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'.
Major Dundee (1964)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: James Coburn, Richard Harris, Charlton Heston, Senta Berger, Jim Hutton, Warren...
Sprawling Western epic from director Sam Peckinpah featuring Charlton Heston as a rough-hewn Union officer heading across the Mexican border with a tr... Read more
Man of the East (1972)
6.7/10
Director: Enzo Barboni
Starring: Gregory Walcott, Harry Carey Jr, Terence Hill
'He's a fun-of-a-gun!' or so the tagline promises. Terence Hill ("They Call Me Trinity") is back in his classic genre of comedy/western, this time as... Read more
Man Of The Frontier (1936)
5/10
Director: B Reeves Eason
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site. Read more
Man of the West (1958)
7.2/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord
Gary Cooper's last great Western is the story of a man who must revisit his past sins in order to exorcise them. Meeting up co-incidentally on a trai... Read more
Man with the Gun (1955)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Wilson
Starring: Emile Meyer, Henry Hull, Jan Sterling, Leo Gordon, Robert Mitchum, Ted De Corsia...
When Clint Tollinger (Robert Mitchum) rides into Sheridan City, the only thing he's looking for is Nelly Bain (Jan Sterling). But what he finds is a t... Read more
Man Without a Star (1955)
7/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Claire Trevor, Jeanne Crain, Kirk Douglas, Richard Boone, William Campbell
In this deceptively titled and paced Western, Kirk Douglas shines in the hyper-macho role of Dempsey Rae, a good-natured drifter with a mysterious pas... Read more
Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977)
Director: Sergio Martino
Starring: Maurizio Merli, Donald O'Brien, Rik Battaglia
Despite coming along fairly late in the cycle, this spaghetti western is one of the genre's best. Maurizio Merli stars as Mannaja, a hatchet-wielding... Read more
Maverick (1994)
7/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Jodie Foster, James Garner, Mel Gibson, Graham Greene, James Coburn, Alfred Moli...
An update of the 60s TV Show with Mel Gibson as the wily cardshark on his way to a big stakes poker game. Jodie Foster and James Garner co-star. Read more
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine...
This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman may be the most radically beautiful film to come out of the New American Cinema. It stars Warren Beatty... Read more
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Shirley Henderson, Paul Dano, N...
Harsh western drama, set in 1845, tells of a three-family wagon train heading west on the uncertain and desolate terrain of the Oregon Trail towards a... Read more