The Coolest Western classics
by mrloslambert | created - 08 May 2014 | updated - 11 Apr 2021 | PublicThis movie-list is not listed as in the ones I like best comes first but listed by actors, directors and related movies.
This is a list of the movies I have watched so far and the list is being upgraded often.
The list contains a broad variation of western sub-genres. You will find Euro/spaghetti-westerns both old and new, You will find old and new American westerns, Neo-westerns, Zapata-westerns, pre-civil war-movies and you will find western movies mixed with genres like horror, thrillers, crime-movies, war, Kung fu, Samurai movies, Sci-Fi, comedy, romance, musicals and more. You will also find tv-series and animated movies related to the genre.
I love this genre and i am a sucker for most of these movies and I have even made three western short-movies myself, (written, directed edited and so on), which by the way is not yet on IMDB. But some day they will.
If you are a western fan as well and have not yet watched all of the movies on this list I can strongly recommend you to do so and hopefully you will like every single one of them... Well I did.
You can use my ratings as a recommendation for which movies to go for first!
Enjoy :)
Ps. If you have any questions or other comments you are more than welcome to leave some words in the comment field bellow the list, and I will do my best to answer and if you have any recommendations for movies wich is not yet on the list please do so!
(List by Johnny Gregersen)
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1. Keoma (1976)
R | 105 min | Drama, Western
A half-breed ex-Union gunfighter attempts to protect his plague-ridden hometown from being overridden by his racist half-brothers and a Confederate tyrant.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, William Berger, Olga Karlatos, Orso Maria Guerrini
Votes: 6,197
Franco Nero as the half breed indian "Keoma". This is a really great movie... One of Enzo G. Castellari's best.
2. Jonathan degli orsi (1994)
88 min | Action, Western
A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the wilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes an ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, John Saxon, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, David Hess
Votes: 426
In "Jonathan Of The Bears" Enzo G. Castellari is almost re-creating the "Keoma" story and Franco Nero is back in the leading role.
3. Cry, Onion (1975)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Western
Onion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of the orphans of the original owner and is coveted by the local oil baron.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, Sterling Hayden, Martin Balsam, Emma Cohen
Votes: 761
"Cry Onion" is a western comedy with Franco Nero. Directed by Enzo G. Castellari.
4. L'ultimo pistolero (2002)
8 min | Short, Western
A man roves the vastity of a deserted industrial plant ready to grasp his gun. Hat, boots, belt, the last pistolero is going to face the hardest of challenges...
Director: Alessandro Dominici | Star: Franco Nero
Votes: 216
"The Last Pistolero" is a western short movie with Franco Nero as the only actor in it.
5. Massacre Time (1966)
M | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A prospector and his drunkard half-brother must fight a rancher and his sadistic son after they seize control of his farm.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Franco Nero, George Hilton, Linda Sini, Giuseppe Addobbati
Votes: 2,348
"Massacre Time" was the first of director Lucio Fulci's five spaghetti westerns. Starring Franco Nero and George Hilton as the Corbett half-brothers and Nino Castelnuovo as the mentally disturbed villain Junior Scott. Cool movie with a cool plot. But it is not a Django movie though a bunch of posters would refer to it.
6. White Fang (1973)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Western
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, John Steiner
Votes: 934
First of Lucio Fulci's "White Fang" movies. Starring Franco Nero.
7. Challenge to White Fang (1974)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Western
Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the villainous Beauty Smith from claiming a recently discovered gold mine in 1899 Yukon, Canada.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, John Steiner, Raimund Harmstorf
Votes: 484
Nr. two of Lucio Fulci's "White Fang" movies. Starring Franco Nero.
8. Texas, Adios (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Drama, Western
A Texan sheriff and his younger brother travel across the border into Mexico to confront the man who killed their father.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Elisa Montés, José Guardiola
Votes: 1,859
9. The Tramplers (1965)
105 min | Western
Civil War soldier returns home to his father who can't accept the loss of the Confederates. Serious conflicts arouse which split the family.
Directors: Albert Band, Mario Sequi | Stars: Gordon Scott, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Ilaria Occhini
Votes: 260
The first spaghetti western Franco Nero appeared in. Though he only played a small part in the movie.
10. Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A stalwart Spanish soldier turns to a life of crime to prove his love for a mysterious and promiscuous gypsy woman.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Tina Aumont, Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski, Guido Lollobrigida
Votes: 763
11. Don't Turn the Other Cheek! (1971)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A self-proclaimed Russian prince, a Mexican bandit and a radical Irish female journalist team up during the Mexican Revolution to find fortune and notoriety.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Lynn Redgrave, Horst Janson
Votes: 646
12. Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Western
In 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Franco Nero, Pamela Tiffin, Franco Graziosi
Votes: 752
13. The Mercenary (1968)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Western
A greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 6,158 | Gross: $0.03M
Zapata-western
14. Django (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Drama, Western
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, José Canalejas, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak
Votes: 31,018 | Gross: $0.03M
First and original Sergio Corbucci, Django movie. Franco Nero as Django. This is a true spaghetti western classic.
15. Django Strikes Again (1987)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Drama, Western
A monk returns to his former life as a gunfighter when his estranged daughter is kidnapped by a Hungarian slaver.
Director: Nello Rossati | Stars: Franco Nero, Christopher Connelly, Licinia Lentini, William Berger
Votes: 1,320
Franco Nero as Django in the sequel to Corbucci's 1966 Django movie.
16. Compañeros (1970)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben
Votes: 4,978 | Gross: $0.02M
Zapata-western. Another Good, Bad, and ugly trio type of characters. Franco Nero as "The Good/hired hand", Jack Palance as "The Bad/the villain" Tomas Milian as "The Ugly/Mexican bandit".
17. Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror, Western
Various factions, including a half-breed bandit, a gang of homosexual cowboys, and a priest, feud over stolen gold in a surreal town.
Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Marilù Tolo, Piero Lulli, Milo Quesada
Votes: 2,937
Western Horror/Thriller. Tomas Milian as Django.
18. Tepepa (1969)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Mexican revolutionary contends with a tenacious police chief, a corrupt President he helped put in power, and an English doctor who wants him dead for personal reasons.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Tomas Milian, Orson Welles, John Steiner, José Torres
Votes: 1,273
Zapata-western. Tomas Milian as a hero of the Mexican revolution.
19. The Four of the Apocalypse... (1975)
Unrated | 87 min | Fantasy, Western
In 1873, four petty criminals - three men and a pregnant woman - wander through the trackless terrain of Utah, where they are hounded by a sadistic bandit.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Fabio Testi, Lynne Frederick, Michael J. Pollard, Harry Baird
Votes: 2,950
Western Horror ... Tomas Milian as bad guy.
20. The Ugly Ones (1966)
Approved | 95 min | Western
An escapee Mexican outlaw returns to his hometown, where he is sheltered from a tenacious bounty killer by the townspeople - who discover too late that he is a changed man.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Richard Stapley, Tomas Milian, Halina Zalewska, Hugo Blanco
Votes: 702
Tomas Milian in a villain role
21. Sonny and Jed (1972)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A determined sheriff pursues a robber and his girlfriend and lets nothing get in the way of catching them.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas, Rosanna Yanni
Votes: 738
Western comedy with Tomas Milian, Susan George and Telly Savalas.
22. Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
90 min | Comedy, Western
An eccentric bounty hunter named Providence captures and sets free a criminal in order to collect the same bounty over and over again in different states, until they discover that a local sheriff is up to something crooked.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer, Janet Agren, Dieter Eppler
Votes: 281
Western comedy. Tomas Milian as Providence.
23. Face to Face (1967)
R | 111 min | Western
A history professor has a chance meeting with an infamous outlaw and eventually assumes leadership of his gang.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian, William Berger, Jolanda Modio
Votes: 3,367
This Zapata-western masterpiece is nr. two out of three Sergio Sollima westerns. The movie has a character trio set up and some sort of "coming of age" build-up. Tomas Milian and Gian Maria Volontè in the leading roles and William Berger as the third guy.
24. The Big Gundown (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Western
An unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 7,097
Tomas Milian and Lee Van Cleef in the leading roles. Milian as Manuel 'Cuchillo' Sanchez and Van Cleef as Jonathan 'Colorado' Corbett... This movie was directed by Sergio Sollima and it is one of the greatest spaghetti westerns ever made. Sollima only made three westerns and this is the first of them.
25. Run, Man, Run (1968)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
A knife-wielding Mexican ne'er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million in revolutionary gold, and finds himself working and competing with various parties for it.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Tomas Milian, Donald O'Brien, Linda Veras, Marco Guglielmi
Votes: 2,015
"Run Man Run" is the sequel to "The Big Gundown". Tomas Milian is back in the role as Manuel 'Cuchillo' Sanchez. This is the third and last of Sergio Sollima's spaghetti westerns.
26. Death Rides a Horse (1967)
R | 114 min | Drama, Western
A young gunfighter forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, till the surprising end.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 9,337
27. Day of Anger (1967)
M | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilla, Christa Linder
Votes: 5,563
28. Beyond the Law (1968)
PG | 90 min | Western
A trio of thieves plot to steal a town's silver shipment but a turn of events makes them the town's heroes.
