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'.
Chisum (1970)
6.9/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: Geoffrey Deuel, Forrest Tucker, John Wayne, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Bru...
The Duke is a peace-minded cattle baron in a territory riddled with corrupt officials. He dosen't want a fight, but won't run away from one either. Read more
My Darling Clementine (1946)
7.8/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature
A beautifully directed American classic about Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) leading to the inevitable gunfight at the O.K.... Read more
Monte Walsh (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Simon Wincer
Starring: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, George Eads, James Gammon, Wa...
The last years of the Old West become a turning point for a fading cowboy struggling to hold on to the traditions that made him a legend. Monte Walsh... Read more
Red Sun (1972)
7/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, Ursula Andress, Alain Delon, Capucine
The year is 1871. The Emperor of Japan decides to make a gift of a priceless samurai sword to the President of the United States of America. En route... Read more
The Cheyenne Social Club / Firecreek (1967)
Director: Gene Kelly, Vincent McEveety
Starring: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Gary Lockwood, Dean...
'The Cheyenne Social Club' (1970) - Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda team in the wry western satire about aging cowpokes who inherit a Wyoming brothel an... Read more
How the West Was Won (1962)
7.1/10
Director: George Marshall, Henry Hathaway, John Ford
Starring: Carolyn Jones, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Eli Wallach, George Peppard, Greg...
The sprawling story of three generations of 19th-century pioneers, and their odyssey from New England to the frontier, is a true western classic with... Read more
Pale Rider (1985)
7.3/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
Clint Eastwood wears two hats as director and actor in this first-rate western adventure, Eastwood's homage to "Shane". Clint stars as the mysterious... Read more
Shenandoah (1965)
7.4/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett
James Stewart gives a powerful performance as a patriarch determined to keep his family out of the civil war. He ultimately fails and is forced into a... Read more
The Magnificent Seven: Season 1 (1998)
7.7/10
Director: Christopher Cain, Geoff Murphy, Peter Markle
Starring: Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman, Dale Midkiff, Eric Close, Andrew Kavovit, Anthony St...
Based on the original film and with a movie-length pilot directed by our own Geoff Murphy this TV western stars Michael Biehn ('The Terminator') as th... Read more
The Great Silence (1968)
7.8/10
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Widely considered to be among the best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made, this bleak, brilliant, violent, snowbound, politically charged 's... Read more