Best drama westerns - Charts
Best drama westerns
1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
2. Dances with Wolves (1990)
USA / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell
3. Django Unchained (2012)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz
4. Little Big Man (1970)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway
5. The Big Country (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
6. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston
7. Unforgiven (1992)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman
8. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer
9. Dead Man (1995)
USA / Germany, Western / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer
10. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch
12. The Hateful Eight (2015)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell
13. Brimstone (2016)
Netherlands / France, Western / Thriller
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce
14. Giant (1956)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson
15. The Trap (1966)
Canada / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed
16. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson
17. The Revenant (2015)
USA / Hong Kong, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
18. Hostiles (2017)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Cast: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike
19. Legends of the Fall (1994)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins
20. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale
22. High Noon (1952)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell
24. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
26. The Wind (1928)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson
27. Westward the Women (1951)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel
28. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn
29. True Grit (2010)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld
30. The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews
31. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George
32. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Robert Altman
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie
33. The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012)
Italy, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Davide Manuli
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Claudia Gerini
34. The Searchers (1956)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter
35. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens
36. The Gunfighter (1950)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott
37. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan
38. Silverado (1985)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn
39. Shenandoah (1965)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: James Stewart, Doug McClure
40. The Tracker (2002)
Australia, Drama / Western
Directed by: Rolf de Heer
Cast: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet
41. The Salvation (2014)
Denmark / UK, Western / Drama
Directed by: Kristian Levring
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green
42. The Big Gundown (1967)
Italy / Spain, Western / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian
43. Aferim! (2015)
Romania / Bulgaria, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Radu Jude
Cast: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu
44. Union Pacific (1939)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea
45. The Proposition (2005)
Australia / UK, Western / Crime
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Cast: Guy Pearce, Emily Watson
46. Bad Day to Go Fishing (2009)
Spain / Uruguay, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Álvaro Brechner
Cast: Gary Piquer, Jouko Ahola
47. The Bravados (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins
48. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Marlon Brando
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
49. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Australia, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas
50. My Darling Clementine (1946)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell
51. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
USA / Canada, Western / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck
52. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
53. Tombstone (1993)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer
55. California (1977)
Italy / Spain, Drama / Western
Directed by: Michele Lupo
Cast: Giuliano Gemma, William Berger
56. North West Mounted Police (1940)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll
57. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
USA, Western / Comedy
Directed by: Fielder Cook
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward
58. Cimarron (1960)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters
Cast: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell
59. Quigley Down Under (1990)
Australia / USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Cast: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo
60. Virginia City (1940)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins
62. Desperado (1976)
Italy, Western / Drama
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, William Berger
63. The New Land (1972)
Sweden, Drama / Western
Directed by: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
64. Blood and Guns (1969)
Italy / Spain, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Giulio Petroni
Cast: Tomas Milian, Orson Welles
66. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire
67. 3 Godfathers (1948)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz
68. Duel at Diablo (1966)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Cast: James Garner, Sidney Poitier
69. Open Range (2003)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall
70. Mahana (2016)
New Zealand, Action / Drama
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka
71. Unconquered (1947)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard
72. Broken Arrow (1950)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Cast: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler
73. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
USA, Western / Comedy
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda
74. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
USA / UK, Western / Drama
Directed by: S. Craig Zahler
Cast: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson
75. The Far Country (1954)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Ruth Roman
76. Pursued (1947)
USA, Thriller / Western
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum
77. The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon
78. Ride with the Devil (1999)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Ang Lee
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich
79. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton
81. Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
USA, Crime / Western
Directed by: William A. Graham
Cast: Cliff Potts, Harry Dean Stanton
82. Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
France / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Cast: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold
83. The Call of the Wild (1935)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young
84. Blood on the Moon (1948)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes
85. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown
Cast: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford
86. Silver River (1948)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan
87. Rancho Notorious (1952)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy
90. The Ride Back (1957)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Allen H. Miner, Oscar Rudolph
Cast: Anthony Quinn, William Conrad
91. The Rare Breed (1966)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara
93. The Last Hunt (1956)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger
94. Pale Rider (1985)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty
95. The Hanging Tree (1959)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Delmer Daves, Karl Malden
Cast: Gary Cooper, Maria Schell
96. Santa Fe Trail (1940)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
97. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot
98. The Sisters Brothers (2018)
France / Spain, Western / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly
99. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
USA, Western / Comedy
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco
100. The Sea of Grass (1947)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn