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Out of a cloud of dust and across the silver screen, the American West was brought to life - and we all sat enthralled as we watched it. From the very beginning, audiences came to love the "old West" even though what we saw up on the screen did not always represent the "real West." Cowboys and Indians, good guys and bad guys, entertained us. It was, and remains, one of the most popular film genres ever, even though the heyday of the Western has long...
2) True grit
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U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
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Based on the true life adventures of Pistol Packin Paula and her dog, Pepper. Paula, a world champion gunslinger and the star of a live action wild west show, is on top of the world. When her world literally comes to a crash in the form of a horrible accident, it is up to her best friend, her dog Pepper, to save her.
7) 3 godfathers
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Fugitive bank robbers care for the newborn of the woman they just buried, knowing it ruins any chance of escape. Director John Ford's western retelling of the Bibilical Three Wise Men tale remains a scenic and thematic masterpiece.
8) Unforgiven
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Two retired outlaws take up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by a group of prostitutes seeking revenge for the murder of their friend.
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When a young woman has run off with an army deserter, a hired gun, Max, is contracted to go after them and bring her home. Finding out that she fled from an abusive husband, Max is faced with the choice to finish the job or look the other way while ruthless assassins and his longtime rival, Joe close in.
11) Winchester '73
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An engaging frontiersman attempts to track down his father's murderer and the whereabouts of his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a rogue's gallery of owners including a crazed highwayman, an immoral gunrunner, a young Indian chief, and Stewart's own murderous brother.
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Outlaw Josey Wales (1976, 136 min.): After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is on the lam, pursued by killers but bound to a ragtag group of outcasts.
Pale rider (1985, 116 min.): A stranger named Preacher defends the underdogs when a corporate mining boss attempts to drive independent miners away.
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On his way to Australia, frontier opportunist Jason McCullough (James Garner) stumbles into a gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as their sheriff. Happily applying himself, McCullough manages to turn the town derelict (Jack Elam) into his deputy, outsmart the dreaded Danby clan (led by Walter Brennan), and fend off the advances of the mayor's daughter (Joan Hackett)...all without breaking...
15) Shane
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Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...
18) Unforgiven
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Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
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High plains drifter: When "The Stranger" rides into the sin-ridden town of Lago, bullets fly as he battles three ruthless gunmen in a pulse-pounding shoot-'em-up.
Joe Kidd: Gunslinger Joe Kidd is hired by a wealthy landowner to quell a range war with Mexican revolutionaries, but he soon finds his loyalties in question when he falls for a beautiful rebel.
Two mules for Sister Sara: A hard-hitting drifter and an unusual nun set off on an action-packed...