Best Westerns of All Time

The best westerns by audience rating and number of votes. Each movie links to a list of similar ones. Still can't decide? Swipe to find yours.

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
★ 8.5 · 10,035 votes · Western
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Movies like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly →
2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
★ 8.3 · 5,086 votes · Drama, Western
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Movies like Once Upon a Time in the West →
3. Django Unchained (2012)
★ 8.2 · 28,770 votes · Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Movies like Django Unchained →
4. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
★ 8.0 · 4,653 votes · Western
Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
Movies like For a Few Dollars More →
5. El Infierno (2010)
★ 8.0 · 825 votes · Action, Crime, Western
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Movies like El Infierno →
6. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
★ 8.0 · 1,405 votes · Adventure, Drama, Western
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
Movies like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre →
7. No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 8.0 · 13,913 votes · Crime, Thriller, Western
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Movies like No Country for Old Men →
8. Unforgiven (1992)
★ 7.9 · 5,156 votes · Western
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Movies like Unforgiven →
9. Redeeming Love (2022)
★ 7.8 · 780 votes · Romance, Drama, Western
A young couple's relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850. Angel, experiencing love for the first time and facing demons unsurmountable, runs from the new life she doesn't believe she deserves. When Michael sets out to find her, Angel discovers that she indeed has the power to choose the life she wants.
Movies like Redeeming Love →
10. Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8 · 4,860 votes · Adventure, Drama, Western
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Movies like Dances with Wolves →
11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
★ 7.8 · 1,349 votes · Western
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Movies like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance →
12. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
★ 7.8 · 4,916 votes · Western
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Movies like A Fistful of Dollars →
13. Rio Bravo (1959)
★ 7.8 · 1,308 votes · Western, Drama
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Movies like Rio Bravo →
14. The Hateful Eight (2015)
★ 7.8 · 15,710 votes · Drama, Mystery, Western
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Movies like The Hateful Eight →
15. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
★ 7.7 · 441 votes · Western
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
Movies like The Ox-Bow Incident →
16. The Searchers (1956)
★ 7.7 · 1,639 votes · Western
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Movies like The Searchers →
17. Duck, You Sucker (1971)
★ 7.7 · 1,229 votes · Western
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Movies like Duck, You Sucker →
18. High Noon (1952)
★ 7.7 · 1,647 votes · Western
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
Movies like High Noon →
19. Bacurau (2019)
★ 7.6 · 1,191 votes · Mystery, Western, Thriller
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Movies like Bacurau →
20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
★ 7.6 · 2,571 votes · Western, Crime, Drama
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
Movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid →

Best Westerns of All Time

The best westerns by audience rating and number of votes. Each movie links to a list of similar ones. Still can't decide? Swipe to find yours.

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
★ 8.5 · 10,035 votes · Western
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Movies like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly →
2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
★ 8.3 · 5,086 votes · Drama, Western
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Movies like Once Upon a Time in the West →
3. Django Unchained (2012)
★ 8.2 · 28,770 votes · Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Movies like Django Unchained →
4. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
★ 8.0 · 4,653 votes · Western
Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
Movies like For a Few Dollars More →
5. El Infierno (2010)
★ 8.0 · 825 votes · Action, Crime, Western
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Movies like El Infierno →
6. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
★ 8.0 · 1,405 votes · Adventure, Drama, Western
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
Movies like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre →
7. No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 8.0 · 13,913 votes · Crime, Thriller, Western
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Movies like No Country for Old Men →
8. Unforgiven (1992)
★ 7.9 · 5,156 votes · Western
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Movies like Unforgiven →
9. Redeeming Love (2022)
★ 7.8 · 780 votes · Romance, Drama, Western
A young couple's relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850. Angel, experiencing love for the first time and facing demons unsurmountable, runs from the new life she doesn't believe she deserves. When Michael sets out to find her, Angel discovers that she indeed has the power to choose the life she wants.
Movies like Redeeming Love →
10. Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8 · 4,860 votes · Adventure, Drama, Western
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Movies like Dances with Wolves →
11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
★ 7.8 · 1,349 votes · Western
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Movies like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance →
12. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
★ 7.8 · 4,916 votes · Western
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Movies like A Fistful of Dollars →
13. Rio Bravo (1959)
★ 7.8 · 1,308 votes · Western, Drama
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Movies like Rio Bravo →
14. The Hateful Eight (2015)
★ 7.8 · 15,710 votes · Drama, Mystery, Western
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Movies like The Hateful Eight →
15. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
★ 7.7 · 441 votes · Western
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
Movies like The Ox-Bow Incident →
16. The Searchers (1956)
★ 7.7 · 1,639 votes · Western
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Movies like The Searchers →
17. Duck, You Sucker (1971)
★ 7.7 · 1,229 votes · Western
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Movies like Duck, You Sucker →
18. High Noon (1952)
★ 7.7 · 1,647 votes · Western
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
Movies like High Noon →
19. Bacurau (2019)
★ 7.6 · 1,191 votes · Mystery, Western, Thriller
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Movies like Bacurau →
20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
★ 7.6 · 2,571 votes · Western, Crime, Drama
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
Movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid →

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

3. Django Unchained (2012)

4. For a Few Dollars More (1965)

5. El Infierno (2010)

6. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

7. No Country for Old Men (2007)

8. Unforgiven (1992)

9. Redeeming Love (2022)

10. Dances with Wolves (1990)

11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

12. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

13. Rio Bravo (1959)

14. The Hateful Eight (2015)

15. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

16. The Searchers (1956)

17. Duck, You Sucker (1971)

18. High Noon (1952)

19. Bacurau (2019)

20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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