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1. Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Western

The Wild West goes wacko when the Greatest Fast-Drawin', Fancy-Dressin', Silver-Spurred, Geetar Playin', Singing Cowboy movie matinee idol Rex O'Herlihan hits the saddle in this cockeyed, affectionate send-up of the '40s B-movie Western.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith

Votes: 2,561 | Gross: $6.09M

2. The Cocoanuts (1929)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.

Directors: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx

Votes: 8,194 | Gross: $3.92M

3. Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)

Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Delhi-based retired middle-class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends.

Directors: Dibakar Banerjee, Pravin E. Birje | Stars: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma

Votes: 25,010 | Gross: $0.03M

4. Pioneer Woman (1973 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 74 min | Western

Despite some initial hesitations, a family from the East decides to try their luck by settling in the harsh and dangerous West in 1867.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Joanna Pettet, William Shatner, David Janssen, Lance LeGault

Votes: 357

5. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

Not Rated | 80 min | Western

A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Mazzola

Votes: 2,412

6. El Paso (1949)

Approved | 103 min | Western

In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes

Votes: 454

7. 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: 827

8. New Frontier (1939)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western

The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Jones

Votes: 692

9. Hard to Handle (1933)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly

Votes: 896

10. Old San Francisco (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

In San Francisco, a villainous land owner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Dolores Costello, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf, Charles Emmett Mack

Votes: 410

11. Horny Diver: Tight Shellfish (1985)

69 min | Drama

A ruthless real-estate tycoon sets his sights on a small fishing village, which he believes he can buy cheaply and turn into a profitable tourist destination. He hires a handsome young ... See full summary »

Director: Atsushi Fujiura | Stars: Megumi Kiyosato, Asami Ogawa, Hiroko Fuji, Kumiko Itô

Votes: 46

12. Adiós Amigo (1975)

PG | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Western

A conman's crimes are blamed on a good-natured fast-drawing cowboy he meets and decides to use as decoy.

Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown, Robert Phillips

Votes: 341 | Gross: $0.64M

13. Duel at Apache Wells (1957)

Approved | 70 min | Western

A young man returns home after several years' absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis, Harry Shannon

Votes: 92

14. Up River (1979)

86 min | Western

A young man meets with violent hostility as he attempts to fulfil his dream of making a life for himself in the wilds of British Columbia at the turn of the 20th Century.

Director: Carl Kitt | Stars: Morgan Stevens, Jeff Corey, Dale Wilson, John 'Bear' Curtis

Votes: 61

15. Silver Spurs (1943)

Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western

Roy's boss has inherited a very large ranch, but the will keeps him from selling it--although his widow could. Lucky Miller is out to get control of the ranch, so he has a girl come West to... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine

Votes: 177

16. Range Justice (1949)

57 min | Western

Johnny Mack goes to work on "Ma" Curtis' ranch, to the disapproval of his friends, rancher Glenn Hadley and his sister Beth, who are at odds with her. Secretly, Ma's foreman Stoner is ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Tristram Coffin, Riley Hill

Votes: 14

17. The Californian (1937)

Approved | 59 min | Action, History, Romance

Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them.

Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille, Maurice Black

Votes: 61

18. Red River Shore (1953)

Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western

When an oil discovery is reported at Paxton, Oklahoma, Marshal Rex Allen immediately suspects that where there is oil, there is trouble. Rex arrives just as a band of desperadoes stage a ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Slim Pickens, Lyn Thomas

Votes: 25

19. The Fourth Horseman (1932)

Passed | 57 min | Western

Learning that Molly O'Rourke owns the entire town of Stillwell but the back taxes have not been paid, Ben Jones takes over. When Molly arrives and learns of the tax situation, Tom rides off... See full summary »

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Margaret Lindsay, Fred Kohler

Votes: 25

20. Guardians of the Wild (1928)

50 min | Drama, Western

A forest ranger comes to the aid of his fiance and her father when a crooked rancher and his gang try to force them off their land.

Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Rex, Jack Perrin, Starlight the Horse, Ethlyne Clair

Votes: 13

21. Wild Brian Kent (1936)

Approved | 57 min | Western

Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ranch. He also finds his new real estate partner is the crook trying to do the women out of their ranch.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Mae Clarke, Helen Lowell, Stanley Andrews

Votes: 50

22. Lovely Mary (1916)

50 min | Drama

Mary Lane and her cousin Claiborne want to sell some land left to them by their family. Real-estate agent Roland Manning falls in love with her, and prepares a deal that will make money for... See full summary »

Director: Edgar Jones | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Frank DeVernon, Russell Simpson, Schuyler Ladd

23. The Fighting Code (1933)

Passed | 65 min | Western

Ben Halliday stumbles upon a mysterious range killing and discovers letters in the dead man's pockets that reveal his intention to return to his native town where his sister, Helen James, ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Diane Sinclair, Ward Bond, Richard Alexander

Votes: 23

24. West of Rainbow's End (1938)

Approved | 57 min | Western

Tim arrives looking for the killer of his friend Lightning Ed. Johnson is behind the murder as he wants to buy the Carter ranch cheap so he can sell it to the railroad at a big profit. When... See full summary »

Director: Alan James | Stars: Tim McCoy, Kathleen Eliot, Walter McGrail, George Cooper

Votes: 40

25. The Red Blood of Courage (1935)

Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western

A man posing as Mark Henry is after Henry's oil land but Henry's niece is part owner and he needs to marry her off to his henchman Slager. Mountie Jim Sullivan arives posing as a wanted man... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Ann Sheridan, Reginald Barlow, Ben Hendricks Jr.

Votes: 120

26. The Mysterious Rider (1933)

Passed | 57 min | Action, Mystery, Romance

The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and... See full summary »

Director: Fred Allen | Stars: Kent Taylor, Lona Andre, Berton Churchill, Irving Pichel

Votes: 27

27. Days of Buffalo Bill (1946)

Approved | 56 min | Western

Ace Diamond (James Craven) and Bill Clinker (Rex Lease) frame Sunset Carson (Sunset Carson) for the murder of a young rancher, Jim Owens (Jay Kirby as Jay Kirby). Sunset and his sidekick, ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London, James Craven

Votes: 32

28. One Man Law (1931)

Passed | 63 min | Western

Streetor is pulling off a land swindle and wants Thompson on his side. He does him a favor and then makes him Sheriff. But as Streetor evicts the ranchers, Thompson and Judge Cooper look for a legal device to stop him.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Shirley Grey, Robert Ellis, Murdock MacQuarrie

Votes: 55

29. Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)

61 min | Drama, Music, Western

Range minstrel Roy Acuff takes over the county-wide Corby Ranch which, under the terms of the owner's will, must be operated by Roy for ninety days, and at the end of that time, family ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Roy Acuff, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt

Votes: 33

30. South of the Rio Grande (1932)

Approved | 61 min | Western

After being duped by Consuello into losing the family fortune, Carlos' brother Juan commits suicide. When Carlos next meets Consuello, she is the bride to be of his friend Ramon and this means more trouble.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Mona Maris, Philo McCullough, Doris Hill

Votes: 76

31. A Texas Cowboy (1929)

58 min | Western

Dick Carlysle returns home to find that his mother has married Brute Kettle who is really out to get the Carlysle ranch. First Kettle gets Bennett to forge a letter saying Dick relinquishes... See full summary »

Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Bob Steele, Edna Aslin, J.P. McGowan, Grace Stevens

Votes: 20

32. Trouble at Melody Mesa (1949)

Approved | 60 min | Western

Jimmy's father, a rancher, died in suspicious circumstances. To make things worse, Jimmy's disreputable uncle has a plot to take over the ranch. Jimmy turns to his friend Brad, the Marshal, for help.

Director: W. Merle Connell | Stars: Brad King, Cal Shrum, Walt Shrum, I. Stanford Jolley

Votes: 49

33. The Primitive Call (1917)

50 min | Western

A rich society girl holds an Indian boy in contempt, but when an important land deal with his father arises, She pretends to be interested in him, long enough for him to persuade his father to sign.

Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Gladys Coburn, Fritz Leiber, John Webb Dillion, George Larkin

34. Burn 'Em Up Barnes (II) (1934)

71 min | Crime, Drama

This is the feature version of the 1934 Mascot serial "Burn 'Em Up Barnes."

