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Best Western Movies of the 2000s
#1 No Country for Old Men (2007) · ★ 8.0 · 13,842 votes · 2h 2m · thriller, drama, westernLlewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bel…
#2 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) · ★ 7.7 · 5,016 votes · 1h 23m · comedy, adventure, romanceA captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.…
#3 3:10 to Yuma (2007) · ★ 7.2 · 4,189 votes · 2h 2m · westernIn Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Da…
#4 Open Range (2003) · ★ 7.2 · 1,264 votes · 2h 19m · action, adventure, romanceA former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.…
#5 The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) · ★ 7.2 · 822 votes · 2h 10m · action, comedy, adventureThe story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and…
#6 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) · ★ 7.1 · 2,798 votes · 2h 40m · action, drama, westernOutlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when R…
#7 The Proposition (2005) · ★ 7.0 · 748 votes · 1h 44m · action, adventure, thrillerIn 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brot…
#8 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) · ★ 7.0 · 658 votes · 2h 1m · adventure, drama, westernWhen brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, M…
#9 Hidalgo (2004) · ★ 6.9 · 1,400 votes · 2h 16m · action, adventure, westernSet in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure…
#10 Manitou's Shoe (2001) · ★ 6.8 · 600 votes · 1h 25m · comedy, adventure, westernAbahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone India…
#11 Appaloosa (2008) · ★ 6.6 · 1,137 votes · 1h 55m · drama, western, crimeTwo friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.…
#12 Shanghai Noon (2000) · ★ 6.4 · 2,870 votes · 1h 50m · action, comedy, adventureChon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he te…
#13 Seraphim Falls (2007) · ★ 6.4 · 652 votes · 1h 55m · action, drama, westernThe Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless p…
#14 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) · ★ 6.3 · 2,480 votes · 1h 42m · action, thriller, dramaA corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.…
#15 The Missing (2003) · ★ 6.3 · 717 votes · 2h 15m · adventure, thriller, westernWhen rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel,…
#16 The Legend of Zorro (2005) · ★ 6.1 · 3,181 votes · 2h 10m · action, adventure, westernDespite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take…
#17 Shanghai Knights (2003) · ★ 6.1 · 2,518 votes · 1h 55m · action, comedy, adventureWhen a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.…
#18 Bandidas (2006) · ★ 6.1 · 1,199 votes · 1h 33m · action, comedy, westernWhen a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a f…
#19 Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) · ★ 5.7 · 546 votes · 1h 41m · action, comedy, horrorIn 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of…
#20 Lucky Luke (2009) · ★ 4.5 · 550 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, adventure, westernFearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.…