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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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DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
2010 · Western
Jonah Hex
2010 · Action
The Killer Inside Me
2010 · Drama
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2010 · Action
Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
2010 · Western
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2010 · Action
Gunless
2010 · Drama
The Book of Eli
2010 · Action
Doc West
2009 · Western
Appaloosa
2008 · Action
The Burrowers
2008 · Western
Sukiyaki Western Django
2008 · Action
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 · Action
Copperhead
2008 · Action
The Man Who Came Back
2008 · Action
Love’s Unfolding Dream
2007 · Family
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Drama
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 · Biography
3:10 to Yuma
2007 · Action
September Dawn
2007 · Drama
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
2007 · Adventure
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · History
The Far Side of Jericho
2007 · Western
Undead or Alive: A Zombedy
2007 · Western
Seraphim Falls
2007 · Drama
The Proposition
2006 · Drama
Bandidas
2006 · Action
Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy
2006 · Family
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · Adventure
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Drama
The Legend of Zorro
2005 · Action
Once Upon a Time in the West (re-release)
2005 · Western
Major Dundee (re-release)
2005 · Adventure
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
2004 · Horror
Around the World in 80 Days
2004 · Action
Dead Birds
2004 · Horror
Annie Get Your Gun (re-release)
2004 · Biography
The Alamo
2004 · Drama
Home on the Range
2004 · Western
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
2004 · Action
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