Top 50 best westerns all time

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the best 50 westerns ever released

This is a list of the 250 bestmovies best westerns of all time, based on the highest ratings according to MovieMeter.

To be placed on this list, movies need at least 100 votes.

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Top 50 best westerns all time

1	C'era una Volta il West (1968) Alternative title: Once upon a Time in the West Western 165 minutes	4,25(5.307) 3
2	Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo (1966) Alternative title: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Western 161 minutes	4,24(4.756) 2
3	Django Unchained (2012) Western, Action 165 minutes	4,01(5.240) 2
4	Per Qualche Dollaro in Più (1965) Alternative title: For a Few Dollars More Western 132 minutes	3,89(1.894) 3
5	Dances with Wolves (1990) Western 181 minutes	3,84(3.769) 3

6	The Revenant (2015) Western, Action 156 minutes	3,82(3.365) 3
7	Unforgiven (1992) Western 131 minutes	3,76(2.641) 3
8	Il Grande Silenzio (1968) Alternative title: The Great Silence Drama, Western 105 minutes	3,76(294) 3
9	The Wild Bunch (1969) Western, Action 145 minutes	3,74(891) 3
10	La Resa dei Conti (1967) Alternative title: The Big Gundown Western 110 minutes	3,72(108) 3

11	Hud (1963) Drama, Western 112 minutes	3,71(227) 3
12	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Drama, Western 75 minutes	3,69(290) 3
13	3:10 to Yuma (1957) Alternative title: De Trein van Tien over Drie Western 92 minutes	3,69(288) 3
14	The Big Country (1958) Western, Romance 165 minutes	3,69(222) 3
15	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Western, Drama 123 minutes	3,68(491) 2
16	The Gunfighter (1950) Western 85 minutes	3,68(146) 3
17	Wind River (2017) Western, Crime 107 minutes	3,67(2.021) 3
18	Per un Pugno di Dollari (1964) Alternative title: A Fistful of Dollars Western 99 minutes	3,67(1.600) 3
19	The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Western 135 minutes	3,67(720) 3
20	High Noon (1952) Alternative title: Klokslag 12 Western, Thriller 85 minutes	3,67(700) 3
21	Rio Bravo (1959) Alternative title: Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo Western, Drama 141 minutes	3,67(658) 3
22	Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Western, Drama 98 minutes	3,67(153) 3
23	Legends of the Fall (1994) Drama, Western 133 minutes	3,65(1.973) 3
24	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Western, Adventure 110 minutes	3,65(1.068) 3
25	Giant (1956) Drama, Western 201 minutes	3,65(288) 3
26	The Hateful Eight (2015) Alternative title: The Hateful 8 Western, Mystery 168 minutes	3,64(2.918) 3
27	3:10 to Yuma (2007) Alternative title: Three Ten to Yuma Western, Action 122 minutes	3,63(3.008) 3
28	Hostiles (2017) Western, Drama 134 minutes	3,63(918) 2
29	McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Drama, Western 120 minutes	3,63(313) 3
30	My Darling Clementine (1946) Alternative title: De Wilde Jacht Western 97 minutes	3,63(288) 3
31	Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Western 108 minutes	3,63(234) 3
32	Brimstone (2016) Alternative title: Koolhoven's Brimstone Western, Thriller 148 minutes	3,60(1.619) 2
33	Way Out West (1937) Comedy, Western 65 minutes	3,60(249) 3
34	Giù la Testa (1971) Alternative title: A Fistful of Dynamite Western, Action 157 minutes	3,59(634) 1
35	Il Mio Nome È Nessuno (1973) Alternative title: My Name Is Nobody Western, Comedy 117 minutes	3,59(595) 1
36	Johnny Guitar (1954) Western 110 minutes	3,59(255) 3
37	Winchester '73 (1950) Western 92 minutes	3,59(230) 3
38	Little Big Man (1970) Western, Drama 147 minutes	3,58(292) 2
39	Red River (1948) Western 133 minutes	3,58(242) 3
40	Destry Rides Again (1939) Comedy, Western 94 minutes	3,57(119) 3
41	Old Henry (2021) Western 99 minutes	3,56(425) 3
42	Da Uomo a Uomo (1967) Alternative title: Death Rides a Horse Western, Action 120 minutes	3,56(266) 3
43	Hell or High Water (2016) Western, Crime 102 minutes	3,55(1.686) 3
44	High Plains Drifter (1973) Alternative title: De Vreemdeling zonder Naam Western, Thriller 105 minutes	3,55(873) 3
45	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) Alternative title: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Western 106 minutes	3,55(339) 3
46	The Professionals (1966) Western, Action 117 minutes	3,55(220) 3
47	The Searchers (1956) Alternative title: De Woestijnhavik Western, Drama 119 minutes	3,54(615) 1
48	The Man from Laramie (1955) Western 103 minutes	3,54(199) 3
49	The Cowboys (1972) Western 129 minutes	3,54(112)
50	Dead Man (1995) Western 121 minutes	3,53(692) 2