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1. Tombstone (1993)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
Directors: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Stars: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton
Votes: 166,246 | Gross: $56.51M
2. 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: 436,116 | Gross: $101.16M
3. John Carter (2012)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Transported to Barsoom, a Civil War vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton
Votes: 286,187 | Gross: $73.08M
4. Wyatt Earp (1994)
PG-13 | 191 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, a man becomes a myth in this thrilling journey of romance, adventure, and desperate heroic action.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews
Votes: 54,946 | Gross: $25.05M
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
R | 160 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 192,791 | Gross: $3.90M
6. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado
Votes: 21,089 | Gross: $0.95M
7. Shanghai Noon (2000)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Chinese man travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped Princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.
Director: Tom Dey | Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill
Votes: 135,210 | Gross: $56.94M
8. Pinocchio (1940)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie
Votes: 159,838 | Gross: $84.25M
9. The Outlaw (1943)
G | 116 min | Drama, Western
Western legends Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid are played against each other over the law and the attentions of vivacious country vixen Rio McDonald.
Directors: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks | Stars: Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell, Walter Huston
Votes: 4,980
10. Tesla (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 10,523
11. My Darling Clementine (1946)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs
Votes: 25,753
12. Hour of the Gun (1967)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Western
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi
Votes: 4,596
13. Death by Lightning
Biography, Drama, History | Pre-production
Death by Lightning dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him.
Stars: Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin, Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen
14. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke
Votes: 5,364
15. 'Doc' (1971)
R | 96 min | Drama, Western
Doc Holliday, the cold-blooded sharp-shooter, reunites with his old friend, Marshall Wyatt Earp, to take down the Clanton gang in the dusty town of Tombstone, in Arizona.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Michael Witney
Votes: 2,045
16. The Stalking Moon (1968)
G | 109 min | Drama, Western
U.S. Army soldiers round up a group of Apache, mostly women and children. Surprisingly, they find among them a white woman and her half-Apache son.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster, Noland Clay
Votes: 3,178
17. Yahsi Bati (2009)
112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1881, two Ottoman Secret Agents travel to the USA, at the Sultan's request, to deliver a valuable diamond as a gift for the President.
Director: Ömer Faruk Sorak | Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Ozan Güven, Demet Evgar, Zafer Algöz
Votes: 38,307
18. Apache Junction (2021)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Apache Junction is an Old West outpost of lawlessness, a haven for thieves and cold-blooded killers. When big-city reporter Annabelle Angel arrives in town and becomes a target, notorious gunslinger Jericho Ford comes to her aid.
Director: Justin Lee | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Stuart Townsend, Ricky Lee, Ed Morrone
Votes: 599
19. The Old Maid (1939)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp
Votes: 4,059
20. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder
Votes: 1,446
21. Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003 Video)
R | 81 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A Time Enforcement Commission police officer (Jason Scott Lee) travels back in time to prevent a criminal mastermind from gaining control of the future.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Mary Page Keller, John Beck
Votes: 2,575
22. Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1881, in Algeria, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are fighting a duel when a comet brushing Earth takes the two men to the Moon where they discover a prehistoric civilization.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz
Votes: 762
23. Django the Bastard (1969)
PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A mysterious stranger appears to take terrifying revenge on former Confederate officers who during the Civil War betrayed and were responsible for the massacre of their unit.
Director: Sergio Garrone | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Paolo Gozlino, Luciano Rossi, Teodoro Corrà
Votes: 1,266
24. Once Upon a Time in Tombstone (2020)
TV-14 | 82 min | Western
This movie delivers all of the great characters you would expect in a film about Tombstone. The Earp Brothers, The Clanton Brothers, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo etc. and great gunfights. ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Forbes | Stars: Paul Clayton, Jerry Chesser, Jezibell Anat, Russell Dobson
Votes: 150
25. Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
Passed | 79 min | Western
Wyatt Earp cleans up Tombstone and faces the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edgar Buchanan, Frances Gifford
Votes: 239
26. The Ballad of Lucy Sands (2024)
360 min | Crime, Drama, Family | Post-production
December 1st 1881. 16 year old Lucy meets her friends in the gritty iron mill town of workington. Failing to return home that night. Her aunt and grandma fear she has left home, until a chilling discovery, 1st March 1882 changes everything
Director: Steve Baldwin | Stars: Megan Tremethick, Kayleigh-Paige Rees, Evie Evans, Simon Alison
27. Appointment with Destiny (1971–1973)
60 min | Documentary
In my first post, I was talking about the film, Appointment with Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger (1971).
Stars: Lorne Greene, James Mason, Rod Serling, John Huston
Votes: 36
28. Breaking the Maya Code (2008)
TV-G | 116 min | Documentary, Mystery
The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great untranslated writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, ... See full summary »
Director: David Lebrun | Stars: Michael D. Coe, Ian Graham, Nikolai Grube, Peter Mathews
Votes: 333
29. Athlete Swinging a Pick (1881)
1 min | Documentary, Short
In this brief photographic sequence, Eadweard Muybridge himself poses nude and swings a miner's pick, in 18 different photographs.
Director: Eadweard Muybridge | Star: Eadweard Muybridge
Votes: 573
30. Ramona (1916)
Drama
On the estate of Senora Moreno in Southern California, the senora's adopted daughter Ramona lives. She falls in love with Alessandro, an Indian of noble heritage. When her adoptive mother ... See full summary »
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Adda Gleason, Mabel Van Buren, Ann Dvorak, Monroe Salisbury
Votes: 22
31. Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe (1968)
195 min | Drama, History, War
Set during the first Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881 details the events leading up to this final battle ending in one of the most humiliating defeats for Britain in history.
