Horse Movies - Best Westerns
Best Western/Horse Movies
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How the West Was Won (1962) Sprawling epic of Western expansion told through the eyes of one family over three decades. |
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I Will Fight No More Forever (1975) Based on the true story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians who tried to escape U.S. government policies by fleeing to Canada. |
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Junior Bonner (1972) Fading rodeo star Steve McQueen drifts back to his hometown and finds he must prove himself in the arena one more time to help his parents. |
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The Lawless Nineties (1936) John Wayne defends the law in wild Wyoming territory, getting help from a moral journalist along the way. |
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The Left-Handed Gun (1958) Paul Newman as Billy the Kid goes after four hombres who shot his buddy dead. |
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Little Big Man (1970) The 121-year-old hero of Thomas Berger's historical novel, Jack Crabb, played by Dustin Hoffman, recalls his days raised by Indians, as Wild Bill Hickok's friend, and as the lone white survivor of Custer's Last Stand. |
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The Long Riders (1980) Another version of the Jesse James saga, this time with real life brothers playing the Jameses (Stacy & James Keach), the Youngers (David & Keith Carradine), the Millers (Randy & Dennis Quaid) and the Fords (the Guests). |
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Lonesome Dove (1989) Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel. |
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The Magnificent Seven (1960, the first movie in the series) Adapted from Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, seven American gunslingers are hired to protect a Mexican village from bandits. |
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Major Dundee (1965) In this Sam Peckinpah-directed adventure, Charlton Heston plays a rough-and-tumble cavalry honcho who leads his volunteer band of unsavory soldiers to Mexico to fight against marauding Apaches. |
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) John Ford classic with Jimmy Stewart as a pilgrim lawyer who finds fame after outdrawing a vicious outlaw. |
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McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Directed by Robert Altman, Warren Beatty plays a small-town-hustler turned hero who envisions creating a town in the Pacific Northwest. |
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The Misfits (1961) Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable star in this John Huston directed piece about a divorcee and a horse roundup that proves to be the undoing of a friendship. |
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My Darling Clementine (1946) In this epic directed by John Ford, Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) tackles the vicious Clanton clan with the aid of ill Doc Holliday (Victor Mature). |
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Naked Spur (1953) Jimmy Stewart plays a bounty hunter who is transporting an outlaw back to civilization, while his posse is torn apart by greed. |
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The Outlaw (1941) In this Howard Hughes production, Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) meets the notorious Billy the Kid (Jack Beutel), who has stolen his horse. Doc's old friend Pat Garrett, now a sheriff, wants to arrest the Kid for murder, but Doc helps his young friend flee to a hideout, where Billy meets Rio (Jane Russell), a beautiful young woman who soon finds herself falling in love with him. As Doc and Billy try to evade the law, they run into a series of adventures involving Indians and gunfights, culminating in a fierce showdown. |
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, a bitter outlaw seeking revenge is chased by vigilantes. |
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Outlawed Guns (1935) Pat O'Brien gets involved with a group of desperados, and big brother Buck Jones gets the blame for some of his nefarious activities. Can Jones save his sibling before it's too late? This first-rate Western adventure is highlighted by terrific stuntwork on horses. |
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The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) In this condemnation of mob violence vehicle, innocent cowboys become victims of a vengeful lynch mob and the effect their murder has on two men caught up in the frenzy is examined. |
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Pale Rider (1985) Clint Eastwood plays a gunman who stands between a mining company and independent prosecutors in the California gold rush. |
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