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1. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer

Votes: 232,535 | Gross: $100.24M

2. Rawhide (1959–1965)

TV-PG | 50 min | Western

Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming

Votes: 4,615

3. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)

PG | 60 min | Western

The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s.

Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal

Votes: 2,408

4. Appaloosa (2008)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons

Votes: 64,734 | Gross: $20.21M

5. Hombre (1967)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Western

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Native Americans, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento

Votes: 13,841

6. Geronimo (1962)

Approved | 101 min | Action, Biography, Drama

In 1880s Arizona, General Crook and his troops are trying to subdue the last tribe of Apache led by Geronimo.

Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Pat Conway, Armando Silvestre

Votes: 1,305

7. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, History, Western

The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi

Votes: 13,492 | Gross: $18.64M

8. Broken Arrow (1950)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael

Votes: 9,685

9. Hondo (1953)

PG | 83 min | Drama, Romance, War

Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate

Votes: 12,420

10. Avenged (2013)

R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.

Director: Michael S. Ojeda | Stars: Amanda Adrienne Smith, Marc Anthony Samuel, Rodney Rowland, Tom Ardavany

Votes: 4,404

11. Coroner Creek (1948)

Passed | 90 min | Western

A man is bent on taking revenge on those he believes are responsible for his fiance's death.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready, Sally Eilers

Votes: 1,120

12. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)

30 min | Family, Western

Rusty was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache in Arizona, and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa Grande.

Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Rin Tin Tin II, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 857

13. The Rebel (1959–1961)

Approved | 30 min | Western

After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys.

Stars: Nick Adams, Chuck Hamilton, Sid Troy, Ross Sturlin

Votes: 654

14. Dual Survival (2010–2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Game-Show, Reality-TV

Two survival experts, with very different mindsets, pair up and use their tactics to collaborate and overcome the challenges they face.

Stars: Cody Lundin, Paul Christie, Joe Teti, Dave Canterbury

Votes: 3,361

15. 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: 1,413 | Gross: $0.70M

16. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)

Approved | 85 min | Western

When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot, Bruce Cowling

Votes: 721

17. Broken Arrow (1956–1958)

30 min | Western

Indian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.

Stars: John Lupton, Michael Ansara, Steven Ritch, Steve Conte

Votes: 271

18. Buffalo Soldiers (1997 TV Movie)

G | 100 min | Drama, History, Western

The all-black US Cavalry Troop H pursues Apache warrior Victorio while dealing with racial bigotry and myths about their designated enemies.

Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Lamont Bentley, Tom Bower, Timothy Busfield, Gabriel Casseus

Votes: 932

19. Bret Maverick (1981–1982)

60 min | Western

Set in Sweetwater, Arizona in the 1880s with solid citizen Bret owning a ranch and part of the Red Ox Saloon. Stable cast with varying stories, often centered on conflict between the ambitious sheriff and everyone else.

Stars: James Garner, Ed Bruce, Ramon Bieri, Richard Hamilton

Votes: 684

20. Stories of the Century (1954–1955)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.

Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Kristine Miller, Pat Hogan

Votes: 203

21. Trooper Hook (1957)

Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western

When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews

Votes: 1,004

22. Hondo (1967)

60 min | Western

Hondo, an embittered former rebel officer, travels to Arizona Territory in the 1870s with his dog Sam. Often clashing with the local cavalry, which he holds responsible for the death of his Indian wife.

Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke

Votes: 273

23. Conquest of Cochise (1953)

Passed | 70 min | Western

A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.

Director: William Castle | Stars: John Hodiak, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Rico Alaniz

Votes: 391

24. Geronimo (1993 TV Movie)

100 min | Biography, Drama, Western

This story of epic courage and grace is a remarkable window on Native American life and the early years of the last and most feared Apache War Chief.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Joseph Runningfox, Nick Ramus, Michelle St. John, Michael Greyeyes

Votes: 543 | Gross: $4.65M

25. A Distant Trumpet (1964)

Approved | 117 min | Drama, Western

West Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, Diane McBain, James Gregory

Votes: 1,107

26. Geronimo (1939)

Passed | 89 min | Western

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.

Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Preston Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, William Henry

Votes: 173

27. Fort Massacre (1958)

Approved | 80 min | Western

A cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker, John Russell, Susan Cabot

Votes: 1,078

28. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

Approved | 79 min | War, Western

When peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason

Votes: 1,059

29. Mr. Horn (1979)

180 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The story of frontiersman Tom Horn, and his career as a cavalry scout, a tracker, a range detective, and the final events in his life that led to his tragic death.

Stars: David Carradine, Richard Widmark, Karen Black, Richard Masur

Votes: 188

30. The Real West (1992– )

50 min | Documentary, History, Western

This documentary series, which was made in 1992, shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction. Hosted by Kenny Rogers

Stars: Kenny Rogers, Paul A. Hutton, Robert Utley, Leon Metz

Votes: 104

31. Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)

30 min | Western

Colonel Mackenzie, commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Clark near Brackettville in Kinney County in southwest Texas during the 1870s, receives secret orders from President Ulysses... See full summary »

Stars: Richard Carlson, Art Gilmore, Riley Hill, Jack Ging

Votes: 111

32. Siringo (1995 TV Movie)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Western

The Deputy Marshall tracks down an escaped convict (with whom he shares a history), along with a young deputy and the help of a former prostitute.

Director: Kevin G. Cremin | Stars: Brad Johnson, Chad Lowe, Stephen Macht, Keith Szarabajka

Votes: 147

33. Gunmen from Laredo (1959)

Approved | 67 min | Western

After his wife's murder, Gil Reardon seeks revenge on Ben Keefer. Framed for murder, he escapes prison. The Marshal permits Reardon to face Keefer and his brothers, criminals the Marshal couldn't convict. Reardon confronts them alone.

