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1) Dead man
Publisher
Miramax, LLC
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Mild-mannered accountant William Blake travels to the wild west where he faces death and danger with the help of an American Indian mentor.
2) Shane
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Four men from a settlement in the old west must ride to the edge of civilization to find some local townspeople who have been abducted. What they find is an evil beyond imagination and an enemy so brutal, they will never be the same again.
5) Westward ho
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John Wayne stars as a two-fisted pistol-packing cowboy who vows to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of cattle rustlers. While searching for the brother he has been separated from since childhood he fights to bring law and order to the Wild West as he leads a band of vigilantes bent on rounding up gangs of outlaws.
6) Jauja
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Español
Description
An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA (pronounced how-ha) begins in a remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar Dinesen has come from abroad with his fifteen year-old daughter to take an engineering job with the Argentine army. Being the only female in the area, Ingeborg creates quite a stir among the men. She falls in love with a young soldier, and one night they run away together....
7) Rams
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family's prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les's prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance....
Language
English
Description
A merciless cowboy (Bill Pullman) sets out on a dangerous journey across the frontier, determined to do whatever it takes to avenge his longtime partner's brutal murder in this thrilling, action-packed western. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**. "*This is a satisfying indie western, a dark and brooding film made with both a modern touch and real love for the genre.*" - Kenneth Turan, ***The Los Angeles Times***
9) Shenandoah
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
10) Griefwalker
Publisher
Alive Mind
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Description
Portrayal of palliative caregiver Stephen Jenkinson. This film shows Tim Wilson's dealing with his denial of his own death where he almost succumbed to an illness, and coping with the near death of someone close to him. Jenkinson explains something that is uncomfortable for most Westerners to hear, that death and grief are woven into the fabric of life and that death is something to be 'befriended.'
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Facing a changing landscape where barbed wire and railways replace the freedom of the open range, Monte Walsh (Marvin) and his fellow cowboys consider new work opportunities, toy with the idea of 'settling down', and draw their pistols for one last showdown."--Container.
12) Little Big Man
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Jack Crabb is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story.
Publisher
GoodTimes Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Lawman gone-bad Alex Flood (Martin) once helped clean up the town of Jericho, but now he owns 51% of every business in town except the stage line run by Molly Lang (Simmons), an attractive widow on whom Flood has now set his sights.
14) Jeremiah Johnson
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"Soured by civilization, Jeremiah Johnson sets out in the mid-1800s to be a mountain man, seeking solitude in a wilderness whose purity he never questioned."--Container.
15) El Dorado
Language
English
Description
Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the Wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen."
17) The Salvation
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Description
The mighty Mads Mikkelsen unleashes a maelstrom of bloodshed in the Wild West in this white-knuckle tale of revenge, co-starring Eva Green.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported, Christianity, is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live, or aspire to live, are unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more humans eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing. Niall Ferguson explains how by juxtaposing, we can uncover the keys, the six killer applications, of Western ascendancy....
19) Calamity Jane
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
(Eastwood) is a keen-eyed, quick-witted bounty hunter on the bloody trail of Indio, the territory's most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival, Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), is determinded to bring Indio in first ... dead or alive! Failing to capture their prey - or eliminate each other - the two are left with only one option: team up, or face certain death at the hands of Indio and his band of murderous outlaws.
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