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1. Alexander (2004)

R | 175 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie

Votes: 176,787 | Gross: $34.30M

2. Clash of the Titans (1981)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith

Votes: 47,826 | Gross: $41.09M

3. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

Directors: Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook | Stars: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi, Chopper Bernet

Votes: 85,556 | Gross: $73.28M

4. Cry Macho (2021)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Daniel V. Graulau, Amber Lynn Ashley

Votes: 33,171

5. Duel in the Sun (1946)

Passed | 129 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.

Directors: King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle, Sidney Franklin, William Cameron Menzies, David O. Selznick, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 9,500 | Gross: $20.41M

6. The Professionals (1966)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode

Votes: 18,863 | Gross: $19.54M

7. The Rider (2017)

R | 104 min | Drama, Western

After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau

Votes: 20,664 | Gross: $2.42M

8. Cowboy (1958)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Western

An idealistic tenderfoot Chicago hotel clerk is taken on a cattle-drive to Mexico by famous trail boss Tom Reece but discovers that cowboy life isn't what he expected.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 3,480

9. Duel at Diablo (1966)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, Western

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver

Votes: 4,275

10. Monte Walsh (1970)

PG-13 | 106 min | Western

An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.

Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 3,039

11. The Rounders (1965)

TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Western

In Sedona, two aging cowpokes bust broncos, charm local ladies and bet on outcomes at the rodeo.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday

Votes: 1,915

12. Sylvester (1985)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Family

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a rogue horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an eventing champion.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers

Votes: 504 | Gross: $0.39M

13. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History

Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen

Votes: 2,507

14. My Friend Flicka (1955–1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

Set in Wyoming about 1900, this was a story about young Ken McLaughlin and his horse Flicka. Ken lived on a ranch with his parents Rob and Nell and the ranch-hand Gus and had many an adventure.

Stars: Gene Evans, Anita Louise, Johnny Washbrook, Frank Ferguson

Votes: 188

15. My Friend Flicka (1943)

Passed | 89 min | Action, Drama, Family

Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell

Votes: 1,053

16. Branded (1950)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Romance, Western

A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, Robert Keith

Votes: 1,024

17. White Mane (1953)

Approved | 40 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.

Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan, Pascal Lamorisse

Votes: 2,324

18. The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980 TV Movie)

111 min | Drama, Western

A woman kills her husband after he becomes violently abusive following a concussion. The tribe then banishes her from the community.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Raquel Welch, Bradford Dillman, George Clutesi, Nick Mancuso

Votes: 269

19. Tonka (1958)

Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland, H.M. Wynant

Votes: 513

20. Ride, Vaquero! (1953)

Passed | 90 min | Romance, Western

Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn

Votes: 1,087

21. Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)

PG | 95 min | Action, Crime, Romance

The exploits of 1910s bounty hunter Thomasine and bandit Bushrod who, after rekindling their old romance, take to robbing banks to survive, stealing from rich whites and sharing their loot with the poor on the harsh frontier.

Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock, Glynn Turman

Votes: 608

22. The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A champion rodeo rider falls in love with a Russian ballerina who is trying to defect.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Lee Majors, Leslie Wing, Christopher Lloyd, James Booth

Votes: 52

23. Black Horse Canyon (1954)

Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western

The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry, Murvyn Vye

Votes: 426

24. Cowboys Don't Cry (1988)

103 min | Drama

As long as Shane Morgan can remember, he has lived on the road with his mother and father, a rodeo performer. Their dreams of making enough money to settle down happily in one place are ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Ron White, Zachary Ansley, Janet-Laine Green, Valerie Pearson

Votes: 122

25. The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)

G | 48 min | Family, Documentary

A palimino cow pony, through a series of owners and adventures becomes a champion mount for one of the US equestrian team.

Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: George Fenneman, Nautical the Horse, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Dorian Williams

Votes: 212

26. The Strawberry Roan (1948)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Music, Western

Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father, Walt, tries to shoot the horse but is stopped by his foreman, Gene Autry. The roan escapes ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Gloria Henry, Jack Holt

Votes: 155

27. Stormy (1935)

Approved | 69 min | Action, Drama, Music

A young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Noah Beery Jr., Jean Rogers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 39

28. That's My Man (1947)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely

Votes: 163

29. King of the Stallions (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Drama, Western

Both Indians and cowboys are after a beautiful stallion, the leader of a pack of wild horses.

Director: Edward Finney | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Chief Thundercloud, Sally Cairns, Rick Vallin

Votes: 41

30. Summer of the Colt (1989)

Not Rated | 100 min | Family, Drama

This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, ... See full summary »

Director: André Melançon | Stars: Héctor Alterio, China Zorrilla, Alexandra London-Thompson, Juan De Benedictis

Votes: 134

31. The Horsemen (1950)

95 min | Drama, Sport, War

The rival of a worker on a Cossack stud farm exposes him during the war as a Nazi and rescues the owner's daughter from a train about to be blown up by partisans.

