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)

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• 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)

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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)