Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "wild-west-show"

1. Nope (2022)

R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott

Votes: 265,466 | Gross: $123.28M

2. Seabiscuit (2003)

PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Sport

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Cooper

Votes: 76,761 | Gross: $120.28M

3. Monte Walsh (2003 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Wyoming, 1892: Monte's been cowboy for ranchers all his life but he's no longer young and big business is taking over the ranches.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, George Eads

Votes: 3,028

4. Circus World (1964)

Approved | 135 min | Drama, Western

When circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 2,974

5. 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: 12,725 | Gross: $24.27M

6. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

Directors: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 5,274 | Gross: $8.00M

7. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

G | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in a Mexican valley and putting it in a wild west show. His star attraction, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.

Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith

Votes: 4,948

8. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 5,289

9. Death Valley (1982)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.

Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley

Votes: 1,864

10. More Dead Than Alive (1969)

R | 101 min | Western

Released from prison after 18 years, notorious gunslinger 'Killer' Cain is a peaceful reformed man but the Old West has died and he cannot adapt to the modern West where some unpaid moral debts and old troubles resurface.

Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: Clint Walker, Vincent Price, Anne Francis, Paul Hampton

Votes: 1,043

11. Battle of Little Bighorn (2020)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Biography

The U.S. expands westward after the Civil War displacing the last of the free-roaming Native Americans onto Reservations. This show focuses special attention on General George A. Custer and... See full summary »

Director: Molly Hermann | Stars: Steve Alexander, Kirk Chapman, Ron Glasgow, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Votes: 108

12. Wild Times (1980)

195 min | Drama, Western

A sharpshooting saddle tramp with a price on his head falls for the daughter of a wealthy ranch owner. He vows to win enough money in shooting contests to win her father's approval, but ... See full summary »

Stars: Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Bruce Boxleitner, Penny Peyser

Votes: 248

13. Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Western

A mutant sheep is on the move near a ranch in the American West.

Director: Fredric Hobbs | Stars: Christopher Brooks, Stuart Lancaster, E. Kerrigan Prescott, Peggy Browne

Votes: 904

14. Lone Hero (2002)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.

Director: Ken Sanzel | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster, Tanya Allen

Votes: 771

15. Annie Oakley (1935)

Passed | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Western

A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen

Votes: 1,895

16. Incendiary Blonde (1945)

Approved | 113 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also finds romance and heartbreak.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles, Albert Dekker

Votes: 418

17. 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: 294

18. The Will Rogers Follies (1991 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 144 min | Comedy, Musical

A filmed version of the Broadway musical focusing on the life of Will Rogers.

Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Keith Carradine, Dee Hoty, Roxane Barlow, Bonnie Brackney

Votes: 27

19. Edison Kinetoscope Records: Annie Oakley (1894)

Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Western

Annie Oakley, the 'Little Miss Sure Shot' of the 'Wild West' gives an exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls and clay pigeons in a film from the Edison Catalog.

Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Francis E. Butler, Annie Oakley

Votes: 1,491

20. A Horse Fly Fleas (1947)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A flea befriends a horsefly, who has hooves like those of a horse, and rides the horsefly into the hair of a dog. The flea chops down strands of the dog's hair to use as "logs" with which ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 210

21. The Flyin' Cowboy (1928)

Passed | 60 min | Western

Rodeo king Bill Hammon invites the owner of a Wild West show to give an exhibition at the ranch. A pair of jewel thieves uses the event to "ply their trade", prompting the show's owner, a radio champion, to go after them.

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Olive Hasbrouck, Harry Todd, William Bailey

22. The Adventures of Buffalo Bill (1917)

Documentary, Western

Buffalo Bill is shown in the early days of his thrilling career as a pony express rider in the pioneer west; later as hunter of buffaloes and then as the chief Indian scout for the United ... See full summary »

Stars: Buffalo Bill Cody, Frank D. Baldwin, Short Bull, Sitting Bull

Votes: 26

23. 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: 152

24. I'm from the City (1938)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

Pete Pepper (Joe Penner) is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whirlwind when he has been hypnotized by "Ollie" Finch (Richard Lane). Pete is ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Krueger, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 43

25. Spell of the Circus (1930)

Passed | 240 min | Action

The manager of The Big Circus plots to marry the owner's daughter and gain control of the outfit.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Francis X. Bushman Jr., Alberta Vaughn, Tom London, Walter Shumway

26. The Royal Rodeo (1939)

Approved | 15 min | Short, Musical, Romance

A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Lucile Fairbanks, Cliff Edwards, Scotty Beckett

Votes: 264

27. The Sawdust Trail (1924)

60 min | Comedy, Western

Clarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West show where he clashes with the leading lady, "Calamity" Jane, a man-hater.

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Josie Sedgwick, David Torrence, Charles K. French

28. The Secret Menace (1931)

Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An old prospector discovers a bonanza mine of gold on the Diamond Dude Ranch. He tells two men about it and they kill him, and then make plans to acquire the ranch. The property is owned by... See full summary »

Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Virginia Brown Faire, Arthur Stone, Margaret Mann

Votes: 30

29. Silver Dollar (2012)

42 min | Short, Adventure

A Rival between two Wild West shows leads Cash Bach, show Boss, into performing evil deeds in order to gain show venues from the other. A behind the scenes look at performers in their every day lives and practicing what they do best.