Director: Konstantin Yudin | Stars: Sergei Gurzo, Aleksey Gribov, Tamara Chernova, Oleg Solyus

Votes: 110

32. Clouded (2008)

13 min | Short, Drama

A classic coming-of-age story takes a powerful turn when Sean's struggle to understand who he really is explodes the lie that goes to the core of his being, his relationship with his father, and his future as a man.

Director: Ajae Clearway | Stars: Steve Bilich, Laurie Coker, Jeet Lee, Carl Romines

Votes: 10

33. Too Many Bucks (1925)

Passed | Short, Comedy, Western

Magpie and Dirtyshirt are rivals in love with Lucy Whittaker. Dirtyshirt beats Magpie with an invitation to take Lucy to the rodeo, so Magpie disarranges the steering gear on Dirtyshirt's ... See full summary »

Director: Vin Moore | Stars: Ben Corbett, Gilbert Holmes

34. Covington Cross (1992)
Episode: Cedric Hits the Road (1992)

Adventure, History

Sir Thomas' attempts to negotiate a lumber contract to build the king's ships with Duke of Worringer hit a snag when a lover's spat with Lady Elizabeth causes her to seek a business as well... See full summary »

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth

Votes: 15

35. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: The Wiving (1974)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Three saloon girls are kidnapped in Dodge by three men who want to marry them, and oddly enough, the women do start to fall in love.

Director: Victor French | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 186

36. Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode: Chase a Wild Horse (1968)

60 min | Western

Used to blowing in the wind, Johnny rebels against his new circumscribed lifestyle.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur

Votes: 48

37. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Injun Kid (1977)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Jeremy Stokes lives in Walnut Grove. His daughter Amelia was rumored to have been kidnapped by some Indians. When her husband is killed she and her son, Spotted Eagle, come home to live ... See full summary »

Director: Victor French | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 345

38. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Wilder and Wilder (1980)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Almanzo's indolent brother, Perley, comes to town. Knowing that Almanzo's interest in a much younger Laura has deepened, Charles is convinced that Perley is the better man for his "Half ... See full summary »

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

Votes: 264

39. Renegade (1992–1997)
Episode: Payback (1992)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Reno goes undercover on a ranch to avenge the death of an informant.

Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Branscombe Richmond, Kathleen Kinmont, Nancy Everhard

Votes: 75

40. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Frog Man (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Young Jimmy Ness has recently come into, and started spending, lots of money. He won't tell his aunt where he is getting the money from, and his dad is away working at the Flying Crown Ranch. Hoodlums find out about Jimmy's money.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Mason Alan Dinehart, Emlen Davies

41. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode: A Day to Kill (1962)

30 min | Western

While trying to ride a bucking bronco, Billy is thrown violently off the horse's back and smashes his head against a wooden post. Taken to Lincoln for medical examination, the doctor ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Pamela Duncan, Harry Antrim

Votes: 12

42. The Young Riders (1989–1992)
Episode: The Keepsake (1989)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A girl comes to Sweetwater to con Teaspoon into believing she's his daughter.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Brett Cullen, Travis Fine

Votes: 40

43. Nature (1982– )
Episode: Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins (2019)

TV-G | 53 min | Documentary, Family

The evolutionary journey of the horse, from its tiny ancient ancestor, the Dawn Horse, to the modern statuesque steed. Scientists explain the genetic basis of a horse's abilities and ... See full summary »

Director: Niobe Thompson | Stars: Niobe Thompson, Martin S. Fischer, David Lambert, Michael Dickinson

Votes: 36

44. Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998–1999)
Episode: Harrow of Babel (1999)

45 min | Comedy, Romance

The herd is growing, which has many repercussions on the ranch. Rich, Gloria and Pan have purchased thirty new horses, all of which need to be broken in. One of those horses will be ... See full summary »

Director: James Head | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Ted Atherton, Kristian Ayre, Kimberley Warnat

45. Q.E.D. (1982–1999)
Episode: Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer (1997)

Documentary

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Star: Ian McShane

46. Yellowstone (2018– )
Episode: Under a Blanket of Red (2021)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Western

John and Kayce are forced to deal with some newcomers in town; Lloyd is in the doghouse with Rip, and finds purpose in teaching Carter; Jamie seeks information about his father.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

Votes: 2,571

47. Yellowstone (2018– )
Episode: I Want to Be Him (2021)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Western

Beth confronts her father's houseguest; Kayce and his family search for a new home; Jamie seeks answers from Garrett; Lloyd loses his cool.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

Votes: 2,310

48. Walker: Independence (2022–2023)
Episode: Blood & Whiskey (2022)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Abby has a chance to undermine the Sheriff; Hoyt and Calian ally to defeat bandits, but Calian may risk his standing in his tribe; Kate chases information on Abby; Kai's again invaluable; Gus wrestles with trauma tied to wearing the badge.

Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Katherine McNamara, Matt Barr, Katie Findlay, Greg Hovanessian

Votes: 774

49. Yellowstone (2018– )
Episode: Daybreak (2018)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Western

John Dutton tries to protect his ranch from land developers, an Indian reservation and America's first national park.

Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

Votes: 5,199

50. Yellowstone (2018– )
Episode: Kill the Messenger (2018)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Western

As the dust settles from the shootout, the Duttons deal with the potential repercussions.

Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

Votes: 3,654