The best western movies of all time

TOPICAL scores 178 films listed as western, best first. The top three are No Country for Old Men (2007), Unforgiven (1992), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). A film can be in more than one genre. The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	No Country for Old Men	2007	96.0	20
2	Unforgiven	1992	94.1	40
3	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	1948	91.7	72
4	Django Unchained	2012	91.6	74
5	Once Upon a Time in the West	1968	90.2	98
6	High Noon	1952	89.9	103
7	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	1966	88.0	142
8	Dances with Wolves	1990	87.9	144
9	Stagecoach	1939	87.5	151
10	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	84.7	219
11	The Revenant	2015	84.5	224
12	The Wild Bunch	1969	84.3	229
13	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	1962	82.6	278
14	Rio Bravo	1959	82.4	283
15	Giant	1956	82.1	290
16	True Grit	2010	80.9	326
17	The Searchers	1956	78.3	412
18	Red River	1948	77.8	431
19	Shane	1953	75.3	523
20	Hell or High Water	2016	74.8	542
21	The Ox-Bow Incident	1943	74.7	544
22	A Fistful of Dollars	1964	73.8	583
23	The Power of the Dog	2021	73.5	594
24	Bad Day at Black Rock	1955	73.2	604
25	Hud	1963	73.2	605
26	How the West Was Won	1962	72.8	620
27	For a Few Dollars More	1965	71.7	668
28	Little Big Man	1970	71.3	686
29	My Darling Clementine	1946	70.7	710
30	The Magnificent Seven	1960	70.2	734
31	The Hateful Eight	2015	69.3	776
32	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	1971	65.9	936
33	Blazing Saddles	1974	64.6	1,002
34	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	2007	64.6	1,003
35	The Big Country	1958	64.3	1,020
36	Rango	2011	63.0	1,088
37	The Outlaw Josey Wales	1976	63.0	1,089
38	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954	62.5	1,112
39	True Grit	1969	62.4	1,121
40	The Emigrants	1971	62.1	1,137
41	Legends of the Fall	1994	60.9	1,201
42	3:10 to Yuma	2007	60.5	1,226
43	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	60.0	1,254
44	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	1949	59.5	1,279
45	Winchester '73	1950	59.5	1,280
46	The Naked Spur	1953	57.2	1,415
47	The Shootist	1976	56.5	1,461
48	The Professionals	1966	56.4	1,468
49	Johnny Guitar	1954	55.4	1,527
50	The Yearling	1946	52.9	1,689
51	The Westerner	1940	52.7	1,696
52	Duck, You Sucker	1971	51.6	1,769
53	El Dorado	1966	51.3	1,790
54	The New Land	1972	50.3	1,857
55	The Misfits	1961	50.0	1,879
56	Cat Ballou	1965	49.7	1,902
57	El Mariachi	1992	48.6	1,973
58	Fort Apache	1948	47.9	2,026
59	Tombstone	1993	47.7	2,041
60	Oklahoma!	1955	47.6	2,048
61	3:10 to Yuma	1957	46.2	2,147
62	The Wind	1928	46.1	2,153
63	Dead Man	1995	45.6	2,188
64	Broken Arrow	1950	45.6	2,190
65	Destry Rides Again	1939	44.1	2,301
66	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	2018	43.8	2,324
67	The Alamo	1960	43.6	2,336
68	Django	1966	43.5	2,347
69	They Call Me Trinity	1970	43.3	2,360
70	City Slickers	1991	42.4	2,433
71	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	1957	42.2	2,447
72	The Man from Laramie	1955	42.0	2,463
73	Silverado	1985	41.9	2,468
74	Viva Zapata!	1952	41.4	2,505
75	News of the World	2020	41.3	2,518
76	Lone Star	1996	41.0	2,540
77	Lawless	2012	40.7	2,560
78	High Plains Drifter	1973	40.3	2,596
79	One-Eyed Jacks	1961	40.1	2,609
80	Pale Rider	1985	40.0	2,615
81	Duel in the Sun	1946	39.7	2,643
82	The Quick and the Dead	1995	39.4	2,665
83	Ride the High Country	1962	38.8	2,715
84	Maverick	1994	38.7	2,724
85	Old Yeller	1957	36.9	2,872
86	Two Mules for Sister Sara	1970	36.4	2,910
87	The Iron Horse	1924	36.1	2,936
88	Westworld	1973	36.0	2,942
89	The Big Trail	1930	36.0	2,945
90	Broken Lance	1954	36.0	2,947
91	Rio Grande	1950	35.5	2,989
92	Hondo	1953	35.2	3,008
93	The Mark of Zorro	1920	33.4	3,167
94	Cimarron	1931	32.8	3,213
95	Heaven's Gate	1980	32.3	3,259
96	The Magnificent Seven	2016	32.0	3,283
97	Way Out West	1937	31.7	3,309
98	Annie Get Your Gun	1950	30.0	3,466
99	Dark Command	1940	29.8	3,486
100	Shanghai Noon	2000	29.7	3,488
101	Bite the Bullet	1975	29.5	3,506
102	Union Pacific	1939	29.4	3,519
103	The Rainmaker	1956	29.1	3,542
104	The Tin Star	1957	29.0	3,555
105	The Big Sky	1952	28.9	3,560
106	Comes a Horseman	1978	28.4	3,609
107	Boom Town	1940	27.7	3,670
108	Wyatt Earp	1994	27.7	3,674
109	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	2003	27.1	3,725
110	Shenandoah	1965	26.8	3,758
111	Far and Away	1992	25.6	3,868
112	The Harvey Girls	1946	25.2	3,909
113	Viva Villa!	1934	24.9	3,932
114	Whoopee!	1930	24.0	4,020
115	Saratoga Trunk	1945	23.5	4,067
116	In Old Arizona	1928	23.5	4,071
117	Cheyenne Autumn	1964	23.0	4,118
118	Calamity Jane	1953	23.0	4,119
119	Geronimo: An American Legend	1993	22.6	4,154
120	Spirit Untamed	2021	22.1	4,208
121	Cowboy	1958	22.0	4,221
122	North West Mounted Police	1940	21.9	4,230
123	Barbary Coast	1935	21.1	4,304
124	River of No Return	1954	20.7	4,348
125	The Tall T	1957	20.5	4,364
126	The Lone Ranger	2013	20.3	4,388
127	Outland	1981	20.2	4,393
128	The Electric Horseman	1979	20.2	4,397
129	Shanghai Knights	2003	20.0	4,418
130	Cowboys & Aliens	2011	18.3	4,583
131	The Sheepman	1958	17.8	4,644
132	The Cowboy and the Lady	1938	16.9	4,733
133	Mackenna's Gold	1969	16.5	4,772
134	Cimarron	1960	15.2	4,912
135	A Million Ways to Die in the West	2014	15.1	4,917
136	7 Faces of Dr. Lao	1964	15.1	4,921
137	The Spoilers	1942	15.0	4,933
138	The Furies	1950	14.9	4,941
139	Paint Your Wagon	1969	14.3	5,005
140	¡Three Amigos!	1986	13.4	5,098
141	The Legend of Zorro	2005	13.3	5,106
142	Bandidas	2006	13.3	5,109
143	In Old Oklahoma	1943	12.0	5,246
144	Arizona	1940	12.0	5,254
145	Hell's Hinges	1916	11.8	5,272
146	The Bargain	1914	11.7	5,281
147	Clash of the Wolves	1925	11.1	5,348
148	Young Guns II	1990	11.1	5,350
149	Under Western Stars	1938	10.9	5,370
150	Wild and Woolly	1917	9.3	5,544
151	Sky High	1922	8.6	5,631
152	Flame of Barbary Coast	1945	7.3	5,773
153	Wild Wild West	1999	7.0	5,801
154	Green Grass of Wyoming	1948	6.2	5,900
155	The Mississippi Gambler	1953	5.5	5,983
156	Jubilo	1919	5.3	6,003
157	Sunset	1988	5.2	6,011
158	Billy the Kid	1941	5.2	6,017
159	Can't Help Singing	1944	4.8	6,057
160	The Texas Rangers	1936	4.5	6,088
161	San Antonio	1945	4.5	6,098
162	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	1979	4.3	6,118
163	Return of the Seven	1966	4.2	6,124
164	Man of Conquest	1939	4.1	6,143
165	Sand	1950	3.2	6,245
166	Ten Gentlemen from West Point	1942	3.0	6,271
167	Navajo	1952	2.9	6,277
168	Jonah Hex	2010	2.9	6,284
169	The Kansan	1943	2.8	6,290
170	Wells Fargo	1937	2.5	6,328
171	Melody Ranch	1940	2.5	6,331
172	Red Garters	1954	2.5	6,332
173	Belle of the Yukon	1944	2.3	6,356
174	Stagecoach To Fury	1956	1.8	6,410
175	The Revenge of Pancho Villa	1936	1.4	6,454
176	Silver Queen	1942	1.3	6,472
177	The Woman of the Town	1943	0.7	6,541
178	Riding High	1943	0.2	6,605