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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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Wild Bill
1995 · Action
A Fistful of Fingers
1995 · Western
Last of the Dogmen
1995 · Thriller
Peace Hotel
1995 · Crime
Pharaoh’s Army
1995 · History
In Pursuit of Honor
1995 · Western
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · Action
Legends of the Fall
1995 · Drama
The Desperate Trail
1994 · Western
Wagons East!
1994 · Comedy
Wyatt Earp
1994 · Action
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994 · Comedy
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Drama
Maverick
1994 · Action
Bad Girls
1994 · Western
Oblivion
1994 · Comedy
Lightning Jack
1994 · Western
Tombstone
1993 · Action
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Drama
The Last Outlaw
1993 · Western
Posse
1993 · Western
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993 · Western
Of Mice and Men
1992 · Drama
Unforgiven
1992 · Drama
Daulat Ki Jung
1992 · Western
Far and Away
1992 · Adventure
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
1992 · Western
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Animation
Clearcut
1991 · Horror
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991 · Action
Conagher
1991 · Western
Dances with Wolves
1990 · Adventure
Quigley Down Under
1990 · Action
Kodama Simham
1990 · Action
Young Guns II
1990 · Action
El Diablo
1990 · Western
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Adventure
Thousand Pieces of Gold
1990 · Romance
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
1990 · Western
Montana
1990 · Western
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