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The Missing
2003 · Adventure
The Hired Hand (re-release)
2003 · Western
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · Action
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Drama
Dust
2003 · Drama
Open Range
2003 · Drama
Love Comes Softly
2003 · Drama
The Long Ride Home
2003 · Western
Shanghai Knights
2003 · Action
Monte Walsh
2003 · Western
Cowboy Up
2002 · Western
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002 · Adventure
Takkari Donga
2002 · Western
Texas Rangers
2001 · Adventure
American Outlaws
2001 · Action
Crossfire Trail
2001 · Drama
The Claim
2000 · Drama
All the Pretty Horses
2000 · Drama
High Noon
2000 · Western
Shanghai Noon
2000 · Action
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Drama
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
1999 · Thriller
One Man's Hero
1999 · Action
Aliens in the Wild, Wild West
1999 · Western
Wild Wild West
1999 · Action
The Jack Bull
1999 · Western
Ravenous
1999 · Adventure
Purgatory
1999 · Fantasy
The Hi-Lo Country
1998 · Drama
China Gate
1998 · Action
The Mask of Zorro
1998 · Action
Almost Heroes
1998 · Comedy
The Horse Whisperer
1998 · Drama
The Newton Boys
1998 · Action
Once Upon a Time in China and America
1997 · Action
Last Stand at Saber River
1997 · Drama
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1997 · Romance
The Cherokee Kid
1996 · Family
Lone Star
1996 · Drama
Dead Man
1996 · Drama
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