Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hanged-from-a-tree"

1. The Patriot (2000)

R | 165 min | Action, Drama, History

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs

Votes: 293,806 | Gross: $113.33M

2. Hostiles (2017)

R | 134 min | Drama, Western

In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike, Ava Cooper, Stella Cooper

Votes: 95,863 | Gross: $29.82M

3. Old Henry (2021)

Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western

A farmer takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.

Director: Potsy Ponciroli | Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins

Votes: 36,769

4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

The monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.

Director: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Stars: Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jo Wyatt, Jaimi Barbakoff

Votes: 33,363

5. The Duel (I) (2016)

R | 110 min | Drama, Western

A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, Emory Cohen

Votes: 11,924 | Gross: $0.06M

6. The Shadow Riders (1982 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western

After the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, Ben Johnson

Votes: 3,078

7. What Josiah Saw (2021)

120 min | Horror, Thriller

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

Director: Vincent Grashaw | Stars: Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze, Kelli Garner

Votes: 4,233

8. Bad Company (1972)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston

Votes: 4,608

9. The Man from Colorado (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Romance, Western

At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Ray Collins

Votes: 1,986

10. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery

Votes: 1,761 | Gross: $1.45M

11. 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

12. Hosts (2020)

89 min | Horror

A family invite their neighbours over for Christmas dinner with disastrous consequences.

Directors: Adam Leader, Richard Oakes | Stars: Neal Ward, Frank Jakeman, Samantha Loxley, Jennifer K Preston

Votes: 2,591

13. Six Black Horses (1962)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western

A beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through Indian territory so she can be reunited with her awaiting husband.

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Joan O'Brien, George D. Wallace

Votes: 961

14. Acquasanta Joe (1971)

94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.

Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli

Votes: 269

15. Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992 TV Movie)

R | 91 min | Western

Retired Marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: James Arness, Pat Hingle, Amy Stoch, Matt Mulhern

Votes: 403

16. Deadwood '76 (1965)

Approved | 97 min | Drama, Western

A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The consequences prove deadly.

Director: James Landis | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Jack Lester, La Donna Cottier, Arch Hall Sr.

Votes: 264

17. Hitched (1971 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 73 min | Comedy, Western

The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Sally Field, Tim Matheson, Neville Brand, Slim Pickens

Votes: 93

18. The Bandits (1967)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Three North Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.

Directors: Robert Conrad, Alfredo Zacarías | Stars: Robert Conrad, Manuel López Ochoa, Roy Jenson, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Votes: 64

19. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994)
Episode: High Treason: Part 1 (1994)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The calvary arrests Brisco County Jr. and Lord Bowler under the accusation of high treason. They are to be promptly court martialed and executed by firing squad. Can they prove their innocence before it's too late?

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, Comet

Votes: 136

20. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994)
Episode: Ned Zed (1994)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Brisco County Jr. tracks down the notorious bank robber Ned Zed, who also happens to be a former member of John Bly's gang. Along the way he runs into Lord Bowler and an old flame and enlists their help in snaring Ned .

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, Comet

Votes: 151

21. BeastMaster (1999–2002)
Episode: Riddle of the Nymph (2000)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Dar must rescue the nymph who produces the water for the fountain of youth from a brutal Venatu warrior.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Daniel Goddard, Jackson Raine, Monika Schnarre, Grahame Bond

Votes: 38

22. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: Court Martial (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A retired Civil War era Union general is tried for war crimes by ex-Confederates at the Barkley ranch while the family is held captive.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 123

23. The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
Episode: Gun Powder Range (1950)

30 min | Western

A young lad decides a life of an outlaw is more exciting than day to day living. Things become complicated when Gene tries to teach the boy a lesson. Instead they are confused for real ... See full summary »

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis

Votes: 16

24. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Born to Hang (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Joe Digger is nearly killed by two men who tried to lynch him. Now he is giving Matt until midnight the next day to bring them to jail, or he will track them down and kill them both.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 166

25. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode: The Long Night (1957)

Not Rated | 26 min | Western

Three men in black wait to be hanged the next day for a murder it seems any one of them might have committed. Of the three, one's holster bears a silver chess knight.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Boone, Kent Smith, James Best, William Schallert

Votes: 165

26. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode: The Posse (1959)

Not Rated | 26 min | Western

Paladin meets a man on the trail who confesses to two murders. The man then convinces a posse with hanging on its mind that Paladin is the killer.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Boone, Perry Cook, Denver Pyle, Harry Carey Jr.

