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Director: Billy Bob Thornton    More Info
Starring: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penelope Cruz, Lucas Black, Ruben Blades, Miriam Colon, Bruce Dern, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard, Elizabeth Ibarra

 In the late 1940s, down-on-his-luck John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) convinces his friend Lacey (Henry Thomas) to join him on a trip to Mexico. They plan to work as cowboys on one of Mexico's many cattle ranches. Along the way, the duo hooks up with Jimmy (Lucas Black), but misfortune follows, and they part company. More misfortune lies ahead when they get work on Don Hector Rocha's (Ruben Blades) horse ranch, and Cole becomes romantically involved with Don Hector's daughter, Alejandra (Penelope Cruz).

Director: Rod Hardy    More Info
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Susanna Thompson, Randy Birch, Reed Diamond, Maria Conchita Alonso, Dennis Weaver, Michael Madsen, August Schellenberg, David Lereaney, Matthew Walker

 This TV remake of the 1952 classis is weak, but watchable, as Will Kane (Tom Skerritt) must stand alone against the man who he sent to jail and now seeks revenge.

Director: Dwight Yoakam    More Info
Starring: Dwight Yoakam, Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Peter Fonda, Paul Reubens, Bud Cort, Michael Jeter, Bo Hopkins, Luke Askew

 Raised by crooks, Sheriff Valentine Casey (Dwight Yoakam) has turned over a new leaf and now defends the law in early-1900s' Arizona. But, after his brother, Taylor Henry (Vince Vaughn), and his gang arrive in town and rob the bank, Valentine takes a walk during which he falls in love with actress Adalyne (Bridget Fonda). When Taylor's gang threatens Adalyne, Valentine decrees that justice must prevail.

Director: Bill Pullman    More Info
Starring: Bill Pullman, Diane Lane, John Savage, Dennis Weaver, James Drury, Harris Yulin, Colm Feore, Gary Farmer, Brent Stait, Mark Anderako

 In this remake of the classic Owen Wister novel, Bill Pullman steps into the title role, played first by Gary Cooper in 1929. Pullman is well cast as the Wyoming ranch hand–striving for frontier justice while doing what is right for all.

Director: Les Mayfield    More Info
Starring: Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht, Will McCormack, Timothy Dalton, Gregory Smith, Kathy Bates, Ronny Cox, Harris Yulin

 In real life, Jessie James (Colin Farrell) was a cold-blooded murderer. However, in this Western film, Jessie, his brother Frank (Gabriel Macht), and the Younger brothers–Cole (Scott Caan), Bob (Will McCormack), and Jim (Gregory Smith)–are portrayed as victims. In a post-Civil War vendetta against evil, they fight railroad baron Thaddeus Rains (Harris Yulin) and his corrupt railroad interests in the North. The brothers become local heroes, but Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton) is on their trail.

Director: James Crowley    More Info
Starring: Brad Hunt, Daniel Lapaine, Dash Mihok, Arie Verveen, Barry Corbin, Assumpta Serna, Burton Gilliam, John Beasley, Leon Singer, Willie Nelson

 Reminiscent of spaghetti Westerns, this violent tale is centered on two brothers who were separated at a young age when their father was killed by a gunman. One, the Morphinist (Brad Hunt), is a cold, ruthless, morphine-addicted killer. The other, the Journeyman (Daniel Lapaine), is a mysterious, silent man who is on Morphinist's trail.

Director: Robert Marcarelli    More Info
Starring: Randy Travis, Eric Roberts, Ernest Borgnine, Garry Marshall, Stella Stevens, Paul Tinder, Jerry Doyle, Alec Medlock, Sam Dolan, Vaughn Taylor

 Jack (Randy Travis) survived the Civil War, but can he survive the posse that is on his trail? After a drunken man takes him for a notorious gunslinger, Jack kills the man in self defense and is now on the run. Will justice prevail? Will the real gunslinger show up? Is that Ernest Borgnine as the head of the posse?

Director: Steve Miner    More Info
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher, Usher Raymond, Randy Travis, Tom Skerritt, Vincent Spano, Leonor Varela, Matt Keeslar

 The Texas Rangers are recommissioned 10 years after the Civil War; it's mission: clean up the West. The story isn't much, but the scenery in this western is beautiful.

Director: Alex de la Iglesia    More Info
Starring: Sancho Gracia, Angel de Andres Lopez, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Luis Castro, Manuel Tallafe, Enrique Martinez, Luciano Federico, Eduardo Gomez, Terele Pavez

 Twelve-year-old Carlos (Luis Castro) searches for and finds his grandfather, stuntman Julian Torralba (Sancho Gracia), who plies his trade at Texas, Hollywood–a dilapidated movie set in the Almerian desert. Trouble brews just as the two begin to bond when Carlos' uptight mother (Carmen Maura) bursts onto the scene with intentions of tearing down the ghost town and turning it into a profit-making amusement park.

Director: Frank Q. Dobbs    More Info
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Bruce Dern, Amy Jo Johnson, Seth Peterson, David Figlioli, Martin Kove, Larry Hankin, Michael Shamus Wiles, Bill Henderson, Sergio Calderon

 John McKay (Burt Reynolds) is serving a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. He becomes part of a major jailbreak orchestrated by Billy Bucklin (David Figlioli) who proceeds to wreak havoc on citizens of Arizona and then heads to Mexico to work with a revolutionary. Seeing a chance to redeem himself, John teams up with Sheriff Nate Hutchinson (Bruce Dern)–the man who sent John to prison–to bring Billy and his gang to justice.

Director: Ron Howard    More Info
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Sergio Calderon, Jay Tavare, Steve Reevis

 In 1885, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones) returns to his home in New Mexico after a 20-year absence and finds that his daughter, Maggie (Cate Blanchett), needs him to track down Army deserters–led by an Aztec mystic, Chidin (Eric Schweig)–who have kidnapped Maggie's daughter. Father and daughter unite as they pursue Chidin in hopes of finding the young girl before she is sold to a prostitution ring across the border in Mexico.

Director: Simon Wincer    More Info
Starring: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, George Eads, Wallace Shawn, Barry Corbin, James Gammon, Lori Hallier, Rex Linn, Robert Carradine

 This made-for-cable TV Western is the second film based on a novel by Jack Schaefer. Monte (Tom Selleck) and pal Chet (Keith Carradine) are cowhands and bronco busters, a dying breed in Wyoming near the end of the 19th century. Monte's girlfriend "Countess" Martine (Isabella Rossellini) tries to convince him to take a regular job, but Monte still yearns for the scant wide-open space that remains. When a cowboy is laid off, Monte deals with one last confrontation.

Director: Kevin Costner    More Info
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter, Diego Luna, James Russo, Abraham Benrubi, Dean McDermott, Kim Coates

 Set in the American West, during the late 19th century when range wars still were being waged, this is the story of cattleman Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall) and his cattle crew–Kevin Costner and Diego Luna–who exact justice after one of their own (Abraham Benrubi) is killed.

Director: Ang Lee    More Info
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Scott Michael Campbell, Kate Mara, Graham Beckel

 Wyoming ranch hand Ennes Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) carry on a love affair in 1963 and then go their separate ways only to meet again four years later. Both are now married but find time every year for romantic getaways with each other that ensure their abiding love. Academy Awards were won for Best Director, Musical Score, and Writing; nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Heath Ledger), Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), and Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams).

Director: David Jacobson    More Info
Starring: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory Culkin, Bruce Dern, John Diehl, Kat Dennings, Hunter Parrish, Aviva, Muse Watson

 The lives of cowboy Harlan Carruthers (Edward Norton) and bored teenager Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood) intersect at a gas station when she invites him to join her group of friends on the way to the beach. The chance encounter leads to their May-December romance that is destined to end in tragedy.

Director: James Intveld    More Info
Starring: David Carradine, Tim Abell, Irene Bedard, Wes Studi, Daniel Quinn, Sarah Aldrich, Darian Weiss, Masam Holden, Buck Taylor, Rance Howard

 Set in the Old West, this is the tale of two families, one led by Ike (David Carradine) who is at odds with neighbor John (Tim Abel) because John married a Sioux Indian. It was a Sioux who had killed Ike's wife years before, and the grudge against the Sioux continues. But, events require that the two families work together for survival in this family-oriented Western.

Director: John Hillcoat    More Info
Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Richard(2) Wilson, Emily Watson, John Hurt, David Wenham, Noah Taylor, David Gulpilil, Leah Purcell

 The Australian frontier in the late 1800s is not unlike the American Old West, and Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) has been brought in from England to help in the taming process. This film centers around the Burns brothers, a notorious gang who have raped and pillaged throughout the territory. When two of them, Charlie (Guy Pearce) and young Mike (Richard Wilson), are captured after killing a family, Stanley has a proposition for Charlie: find and kill the older brother and gang leader, Arthur (Danny Huston), and gain pardons for him and Mike. But, he must do it within nine days or Mike will be hanged on Christmas day.

Director: James Mangold    More Info
Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Tudyk, Luce Rains, Gretchen Mol

 Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale) lost his leg during the war, and now he and his wife Alice (Gretchen Mol) and sons William (Logan Lerman) and Mark (Benjamin Petry) are about to lose their Arizona ranch to the expanding Southern Pacific Railroad. Dan sees a way out of his financial problems when he is offered $200 to transport stagecoach robber Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to Contention City where he is to catch the 3:10 train on the way to his hanging at the Yuma prison. Also serving with Dan on the assignment are Tucker (Kevin Durand) who burned down Ben's barn, railroad boss Grayson Butterfield (Dallas Roberts), Pinkerton agent Byron McElroy (Peter Fonda), and Dan's teenage son William. As Dan and Ben match wits along the trek, they also encounter problems with Apaches and Ben's gang–led by Charlie Prince (Ben Foster)–on what turns out to be a dangerous journey to catch the 3:10 to Yuma. Two Academy Award nominations were received.

