Critically acclaimed Western movies

The Power of the Dog(2021)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 91

Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.



Django Unchained(2012)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.



True Grit(2010)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.



News of the World(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.



Meek's Cutoff(2010)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.



Unforgiven(1992)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.



Hostiles(2017)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.



The Harder They Fall(2021)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 76

When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge in this Western.



Open Range(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.



The Proposition(2005)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.



The Homesman(2014)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.



Slow West(2015)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.



The Magnificent Seven(2016)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.



Cry Macho(2021)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.



Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.



Jauja(2014)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.



Damsel(2018)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 68

It's the Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel.



Dances with Wolves(1990)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.



A Million Ways to Die in the West(2014)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.



The Claim(2000)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.




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