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'.
Shanghai Noon (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Tom Dey
Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu
Jackie Chan makes the Wild West even wilder in this rambunctious ride, playing an Imperial Guard in China's Forbidden City in the 1880's who comes to... Read more
Purgatory (1999)
7/10
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Eric Roberts, Brad Rowe
Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts and Randy Quaid star in this fantasy Western about an outlaw band who ride into a town that is actually Purgatory, between H... Read more
Wild Wild West (1999)
4.9/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Salma Hayek, Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh
This special effects-filled sagebrusher is based on the 60's campy television series and stars Will Smith as government agent James West, who along 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
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
Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
7/10
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: Tom Selleck, Suzy Amis, Keith Carradine
This adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel is set after the Civil War where Confederate soldier Tom Selleck attempts to reunite with his family and rec... Read more
Once Upon A Time In China And America (1997)
6.4/10
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Chan Kwok Pong
Martial arts goes western in this action-filled saga starring Jet Li as Master Wong, who journeys with his aunt to the American West, where they encou... Read more
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
7.3/10
Director: Yves Simoneau
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, David Arquette, Harry Dean Stanton, F Murray Abraham, Keith Ca...
In this prequel to 'Lonesome Dove' David Arquette and Jonny Lee Miller star as young Gus McRae and Woodrow Call, coming of age in the days when Texas... Read more
Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)
7/10
Director: Mark Tinker
Starring: Michael Landon, Leonard Nimoy, Dennis Farina, Richard Roundtree
Return to the Ponderosa for this gripping sequel to the classic Western series. When the Cartwright's homestead is threatened by a group of ruthless o... Read more
Buffalo Girls (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Rod Hardy
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Jack Palance, Re...
Revolves around the lifelong friendship of frontierswoman Calamity Jane (Anjelica Huston) and madame Dora Du Fresne (Melanie Griffith) in the period b... Read more