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'.
Young Guns II (1990)
6.5/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Christian Slater
The Old West's meanest, wildest and hippest-looking outlaws are back behind, and under, the gun in the hit sequel. Emilio Estevez, as Billy the Kid, r... Read more
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
7.8/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Eli Wallach, Charles Bronson, James C...
All-star cowboy classic based on the Japanese film "Seven Samurai." Gunslinger Yul Brynner, at the request of Mexican peasants, recruits a band of his... Read more
Wyatt Earp (1994)
6.7/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey, Mark Harmon, Michael Mads...
This epic-length biography shows how fate and circumstance turned the fabled Earp into a hardened and heartless man who killed in the name of law and... Read more
The Alamo (1960)
6.9/10
Director: John Wayne
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey
Rousing battle scenes and some larger-than-life heroes highlight director/star John Wayne's thrilling salute to Texas' battle for independence from Me... Read more
Blackthorn (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Mateo Gil
Starring: Sam Shepard, Stephen Rea, Eduardo Noriega, Dominique McElligott, Nikolaj Coster-...
In suggesting that Butch Cassidy (Sam Shepard) somehow survived his encounter with the Bolivian military, this provocative Western adventure picks up... Read more
Wind River (2017)
7.8/10
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Graham Greene, Jeremy Renner, Julia Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Kelsey Asbille
Cory Lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18-year-old woman on an American Indian reservation in snowy Wyoming. When the autopsy rev... Read more
Dust (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Starring: David Wenham, Joseph Fiennes, Anne Brochet
Love and war divide two brothers in this cross between a harsh Mexican western ("El Topo") and an urban drama. From the award-winning director of "Bef... Read more
The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
7/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Paul Newman, Stacy Keach, Victoria Principal
John Huston's platful and wickedly irreverent western stars Paul Newman as the legendary, self-appointed "Law West of the Pecos," a one-time wanted ma... Read more
My Name Is Nobody (1974)
7.5/10
Director: Tonino Valerii
Starring: Henry Fonda, Terence Hill, Jean Martin, Leo Gordon
An enjoyable western spoof with Terence Hill as an easygoing gunfighter who worships an aging Henry Fonda, a gunfighter who wants to retire. Produced... Read more
Will Penny (1968)
7.2/10
Director: Tom Gries
Starring: Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Lee Majors, Bruce Dern, Ben Joh...
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston stars as Will Penny, an ageing cowboy on a hard-luck streak. He's out of work, out of money, and staked out to die in... Read more