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51. Tension at Table Rock (1956)

Passed | 93 min | Western

A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin

Votes: 690

52. The Hired Gun (1957)

Approved | 63 min | Western

A woman breaks out of jail before her hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Vince Edwards, John Litel

Votes: 390

53. Kid Blue (1973)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Western

At the turn of the century, with the Old West fading away, Texas train robber Kid Blue goes straight and takes a factory job but old habits die hard.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson

Votes: 820

54. Retribution Road (2007 Video)

PG-13 | 85 min | Western

In the vein of traditional westerns such as 'High Noon,' comes 'Blue Eyes,' nickname of Johnny Rios, the most sadistic outlaw in south Texas. After being captured in a foiled bank robbery ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Walker | Stars: Michael Gregory, John Castellanos, Leslie Easterbrook, Burton Gilliam

Votes: 75

55. Santa Fe (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Western

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson

Votes: 1,145

56. The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Western

The various fortunes and misfortunes of the outlaws and bank robbers Frank and Jesse James.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marcia Cross, Gail Youngs

Votes: 487

57. Murieta! (1965)

107 min | Biography, Western

The story of Joaquin Murrieta, a real life Mexican bandit who terrorized California with his gang of raiders and cutthroats during the first half of the 19th century. Some saw him as a murderous outlaw, others as the Mexican Robin Hood.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Diana Lorys, Arthur Kennedy, Roberto Camardiel

Votes: 163

58. Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith, Walter Brennan

Votes: 428

59. Two-Gun Lady (1955)

Passed | 71 min | Western

A young woman teaches herself to become a sharpshooter so she can hunt down the three men who murdered her parents. She finds a sheriff who is willing to help her track them down.

Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Peggie Castle, William Talman, Marie Windsor, Earle Lyon

Votes: 120

60. Devil's Canyon (1953)

Approved | 92 min | Western

In 1897 Arizona, an ex-marshal is sent to the territorial prison where many of his enemies, among guards and inmates alike, are eager for a chance at payback.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Stephen McNally, Arthur Hunnicutt

Votes: 489

61. Bunco Squad (1950)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.

Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 326

62. King of the Texas Rangers (1941)

Approved | 215 min | Drama, Western

When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo

Votes: 90

63. Nine Girls (1944)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, fellow sorority girl Mary O'Ryan decides to do some sleuthing on her own to unmask the killer.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Jinx Falkenburg, Anita Louise

Votes: 175

64. Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi (1963)

101 min | Drama, Western

Based on an island in the Mississippi River a pirate gang terrorize the town of Helena and the steamboats. Sheriff James can't stop pirate boss Kelly from tricking the Cherokees into helping him attack a steamboat with a precious cargo.

Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Sabine Sinjen, Horst Frank, Brad Harris

Votes: 88

65. The Ride Back (1957)

Not Rated | 79 min | Western

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

Directors: Allen H. Miner, Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan, Victor Millan

Votes: 941

66. Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

Passed | 82 min | Western

In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William, Betty Brewer

Votes: 212

67. Cave of Outlaws (1951)

Passed | 76 min | Western

Released after serving 15 years in prison for train robbery Pete Carver being the only survivor of the gang goes looking for the loot in the caves where it was hidden.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Alexis Smith, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Jory

Votes: 389

68. Luku Ngarra: The Law of the Land (2022)

75 min | Documentary, History

Luku Ngarra is an unflinching, indigenous Australian Aboriginal funded documentary on the history and culture of Arnhem Land leading up to the present day, seen through the eyes of one of ... See full summary »

Director: Sinem Saban | Stars: Djiniyini Gondarra, Baykali Ganambarr, Lowurrpa Yunupingu, Biritjalawuy Gondarra

Votes: 9

69. The Blazing Forest (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

Kelly Hansen, the tough boss of a timber crew clearing property owned by Jessie Crain and her niece Sharon Wilks, is--unknown to anybody else--working to pay back money stolen by his ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, William Demarest, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Arlen

Votes: 141

70. The Decoy (2006)

PG-13 | 109 min | Western

A deputy must escort a longtime friend to be hanged for the crime of murdering his wife's parents. Along the way he discovers the startling truth about the murders, and is forced to face the real danger.

