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'.
The Proposition (2005)
7.4/10
Director: John Hillcoat
Starring: John Hurt, Danny Huston, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, David Wenham, Ray Winstone
Co-written with Nick Cave and with a searing soundtrack from him, this revisionist outback Western stars Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns a man who must ch... Read more
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
8/10
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonte, Clint Eastwood
The first in Sergio Leone's famous spaghetti western trilogy starring Clint Eastwood as the 'Man with No Name'. The film is a slick remake of Kurosawa... Read more
Dances With Wolves: The Special Edition (1990)
8/10
Director: Kevin Costner
Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A Grant
This multi-award winner and box-office smash has already become one of the most celebrated and successful motion pictures of our time. Now, Kevin Cost... Read more
Dances With Wolves (1990)
8/10
Director: Kevin Costner
Starring: Mary McDonnell, Kevin Costner, Graham Greene
Breathtakingly filmed and eloquently told tale about an idealistic young Civil War soldier who makes friends with a Sioux Indian tribe, and eventually... Read more
Little Big Man (1970)
7.6/10
Director: Arthur Penn
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam
Meet Jack Crabb: 121 years old, he's a drinking buddy of Wild Bill Hickok and survivor of Custer's last stand, his stories of the Wild West are colour... Read more
Westworld (1973)
7/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the theme park called Westworld. They can bust up a bar or bust out of jail, drop in on a brothel o... Read more
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine...
This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman may be the most radically beautiful film to come out of the New American Cinema. It stars Warren Beatty... Read more
Blazing Saddles (1974)
7.8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Mel Brooks, Harvey...
Hollywood Westerns were never the same after director/co-writer Mel Brooks put them through the comedy wringer with this tasteless, hilarious spoof. C... Read more
Cat Ballou (1965)
6.9/10
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Starring: Michael Callan, Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole, Stubby Ka...
A funny, western spoof with Jane Fonda as Cat Ballou, notorious school teacher - turned outlaw. Lee Marvin won an Oscar for his dual role as a drunken... Read more
Hang 'em High (1968)
7/10
Director: Ted Post
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle
After his "Dollars" trilogy made him an international star, Clint Eastwood returned to America to portray a cattleman who is falsely accused of murder... Read more