The Arizona desert; a vengeful ex-sheriff is hunting down the 7 bank robbers responsible for his wife's death. After killing 2 of them he comes across a lone settlers' wagon driven by a pair of greenhorns crossing dangerous territory on their way to California. After agreeing to escort them they are joined by a dodgy pair of ne'r-do-wells as they ride toward Flora Vista and showdown time.
A top notch, terse, witty and inventive B movie Western. find out more...

An archetypal classic Western, since remade countless times, with Alan Ladd superb as the world-weary gunslinger who rides into town and finds himself as the 'good guy' protecting the innocent from powerful malevolent forces. In this case the innocent are squatters determined to fight for their rights against a rancher and his gunmen; in one way this is the evolution of the west from lawlessness to settlement, in another the battle between big and small business. For Shane the options are clear, find out more...

Paying homage to the spaghetti western, renowned and prolific director Takeshi Miike has created a typically unique and stylized Japanese action western set during the Genpei clan civil wars of the 12th Century, though he has given Quentin Tarantino an acting role… will they never learn?! find out more...

A frontier opportunist stumbles into a small gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as their sheriff. Happily applying himself to his new position he manages to turn the town derelict into his deputy, outsmart the dreaded Danby clan and fend off the lusty advances of the mayor's daughter - all without breaking a sweat or dirtying his shiny black boots! 'Support Your Local Sheriff' is a deliciously witty western, which overturns and rein find out more...

Jimmy Ringo is still revered and feared as the deadliest draw in the West, but as Ringo's blood lust subsides so those eager to take his place escalates, and what better way to prove your metal than face off against the man himself? The Gunfighter is a classic example of the ‘your actions have consequences' moral fable, as so many of the very best westerns are. A tense and thoughtful picture of a man whose past will never allow him a future. find out more...

The western as myth; hill's story of the James/Younger gang and the violent hunt for them revels in it's connections with the genre as passed down from Ford, Hawks and Ray. The gangsters are revealed as representing a wider community, the defeated Confederacy, small farmers and their extended families in general, with their victims being some combination of class enemies, uncaring, urban and Northern, and hence how they became folk heroes in their home state of Missouri... and all with a great s find out more...

One of the finest of the genre, this classic western follows two men whose initial contempt for each other's methods, one a hard man rancher, the other a naively honest lawyer, develops into respect when faced with the the town's local hoodlum. Tense, absorbing and not without wit. Superb. find out more...

Crusading frontier policeman Captain Stanley captures the fugitive Burns brothers, Charley and Mikey, at the scene of a bloody rape and murder. Informing Charley that he must kill his older brother, Arthur, in order to avoid the execution of Mikey, Stanley retreats to an old jailhouse and awaits the bloody outcome. Director John Hillcoat's second collaboration with Nick Cave (here contributing the film's screenplay and soundtrack), is a taut and often brutal character study of desperation ami find out more...

Evil Dead director Sam Raimi's tribute to the spaghetti western abounds with his weird but deliciously over-the-top style. The plot's neither here nor there but Stone fills Eastwood's cowboy boots with some panache as the lil' woman hellbent on revenge. Good fun if you don't take it seriously. find out more...

Wayne was perfectly cast as the dying gunfighter disturbed in his dotage by young tyros out to test their mettle against him. Beautifully shot in cold blues and greys, this classic evolves slowly into one of Wayne's finest and, as it turned out, his last role. find out more...