Popular Western Movies on Kanopy - Page 2

The Last of the Mohicans

1936

The Last of the Mohicans

1936
6.3
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971
7.2
A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
The Tin Star

1957

The Tin Star

1957
7
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
The Outlaw

1943

The Outlaw

1943
5.4
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.
The Warrior's Way

2010

The Warrior's Way

2010
6.6
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
Quantum Cowboys

2023

Quantum Cowboys

2023
9
Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!
Young Ones

2014

Young Ones

2014
5.7
In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
The Westerner

1940

The Westerner

1940
7.1
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
Savage State

2020

Savage State

2020
5.6
Saint Charles County, Missouri, December 1863. Edmond, a prosperous French perfume merchant, decides to flee to a safer place when the storms of the American Civil War start knocking at his door, threatening the life and fortune of his family.
McLintock!

1963

McLintock!

1963
6.6
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972

The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972
6.3
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
By the Law

1926

By the Law

1926
6.5
After a man kills two members of his Yukon gold prospecting team, the other two surviving members struggle to keep him subdued for the next several months until they can turn him over to the law.
The Homesman

2014

The Homesman

2014
6.5
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Oklahoma!

1999

Oklahoma!

1999
6.5
A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud.
Bacurau

2019

Bacurau

2019
7.7
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Dead for a Dollar

2022

Dead for a Dollar

2022
5.8
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone

1968

Kill Them All and Come Back Alone

1968
6.1
During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story

2016

Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story

2016
4.4
After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch owner Nathaniel Reed quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a stagecoach robbery is now a U.S. Marshal who will stop at nothing to find vengeance.
Blackthorn

2011

Blackthorn

2011
6.6
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
Jauja

2014

Jauja

2014
6.6
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.