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The Western genre is a group of films set in a very particular place and time-specifically, the American West in the last half of the nineteenth century. These films include the typical "cowboys and Indians" films, with their horses, gunfights, saloons and dusty little towns. The genre also includes more modern Westerns. In these, the culture of the Old West is considered in more realistic and nuanced ways, and films set in the contemporary West but written in the spirit of classic Westerns. 3k735

Westerns were popular in the silent-film era, but they fell out of favor in the 1930s, when they were seen as low-brow entertainment. By the end of the 1930s, however, some new Westerns-most notably the work of director John Ford-were produced and promoted by the big studios and were able to bring the genre back to mainstream popularity. Ford's work made the dramatic landscape of the West a familiar sight for movie-goers, and the new Western made stars out of actors such as John Wayne.

The Western declined again in the 1960s, but a series of low-budget Western produced in Europe helped to bring about a modest revival of the genre in the late 60s and 1970s. These films, dubbed "Spaghetti Westerns" because of their Italian directors, were violent and gritty, and they are most well-known for giving a significant boost to the careers of actors such as Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson.

Modern Westerns have engaged in a fair amount of genre-mixing. Contemporary Westerns like the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men melds the Western spirit with a crime thriller, and Cowboys and Aliens combines science fiction with a Western-style plot, a tradition dating back to 1973's Westworld. Joss Whedon's Serenity goes a step further, transplanting a very Western-esque story into outer space.

    Ned Kelly
    Ned Kelly
    Cowboys & Indians
    Cowboys & Indians
    Convict Cowboy
    Convict Cowboy
    Shoot Out
    Shoot Out
    The Warrior's Way
    The Warrior's Way
    From Noon till Three
    From Noon till Three
    Pharaoh's Army
    Pharaoh's Army
    Angel and the Ban
    Angel and the Ban
    Gang of Roses
    Gang of Roses
    Guns of the Magnificent Seven
    Guns of the Magnificent Seven
    Navajo Joe
    Navajo Joe
    The Last Sunset
    The Last Sunset
    The Professionals
    The Professionals
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    The Fastest Gun Alive
    The Fastest Gun Alive
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    Into the West
    Into the West
    How the West Was Won
    How the West Was Won
    The Searchers
    The Searchers
    Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
    Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
    Monte Walsh
    Monte Walsh
    Giant
    Giant
    Will Penny
    Will Penny
    Paint Your Wagon
    Paint Your Wagon
    Tom Horn
    Tom Horn
    A Man Called Horse
    A Man Called Horse
    River of No Return
    River of No Return
    Last Stand at Saber River
    Last Stand at Saber River
    Chisum
    Chisum
    Westworld
    Westworld
    An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
    An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Rooster Cogburn
    Rooster Cogburn
    Mackenna's Gold
    Mackenna's Gold
    The Cherokee Kid
    The Cherokee Kid
    The Lone Ranger
    The Lone Ranger
    Fort Apache
    Fort Apache
    The Cowboy Way
    The Cowboy Way
    Calamity Jane
    Calamity Jane
    Wild Wild West
    Wild Wild West
    Little Big Man
    Little Big Man
    Northwest age
    Northwest age
    City Slickers
    City Slickers
    Cat Ballou
    Cat Ballou
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    Shenandoah
    Shenandoah
    Shanghai Noon
    Shanghai Noon
    One By One
    One By One
    Far and Away
    Far and Away
    The Comancheros
    The Comancheros
    Apache (film)
    Apache (film)
    Death Hunt
    Death Hunt
    Appaloosa
    Appaloosa
    The Proud Rebel
    The Proud Rebel
    Wells Fargo
    Wells Fargo
    The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
    The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
    The Oklahoma Kid
    The Oklahoma Kid
    The Proposition
    The Proposition
    Cowboys Don't Cry
    Cowboys Don't Cry
    Ride, Vaquero!
    Ride, Vaquero!
    The Painted Desert
    The Painted Desert
    And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
    And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
    A Fistful of Dynamite
    A Fistful of Dynamite
    Thunder Over the Plains
    Thunder Over the Plains
    Gold Lust
    Gold Lust
    Catch the Bullet
    Catch the Bullet
    Love's Unfolding Dream
    Love's Unfolding Dream
    Out West
    Out West
    TV's Western Heroes, Hosted By Will
    TV's Western Heroes, Hosted By Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins
    Red River
    Red River
    The Big Trees
    The Big Trees
    Sweetwater
    Sweetwater
    Wild Horse Wild Ride
    Wild Horse Wild Ride
    Blackthorn
    Blackthorn
    The Last of the Mohicans
    The Last of the Mohicans
    Heaven's Gate
    Heaven's Gate
    Windwalker
    Windwalker
    Rancho Deluxe
    Rancho Deluxe
    Breakheart
    Breakheart
    The Deadly Companions
    The Deadly Companions
    Joe Kidd
    Joe Kidd
    The Night They Came Home
    The Night They Came Home
    Outlaw Johnny Black
    Outlaw Johnny Black
    Silver Queen
    Silver Queen
    The Warrant: Breaker's Law
    The Warrant: Breaker's Law
    Corsicana
    Corsicana
    Outlaw Justice
    Outlaw Justice
    Fort Worth
    Fort Worth
    Honor Among Thieves
    Honor Among Thieves
    Thunder Mountain
    Thunder Mountain
    Love Takes Wing
    Love Takes Wing
    Warpath
    Warpath
    Love Finds A Home
    Love Finds A Home
    Love's Abiding Joy
    Love's Abiding Joy
    Hell On The Border
    Hell On The Border
    Badland
    Badland
    Zorro's Black Whip - Linda Stirling, 1st Female Zorro, The Full 12 Chapter Serial
    Zorro's Black Whip - Linda Stirling, 1st Female Zorro, The Full 12 Chapter Serial
    The Kid
    The Kid
    The Wild North
    The Wild North
    Fort Bowie
    Fort Bowie