Director: Giorgio Stegani | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Antonio Sabato, Lionel Stander, Graziella Granata
Votes: 1,461
29. Raiders of Old California (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Western
At the end of the Mexican-American War, a crooked U.S. Cavalry Captain and his men force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands and large hacienda over to the Captain.
Director: Albert C. Gannaway | Stars: Jim Davis, Arleen Whelan, Faron Young, Marty Robbins
Votes: 264
30. Barquero (1970)
R | 115 min | Drama, Western
At a river crossing, a stand-off between a gang of outlaws and local townsfolk ensues when the ferry barge operator refuses to ferry the gang across the river.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Forrest Tucker, Kerwin Mathews
Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $0.14M
31. El Condor (1970)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Marianna Hill
Votes: 1,415 | Gross: $0.70M
32. Captain Apache (1971)
GP | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Native American born US Army officer, Captain Apache, investigating a murder, uncovers a presidential assassination plot.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert
Votes: 1,023
33. Bad Man's River (1971)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Simón Andreu
Votes: 1,005
34. The Grand Duel (1972)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
Director: Giancarlo Santi | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Jess Hahn, Horst Frank
Votes: 3,456
35. The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Western
A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo, Patty Shepard, Femi Benussi
Votes: 1,052
Western and Kung-Fu movie. Cowboy "Lee Van Cleef" and kung fu fighter "Lieh Lo" Team-up theme in this spaghetti western.
36. God's Gun (1976)
R | 94 min | Western
A priest and his twin brother take turns defending a small town from the vicious Clayton gang.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Sybil Danning
Votes: 1,639
37. Sabata (1969)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti
Votes: 5,651 | Gross: $0.23M
Lee Van Cleef as Sabata in the first of Gianfranco Parolini's Sabata movies.
38. Return of Sabata (1971)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Western
The citizens of Hobsonville hire Sabata to rid them of the McIntock clan, who are forcibly and unlawfully taxing them under the pretext of town development.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Giampiero Albertini, Ignazio Spalla
Votes: 2,202
Van Cleef is back as Sabata in the third of Gianfranco Parolini's Sabata movies.
39. Sabata the Killer (1970)
87 min | Comedy, Western
Sabata and Mangosta are bank robbers, who after a bank job, through a series of events, end up teaming up with the bank clerk, Peter. They then go on the run with Peter's boss and a hired ... See full summary »
Director: Tulio Demicheli | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Peter Lee Lawrence, Eduardo Fajardo, Alfredo Mayo
Votes: 238
Anthony Steffen is Sabata (on some posters, Garringo), in this unofficial Sabata movie.
40. Adiós, Sabata (1970)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, War
Sabata helps a band of Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagon-load of gold from the occupying Austrian forces of Emperor Maximilian I.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla, Gérard Herter
Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $0.55M
Yul Brynner plays Sabata in part two of Gianfranco Parolini's Sabata movies.
41. Westworld (1973)
PG | 88 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold
Votes: 62,999 | Gross: $16.06M
Sci-Fi and Neo-western
42. Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Western
In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Yul Brynner, Janice Rule, George Segal, Alfred Ryder
Votes: 2,345
43. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 102,601 | Gross: $4.91M
First western edition of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurais"... Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Eli Wallach and more of the big stars of the genre is among this cast.
44. Return of the Seven (1966)
Unrated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Western
Two survivors of the original Magnificent Seven, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members to re-form the outfit and defend several Mexican villages from vicious bandits.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates
Votes: 4,824 | Gross: $6.32M
The sequal to "Magnificent Seven"... Yul Brynner is still the main character "Chris".
45. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
G | 105 min | Action, Drama, Western
Gunslinger Chris Adams is hired by a Mexican revolutionary to organize the rescue of his cause's leader from a brutal Army prison.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni
Votes: 3,203
The third western edition of "Seven Samurais"... George Kennedy plays Chris.
46. The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
PG | 100 min | Action, Drama, Western
Forced by personal circumstances, Marshal Chris Adams recruits a writer and five prisoners to help him eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 3,399
The fourth Seven-movie has no one less than Lee Van Cleef in the role as "Chris"
47. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 228,333 | Gross: $93.43M
Nr. 5 in the "The Magnificen Seven" western-movies... This time it is as a remake of the first. This time with Denzel Washington as Chris.
48. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 811,775 | Gross: $6.10M
49. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
R | 132 min | Drama, Western
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp
Votes: 274,858 | Gross: $15.00M
50. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,875 | Gross: $14.50M
51. A Bullet for the General (1967)
M | 115 min | Action, Western
A band of Mexican gunrunners employed by a revolutionary General accept an American mercenary into their gang, unaware of his true intentions.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel
Votes: 5,081
52. Matalo! (Kill Him) (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A gang of outlaws find themselves in conflict with a mysterious, boomerang-wielding drifter and a widower who arrive in the ghost town they have holed up in.
Director: Cesare Canevari | Stars: Lou Castel, Corrado Pani, Antonio Salines, Luis Dávila
Votes: 620
53. Hang 'Em High (1968)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Western
When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle, Ed Begley
Votes: 43,131
54. Coogan's Bluff (1968)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Arizona Deputy Sheriff Coogan is sent to New York City to escort an escaped fugitive back for trial.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling
Votes: 18,925
Neo-western
55. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
PG-13 | 164 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Harve Presnell
Votes: 14,888 | Gross: $31.68M
Western-musical
56. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
GP | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manolo Fábregas, Alberto Morin
Votes: 30,591 | Gross: $11.50M
57. The Beguiled (1971)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While recuperating in a Confederate girls' boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 19,224
58. Joe Kidd (1972)
PG | 88 min | Drama, Western
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud
Votes: 21,214
59. High Plains Drifter (1973)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
A gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 64,584 | Gross: $15.70M
60. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Western
Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Bill McKinney
Votes: 79,896 | Gross: $31.80M
61. Bronco Billy (1980)
PG | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 12,736 | Gross: $24.27M
Neo-western
62. Pale Rider (1985)
R | 115 min | Drama, Western
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Sydney Penny
Votes: 64,743 | Gross: $41.41M
63. Unforgiven (1992)
R | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 436,392 | Gross: $101.16M
64. Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western
A deputy marshal kills a murderer in a town that loved him, and when no one is willing to identify him, he can't collect any reward.
Director: Gene Fowler Jr. | Stars: Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Carole Mathews
Votes: 618
65. Guns of Diablo (1964)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Wagon train scout Linc Murdock reminisces about his old feud with rancher Rance Macklin over pretty Maria during the time when Linc worked for the Macklin ranch.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Charles Bronson, Susan Oliver, Kurt Russell, Jan Merlin
Votes: 874
66. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
PG-13 | 166 min | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 349,255 | Gross: $5.32M
67. Red Sun (1971)
PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Western
In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress
Votes: 10,723 | Gross: $4.84M
68. Chato's Land (1972)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Western
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland
Votes: 6,269 | Gross: $0.42M
69. The Bull of the West (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Western
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "Nobility of Kings" (10 Nov. 1965).
Directors: Jerry Hopper, Paul Stanley | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Charles Bronson, Brian Keith, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 349
70. Chino (1973)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.
Directors: John Sturges, Duilio Coletti | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vincent Van Patten
Votes: 2,754
71. Breakheart Pass (1975)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland
Votes: 8,817
72. From Noon Till Three (1976)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After spending 3 unforgettable hours with an outlaw, a beautiful young widow turns her story into a worldwide famous book.
Director: Frank D. Gilroy | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley, Stan Haze
Votes: 3,194
73. The White Buffalo (1977)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Western
At the closing of 1874 a haunted, dying Wild Bill Hickok teams up with a grieving Crazy Horse to hunt a murderous albino buffalo.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak
Votes: 5,226
74. Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
PG | 138 min | Drama, War, Western
A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti
Votes: 37,527 | Gross: $0.70M
75. The Last Hard Men (1976)
R | 98 min | Drama, Western
In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is turned upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for him.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Jorge Rivero
Votes: 2,617
76. Waterhole #3 (1967)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Western
After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried and he plans to retrieve it but others are searching for it too.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Margaret Blye, Claude Akins
Votes: 1,609
77. A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Western
Branded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel attempts to redeem himself by leading a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 2,201
78. The 5-Man Army (1969)
M/PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Western
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.
Directors: Don Taylor, Italo Zingarelli | Stars: Bud Spencer, Peter Graves, James Daly, Nino Castelnuovo
Votes: 1,773
79. Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968)
GP | 95 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A man released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.
Director: Tonino Cervi | Stars: Brett Halsey, Bud Spencer, Wayde Preston, Jeff Cameron
Votes: 1,723
80. It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A drifter with fast fists and a gunfighter-pimp with fast guns help a child claim his inheritance.
