The Best Western Movies on Amazon Prime

Over 900 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Western Movies on Amazon Prime

Hey there, partner. Here's an extensive list of the best Western movies streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video. The finest Westerns currently available to view free of charge for Amazon Prime members are collected here for your convenience, so that you can more easily bring the Old West into your living room with some of the best frontier films ever made.

This list of Amazon Prime Westerns has a little something for everybody, whether you like to ride with John Wayne in an old school adventure or saddle up with a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. We're talking all time classic Western films like The Outlaw, The Long Riders, Red River, and Song of Texas. Of course, it's not all classic westerns. You can also choose from modern westerns, such as 3:10 to Yuma, Bone Tomahawk, and The Magnificent Seven (2016).

Like a mysterious rider coming into town, you could use a map of the Western landscape. Explore this list to get acquainted with Amazon Prime Instant Video. The sheer number of movies streaming via this service can be overwhelming, so think of this as your handy guide to getting started on the best Amazon Prime Westerns.

What's the greatest Western available on Amazon Prime? That's up to you to decide! Vote up your favorite streaming Westerns below! And if this list is missing any of your favorite Western movies, be sure to add them so that cinephiles can experience the best films on Instant Video!

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  • Stagecoach
    1
    John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine
    54 votes
    • Released: 1939
    • Directed by: John Ford
    John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas ...more
  • A Man Called Horse
    2
    Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon
    36 votes
    • Released: 1970
    • Directed by: Elliot Silverstein
    In 1825, English big game hunter John Morgan (Richard Harris) is captured and enslaved by a Sioux tribe, forced to labor for tribal matriarch Buffalo Cow Head (Judith Anderson) as a common pack ...more

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  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
    3
    James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles
    56 votes
    • Released: 1962
    • Directed by: John Ford
    Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then ...more

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  • The Magnificent Seven
    4
    Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
    104 votes
    • Released: 1960
    • Directed by: John Sturges
    A Mexican village is at the mercy of Calvera, the leader of a band of outlaws. The townspeople, too afraid to fight for themselves, hire seven American gunslingers to free them from the bandits' ...more

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  • Big Jake
    5
    John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara
    76 votes
    • Released: 1971
    • Directed by: George Sherman
    The avenging head of the McCandle clan returns to his estranged family and leads the search for his kidnapped grandson. Big Jake sets off, his sons in tow, to deliver the ransom to the kidnappers, ...more

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  • Duel at Diablo
    6
    James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson
    17 votes
    • Released: 1966
    • Directed by: Ralph Nelson
    Apache Natives are after Ellen (Bibi Andersson), her baby, and her husband, William (Dennis Weaver). The family crosses paths with Jess (James Garner), a man who is trying to find out who killed his ...more

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