Director: Wallace MacDonald | Stars: Robert Knapp, Maureen Hingert, Walter Coy, Paul Birch

Votes: 261

34. Brad Meltzer's Lost History (2014– )

Reality-TV

Brad tries to discover the location of key items lost throughout history.

Stars: Robert Pearlman, Lee Pfeiffer, Kristian Comer, Christopher Haley

Votes: 244

35. Hondo and the Apaches (1967 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama, Western

Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Michael Rennie, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 198

36. Court Martial of Apache Kid (2018)

Documentary, Western

The Apache Kid, a U.S. Army Apache Scout, known to the Americans as the "Kid" was legendary for his tracking skills and many of the military owed him their lives. Yet in a fateful moment ... See full summary »

Director: Victoria Sutton | Stars: John Delony, James Garrett, Matthew Cubillos, Ray Patterson

37. Meaner Than Hell (2009)

83 min | Western

When a ruthless bounty hunter tracks down a sadistic outlaw and guns down his entire gang in the desert, he tortures his prisoner in hopes of discovering the location of the money from his ... See full summary »

Director: Edward M. Erdelac | Stars: Alex Bakalarz, Jared Cohn, Thomas Crnkovich, Edward M. Erdelac

Votes: 24

38. The Mystery of Now (2019)

16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

In an effort to reclaim his people's creativity and freedom, artist Douglas Miles leads his community as they reshape a century-old cultural identity on their reservation in San Carlos, Arizona.

Director: Audrey Buchanan | Stars: Douglas Miles, Tommy Guerrero, Elijah Albert, Elva Case

39. Geronimo's Last Raid (1912)

20 min | Short, Thriller, Western

Lieutenant Parker reports for duty to Major Wilkins, commanding Ft. Sill, where Geronimo is a prisoner. Parker quickly wins the love of Pauline, the major's daughter, and the undying hatred... See full summary »

Director: John Emerson | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Jack Richardson, Jessalyn Van Trump

Votes: 25

40. 100 Years of Freedom: The Fort Sill Apache Tribe Centennial of the Final Release of the Chiricahua/Warm Springs Apache Prisoners of War (2014)

23 min | Documentary, Short, Family

THIS IS A RECORD OF A TWO DAY CELEBRATION IN MARCH 2014, MARKING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE END OF THE 28 YEAR PERIOD DURING WHICH THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES-- MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN--WERE HELD BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS "PRISONERS OF WAR."

Director: Daniel Ostroff

41. Bearcats! (1971)
Episode: Powderkeg (1971)

93 min | Action, Adventure, War

Just before World War I, two adventurers are hired to bring back a hijacked train from Mexico.

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Fernando Lamas, John McIntire

Votes: 185

42. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Honor of Cochise (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Cartwrights must try to get help for Adam, seriously wounded by an Apache bullet, and find out why Cochise and his warriors have threatened to kill them all if they don't hand over an army captain taking refuge in their trail camp.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Votes: 158

43. Bret Maverick (1981–1982)
Episode: Horse of Yet Another Color (1982)

48 min | Western

Young Theodore Roosevelt comes to Sweetwater to find the President's horse, which is a gift to Geronimo as party of a treaty arrangement and has turned up missing.

Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: James Garner, Ed Bruce, Ramon Bieri, Richard Hamilton

Votes: 37

44. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode: Devil's Canyon (1957)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

A fortune in diamonds awaits anyone who gets to it first. Murder and arson are just some of the ways of keeping some from succeeding. A stranger follows Cheyenne and the treasure hunting party but is he all they have to worry about?

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Clint Walker, Joanna Barnes, Ainslie Pryor, Robert Foulk

Votes: 79

45. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Silver Tombstone (1967)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Ed Schieffelin has spent seven long years hoping to strike a bonanza but it always ends in failure. About to quit, he discovers what he believes to be a sure thing and convinces his brother to give up everything and join him.

Director: Denver Pyle | Stars: Strother Martin, Perry Cook, Jamie Farr, Willard Sage

Votes: 35

46. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Hero of Apache Pass (1966)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

After a settler's son is stolen during an Apache raid, an Army doctor leads a small band on a near impossible mission to rescue a group of wounded soldiers and the child.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Charles Bateman, Phillip Pine, Don Keefer, Michael Pate

Votes: 29

47. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The White Healer (1960)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Lt. Wood is stationed in Arizona Territory during an Apache uprising but is more compassionate than his commander. When a deadly illness breaks out among the Indians he is willing to treat them but Geronimo must surrender first.

Director: Bud Townsend | Stars: Lee Philips, Thomas Coley, Joe Bassett, Allen Jaffe

Votes: 23

48. Hondo (1967)
Episode: Hondo and the Eagle Claw (1967)

60 min | Western

In post Civil War Arizona territory, a former Confederate officer, Hondo Lane, becomes a scout attached to Fort Lowell. Apache are attacking soldiers and settlers. He also meets a pretty young widow and her son.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Michael Rennie, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 36

49. The Rebel (1959–1961)
Episode: The Scalp Hunter (1960)

Approved | 30 min | Western

John Sims, Yuma's godfather, saves him from an attack by Indians at his campsite. He asks Yuma in turn to help him track renegade Indian Masi and take his scalp, as revenge for the killing of his wife.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Nick Adams, John Dehner, Dan Sheridan, Earl Parker

Votes: 40

50. Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode: Geronimo (1954)

Approved | Western

Railroad detectives Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams (Mary Castle), go after Apache chief Geronimo (Chief Yowlachie), who has been identified by Joe Burns (Emile Meyer), the night ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Chief Yowlachie, Robert Shayne

Votes: 29