Director: Andrew Dominik    More Info
Starring: Brad Pitt, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooklynn Proulx, Dustin Bollinger, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner, Sam Shepard, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Schneider

 It's 1881 and famous bank/train robber Jesse James (Brad Pitt), at age 34, has had a turnover of gang members from retirement or having been killed. Even brother Frank (Sam Shepard) retired after the gang's last heist. Jesse even has a "day" job as a respected businessman using the name of Thomas Howard and has a trophy wife, Zee (Mary-Louise Parker), and two children. But the restless Jesse is putting together a new gang made up of second-rate gangsters, which includes young Bob (Casey Affleck) who has collected Jesse James clippings and stories since he was a small boy and idolized Jesse. Another problem that Jesse has is that there is a large bounty on him, dead or alive. As time passes, Bob becomes jealous of Jesse and with the reward he could receive, he decides to kill Jesse, which he does. An interesting study of the two men that is based on Ron Hansen's historical novel of the same name. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Affleck).

Director: Uwe Boll    More Info
Starring: Natassia Malthe, Zack Ward, Brendan Fletcher, Chris Coppola, John Tench, Michael Eklund, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Michael Pare, Michael Teigen, Michael Robinson

 A century has passed since the events of "BloodRayne," and our favorite dhampir (half human, half vampire), Rayne (now played by Natassia Malthe), heads to Montana to take on ancient vampire Billy the Kid (Zack Ward). He intends to carve out a piece of the New World for his gang's use and is wreaking havoc on the townsfolk. But Rayne has help from lawman Pat Garrett (Michael Pare) and others to take on Billy and his gang. And let the video game begin.

Director: Yves Simoneau    More Info
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Fred Dalton Thompson, Anna Paquin

 This made-for-TV docudrama begins with the Sioux victory over General Custer and his troops at Little Big Horn in 1876 and follows through to the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee almost 15 years later. Several intervening stories are told including that of Charles Eastman (Adam Beach) a Sioux doctor working to improve the Native Americans' quality of life, Lakota chief Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg) proudly holding on to his land, and Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn) who helped develop the U.S. government policy on Indian affairs. Observing from different perspectives, it becomes apparent that achieving assimilation proves to be a difficult process.

Director: Christopher Cain    More Info
Starring: Jon Voight, Terence Stamp, Lolita Davidovich, Trent Ford, Dean Cain, Tamara Hope, Jon Gries, Taylor Handley, Huntley Ritter, Shaun Johnston

 This film is based on real events from the Mountain Meadow Massacre that took place in September of 1837 when Mormons slaughtered 120 settlers passing through the Utah Territory. The story looks into the activities of Mormon leaders Bishop Jacob Samuelson (Jon Voight) and Brigham Young (Terence Stamp) who were behind the massacre and the reasons why it happened.

Director: David Von Ancken    More Info
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Angie Harmon, Anjelica Huston, Michael Wincott, Ed Lauter, John Robinson, Robert Baker, Jimmi Simpson, Nate Mooney

 This story is set in 1868, the post-Civil War era, and begins with Pacific Northwest trapper Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) getting wounded by rifle fire. The bullet came from the gun of a posse member led by former Confederate Army Colonel Carver (Liam Neeson) who is out for revenge by punishing Union Army Captain Gideon for crimes committed during the Civil War. This time, Gideon escapes by tumbling down a mountain, falling into a stream, and leaping over a waterfall into freezing water. He climbs out, sets a camp fire, and digs out the bullet. But that's just the beginning of this story–most of which involves Gideon running for his life with Carver and the posse in hot pursuit.

Director: Ed Harris    More Info
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Robert Jauregui, Renee Zellweger, Luce Rains, James Tarwater, Boyd Kestner, Timothy V. Murphy, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, James Gammon

 The year is 1882 when Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his long-time buddy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) are hired by the town council of the Western mining town of Appaloosa. Their job is to bring to justice cattle baron Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) who has shot the sheriff and his deputies when they tried to arrest him. Virgil and Everett are setting out to find witnesses to Bragg's crimes when a piano-playing widow, Allie French (Renee Zellweger), arrives in town with plans of her own for stealing Virgil's heart. Soon, the friendship of Everett and Virgil is tested when both men fall for Allie, but they must unite if they are to achieve their mission of keeping the witnesses alive and sending Bragg to court.

Director: Baz Luhrmann    More Info
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Brandon Walters, David Ngoombujarra, Jacek Koman, Ben Mendelsohn

 During World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) sets out to meet her husband at the cattle station they own in the Australian outback. She is escorted on a three-day trek through the desert by a man nicknamed The Drover (Hugh Jackman) and puts up with his swaggering style. They arrive at the cattle station and find that Sarah's husband has been murdered, and the overseer Neil Fletcher (David Wenham) is suspected because he is in cahoots with King Carney (Bryan Brown) to achieve a beef monopoly. If Sarah can transport her cattle to Darwin, Fletcher and Carney's plot will be foiled. Sarah appeals to The Drover to help her on the cattle drive. Despite good moments and bad, they fall in love and do arrive in Darwin–just in time for the Japanese attack. Fletcher's son Nullah (Brandon Walters), who has magical powers, narrates most of the story. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.