Best western action films - Charts
Best western action films
1. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen
2. Man of the East (1972)
Italy / France, Western / Comedy
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott
3. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch
5. The Wild Bunch (1969)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine
6. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale
7. Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Satoshi Nishimura
Cast: Charles Baker, Masaya Onosaka
10. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
11. Red River (1948)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
12. Silverado (1985)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn
14. Wyatt Earp (1994)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid
15. God Forgives... (1967)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Giuseppe Colizzi
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
16. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
South Korea, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Kang-ho Song
17. North West Mounted Police (1940)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll
18. Quigley Down Under (1990)
Australia / USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Cast: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo
19. Desperado (1976)
Italy, Western / Drama
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, William Berger
20. Django (1966)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, José Bódalo
21. Blood and Guns (1969)
Italy / Spain, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Giulio Petroni
Cast: Tomas Milian, Orson Welles
22. The War Wagon (1967)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas
23. Open Range (2003)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall
24. Mahana (2016)
New Zealand, Action / Drama
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka
25. Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Giulio Petroni
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law
26. Death Sentence (1968)
Italy, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Mario Lanfranchi
Cast: Robin Clarke, Tomas Milian
27. The Rare Breed (1966)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara
28. Young Guns (1988)
USA, Action / Western
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland
29. Breakheart Pass (1975)
USA, Western / Mystery
Directed by: Tom Gries
Cast: Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson
30. The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse
31. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush
32. Hidalgo (2004)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson
33. The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
Italy / Hong Kong, Action / Western
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Lo Lieh
35. Big Jake (1971)
USA / Mexico, Western / Action
Directed by: John Wayne, George Sherman
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Boone
36. A Town Called Hell (1971)
UK / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner
Cast: Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw
37. Distant Drums (1951)
USA, Action / Romance
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon
38. Zorro (1975)
Italy / France, Adventure / Western
Directed by: Duccio Tessari
Cast: Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo
39. Blowing Wild (1953)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck
40. The Trail Beyond (1934)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Verna Hillie
41. The Star Packer (1934)
USA, Action / Western
Directed by: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Verna Hillie
42. Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Fred F. Sears
Cast: John Hodiak, John Derek
43. News of the World (2020)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel
44. Scalps (1987)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso
Cast: Mapi Galán, Lola Forner
45. The Lone Ranger (2013)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer
46. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Steve Carver
Cast: Chuck Norris, David Carradine
47. Land Raiders (1969)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Nathan Juran
Cast: Telly Savalas, George Maharis
48. Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
USA, Action / Western
Directed by: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lex Barker, Helen Westcott
49. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
USA, Family / Comedy
Directed by: James Neilson
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette
50. If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death (1968)
France / Italy, Action / Western
Directed by: Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Gianni Garko, Klaus Kinski
51. The Hunting Party (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Don Medford
Cast: Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman
53. Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Ferdinando Baldi
Cast: Terence Hill, Horst Frank
54. The Troublemakers (1994)
Italy / Germany, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Terence Hill
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
55. Walker (1987)
USA / Mexico, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Alex Cox
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur
56. Django the Bastard (1969)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Sergio Garrone
Cast: Anthony Steffen, Luciano Rossi
57. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt
58. The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
USA, Short / Action
Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron
59. Robbery Under Arms (1985)
Australia / UK, Western / Action
Directed by: Donald Crombie, Ken Hannam
Cast: Sam Neill, Steven Vidler
60. A Stranger in Town (1967)
Italy / USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Luigi Vanzi
Cast: Tony Anthony, Jolanda Modio
62. The Moment to Kill (1968)
Italy / West Germany, Western / Action
Directed by: Giuliano Carnimeo
Cast: George Hilton, Walter Barnes
63. The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Jared Moshe
Cast: Bill Pullman, James Caviezel
65. Acquasanta Joe (1971)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison
Cast: Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison
66. Westworld (1973)
USA, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Cast: Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner
67. The Stunt Double (2020)
USA, Short / Action
Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Preeti Desai, Nick Ballard
68. Goodbye Texas (1966)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Ferdinando Baldi
Cast: Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua
69. The Comancheros (1961)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, John Wayne
Cast: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman
70. Fistful of Lead (1970)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Giuliano Carnimeo
Cast: George Hilton, Charles Southwood
71. Never Grow Old (2019)
Ireland, Action / Western
Directed by: Ivan Kavanagh
Cast: John Cusack, Emile Hirsch
72. The Hills Run Red (1966)
Italy, Action / Western
Directed by: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Thomas Hunter, Henry Silva
73. Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (2011)
USA, Short / Animation
74. Bandido (1956)
USA / Mexico, Action / Western
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess
76. Cold Harvest (1998)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Isaac Florentine
Cast: Gary Daniels, Barbara Crampton
77. Ned Kelly (2003)
Australia / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom
78. Never Die (1995)
Hong Kong, Action / Western
Directed by: Ka-fai Wai
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Jacqueline Wu
79. Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Chuck Connors, Franco Citti
80. The Warrior's Way (2010)
New Zealand / South Korea, Western / Action
Directed by: Seung-mu Lee
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth
81. Sukijaki Western Džango (2007)
Japan, Action / Western
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Cast: Hideaki Itō, Kaori Momoi
82. Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Italy / West Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: Luigi Bazzoni
Cast: Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski
84. Thar (2022)
India, Action / Crime
Directed by: Raj Singh Chaudhary
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor
85. Black Killer (1971)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Carlo Croccolo
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Marina Malfatti
86. La collina degli stivali (1969)
Italy, Western / Action
Directed by: Giuseppe Colizzi
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
87. Pistoleros (2007)
Denmark, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Shaky González
Cast: Zlatko Burić, Sofie Lassen-Kahlke
88. The Killer (2017)
Brazil, Western / Action
Directed by: Marcelo Galvão
Cast: Maria de Medeiros, Diogo Morgado
89. The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)
Australia, Action / Drama
Directed by: Matthew Holmes
Cast: Callan McAuliffe, Andy McPhee
90. Savate (1995)
USA, Action / Western
Directed by: Isaac Florentine
Cast: Olivier Gruner, Ian Ziering
91. Jonathan of The Bears (1993)
Italy / Russia, Action / Western
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, John Saxon
92. The Newton Boys (1998)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich
93. Young Guns II (1990)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland
94. Young Ones (2014)
USA, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jake Paltrow
Cast: Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult
96. Wild Wild West (1999)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline
97. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford
98. Bandidas (2006)
France / Mexico, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek
99. Jane Got a Gun (2016)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton
100. The Dark Tower (2017)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey