Movies about Cowboys

The vast plains, the dusty towns, the iconic figures: Westerns endure. Maybe you recall a specific gunfight, a character's journey, or a memorable landscape. Describe what you remember, or explore the catalog below.

65 titles.

Django Unchained
8.0

Django Unchained

2012

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

DramaWestern Movie
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The Big Lebowski
8.0

The Big Lebowski

1998

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

ComedyCrime Movie
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Toy Story 4
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Toy Story 4

2019

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

FamilyAdventureAnimationComedyFantasy Movie
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Brokeback Mountain
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Brokeback Mountain

2005

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

DramaRomance Movie
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Rango
7.0

Rango

2011

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

AnimationComedyFamilyWesternAdventure Movie
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The Magnificent Seven
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The Magnificent Seven

2016

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.

AdventureActionWestern Movie
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Hell or High Water
7.0

Hell or High Water

2016

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

WesternCrimeDrama Movie
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

WesternComedyDramaMusicMysteryRomance Movie
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Wild Wild West
5.0

Wild Wild West

1999

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

ActionAdventureComedyScience FictionWestern Movie
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The Longest Ride
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The Longest Ride

2015

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

DramaRomance Movie
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The Power of the Dog
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The Power of the Dog

2021

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

DramaWestern Movie
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Shanghai Noon
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Shanghai Noon

2000

Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.

AdventureActionComedyWestern Movie
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Blazing Saddles
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Blazing Saddles

1974

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

WesternComedy Movie
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The Magnificent Seven
8.0

The Magnificent Seven

1960

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

WesternActionAdventure Movie
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Maverick
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Maverick

1994

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

ActionAdventureComedyDramaWestern Movie
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They Call Me Trinity
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They Call Me Trinity

1970

The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.

ActionComedyWestern Movie
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Hidalgo
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Hidalgo

2004

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...

WesternAdventure Movie
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Western Movie
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Brimstone
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Brimstone

2016

In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

ThrillerWestern Movie
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Stagecoach
8.0

Stagecoach

1939

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

WesternAdventure Movie
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Open Range
7.0

Open Range

2003

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

WesternDramaActionRomance Movie
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The Harder They Fall
7.0

The Harder They Fall

2021

Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

Western Movie
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Appaloosa
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Appaloosa

2008

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

DramaWesternCrime Movie
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Young Guns
7.0

Young Guns

1988

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

WesternActionAdventure Movie
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Trinity Is Still My Name
7.0

Trinity Is Still My Name

1971

The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.

ComedyWestern Movie
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In a Valley of Violence
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In a Valley of Violence

2016

The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.

WesternAction Movie
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Young Guns II
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Young Guns II

1990

Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.

WesternAdventure Movie
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Lucky Luke
5.0

Lucky Luke

2009

Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

ComedyWesternAdventure Movie
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The Rider
7.0

The Rider

2018

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

DramaWestern Movie
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Bonanza
8.0

Bonanza

1959

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

WesternAction & AdventureDramaFamily Show
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Lone Wolf McQuade
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Lone Wolf McQuade

1983

The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.

ActionCrime Movie
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Joe Kidd
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Joe Kidd

1972

A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.

Western Movie
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The Big Country
8.0

The Big Country

1958

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

DramaWesternRomance Movie
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994

Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil and unfortunately Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona.

ActionComedyDramaWestern Movie
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Strange Way of Life
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Strange Way of Life

2023

After 25 years, an ex hired gun visits his old colleague, who is now a small town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.

DramaWesternRomance Movie
Bronco Billy
6.0

Bronco Billy

1980

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

DramaRomanceComedy Movie
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House II: The Second Story
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House II: The Second Story

1987

Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysterious murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the form of his mummified great-great grandfather, a mystical crystal skull, and a zombie cowboy.

FantasyHorrorComedy Movie
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The Man from Laramie
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The Man from Laramie

1955

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.

DramaWestern Movie
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.

AdventureComedyFamily Movie
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The Old Way
6.0

The Old Way

2023

An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he killed years ago arrives to take his revenge.

WesternDrama Movie
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Bus Stop
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Bus Stop

1956

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.

ComedyDramaRomance Movie
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Death Rides a Horse
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Death Rides a Horse

1967

Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill's tragedy.

Western Movie
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The War Wagon
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The War Wagon

1967

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

WesternActionCrime Movie
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El Gringo
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El Gringo

2012

A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

AdventureDramaActionThriller Movie
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Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
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Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

2017

When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers!

AnimationFamilyMysteryComedyWestern Movie
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The Electric Horseman
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The Electric Horseman

1979

A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.

DramaRomanceComedyWestern Movie
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The Valley of Gwangi
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The Valley of Gwangi

1969

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.

FantasyScience FictionThrillerWesternAdventure Movie
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The Villain
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The Villain

1979

Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Simpson wants the money and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.

ComedyWestern Movie
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Wagon Master
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Wagon Master

1950

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

AdventureWestern Movie
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Badland
6.0

Badland

2019

Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams the Old West seeking justice. His resolve is tested when he meets a determined pioneer woman who is far more than she seems.

Western Movie