Director: Justin Kreinbrink | Stars: Justin Kreinbrink, Howard Allen, Susan Arnold, John Michael Bartish

Votes: 198

71. The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Western

Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for making this tragic but honest mistake and sends a lawman after them.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Michael Landon, Jo Morrow, Jack Hogan, Richard Rust

Votes: 272

72. Gunmen of Rio Grande (1964)

85 min | Drama, Western

Famed marshal Wyatt Earp is sent to clean up a lawless mining town on the Mexican border.

Director: Tulio Demicheli | Stars: Guy Madison, Fernando Sancho, Madeleine Lebeau, Gérard Tichy

Votes: 108

73. Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez

Votes: 114

74. The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954)

Approved | 72 min | Western

Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Scott Brady, Betta St. John, James Griffith, Alan Hale Jr.

Votes: 210

75. Here's Django... Pay or Die! (1971)

87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A debt collector gets involved in a dangerous situation when a corrupt businessman he retrieved 100,000 dollars for doesn't want to pay him his usual percentage for his services.

Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Brad Harris, José Torres, Gisela Hahn, Maretta Procaccini

Votes: 104

76. The Arizona Ranger (1948)

Approved | 64 min | Drama, Western

Bob Morgan returns home but alienates his father by not staying at his ranch. Instead he becomes the head of the new Arizona Rangers. Matters get worse between father and son when when his ... See full summary »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin

Votes: 192

77. The Drug Store Cowboy (1925)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

Mortimer Grandon, clerk in a drug store, is ambitious to get into pictures. He travels to the company's location in a freight car, and is forced to change clothes with an outlaw. He ... See full summary »

Director: Park Frame | Stars: Franklyn Farnum, Robert Walker, Jean Arthur, Malcolm Denny

Votes: 45

78. In Search of Bass Reeves (2024)

105 min | Western

Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was one of the preeminent gunfighters of the Old West. We explore his life from captive slave to legendary lawman, through the antebellum South to the Civil War and the hostile plains of Indian Territory.

Director: Dana Celeste Robinson | Stars: TJ Trueh, Mark Boardman, Art Burton, David Kennedy

79. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)

Approved | 263 min | Western

Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Silver Chief, Duncan Renaldo

Votes: 140

80. Jesse James as the Outlaw (1921)

Drama, History, War

Depicts Jesse James' return home to Missouri after the Civil War hoping to live a life of peace, but is falsely accused of robbing a bank. He is forced to take up a life of crime by being ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin B. Coates | Stars: Jesse James Jr., Diana Reed, Jack Neil, Marguerite Hungerford

Votes: 58

81. Stage to Mesa City (1948)

Passed | 56 min | Western

Lash and Fuzzy sent to help John Watson with his stage line arrive to find him murdered. Recognizing the outlaws they trail them to their leader Baxter. But before Baxter can tell who the ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Jennifer Holt, George Chesebro

Votes: 121

82. Ghost Town Renegades (1947)

Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western

Gold has been found and Sharp is out to get the land. He has the land owners killed and then has Watson forge new deeds. Cheyenne and Fuzzy arrive in time to save Trent. Then they go after the gang and its leader.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Jennifer Holt, Jack Ingram

Votes: 164

83. Mexican Gold (2009)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Western

After the brazen escape from his sentence to be hanged, infamous outlaw Jack Barnett cons a crooked judge, local saloon gal and an old partner into partaking in the heist of a lifetime. ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Walker | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, John Castellanos, J. Eddie Peck, Michael Gregory

Votes: 120

84. Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)

Approved | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Government agent Chris Calvert and lady sidekick Joan battle the evil spy Baroda, despite a regular barrage of shootouts, car crashes, and cliffhangers, in this routine Republic serial.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Jean Dean, Anthony Warde, George J. Lewis

Votes: 231

85. Noose for a Gunman (1960)

Approved | 69 min | Western

Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Lyn Thomas, Ted de Corsia, Barton MacLane

Votes: 318

86. Kanal (1978)

78 min | Drama

The struggle of the peasants whose villages were destroyed by their lords.