Stars: Joan Dennehy, Mr. Ed, Scotty Fusion, Stacy Ingram

30. Carson and Cody: The Hunter Heroes (2003 TV Movie)

Documentary, Biography

The lives, times, and exploits of Wild West legends Christopher "Kit" Carson and William "Buffalo Bill" Cody.

Director: Gary Foreman | Stars: Rafael Ferrer, Cody Jones, Carolyn H. Raine, Morgan Raque

Votes: 8

31. Take Willy with Ya (1989)

Documentary

It was the 1930's. Two brothers and two sisters came off their dust-bound Montana ranch and took rodeo by storm. They were called the Ridin' Greenoughs. This documentary covers 4 ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Amundsen | Stars: Rex Allen, Earl Bascom, John A. Bascom, Deb Greenough

Votes: 8

32. Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1988)
Episode: Annie Oakley (1985)

Comedy, Drama, Family

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Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Brian Dennehy, Cliff De Young, Nancy Lenehan

Votes: 40

33. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: Showdown! (1984)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Captain Winnetka's Wild West Show is being terrorized by a trio of A-Team impostors. The real Team decides to go find out what all the bad press is about. Colonel Lynch has one last chance ... See full summary »

Director: James Fargo | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T

Votes: 311

34. Branded (1965–1966)
Episode: The Greatest Coward on Earth (1965)

22 min | Western

While attending a circus performance, Jason impresses P. T. Barnum after licking the wrestling champion, but refuses his offer as the new champion. Later, Jason learns Bernum has a new performance: a reenactment of Bitter Creek.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Chuck Connors, Pat O'Brien, Dick Clark, James Chandler

Votes: 25

35. Cimarron Strip (1967–1968)
Episode: The Battle of Bloody Stones (1967)

TV-PG | 74 min | Western

When a young Indian is killed after challenging the accuracy of a battle depicted in a Wild West show, Marshal Crown must prevent the young man's father, an Indian chief from avenging his son's death upon the star of the show.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Randy Boone, Jill Townsend

Votes: 53

36. Voyagers! (1982–1983)
Episode: Buffalo Bill and Annie Play the Palace (1983)

TV-G | 49 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Jeffrey and Phineas must save Annie Oakley who was performing in the Wild West Show in England, avert a Russian plot and prevent Queen Victoria's daughter from marrying a Russian nobleman.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Christopher Cary, Diane Cary

Votes: 58

37. Wildside (1985)
Episode: Buffalo Who? (1985)

Western

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show appear in Wildside at the same time that an arrogant Spanish ambassador arrives to negotiate with an American representative concerning issues that might... See full summary »

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., William Smith, J. Eddie Peck, John D'Aquino

Votes: 10

38. Project Twenty (1954–1970)
Episode: The Story of Will Rogers (1961)

Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary

Bob Hope narrates the life story of early 20th century entertainer, Will Rogers.

Director: Donald B. Hyatt | Stars: Bob Hope, Will Rogers Jr., Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge

Votes: 13

39. Buffalo Girls (1995)
Episode: Part I (1995)

120 min | Drama, Western

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Stars: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote

Votes: 12

40. Buffalo Girls (1995)
Episode: Part II (1995)

120 min | Drama, Western

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Stars: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote

Votes: 12

41. The English (2022)
Episode: Cherished (2022)

TV-MA | 70 min | Drama, Western

Cornelia finally confronts the man who killed her son and new revelations come to light. Love both lost and found determines a final showdown with irreversible consequences.

Director: Hugo Blick | Stars: Tadhg Murphy, Steve Wall, Rafe Spall, Julian Bleach

Votes: 1,030

42. Mr. I. Magination (1949–1952)
Episode: Annie Oakley (1952)

Family, Western

Robin complains to Mr. I. Magination that he only presents adventure stories for boys. She claims that anything a boy can do, she can do better, so the host imagines a story where Robin ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Paul Tripp, Robin Morgan, Ted Tiller, Ruth Enders

43. Last Man Standing (2011–2021)
Episode: Buffalo Bill Day (2013)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

The store puts on a show for Buffalo Bill Day, starring the employees and Mike's children. Mike tries to keep it politically correct. Mandy and Kyle start a relationship.

Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Molly Ephraim, Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 319

44. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Red Letter Day (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While CBI goes to an Old West tourist town to solve a murder, Robert Kirkland is able to get his hands on Patrick's secret Red John research.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,220

45. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
Episode: Night Work (2014)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

London 1891. Renowned explorer Sir Malcolm Murray and the strangely beautiful Vanessa Ives recruit American sharp-shooter Ethan Chandler and Dr. Victor Frankenstein to help them search for someone who has been lost.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear

Votes: 4,268

46. Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (2015– )
Episode: Seville (2016)

Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

Richard takes actor Rob Delaney on a whirlwind tour of Sevilla in just 48 hours.

Director: Leo McCrea | Stars: Richard Ayoade, Rob Delaney

Votes: 118

47. Maisan ja Nikon luksusmatkat (2016– )
Episode: Playa del Inglés (2016)

60 min | Reality-TV

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Director: Jussi Korva | Stars: Maisa Torppa, Niko Saarinen