The Shootist

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The Shootist (1976)

Western

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Shoot Out

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1971 ★ 6.4

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Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

1959 ★ 7.8

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Young Guns II

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Will Penny

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The White Buffalo

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1977 ★ 6.0

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In Old Oklahoma

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Shane

Shane

1953 ★ 7.3

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

1972 ★ 7.3

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Rango

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2011 ★ 6.9

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Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

1948 ★ 7.0

In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur

1953 ★ 7.0

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Dances with Wolves

1990 ★ 7.8

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

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2025 ★ 6.6

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My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946 ★ 7.5

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

1959 ★ 6.8

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.

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Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory

1949 ★ 7.0

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