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1. Urban Cowboy (1980)
PG | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne
Votes: 14,882 | Gross: $53.30M
2. The Misfits (1961)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 20,546 | Gross: $8.94M
3. 8 Seconds (1994)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
This movie chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn, Cameron Finley
Votes: 5,228 | Gross: $19.60M
4. The Cowboy Way (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two childhood friends who are rodeo cowboys travel from New Mexico to New York City searching for a friend who disappeared while looking for his daughter, who's just been smuggled into the US from Cuba.
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 8,353 | Gross: $20.28M
5. Beyond the Law (1993)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop joins a murderous, arms-dealing biker gang to try to put them behind bars.
Director: Larry Ferguson | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 6,835
6. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Western
A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane
Votes: 9,037
7. Nichols (1971–1972)
60 min | Western
In 1914, Nichols, a soldier, sick of killing, returns to his Arizona hometown, named after his family, and is strong-armed into serving as Sheriff by the Ketcham clan, who run the area. ... See full summary »
Stars: James Garner, Margot Kidder, Neva Patterson, John Beck
Votes: 251
8. Smoky (1946)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Family, Music
Drama about the strong bond between a cowpoke and a wild bronco set during the 1940s.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 405
9. Boom Town (1940)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Votes: 3,434 | Gross: $9.17M
10. The Ride (I) (1997)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher.
Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Michael Biehn, Brock Pierce, Charles Young, Clarence Felder
Votes: 469 | Gross: $0.19M
11. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Western
A rodeo rider decides to quit his line of work after a serious injury, but when he visits his family and finds out that his dad is not well, he'll have to risk it one more time.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, Ben Johnson, Tess Harper
Votes: 643 | Gross: $3.60M
12. The Last Cowboy (2003 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Western
After an eight year absence, a headstrong woman returns to her Texas home for her grandfather's funeral and locks horns with her father.
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Jennie Garth, Lance Henriksen, M.C. Gainey, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 609
13. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Family, Western
In Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 411
14. Whoopee! (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks... See full summary »
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, Eleanor Hunt
Votes: 1,038
15. Never a Dull Moment (1950)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and ... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine
Votes: 648
16. My Friend Flicka (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Family, Western
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 932
17. Man in the Shadow (I) (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Virgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him, even if it means his job and everyone else's.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander
Votes: 1,062
18. Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Western
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 1,622
19. Rio Rita (1929)
Passed | 140 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit.
Director: Luther Reed | Stars: Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey
Votes: 742
20. Foxfire (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In Arizona, during the 1950s, privileged white girl Amanda Lawrence marries half-Apache mining engineer Jonathan Dartland who dreams of finding gold in an old abandoned Apache mine.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea, Mara Corday
Votes: 511
21. Bells of Innocence (2003)
Not Rated | 110 min | Horror
Chuck Norris ventures into the West to stop a horde of ghosts in their deadly path.
Director: Alin Bijan | Stars: Mike Norris, Carey Scott, David A.R. White, Marshall R. Teague
Votes: 842
22. Three Texas Steers (1939)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly in league with Abbott, sabotage the ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Carole Landis
Votes: 358
23. Rawhide (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Music, Romance
Baseball superstar Gehrig is one of several ranchers being coerced by a bunch of bandits. His sister and her lawyer/lover organize the ranchers.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Smith Ballew, Lou Gehrig, Evalyn Knapp, Arthur Loft
Votes: 167
24. Running Target (1956)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Romance, Western
In the Colorado Rockies, Sheriff Scott, heads a posse that is after four escaped convicts, and thought it is his sworn duty to return the men dead or alive, he is, as always, reluctant to ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin R. Weinstein | Stars: Doris Dowling, Arthur Franz, Richard Reeves, Myron Healey
Votes: 138
25. The Light of Western Stars (1940)
Passed | 64 min | Western
Cowhand Ladd dances with cantina girl Estrella and has a part in shooting Sheriff Tyler.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Russell Hayden, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 162
26. The Red Stallion (1947)
Passed | 81 min | Drama, Family, Western
A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race - something like the Kentucky Derby.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Robert Paige, Noreen Nash, Ted Donaldson, Jane Darwell
Votes: 113
27. Sand (1949)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Western
A show horseman, Jeff Keane (Mark Stevens), loses his prize stallion, Jubilee (Sun's Red Shadow), as a result of a train wreck in Colorado, and enlists the aid of rancher Joan Hartley (... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Rory Calhoun, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 97
28. Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)
Approved | 167 min | Western
A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missiles at the U.S. The Canadian Mounted Police dispatch agents to try to stop him.
