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The Wild West on Screen

241.3k viewsThe Most Accurate Movies About The Wild WestThe best Wild West movies make you feel like you've been transported back in time for a couple of hours. They do this by creating ...

443 votersThe Best New Western Movies of the Last Few YearsIt's time to vote for the best new western films. When most people think of this genre, they think of action westerns starring Joh...

Myths & Legends

389.3k views11 Historically Inaccurate Tropes Western Movies Always Get WrongThe Wild West wasn't exactly full of quick-draw shootouts, clean-shaven cowboys, and tumbleweed. Historically inaccurate Western m...

25.4k votersThe Best Western Movies Ever MadeThe best western movies ever made include some true popular classics from the early days of cinema, and more modern day films that...

18.2k votersThe Greatest Western Movie StarsHere you will find all of the greatest Western movie stars of television and film in one list of the best cowboy actors. Some of t...

9.4k votersThe Best Western TV ShowsThe very best western TV shows feature horses, guns, dirt, crime, lassos, and more! This list of the greatest western shows, ranke...

868 votersThe Best Cowboy Characters In Film & TV HistoryA lot of people have romantic notions about America's Wild West. They dream of a time when people rode on horseback and followed t...

4.2k votersThe Best Western Movies of the 21st CenturyFeaturing some of the greatest western films of all time, this is a list of best new western movies made after 2000. As the wester...

563 votersThe Best Spaghetti Western Movies Ever MadeWith over 500 movie fans casting votes, this list of the best spaghetti western movies is a great place to start for those looking...

2k votersThe Best Modern Western MoviesThe best modern westerns are not necessarily period pieces but they all capture the wild essence of the West. The Western is a cla...

The Best of the 2010s

128 votersThe Best Westerns Of The 2010sFrom the early part of the 20th century through the 1960s, Westerns were one of the most popular genres of Hollywood movies. With ...

2.3k votersThe Best '90s Western MoviesFans of western movies will know that the genre had fallen from prominence by the beginning of the 1990s. On this list of the best...

1.3k votersThe Best '80s Western MoviesOn this list of the best ‘80s western movies, you’ll find a comprehensive collection of classic westerns, genre-bending mash-ups, ...

99 voters20 Movies to Show Your Kids to Get Them into WesternsWhat could be a more American genre of film than the western? If you're a cinephile, you probably want to sit down with your kids ...

1.6k votersThe Best Western Movies Of The '70sThe Western is one of the most important genres in cinema history. It redefined what it meant to be a hero, and it redefined how s...

1.9k votersThe Greatest Western Movies Of The 1960sGrand vistas, the clomping of horse hooves, cowboys and gunfighters, revenge and honor, love and betrayal, Westerns are truly made...

1.9k votersThe Best Western Movies of the 1950sSometimes you just need a little bit of the old heroes. The old American film heroes before rock 'n roll took over and changed how...

1.2k votersThe Best 1940s Western MoviesThe Western genre is truly what took movies to new heights, and in the '40s, Western movies took over cineplexes as a form of esca...

474 votersThe Best Recent Western TV Shows & MoviesWhile the Western genre isn't as well represented in either film or television as it was back in the mid-20th century, there are c...

378 votersThe Top 25 Must-See Quintessential Western MoviesFor years in the United States, Western movies were the most popular films around. Before we ever launched a man into space, kids ...