Best Western movies

High Plains Drifter(1973)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.



El Topo(1970)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.



Never Grow Old(2019)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 46

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.



Jane Got a Gun(2015)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.



Pale Rider(1985)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.



The Duel(2016)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 34

A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.



Rang zi dan fei(2010)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 33

Carina Lau, Yun-Fat Chow, You Ge, Wen Jiang,
Wen Jiang,

In 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman.



The Ballad of Lefty Brown(2017)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice.



Almost Heroes(1998)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to beat Lewis and Clark.



Heaven's Gate(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.



Forsaken(2015)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 28

In 1872, an embittered gunslinger named John Henry Clayton attempts to make amends with his estranged father Reverend Samuel Clayton while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.



Dead Man's Burden(2012)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to buy their land.



Frontera(2014)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 29

A former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.



The Misfits(1961)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A divorcee falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.



El Dorado(1966)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.



Jeremiah Johnson(1972)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.



Sweetwater(2013)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 30

In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.



The Shootist(1976)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.



The Pale Door(2020)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 42

After a train robbery goes bad, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.



The Ridiculous 6(2015)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 9

An outlaw who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half-brothers; together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad.




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