Best Outlaw

Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The plot chronicles the violent crime spree of real-life outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during the Great Depression, alongside the Barrow Gang. The film also featu...

Known as the 'King of Cool,' McQueen embodied a rugged, stoic form of delinquency. His roles in Westerns and biker films showcased a man who lived by his own rules, often in direct opposition to law enforcement. He represented a physical, capable rebellionthe outlaw who mastered his environment whil...

Waylon Jennings was an American country singer and guitarist from Littlefield, Texas who became a pioneer of the outlaw country movement in the 1970s. Working alongside artists like Willie Nelson, Jennings challenged Nashville's polished production standards by taking creative control of his recordi...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid chronicles the flight of Robert LeRoy Parker, known as Butch Cassidy, and Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid," from a pursuing United States law enforcement group following a series of train robberies. The film depicts their journey to Bolivia with Etta Place in a...

“Seven Men From Now” is a meticulously crafted 1956 western film directed by Budd Boetticher. Starring Randolph Scott and Lee Marvin, it’s notable for its stark visuals, deliberate pacing, and focused character drama. The story centers on a group of bounty hunters seeking revenge against a ruthless...

2016 debut album by Illinois singer-songwriter Margo Price, released on Jack White's Third Man Records, making her the label's first solo female artist signing.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is an American Western directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the real-life outlaws; it won four Academy Awards and became one of the highest-grossing films of its year.

"Paso Por Aqui" is a 1927 western novella written by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, often regarded as a masterwork of the genre. Set in the New Mexico Territory, the story centers on a group of outlaws who seek refuge in an isolated ranch during a smallpox epidemic. The narrative subverts standard western t...

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 is a 2008 French biographical crime film starring Vincent Cassel as Jacques Mesrine, a real French criminal known for robberies, prison escapes, and kidnappings. Directed by Jean-François Richet, it forms the second half of a two-film account of Mesrine's life. The film c...

"Colorado Territory" is a 1949 Western film directed by Raoul Walsh, adapted from the same W. R. Burnett novel that inspired his earlier crime film "High Sierra" (1941). The production stars Joel McCrea as an outlaw who attempts to leave his criminal past behind but is drawn into one final train rob...

Day of the Outlaw is a 1959 American Western directed by André de Toth, starring Robert Ryan and Burl Ives. Set in a small Wyoming town during a harsh winter, the plot centers on a rancher's escalating conflict with a wounded farmer that is interrupted when a gang of outlaws led by Ives takes the co...

The Ballad of Cable Hogue chronicles the experiences of a former prospector, Jason Robards, over a three-year span in the waning days of the American frontier. Set in the Arizona desert, the film details his attempts to earn a living and navigate changing circumstances alongside Stella Stevens and D...

Tom Lin's 2021 debut is a western about a Chinese American outlaw pursuing revenge across the 1860s frontier; it won a Carnegie Medal.

Yellow Sky is a 1948 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman, based on a novel by W.R. Burnett. The narrative follows an outlaw gang led by "Stretch" Dawson, played by Gregory Peck, who take refuge in a deserted frontier ghost town. There, they encounter a tough young woman named Mike,...

The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian Western film directed by Phillip Borsos, based on the life of Bill Miner, a real American stagecoach and train robber who became known as 'the Gentleman Bandit.' The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner and depicts his career from his release from San Quentin Prison...

"Desperadoes" is a historical fiction novel written by Ron Hansen and published in 1979. The book provides a fictionalized account of the Dalton Gang, a group of outlaw brothers who robbed trains and banks in Kansas and Oklahoma during the early 1890s. The narrative is largely told from the perspect...

Riders of Judgment is a 1957 novel by Frederick Manfred that fictionalizes Wyoming's Johnson County War of 1892. The book depicts the escalating conflict between wealthy cattle barons and smaller independent ranchers, culminating in violent confrontations. Manfred drew on historical events and figur...

Grettir the Strong is the central figure of Grettis saga, one of the medieval Icelanders' sagas. Renowned for exceptional physical strength, he fights human opponents and supernatural beings but is later declared an outlaw and survives for nearly twenty years outside ordinary legal protection. His s...

Hong Gildong is the protagonist of a classic Korean vernacular novel, The Tale of Hong Gildong, which is commonly attributed to the Joseon dynasty scholar Heo Gyun. The character operates as a Robin Hood-like outlaw who uses magical powers and martial arts to steal from corrupt government officials...

"Old Henry" is a 2021 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli. The narrative centers on a reclusive widowed farmer, played by Tim Blake Nelson, living in the Oklahoma wilderness who takes in a wounded man carrying a satchel of stolen cash. When a determined group of...

Thieves Like Us is a 1974 American crime film directed by Robert Altman, adapted from the 1937 novel of the same name by Edward Anderson. Set during the Great Depression in the American South, the narrative tracks two escaped convicts who embark on a series of bank robberies while navigating their p...

Bronco Billy is a 1980 American romantic comedy-drama set in the Old West. It centers on Billy McCoy, a former rodeo star running a struggling Wild West show with his assistant, Antoinette Lily. The film portrays the difficulties of maintaining a traditional entertainment business and explores theme...

The Border Legion is a 1916 Western novel by Zane Grey set against the backdrop of Idaho's rough and lawless mining camps. The plot follows Joan Randle, a woman who ventures into the wilderness to stop a reckless feud and is subsequently captured by a notorious gang of outlaws. During her captivity,...

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 is a 2008 French biographical crime film directed by Jean-François Richet. The film concludes the two-part cinematic adaptation of the true story of Jacques Mesrine, detailing his criminal career across France and Canada. Starring Vincent Cassel as Mesrine, the movie depicts...

"The Living End" is a 1992 American independent road movie written and directed by Gregg Araki. It is recognized as a defining early work of the New Queer Cinema movement. The narrative follows two HIV-positive men, a freelance writer and a hustler, who meet by chance and embark on a chaotic, fugiti...

A British stage pantomime based on the medieval Robin Hood tradition, it follows the outlaw and his Merry Men opposing the Sheriff of Nottingham in Sherwood Forest.

Catlow is a Western novel written by Louis L'Amour and published in 1963. The plot follows the pursuit of an outlaw named Catlow as he flees across the border into Mexico with a herd of stolen cattle and gold. He is tracked by a determined lawman who was once his childhood friend, navigating the har...

The Law and Jake Wade is a 1958 CinemaScope Western film directed by John Sturges for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The plot centers on Jake Wade, a town marshal and reformed outlaw portrayed by Robert Taylor, who attempts to help his former partner Clint Hollister escape a posse. Hollister, played by Richar...

Singing Guns is a western novel by Max Brand, the pen name of prolific American author Frederick Schiller Faust. The book centers on Rhiannon, a notorious outlaw with a singing voice, whose encounters test his capacity for change. Brand was one of the most widely read western writers of the early tw...