Best Western Movies

Looking for the best Western movies? These are the 48 highest-rated Western titles in our catalogue, led by Zalzala, Where the Wind Blows and Guns Blazin. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Zalzala (1988)

★ 10.0/10

Treasure hidden in an abandoned Shiva temple attracts both good and evil characters to it, but can they retrieve the priceless gold and jewels before the earthquake (Zalzala) hits?
2. Where the Wind Blows (2025)

★ 9.0/10

Chase, a rugged cowboy and solitary drifter who closed off his heart long ago—until the day he impulsively does a kindness for a beautiful young woman, and everything changes over the course of three days.
3. Guns Blazin (1970)

★ 9.0/10

Experience the raw intensity of Guns Blazin' (2024), a gritty Western Action film set in the unforgiving landscape of 1903 Texas. Follow a lone Gunslinging Hero as he embarks on a dangerous mission to save a woman from…
4. The War Between (2025)

★ 8.7/10

Two soldiers from opposing sides of the American Civil War must cooperate in order to survive being stranded in the Arizona Desert.
5. Django Unchained (2012)

★ 8.2/10

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
6. El Infierno (2010)

★ 7.9/10

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
7. Unforgiven (1992)

★ 7.9/10

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute…
8. No Country for Old Men (2007)

★ 7.9/10

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey…
9. Redeeming Love (2022)

★ 7.9/10

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
10. The Hateful Eight (2015)

★ 7.8/10

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
11. Dances with Wolves (1990)

★ 7.8/10

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with…
12. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001)

★ 7.8/10

When Dr. Mike and Sully travel to Boston for Colleen's graduation from medical school, they find Dr. Mike's mother terminally ill. Sully finds himself a target for assassination by a corrupt politician.
13. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

★ 7.7/10

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
14. Bacurau (2019)

★ 7.7/10

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
15. Tombstone (1993)

★ 7.6/10

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get…
16. The Revenant (2015)

★ 7.5/10

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
17. Soft Shoes (1925)

★ 7.5/10

Sheriff Pat Halahan comes into an inheritance and travels to San Francisco to collect. Faith O’Day, a cat burglar armed with pistol and flashlight breaks into his hotel room and demands that Halahan cough up his dough…
18. Legends of the Fall (1994)

★ 7.4/10

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by…
19. Spirit Untamed (2021)

★ 7.3/10

Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.
20. True Grit (2010)

★ 7.3/10

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
21. Hell or High Water (2016)

★ 7.3/10

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
22. Old Henry (2021)

★ 7.3/10

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his…
23. The Rider (2018)

★ 7.3/10

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own…
24. The Fair Haired Hare (1951)

★ 7.3/10

Yosemite Sam and Bugs battle it out over property rights above Bugs' rabbit hole.
25. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)

★ 7.2/10

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army…
26. Open Range (2003)

★ 7.2/10

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
27. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

★ 7.2/10

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his…
28. Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)

★ 7.2/10

Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam duel with trains in an Old West shootout.
29. Lawless (2012)

★ 7.1/10

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard…
30. Brimstone (2016)

★ 7.1/10

In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
31. First Cow (2020)

★ 7.1/10

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy…
32. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

★ 7.1/10

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone…
33. The Nightingale (2018)

★ 7.1/10

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of…
34. Resurrection Road (2025)

★ 7.1/10

An elite squad of six Black soldiers, led by ex-slave Barabbas, have been sent on a suicide mission; to infiltrate a Confederate fort deep in the Arkansas woods and blow up its long-range guns, altering the course of…
35. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

★ 7.0/10

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home…
36. The Proposition (2005)

★ 7.0/10

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and…
37. The World to Come (2021)

★ 7.0/10

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.
38. The Dressmaker (2015)

★ 7.0/10

In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion…
39. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

★ 7.0/10

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an…
40. Bury 'Em Deep (2025)

★ 7.0/10

A violent gunslinger sees visions of Hell and decides that in order to redeem himself he'll give his ill-gotten loot to save a beautiful nun's orphanage. But when he is ambushed and left for dead, he sets out on a…
41. Dead Souls (2025)

★ 7.0/10

In 1890, the year of the U.S. census, chaos erupts when a stranger named Strindler arrives in a small town in Arizona and requests money for providing the names of dead Mexican laborers. Adapted from the novel by…
42. Black Creek (2024)

★ 7.0/10

A dark, gritty, dystopian, western action martial arts film featuring a strong 'no-holds-barred' female protagonist portrayed by action film star Cynthia Rothrock. The plot centers around a sheriff’s sister who seeks…
43. Eastern Western (2025)

★ 7.0/10

This beautifully understated Western is the story of a son raised by two fathers, one from the European East and one from the American West. On the cusp of the 20th century, somewhere on the American frontier, Igor, an…
44. Hostiles (2017)

★ 6.9/10

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
45. Bone Tomahawk (2015)

★ 6.9/10

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the…
46. Maverick (1994)

★ 6.9/10

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a…
47. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

★ 6.9/10

In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow…
48. News of the World (2020)

★ 6.9/10

A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.