Votes: 103

27. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: Dark Verdict (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jess's friend John MacLean is being chased by a posse for the murder of the sheriff and another man. They try to lynch him but Slim and Jess force a trial but the court is illegal. When John is lynched by them, Jess wants justice.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr., Robert Fuller

Votes: 129

28. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: MacGyver's Women (1990)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

MacGyver is accused of having a fear of commitment by the women in his life. A dream takes him back to the Old West where the women are mail-order brides.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Kim Zimmer, Brigitta Stenberg

Votes: 290

29. Paradise (1988–1990)
Episode: Bad Blood (1991)

60 min | Western

Hired guns jump Ethan. The mother of the man he killed in Texas is responsible for sending each attempt to hang Ethan or return him for hanging. Ethan decides to return to Texas and settle ... See full summary »

Stars: Lee Horsley, Sigrid Thornton, Jenny Beck, Matthew Newmark

Votes: 10

30. The Quest (1976)
Episode: Day of Outrage (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western

To escape the vicious windstorm outside, Quentin and Morgan enter another kind of storm when they seek shelter in a bawdy ranch house owned by an aggressive woman.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Amanda Blake, George Gaynes

Votes: 22

31. Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode: Brush War at Buford (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Rowdy fights to drive his steers across the Red River without getting into a range war between ruthless carpetbagger Duke Aberdeen, and Southern gentleman Major Buford. A raid into ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Ireland, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines

Votes: 65

32. Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode: Encounter at Boot Hill (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

One of Rowdy's drovers is killed and another wounded trying to stop a lynching. Looking for justice for his men, Rowdy runs into a town run by a power hungry sheriff and deputy, who are protecting the father and son who did the shooting.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Raymond St. Jacques

Votes: 98

33. Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode: Texas Fever (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Pete Nolan (Sheb Wooley), who'd been out scouting for the Army for the last couple of years, is back working for Favor starting in this episode, only to find himself falsely accused of ... See full summary »

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Sheb Wooley

Votes: 67

34. The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode: Last Grave at Socorro Creek (1969)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

The Virginian sees Bill Burden with two other men who are returning money from selling ranchers' herds. The two leave together but the money is stolen and Bill is lynched. The Virginian wants revenge when he is too late to clear Bill.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: John McIntire, Doug McClure, David Hartman, Sara Lane

Votes: 65

35. The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode: Stopover in a Western Town (1963)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

A cowboy becomes infatuated with an eastern society girl he meets on a train. Against The Virginian's advice he courts the spoiled girl but is forced to turn to rustling to pay for it. In the end she learns the serious cost of her actions.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, James Drury

Votes: 91

36. The Lost World (1999–2002)
Episode: Dead Man's Hill (2001)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Roxton gets stuck in the old west, pursued for a crime he didn't commit.

Director: Catherine Millar | Stars: Peter McCauley, Rachel Blakely, Jennifer O'Dell, David Orth

Votes: 57

37. Bordertown (1989–1991)
Episode: The Man They Couldn't Hang (1989)

TV-14 | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

The Man They Couldn't Hang.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Richard Comar, John H. Brennan, Sophie Barjac, Cavan Cunningham

Votes: 5

38. Lonesome Dove (1989)
Episode: The Plains (1989)

TV-14 | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Gus and Lorena rejoin the cattle drive. Elmira makes her way to Ogallala, with July close on her heels. Jake's new partnership doesn't turn out as planned.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane

Votes: 495

39. Bordertown (1989–1991)
Episode: Sons of Thunder (1990)

TV-14 | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Craddock agrees to escort a Metis half-breed wanted for stealing horses back to Canada to stand trial. He quickly takes a liking to the young man, but finds the trip to Bordertown too ... See full summary »

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Richard Comar, John H. Brennan, Sophie Barjac, Maurice Godin

40. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode: Save the Last One (2011)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

As Carl's condition continues to deteriorate, Shane and Otis try to dodge the walkers as they head back to the farm.

Director: Phil Abraham | Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden

Votes: 14,390

41. The Son (2017–2019)
Episode: First Son of Texas (2017)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, History, Western

"First Son of Texas" Eli McCullough must survive a frontier Comanche attack in 1849 and lead his family's empire through difficult times in 1915.

Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland, Henry Garrett, Paola Núñez

Votes: 463

42. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox (2016)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

When hunters gather together to celebrate the life and tragic death of one of their own, Sam, Dean and Mary must take action when a demon starts picking off hunters one by one.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Samantha Smith, Kim Rhodes

Votes: 3,086

43. Westworld (2016–2022)
Episode: Journey into Night (2018)

TV-MA | 70 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The hosts revolt against the guests while searching for a new purpose; Maeve sets out to find her daughter with some unexpected help.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden

Votes: 13,662

44. 9-1-1 (2018– )
Episode: Karma's a Bitch (2018)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An unremorseful widower, an unsuspecting thief, and an arrogant fitness club owner receive a taste of karma.

Director: Barbara Brown | Stars: Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds

Votes: 1,305