves
Starring: Alan Ladd, Charles Bronson, Robert Keith, Marisa Pavan
Because of his lifelong ties to the Medoc tribe of California, frontier scout Johnny MacKay (Alan Ladd) is tasked with brokering a peace. Renegade bra... Read more
Drums Across the River (1954)
6.2/10
Director: Nathan Juran
Starring: Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan, Lyle Bettger
All the gold in a small Colorado town has been panned, save for a bit that sits on land belonging to the Ute people. Greedy Frank Walker (Lyle Bettger... Read more
Duel at Diablo (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Bibi Andersson, James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bill Travers, Dennis Weaver
Tempers flare and hatreds boil over among the members of an Army caravan making their way through treacherous Apache territory in this graphically vio... Read more
Duel In The Sun (1946)
6.9/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten
An epic Western based on the Niven Busch novel about a half-breed Indian woman who goes to live in the home of a wealthy cattle baron and falls in lov... Read more