Director: David Millin | Stars: Roland Robinson, Reinet Maasdorp, Patrick Mynhardt, Siegfried Mynhardt
Votes: 27
32. Heart of the High Country (1985– )
100 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the 1880s, Ceci leaves her home in England for the untamed territory of New Zealand. She faces a series of challenges that will ultimately prove if she's meant to live in the high country.
Stars: Kenneth Cranham, John Howard, Valerie Gogan, Frank Whitten
Votes: 12
33. The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Western
Notoriuos liar Bill Barker, having been banished westward by the law, talks the townspeople of Martinez into making him Mayor and Judge. Here he must deal with the outlaw the Tonto Kid and ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent, Jean Rouverol
Votes: 259
34. Jesse James: Legend-Outlaw-Terrorist (2005 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Dean Alioto | Stars: Beng Spies, Bob Brewer, Gary Chilcote, Michael Fellman
Votes: 47
36. K novym beregam (1969 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Music
Director: Yuriy Bogatyrenko | Stars: Vitali Solomin, Ludmilla Filatova, Valeri Malyshev, Anatoliy Manukhov
37. Chesapeake Beacons (2020 TV Special)
27 min | Documentary
Chesapeake Beacons explores the beautiful lighthouses that still stand in the Bay and at the entrances of rivers flowing into the Chesapeake. Using archive footage, drone video and modern ... See full summary »
Stars: Sheldon Smith, Bart Flynn, Pete Lesher, Bob Stevenson
38. Return of the Phantom (1993 Video Game)
Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Detective Raoul Montand investigates a suspicious deadly accident that happened during the operatic performance of "Don Juan Triumphant" in the Palais Garnier Theater, a place rumored to be hunted since 1881 by the Phantom of the Opera.
Stars: Stuart W. Howard, Raymond Benson, Kevin Boehm, Yvonne Chenoweth
39.
Appointment with Destiny (1971–1973)
Episode:
Showdown at O.K. Corral
(1972)
Documentary
Narrated by Lorne Greene and reenacted as though captured by newsreels, Showdown at O.K. Corral retraces the steps of the West's most famous gunfight.
Director: Nicholas Webster | Stars: Lorne Greene, David H. Vowell, Tim Janes, Thomas Hunter
Votes: 21
40.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Mrs. Romney and the Outlaws
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Carolyn Romney becomes fed up watching the Kimball-Starr gang run roughshod over the town of Durango. She decides to do something about it using the Durango Record.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Rosemary DeCamp, Willard Sage, Robert Random, Patrick O'Moore
Votes: 25
41.
Man Without a Gun (1957–1959)
Episode:
Aftermath
(1958)
30 min | Western
In the aftermath of the massacre at Little Big Horn River that cost the lives of General George Armstrong Cuter and the Seventh Cavalry, one lonely man approaches the town of Yellowstone, ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Rex Reason, Robert F. Simon, James Drury, Whit Bissell
42.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
A Study in Scarlet
(1968)
48 min | Crime, Drama, History
When a man is found poisoned in an abandoned building with the word "RACHE" written in blood on the wall. LaStrade confidently declares, "Cherchez la femme!"
Director: Henri Safran | Stars: Peter Cushing, Nigel Stock, Joe Melia, George A. Cooper
Votes: 194
43.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Spectre of the Gun
(1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As punishment for ignoring their warning and trespassing on their planet, the Melkot condemn Capt. Kirk and his landing party to the losing side of a surreal recreation of the 1881 historic gunfight at the OK Corral.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ron Soble
Votes: 3,376
44.
Tombstone Territory (1957–1960)
Episode:
Whipsaw
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Bob Pickett, accused of murder in Tombstone escapes from the Red Rock jail before Clay Hollister can bring him back for trial. As fate would have it, Pickett saves Clay from an Apache ... See full summary »
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Myron Healey, Warren Oates
Votes: 41
45.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
No Time Like the Past
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A scientist attempts to use a time machine to prevent tragedies, both in world history and in his own past.
Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Dana Andrews, Patricia Breslin, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 1,784
46.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
Gold Rush Tech
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Western
Examines the technology used during the gold rush, namely the evolving of mining tools, as pumps, drills, elevators or cables
Director: Amy Huggins | Stars: Keith Carradine, James A.E. Fuentez, Rick Groat, Frank Lorey
Votes: 7
47.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
Brothel Tech
(2004)
TV-G | 44 min | Documentary, History, Western
The show covers aspects of the prostitution business in the wild west. It starts with the lack of women in the west relative to the number of men after the 1849 gold strike. Prostitutes ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Huggins | Stars: Keith Carradine, Ronald M. James, Drew Gomber, Marcus Huff
Votes: 13
48.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
Western Towns
(2004)
TV-G | Documentary, History, Western
Although their remoteness limited the resources available in western towns, the resources they did have tended to be as modern as cities in the east. This program reviews the most critical technologies to western towns economic survival.
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Keith Carradine, James A.E. Fuentez, Drew Gomber, Dave Hubert
Votes: 5
49.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
The Gunslingers: Pilot 2
(2003)
TV-G | 42 min | Documentary, History, Western
The key to the west was the use of guns and their rapid development. The traditional quick draw gunfight was very rare in the west. If you wanted to shoot someone, you usually did it from ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Long | Stars: Keith Carradine, Drew Gomber, Greg Martin, Bob Boze Bell
Votes: 12
50.
Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode:
America's Most Notorious Serial Killers: The First Wave
(2019)
TV-14 | 56 min | Documentary, Crime
We profile some of America's most notorious serial killers including the Axeman of New Orleans who terrorised the city, and the gruesome crimes of Albert Fish, the infamous Brooklyn vampire.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Jack Levin, Frederic Reamer, Kirk Gill, Eric Hickey
Votes: 16