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: William Henry, Susan Morrow, Arthur Space, Dale Van Sickel
Votes: 149
29. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2004)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
Renowned cult film director John Waters narrates this quirky exploration of the Salton Sea, the massive Southern California lake that was created by accident a century ago, became a popular... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer | Stars: Sonny Bono, John Waters, Norm Niver, Petre Melvin
Votes: 675 | Gross: $0.05M
30. Dude Ranch (1931)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Western
Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green
Votes: 53
31. Boys' Ranch (1946)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
Baseball player Dan Walker being benched doesn't bother him as it allows him to make the easy decision to be a full time Texas rancher - his goal to own his own ranch - and be at home with ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig, Skip Homeier, Dorothy Patrick
Votes: 162
32. The Day of the Wolves (1971)
G | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Gang tries to take over small town to rob its banks.
Director: Ferde Grofé Jr. | Stars: Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Rick Jason, Jan Murray
Votes: 307
33. Zander the Great (1925)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad, and nicknames him "... See full summary »
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Marion Davies, Holbrook Blinn, Harrison Ford, Harry Watson
Votes: 656 | Gross: $0.26M
34. Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: John Wayne, Duke, Henry B. Walthall, Shirley Palmer
Votes: 430
35. Oklahoma Annie (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Western
A storekeeper gets involved in cleaning up corruption in her town, and also hopes to attract the attention of the handsome new sheriff.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Judy Canova, John Russell, Grant Withers, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 134
36. Red River Range (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Crime, Western
Very organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Lorna Gray
Votes: 377
37. The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
Approved | 68 min | Western
Evil Indian Agent Richards is cheating the Indians into starvation. Gene shows that their raids are only for survival.
Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards
Votes: 157
38. Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
Approved | 57 min | Western
Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to make a new plate, he inscribes a tiny ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: James Newill, Carol Hughes, William Royle, Herbert Corthell
Votes: 140
39. Massacre (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama
Joe Thunderhorse, a Sioux Indian who has become the wealthy star of a Wild West show, returns home to his reservation after years away and finds that his father is dying and his people are being abused by corrupt white officials.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Dudley Digges, Claire Dodd
Votes: 253
40. Lady in a Jam (1942)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Irene Dunne, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 198
41. Heart of the North (1938)
Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Cpl. Jim of the R.C.M.P. is taking his daughter Julie to school in Edmonton on the Arctic Queen. Six men hold up the boat when they stop for wood and gun down Jim in front of his daughter. ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson, Gale Page, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 140
42. A Holy Terror (1931)
Passed | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may know something about it. En route he crashes his plane into Jerry's bathroom; she falls ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: George O'Brien, Sally Eilers, Rita La Roy, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 282
43. Legend of the Northwest (1978)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When his master--an old mountain man who runs a trading post--is murdered by bandits, Bearheart the dog tries to follow the killers, but when he comes upon a nearby town he is mistakenly ... See full summary »
Director: Rand Brooks | Stars: Marshall Reed, Joey Young, Dana Dillaway, Denver Pyle
Votes: 33
44. A Dog's Best Friend (1959)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Western
A young orphan rejects his foster parents--instead turning to a German Shepard whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Bill Williams, Marcia Henderson, Roger Mobley, Roy Engel
Votes: 78
45. The Kid from Texas (1939)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, John Hubbard, Jessie Ralph
Votes: 146
46. Quick Triggers (1928)
Passed | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Jake Landis (James Robert Chandler), the father of Jeanne Landis (Derelys Perdue), is being forced to help a gang of cattle rustlers led by Jeff Moore (Wilbur Mack.) Larry Day (Fred Humes) ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Fred Humes, Derelys Perdue, Wilbur Mack, James Robert Chandler
47. Border Cafe (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Western
Easterner Keith Whitney, son of a wealthy Senator, heads west where he ends up a drunk at a border cafe. After losing the money his father sent him to buy a ranch he learns his father is ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Harry Carey, John Beal, Armida, George Irving
Votes: 59
48. Ghost Patrol (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Romance, Sci-Fi
A professor invents a radium tube that makes internal combustion engines stop running. He and his invention are captured by a gang of robbers. A federal agent is sent to rescue him.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Claudia Dell, Walter Miller, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 213
49. Paper Hearts (1993)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A man who abandoned his family callously returns with his new girlfriend to sign the divorce papers and see his daughter who's getting married. His arrival reawakens old family wounds and pushes his distraught wife to the brink of sanity.
Director: Rod McCall | Stars: James Brolin, Sally Kirkland, Pamela Gidley, Laura Johnson
Votes: 148
50. Phantom Patrol (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a well known mystery writer, but the local Mountie starts to get suspicious.
Director: Charles Hutchison | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Joan Barclay, Harry Worth, Paul Fix
Votes: 92