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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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The Comancheros
1961 · Action
100 Rifles
1969 · Adventure
The Undefeated
1969 · Western
Paint Your Wagon
1969 · Drama
Calamity Jane
1953 · Romance
They Died with Their Boots On
1942 · War
Three Godfathers
1936 · Action
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Comedy
Ride the High Country
1962 · Drama
The Yearling
1947 · Drama
Hondo
1953 · Drama
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Biography
Shalako
1968 · Western
Old Yeller
1957 · Adventure
Firecreek
1968 · Drama
Hour of the Gun
1967 · Drama
Cat Ballou
1965 · Comedy
3:10 to Yuma
1957 · Drama
The Gunfighter
1950 · Western
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Adventure
El Dorado
1967 · Drama
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Western
True Grit
1969 · Adventure
Hang 'Em High
1968 · Western
The Misfits
1961 · Drama
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Adventure
High Noon
1952 · Action
The Great Race
1965 · Action
Giant
1956 · Drama
Death Rides a Horse
1969 · Western
3 Godfathers
1949 · Drama
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Western
Cimarron
1931 · Drama
Django
1966 · Action
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Drama
Hombre
1967 · Western
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Action
For a Few Dollars More
1967 · Western
A Fistful of Dollars
1967 · Western
The Professionals
1966 · Action
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