Best biographical westerns - Charts
Best biographical westerns
1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
2. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
USA / Canada, Western / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck
4. Tombstone (1993)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer
5. Wyatt Earp (1994)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid
6. The Plainsman (1936)
USA, Western / Historical
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
7. Santa Fe Trail (1940)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
8. The Left Handed Gun (1958)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Paul Newman, Lita Milan
9. Custer of the West (1967)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure
10. Walk the Proud Land (1956)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft
11. Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Susanna White
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes
12. Annie Oakley (1935)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster
13. Buffalo Bill (1944)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara
14. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008)
Australia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Michael James Rowland
Cast: Adrian Dunbar, Ciarán McMenamin
15. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter
16. Billy the Kid (1941)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: David Miller, Frank Borzage
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy
17. The Long Riders (1980)
USA, Western / Crime
Directed by: Walter Hill
Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine
18. Frank and Jesse (1995)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Robert Boris
Cast: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton
19. Ned Kelly (2003)
Australia / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom
20. Jesse James (1939)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Irving Cummings, Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda
21. Grey Owl (1999)
UK / Canada, Drama / Western
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Stewart Bick
22. The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)
Australia, Action / Drama
Directed by: Matthew Holmes
Cast: Callan McAuliffe, Andy McPhee
23. The Kid (2019)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Vincent D'Onofrio
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan