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Western Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
969 western movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Belle Starr
1941 · Western
The Sacketts
1979 · Western
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958 · Western
Canyon Passage
1946 · Western
South of St. Louis
1949 · Western
Cheyenne
1947 · Western
The Red Stallion
1947 · Western
When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Western
Colt Comrades
1943 · Western
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Western
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957 · Western
Blood on the Arrow
1964 · Western
King of the Pecos
1936 · Western
Django, Prepare a Coffin
1968 · Drama
Gun Duel in Durango
1957 · Western
Smoky
1946 · Drama
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
1968 · Western
The Night Riders
1939 · History
The Unforgiven
1960 · Romance
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957 · Action
The Desperados
1969 · Western
Colorado
1940 · Western
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Comedy
The Lusty Men
1952 · Drama
Many Rivers to Cross
1955 · Western
The Big Sombrero
1949 · Western
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945 · Drama
Comanche Station
1960 · Western
Arizona Raiders
1965 · Western
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Drama
Track of the Cat
1954 · Drama
Johnny Hamlet
1968 · Western
The Sheepman
1958 · Western
Git Along Little Dogies
1937 · Romance
Yodelin’ Kid from Pine Ridge
1937 · Western
Western Jamboree
1938 · Adventure
Stage to Tucson
1950 · Western
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Western
Sitting Bull
1954 · Western
Scarlet River
1933 · Western
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