western historical dramas

 

100 Western Historical Dramas

Classic Hollywood Western Dramas

  • High Noon (1952)

  • Shane (1953)

  • The Searchers (1956)

  • Red River (1948)

  • Winchester ’73 (1950)

  • The Big Country (1958)

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

  • The Ox‑Bow Incident (1943)

  • Broken Arrow (1950)

  • The Gunfighter (1950)

Epic Frontier & Settlement Dramas

  • How the West Was Won (1962)

  • Dances with Wolves (1990)


  • The Revenant (2015)

  • The Homesman (2014)

  • Meek’s Cutoff (2010)

  • The New World (2005)

  • Far and Away (1992)

  • The Big Trail (1930)

  • Seven Alone (1974)

Outlaw & Lawman Dramas

  • Tombstone (1993)

  • Wyatt Earp (1994)

  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

  • The Assassination of Jesse James (2007)

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

  • Young Guns (1988)

  • Young Guns II (1990)

  • The Long Riders (1980)

  • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

  • The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

Civil War & Reconstruction‑Era Westerns

  • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

  • Cold Mountain (2003)

  • Ride with the Devil (1999)

  • The Horse Soldiers (1959)

  • Friendly Persuasion (1956)

  • The Undefeated (1969)

  • The Last Confederate (2005)

  • The Keeping Room (2014)

  • The Beguiled (1971)

  • The Beguiled (2017)

Native American–Centered Dramas

  • Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

  • Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

  • Windwalker (1980)

  • A Man Called Horse (1970)

  • The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

  • Little Big Man (1970)

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

  • Hostiles (2017)

  • Black Robe (1991)

  • The Missing (2003)

Gold Rush & Mining‑Era Dramas

  • Paint Your Wagon (1969)

  • The Gold Rush (1925)

  • North to Alaska (1960)

  • The Far Country (1954)

  • The Spoilers (1942)

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

  • Pale Rider (1985)

  • The Claim (2000)

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

  • The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Railroad‑Era Western Dramas

  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

  • Union Pacific (1939)

  • 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

  • 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

  • The Iron Horse (1924)

  • Breakheart Pass (1975)

  • Emperor of the North (1973)

  • The Train Robbers (1973)

  • Denver and Rio Grande (1952)


Ranching, Cattle Drive & Cowboy Dramas

  • Lonesome Dove (1989)

  • Open Range (2003)

  • The Cowboys (1972)

  • The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

  • The Hi‑Lo Country (1998)

  • The Rare Breed (1966)

  • The Rounders (1965)

  • The Hanging Tree (1959)

  • The Sheepman (1958)

  • The Westerner (1940)

Modern‑Era Western Dramas with Historical Roots

  • No Country for Old Men (2007)

  • Hell or High Water (2016)

  • The Proposition (2005)

  • The Power of the Dog (2021)

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

  • The Salvation (2014)

  • Sweet Country (2017)

  • The Homesman (2014)

  • Bone Tomahawk (2015)

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