Director: Erden Kiral | Stars: Tarik Akan, Tuncel Kurtiz, Meral Orhonsay, Kamran Usluer

Votes: 343

87. Convict Stage (1965)

Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western

When outlaws savagely murder his sister, a cowboy swears vengeance. However, before he can take the law into his own hands, an old lawman corrals the gang himself and brings the outlaws to justice properly.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Harry Lauter, Don 'Red' Barry, Jodi Mitchell, Hanna Landy

Votes: 222

88. Guns of a Stranger (1973)

G | 91 min | Action, Music, Western

Forced in the line of duty to kill a young Abilene gunman, Sheriff Matthew Roberts (Marty Robbins)is torn by inner anguish and takes off his badge and leaves Kansas. Time passes and Roberts... See full summary »

Director: Robert Hinkle | Stars: Marty Robbins, Chill Wills, Dovie Beams, Steven Tackett

Votes: 104

89. Last of the Desperados (1955)

Approved | 72 min | Western

After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: James Craig, Jim Davis, Barton MacLane, Margia Dean

Votes: 36

90. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)

75 min | Drama, Crime

The supposed truth behind Bonnie and Clyde, including new footage of bullet-ridden car and bodies, taken just after the shooting by a police officer.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Burl Ives, Frank Hamer, John Jenkins, Floyd Hamilton

Votes: 87

91. The Devil and Leroy Bassett (1973)

PG | 85 min | Action, Drama

Leroy Bassett and his dim-witted brothers go on the lam after freeing their friend Keema from jail.

Director: Robert E. Pearson | Stars: Cody Bearpaw, John F. Goff, George 'Buck' Flower, James A. Ward

Votes: 92

92. Tangled Trails (I) (1921)

Passed | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Corporal Jack Borden, of the Northwest Mounted Police, trails the man who killed his partner to New York City. The killer is an unscrupulous promoter who is selling worthless stock in a ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Bartlett | Stars: Neal Hart, Violet Palmer, Gladys Hampton, Jean Barry

Votes: 58

93. The Moon Riders (1920)

Passed | 360 min | Western

The struggle of a group of homesteaders against an unscrupulous band that desires to profit through obsolete Spanish land grants.

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Albert Russell, Theodore Wharton | Stars: Art Acord, Mildred Moore, Charles Newton, George Field

94. River's End (1940)

Passed | 69 min | Action, Drama, Western

Convicted murderer John Keith (Dennis Morgan), escapes from his guards, and is pursued by Sergeant Conniston (Dennis Morgan, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After a two year hunt, ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Inglis, George Tobias, Victor Jory

Votes: 188

95. Nevada (1935)

Approved | 58 min | Western

Jim Lacey (Buster Crabbe),better known as "Nevada,", and his pal Cash Burridge (Syd Saylor), a pair of Nevada wanderers on the run from a sheriff who thinks they have committed some lawless... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Kathleen Burke, Syd Saylor, Monte Blue

Votes: 27

96. Frontier Marshal (1934)

Passed | 66 min | Drama, Western

While cleaning Tombstone of outlaws, Michael Wyatt receives the amorous attentions of a saloon dancer.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: George O'Brien, Irene Bentley, George E. Stone, Alan Edwards

Votes: 23

97. Undercover Agent (1939)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, J.M. Kerrigan, Maude Eburne

Votes: 86

98. Road Agent (1941)

Approved | 60 min | Western

Reissued by Realart Pictures in 1953 as "Texas Road Agent", with a title change because RKO had just made a 1952 film using this title, and this was the first year that Universal's "Road ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynne

Votes: 32

99. Angel in Exile (1948)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.

Directors: Allan Dwan, Philip Ford | Stars: John Carroll, Adele Mara, Thomas Gomez, Barton MacLane

Votes: 123

100. Disbarred (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears that he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income and ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Robert Preston, Otto Kruger, Sidney Toler

Votes: 55