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1. Conagher (1991 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama, Western
A tough cowboy facing some trouble crosses paths with a lonely woman living in the middle of nowhere.
Director: Reynaldo Villalobos | Stars: Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 2,207
2. The Violent Men (1955)
Approved | 96 min | Western
A bitter land dispute causes a Civil War veteran to take extreme action.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster
Votes: 3,332
3. Chisum (1970)
G | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson
Votes: 10,889 | Gross: $13.08M
4. Tom Horn (1980)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 5,903 | Gross: $9.68M
5. Wild Rovers (1971)
GP | 136 min | Drama, Western
Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden, Lynn Carlin
Votes: 2,006 | Gross: $0.28M
6. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
After inadvertently stopping an Indian attack on his stagecoach while traveling in the American West, an English gentleman finds himself appointed sheriff of a nearby town.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 1,333
7. 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: 4,812 | Gross: $6.32M
8. Firecreek (1968)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 4,052
9. Curse of the Undead (1959)
Passed | 79 min | Horror, Western
While a malady is claiming the lives of young women in a Western town, a sinister gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.
Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley, John Hoyt
Votes: 1,394
10. Devil's Doorway (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Western
After the Civil War, a highly decorated Shoshone Indian veteran plans to raise cattle in Wyoming but white farmers plan to grab fertile tribal lands by pitting the whites against the Indians.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson
Votes: 1,851
11. Man Without a Star (1955)
Approved | 89 min | Western
Sharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, William Campbell
Votes: 3,932
12. San Antonio (1945)
Passed | 109 min | Western
Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.
Directors: David Butler, Robert Florey, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Victor Francen
Votes: 1,842
13. Shadow on the Mesa (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Western
After his mother is murdered, a gun-slinging bounty hunter finds the father he never met who is battling a range war against a powerful land baron.
Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Wes Brown, Kevin Sorbo, Gail O'Grady, Shannon Lucio
Votes: 569
14. Star in the Dust (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
A sheriff planning on legally hanging a killer, has to contend with farmers who want to lynch him, and cattlemen who want to help him escape.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone, Coleen Gray
Votes: 662
15. The Ballad of Josie (1967)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Western
A widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle--and by organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,127 | Gross: $1.32M
16. Mail Order Bride (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 88 min | Romance, Western
Diana McQueen notorious con-woman has had enough. She leaves town and her boss, Tom Rourke, behind. She takes the place of her dying friend, who was to become some man's mail-order bride. Can she pull off this last con?
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Greg Evigan, Cameron Bancroft, Vincent Gale
Votes: 500
17. Backlash (1956)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Western
Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire
Votes: 1,863
18. Heaven with a Gun (1969)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Western
In a frontier town, gunslinger-turned-preacher Jim Killian is caught in the middle of a violent range war between cattlemen and sheep-men.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Carolyn Jones, Barbara Hershey, John Anderson
Votes: 1,088
19. High Lonesome (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Western
When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.
Director: Alan Le May | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Chill Wills, John Archer, Lois Butler
Votes: 330
20. The Sundowners (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, Western
Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of feuding ranchers in the old west.
Director: George Templeton | Stars: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs
Votes: 561
21. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
60 min | Western
A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.
Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano
Votes: 180
22. Johnson County War (2002– )
TV-14 | 240 min | Drama, Western
The three Hammett brothers are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who have settled in the green grasslands.
Stars: Tom Berenger, Luke Perry, Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward
Votes: 820
23. A Few Dollars for Django (1966)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Sent to Montana to hunt down bank robbers, a bounty hunter takes the star off a replacement sheriff who didn't reach his destination and steps into a range war between farmers and cattlemen.
Directors: León Klimovsky, Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Gloria Osuna, Ennio Girolami, Joe Kamel
Votes: 522
24. Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western
A robber who is falsely accused of murdering a deputy sheriff tries to start a new life in a border town near Mexico, but his past catches up with him.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Lin McCarthy, Dorothy Green, Alan Baxter
Votes: 920
25. Ride the Man Down (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 236
26. Trail Street (1947)
Approved | 84 min | Western
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 826
27. Tall Man Riding (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Western
Larry Madden returns to Little River after several years, still vowing to avenge himself against the humiliating whipping he received at the hands of cattle baron Tucker Ordway.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Peggie Castle, William Ching
Votes: 917
28. Showdown at Abilene (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Western
After the Civil War, Confederate Jim Trask returns to his native Abilene to find his sweetheart engaged to his old friend Dave Mosely who's leading the cattlemen in a feud against the farmers.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger, David Janssen
Votes: 371
29. Straight Shooting (1917)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Western
Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, George Berrell, Molly Malone
Votes: 714
30. Cattle King (1963)
Passed | 88 min | Western
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Taylor, Robert Loggia, Joan Caulfield, Robert Middleton
Votes: 581
31. The Kid from Texas (1950)
Approved | 78 min | Western
In New Mexico, Billy the Kid is involved in the Lincoln County War, kills many rivals and eventually becomes a wanted fugitive.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 795
32. Long Days of Hate (1968)
M/PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A bounty, Benson is hunting down a vicious outlaw gang, who killed his parents, brother and sisters, except for one sister, Susy, who he wants for himself!
Director: Gianfranco Baldanello | Stars: Guy Madison, Lucienne Bridou, Rik Battaglia, Anna Liotti
Votes: 442
33. Untamed Frontier (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Western
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball
Votes: 425
34. American Empire (1942)
Passed | 82 min | Western
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford
Votes: 312
35. Raton Pass (1951)
Approved | 84 min | Western
In the midst of a feud between two rancher families, a shrewd woman marries one of the ranchers and later tries to take his land through divorce and violent tactics involving a gang of outlaws.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran, Scott Forbes
Votes: 310
36. The Savage Horde (1950)
Passed | 90 min | Western
On the run from the U.S. Army, Ringo ends up in a small Utah town where he takes sides in a land feud between local ranchers but he always keeps an eye out for the Army patrols closing-in on him.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Grant Withers, Barbra Fuller
Votes: 158
37. Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Western
Two brothers on opposite sides of the law become involved in a range war between farmers and cattlemen in Arizona.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Mark Stevens, Forrest Tucker, Gale Robbins, Vaughn Taylor
Votes: 205
38. A Man Called Gannon (1968)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A seasoned cowboy takes a young tender-foot under his wing. They become embroiled in a range war, and end up on opposite sides.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Judi West, Susan Oliver
Votes: 203
39. The Way of the West (1934)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Government agent Gordon, working undercover, is investigating a cattleman sheepman war. The Culprit is Horton and when Horton kills Parker he frames Gordon. His identity revealed, the Sheriff lets Gordon escape to go after the real killer.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Hal Taliaferro, Bobby Nelson, Myrla Bratton, Fred Parker
Votes: 85
40. Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Bart Quillan and his sons are after Martin's ranch. Burke arrives to help Martin but being outnumbered he hopes to get help from Powers. But no one is sure which side Powers and his gang are on.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tim McCoy, Silver King the Dog, Barbara Weeks, Dorothy Burgess
Votes: 10
41. Shootout at Big Sag (1962)
Approved | 64 min | Western
A shrewish wife is pushing her husband into a range war with a neighbor. Not helping matters is the fact that his son and his neighbor's daughter are in love. The husband hires a lowlife saloon owner to ensure that "the deed" is done.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Walter Brennan, Leif Erickson, Luana Patten, Chris Robinson
Votes: 91
42. Silver on the Sage (1939)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes undercover as an Eastern gambler to rein in the fraternal perpetrators of a cattle-rustling scheme.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Ruth Rogers
Votes: 205
43. Drag-A-Long Droopy (1954)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Droopy is a shepherd. His sheep graze into cattle country, despite the warning sign. He gets in an argument with the cattle owner, but of course, nobody wins a battle against Droopy.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery
Votes: 605
44. The Invasion of Johnson County (1976 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Western
A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of small ranchers and take over their property.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Bill Bixby, Bo Hopkins, John Hillerman, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 51
45. Storm Over Wyoming (1950)
Passed | 61 min | Western
Dave Saunders and his sidekick Chito, cowhands looking for work, arrive in Sundown Valley, Wyoming just in time to stop sheep ranch foreman Jess Rawlins from lynching cattleman Tug Caldwell... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Tim Holt, Noreen Nash, Tom Keene, Betty Underwood
Votes: 183
46. Code of the Saddle (1947)
Approved | 53 min | Western
John and Winks, investigating a range war, quickly find that the Sheriff is the culprit. When they bring in a killer he is released. But when another rancher is killed by the Sheriff's men, John and Winks are jailed.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Kay Morley, Riley Hill
Votes: 44
47. Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy Rogers tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and sheepherders.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 203
48. Oath of Vengeance (1944)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Fuzzy opens a store only to find that everyone buys on credit. The absence of cash is due to the range war between the cattlemen and the farmers started by Kinney. The Sheriff being worthless, Billy is quickly drawn into the conflict.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Falcon, Al St. John, Mady Lawrence
Votes: 182
49. Man from Music Mountain (1943)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Roy returns to his hometown to make a radio appearance as a singing cowboy. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between sheep raisers and cattlemen.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 83
50. The Cheyenne Tornado (1935)
Approved | 49 min | Western
A cowboy steps in when cattlemen try to force a sheepherder off the range.
Director: William A. O'Connor | Stars: Reb Russell, Victoria Vinton, Roger Williams, Edmund Cobb
Votes: 44