Directors: Colbert Clark, Armand Schaefer | Stars: Frankie Darro, Jack Mulhall, Lola Lane, Julian Rivero

Votes: 21

35. Code of the Range (1936)

Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western

A kindly rancher is willing to allow sheep to graze on his land. When the local cattle baron hears of this, he swipes the man's deed from a timid bank clerk, whom he quickly kills in order to frame the rancher.

Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Mary Blake, Edward Coxen, Allan Cavan

Votes: 11

36. Blaze Away (I) (1922)

Western

Crooked rancher Tuck Martin is set on owning the ranch of his neighbor, "Pop" Melody. Pop's daughter Molly is in love with cowhand "Big Boy" but doesn't know that Bill Lang, her ranch ... See full summary »

Director: William Hughes Curran | Stars: Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Molly Malone, Hal Wilson, Edward Burns

37. Breed of Men (1919)

50 min | Drama, Western

After losing his money and horse in the trail town of Chloride, Arizona, in a crooked faro game run by Wes Prentice, the owner of of the local land company, cowboy Careless Carmody becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: William S. Hart, Seena Owen, Bert Sprotte, Buster Irving

Votes: 13

38. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode: The Mystery of Edward Sims: Part 1 (1968)

Unrated | 48 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The cub reporter, Gallegher, becomes involved in a land fraud, when some valueless land is sold to a group of Cornish immigrants.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Roger Mobley, John McIntire, John Dehner, Warren Oates

Votes: 25

39. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
Episode: Andrew and the Deadly Double (1956)

Not Rated | 26 min | Western

Mary Jane, Ricky's young neighbor, is upset when she learns that Uncle Andrew, her newly appointed guardian, plans to sell the ranch she lives on and force her to move East with him. While ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze

Votes: 11

40. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: A Grave Situation (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

After Bat's good friend and railroad tycoon Hugh Blaine is conned in a complex land and cattle swindle, Blaine hires Bat to get his money back and bring the crooks to justice. However, Bat ends up digging his own grave.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Gene Barry, John Doucette, Howard Petrie, Lance Fuller

Votes: 39

41. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: Six Feet of Gold (1960)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Bat spots Lisa Truex in Deadwood who stole $2000 from him. Bat wants to collect but Lisa's boyfriend runs the town. She sells Bat an acre of land she owns that appears to be worthless but Bat finds a way to profit from it if he lives.

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Gene Barry, James Coburn, Carol Ohmart, Ron Foster

Votes: 50

42. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode: Jed Buys the Freeway (1963)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Henry Jones shows up at the Clampett's, pretends to be an old friend and tries to sell the family the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Park, and the freeway.

Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 139

43. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: The Brawlers (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Barkleys find themselves butting heads with a group of Irish settlers who have inadvertently illegally settled on Barkley land due to a fraudulent sale they were duped into.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 134

44. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode: A Legacy for Ossie Harper (1959)

Approved | 60 min | Western

Saloon singer and town drunk Ossie Harper shows shyster lawyer Addison a land grant his father earned in 1859 deeding him the land on which Cimarron City was built. Ossie only wants to be ... See full summary »

Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: George Montgomery, Audrey Totter, John Smith, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 14

45. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Blind Justice (1981)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Unable to get work in Sleepy Eye, Adam decides to become Walnut Grove's first lawyer, and gets his first case defending a man who sold worthless share of his land.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 242

46. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Twice Stung (1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A friend of MacGyver's becomes suicidal after being swindled out of his life savings. MacGyver orchestrates a reverse scam to get the money back.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Richard Romanus, Al Fann

Votes: 353

47. Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode: End of a Dream (1960)

60 min | Adventure, Western

Fast talking con man Martinus Van der Brig persuades Grey Holden and Bill Blake, the riverboat's new pilot, to transport a group of pioneers to a land he recently purchased named Rolling ... See full summary »

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Darren McGavin, Noah Beery Jr., Cliff Robertson, Dick Wessel

Votes: 7

48. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
Episode: Silky Thompson/Gracie Writes 'My Life with George Burns' (1952)

Comedy

Gracie fabricates a magazine article claiming George once beat up an infamous gangster who shows up at the Burns home in a very bad mood.

Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry von Zell, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 35