swap_horiz The Big Sky Alternatives

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Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water tells the story of two brothers attempting a desperate heist in rural Texas. The film is notable for...

Crime Texas Heist Neo Western

8.3 Great

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Seven Men from Now

“Seven Men From Now” is a meticulously crafted 1956 western film directed by Budd Boetticher. Starring Randolph Scott an...

Classic Revenge Western Outlaw

8.2 Great

3

7 Men from Now

“This 1956 Western film, directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott, explores themes of vengeance and isola...

Classic Revenge Boetticher Randolph Scott

8.1 Great

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The Revenant

The Revenant is a 2015 American Western film directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu. It depicts the brutal survival story of...

Survival Revenge Frontier Fur Trade

8.1 Great

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The Lusty Men

Nicholas Ray’s *The Lusty Men* (1952) portrays a disillusioned rodeo circuit through the eyes of veteran riders. Starrin...

Classic Drama Rodeo Nicholas Ray

8.0 Great

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Sweet Country

Sweet Country portrays a complex story of violence and injustice within the Australian outback during 1929. Directed by...

Australian Aboriginal Revisionist Outback

8.0 Great

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Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory is a 1949 Western directed by Raoul Walsh, notable as his frontier remake of High Sierra with Joel Mc...

Classic Remake Outlaw Walsh

7.8 Good

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Westward the Women

Westward the Women is a 1951 American Western directed by William A. Wellman, notable for centering a wagon train of wom...

Classic Wagon Women Frontier

7.7 Good

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Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid is a 1972 American revisionist Western by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Lancaster and noted for its Vietna...

Apache Revisionist Frontier Cavalry

7.7 Good

10

Pursued

Pursued is a 1947 American Western noir directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright with James Wo...

Classic Psychological Revenge Noir

7.7 Good

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Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw is a 1959 American Western directed by Andre de Toth, noted as his final Western feature and for its b...

Classic Western Outlaw Snow

7.7 Good

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Old Yeller

Old Yeller is a 1957 Disney frontier drama directed by Robert Stevenson, notable for its Texas-set story of a boy and hi...

Classic Family Texas Frontier

7.6 Good

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Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage is a 1946 Technicolor Western directed by Jacques Tourneur, notable for its Oregon setting and unusually...

Classic Frontier Oregon Tourneur

7.5 Good

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Meek's Cutoff

Meek's Cutoff is a 2010 American survival Western by Kelly Reichardt, based on an 1845 Oregon Trail incident involving g...

Minimalist Revisionist Frontier Oregon Trail

7.3 Good

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The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones is a 1956 American Western starring Robert Ryan, notable for its town-marshal plot and CinemaScope treatm...

Classic Frontier Town Marshal

6.9 Fair

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The Culpepper Cattle Co.

The Culpepper Cattle Co. is a 1972 American Western directed by Dick Richards, notable for its revisionist view of a tee...

Coming Of Age Revisionist Frontier Cattle Drive

6.9 Fair

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The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade is a 1958 MGM Western by John Sturges, notable as Robert Taylor's last A-picture as top-billed lea...

Classic Revenge Western Outlaw

6.9 Fair

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Ride in the Whirlwind

Ride in the Whirlwind is a 1966 American Western directed by Monte Hellman, written and co-produced by Jack Nicholson an...

Western Outlaw Revisionist Frontier

6.9 Fair

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The Plainsman

The Plainsman is a 1936 American Western directed by Cecil B. DeMille, with Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Art...

Classic Biopic Western Frontier

6.8 Fair

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Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City is a 2022 American Western by Richard Gray, a gold-rush murder mystery filmed in Montana with...

Modern Mystery Western Frontier

4.7 Poor