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1. 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: 10,933 | Gross: $13.08M
2. 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: 921
3. 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: 5,928 | Gross: $9.68M
4. 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: 2,217
5. 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: 3,359
6. 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: 572
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: 4,835 | 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: 4,064
9. 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: 1,858
10. 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: 1,405
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: 3,946
12. 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: 1,093
13. 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: 1,878
14. 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: 2,018 | Gross: $0.28M
15. 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: 802
16. 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: 1,342
17. 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: 823
18. 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: 562
19. 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: 501
20. 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: 1,848
21. 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: 332
22. 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: 182
23. 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: 1,132 | Gross: $1.32M
24. 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: 664
25. 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: 831
26. 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: 925
27. 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: 582
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: 373
29. 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: 428
30. 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: 206
31. Long Days of Hate (1968)
M/PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Bounty hunter Martin Benson seeks the leader of a vicious outlaw smuggler gang who killed his parents and raped his sister, while his other siblings hide a wounded gang member in hopes of more info and try to help.
Director: Gianfranco Baldanello | Stars: Guy Madison, Lucienne Bridou, Rik Battaglia, Anna Liotti
Votes: 441
32. 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: 720
33. 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
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: 316
35. 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: 611
36. 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: 237
37. 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: 205
38. War of the Range (1933)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Jim Warren is starting a range war by getting his boss Duke Bradley to fence off part of the range used by other ranchers. This pits father against son when Tom Bradley sides with a newly ... See full summary »
Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Tom Tyler, Charles K. French, Ted Adams, Lane Chandler
Votes: 17
39. 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: 160
40. Return of the Lash (1947)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Cheyenne and Fuzzy get involved with a range war to help ranchers fight corruption.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Mary Moore, Buster Slaven
Votes: 132
41. 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: 86
42. Marked for Murder (1945)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Rangers Dave and Panhandle arrive and are joined by Lawyer Tex to try and stop the range war between the ranchers and the sheep men. After they jail the ranchers for attacking the sheep men... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marilyn McConnell
Votes: 83
43. 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: 311
44. 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
45. Smoky Canyon (1952)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Durango Kid tries to help a man framed for murder and stop a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Danni Sue Nolan, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 90
46. 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: 208
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. 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
49. The Fighting Redhead (1949)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Red Ryder gets a telegram from his old friend Dan O'Connor asking for help in his fight against Faro Savage and his gang of rustlers. A gun dropped by Faro during a rustling raid makes Red ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn, Marin Sais
Votes: 60
50. Frontier Justice (1935)
Approved | 58 min | Western
When Brent Halston returns he finds his father in an insane asylum and Wilton about to foreclose on their ranch and bring sheep onto the cattle range. When Wilton kills a rancher, Brent is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Jane Barnes, Richard Cramer, Roger Williams
Votes: 86