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Francisco Rabal, Renato Cestiè
Votes: 1,686
81. Buddy Goes West (1981)
98 min | Comedy, Western
Two outlaws: "The doctor" (Bud Spencer) and the Indian Girolamo (Amidou) are helping villagers to fight a gang and a corrupt sheriff who has discovered gold under the village.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, Piero Trombetta, Carlo Reali
Votes: 3,638
82. Troublemakers (1994)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Western
Two brothers who hate each other are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.
Director: Terence Hill | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Boots Southerland, Ruth Buzzi
Votes: 4,529
83. God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
PG-13 | 97 min | Western
After a train is robbed of its payroll, an insurance agent and a card-shark team-up to retrieve the loot from the bandits who guard it at a secret location near the Mexican border.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Frank Wolff, Bud Spencer, Gina Rovere
Votes: 5,402
84. Ace High (1968)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Western
A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach, Brock Peters
Votes: 4,808
85. Boot Hill (1969)
GP | 87 min | Comedy, Western
Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Woody Strode, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 3,800 | Gross: $0.32M
86. They Call Me Trinity (1970)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Western
A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie
Votes: 25,033
87. Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
G | 117 min | Comedy, Western
Bambino tries to teach his brother Trinity how to become an outlaw, but the two wind up saving a pioneer family and breaking up an arms ring instead.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 17,423
88. The Wind's Fierce (1970)
97 min | Drama, Western
In 19th century Valencia, Spain, a gunslinger begins to develop a conscience after he and his brother are hired by a ruthless landowner to kill the leaders of a local labor movement.
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Terence Hill, Maria Grazia Buccella, Mario Pardo, Máximo Valverde
Votes: 828
89. My Name Is Nobody (1973)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A young, easy-going gunman worships and competes with a famed gunfighter, insisting that he must face down a gang of 150 outlaws before he can retire.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 29,587 | Gross: $0.39M
90. A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975)
126 min | Comedy, Western
Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 5,867
91. Crazy Westerners (1967)
90 min | Musical, Western
Little Rita is a female gunslinger who travels to the Far West chasing outlaws. She takes gold from them and hides it in a cave which she plans to blow up one day and get rid of the root of all evil: money.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Rita Pavone, Terence Hill, Lucio Dalla, Teddy Reno
Votes: 662
92. Man of the East (1972)
PG | 123 min | Action, Comedy, Western
In the Wild West, a dead Englishman's greenhorn son joins his father's old gang and becomes a real frontier-man.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Dominic Barto
Votes: 3,205
93.
Lucky Luke (1992)
Episode:
Una notte di mezza estate a Daisy Town
(1992)
60 min | Comedy, Western
The Daltons are performing highlights from Shakespeare as part of their latest escape plan and are invited to put on a show in Daisy Town. Also in town is Madame Esperanza, selling her ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Hill | Stars: Terence Hill, Nancy Morgan, Fritz Sperberg, Bo Greigh
Votes: 75
94.
Lucky Luke (1992)
Episode:
Il treno fantasma
(1992)
60 min | Comedy, Western
Axel, an old prospector, thinks he's being haunted by the Ghost Train, a wreck that nearly took him to his death twenty years before. When Axel vanishes, a circuit judge orders a trial for ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Terence Hill, Nancy Morgan, Jack Elam, Abe Vigoda
Votes: 51
95.
Lucky Luke (1992)
Episode:
Chi è Mr. Josephs?
(1992)
60 min | Comedy, Western
A group of settlers and a colony of farmers are fighting over the same piece of land and the mysterious Mr. Josephs is providing both with weapons.
Director: Richard Schlesinger | Stars: Terence Hill, Nancy Morgan, Fritz Sperberg, Dominic Barto
Votes: 39
96. Doc West (2009 TV Movie)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
After bandits steal his poker winnings, this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them.
Directors: Giulio Base, Terence Hill | Stars: Terence Hill, Clare Carey, Maria P. Petruolo, Alessio Di Clemente
Votes: 1,217
97. Triggerman (2009 TV Movie)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A legendary poker playing outlaw, Triggerman, arrives to town for the wildest gambling tournament on this side of the west.
Directors: Giulio Base, Terence Hill | Stars: Terence Hill, Clare Carey, Maria P. Petruolo, Fabrizio Bucci
Votes: 735
98. Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western
A gunfighter forms a gang of "deceased" execution victims to get revenge on the politician and outlaw who killed his wife.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman, Bruna Simionato
Votes: 3,161
Terence Hill as Django
99. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,696,617 | Gross: $162.81M
Tarantino's Django movie
100. Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
R | 121 min | Action, Western
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Kôichi Satô, Quentin Tarantino, Yûsuke Iseya
Votes: 15,839 | Gross: $0.05M
Asian western and samurai crossover Django movie. Tarantino appears as an actor in this movie.
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