Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore frontier stories and the traditions of the western genre.
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Western, Western film
In 1882 Wyoming Territory, 13-year-old Lucas Hollister cares for his younger brother Jacob after the recent deaths of their parents from illness. While chasing a wolf, Lucas accidentally kills the father of a boy who has been bullying Jaco…
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Cyberpunk, Western film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, space Western, speculative fiction film
In the 26th century, humanity has colonized a new solar system. The central planets formed the Alliance and won a war against the outer planet Independents who resisted joining the Alliance. Child genius River Tam is conditioned by Allianc…
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Action, Swashbuckler, Western film, action film, adventure film, heist film, superhero film, swashbuckler film
In 1821, masked swordsman Zorro defends the commoners of Alta California from Spanish oppression. Corrupt governor Don Rafael Montero sets a trap for Zorro at the public execution of three peasants. Zorro stops the execution, and Montero's…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Western, Western film, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
In 1881, young starstruck Robert "Bob" Ford seeks out Jesse James when the James Gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older brother Charley, already a me…
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Western, Western film, drama film, war film
In 1868, Ethan Edwards returns after an eight-year absence to the home of his brother Aaron in West Texas. Ethan fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. In the three years since that war ended, he also apparently fought in …
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Adventure, Cartoon, Western, Western film, adventure film, coming-of-age film, drama film, family film, musical film, teen film
In late 1887, a Kiger mustang colt, Spirit, is born to a herd of wild horses; he grows into a stallion, and assumes the leadership of the herd. One night, upon following a strange light near his herd, Spirit finds horses tied to a log and …
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Drama, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, drama film, horror film, horror western, revisionist Western, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
A mysterious, unnamed stranger rides out of the desert into the isolated mining town of Lago in the American Old West. He jerks upon hearing the sound of a horse whip from a passing buckboard. While sitting for a shave in a barber’s chair,…
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Late Western, Western film, vigilante film
During the American Civil War, the wife and son of Missouri farmer Josey Wales are murdered by pro-Union paramilitaries led by the brutal Captain Terrill. With his farm burned down and nothing else to live for, a hardened Wales joins a gro…
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Western, Western film
Eleven-year-old Nat Love is eating dinner with his parents when Rufus Buck and his associate Cortez arrive. Nat's father begs Buck to spare his wife and son and asks Buck for forgiveness, but Buck shoots and kills both of Nat's parents and…
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Action Comedy, Western, Western film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, treasure hunt film
In 1933, at a San Francisco funfair, a boy named Will who idolizes the legendary Lone Ranger encounters Tonto, an elderly Comanche man who starts recounting his experiences with the Old West adventurer, 64 years ago. In 1869, lawyer John R…
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Thriller, Western, Western film, thriller film
The plot consists of four acts, which are presented in anachronic order. The chronological order is Acts 3 (Genesis), 2 (Exodus), 1 (Revelation), and 4 (Retribution). So, after the first act, Revelation, the following acts are what happene…
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Thriller, Western, Western film, crime film, drama film
In 1884 Arizona Territory, Dan Evans is a poor rancher and Civil War veteran who owes money to Glen Hollander, a local banker in the town of Bisbee. Hollander's men burn down his barn and scatter his cattle as a warning to pay his debts. T…
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Classical Western, Romance Film, Social Drama, Western film, drama film
thumb|right|upright=1.2|thumbtime=3:37|Trailer for Giant In the mid-1920s, wealthy Texas rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. travels to Maryland to purchase a prized stallion and meets socialite Leslie Lynnton. The two marry and return to t…
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Buddy Film, Komödie, Sci-Fi, Western, Western film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, steampunk film
Four years after the end of the American Civil War in 1869, U.S. Army Captain James T. "Jim" West and U.S.
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Classical Western, Western film, revisionist Western
In Hadleyville, a small town in New Mexico Territory, Marshal Will Kane, newly married to Amy Fowler, prepares to retire. The happy couple will soon depart to raise a family and run a store in another town. However, word arrives that Frank…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 1983, a highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed "worlds" — Western World (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval Europe) and Roman World (the ancient city of Pompeii). The resort's worlds are p…
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Komödie, Western, Western film, comedy film
In 1882, in the town of Old Stump, Arizona, timid sheep farmer Albert Stark's girlfriend, Louise, breaks up with him because of his refusal to defend himself in a duel. He prepares to migrate to San Francisco, believing that the frontier o…
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Komödie, Western, Western film, comedy film
In 1916, the bandit El Guapo and his gang collect tribute from the Mexican village of Santa Poco. Carmen, the village leader's daughter, searches for someone who can rescue her townspeople. Visiting a village church, she sees a silent film…
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Splatter Film, Western film, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film
On May 18, 1978, Texas Sheriff John Quincey Wydell and a large posse of state troopers issue a search and destroy mission on the Firefly family, who are responsible for over 75 homicides and disappearances over the past several years. The …
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Biographical picture, Western, Western film, action film, adventure film, biographical film
During the American Civil War, teenaged Wyatt Earp lives on his family's farm in Pella, Iowa, while his older brothers Virgil and James serve with the Union Army. Wyatt attempts to run away, intending to lie about his age and join his brot…
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Action, action film, contemporary Western film, crime film, thriller film
El Mariachi is recruited by CIA officer Sheldon Jeffrey Sands to kill General Emiliano Marquez, a corrupt Mexican Army officer who has been hired by Mexican drug lord Armando Barillo to assassinate the President of Mexico and overthrow the…
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Anti-War Film, War Film, anti-war film, drama film, war film
Early in World War I Professor Kantorek gives an impassioned speech to his students about the glory of defending the fatherland. The boys, led by Paul Bäumer, enthusiastically enlist in the German Army. Their romantic delusions are shatter…
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Action, Western, Western film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, drama film
In Lincoln County, New Mexico, English cattleman John Tunstall hires a wayward young gunman named William “Billy the Kid” Bonney to join the "Regulators" who lived and worked on his ranch: Doc Scurlock, Jose Chavez y Chavez, Dick Brewer, "…
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Classical Western, Western film, drama film
In 1880, teenager Mattie Ross travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, following the murder of her father there by his hired hand, Tom Chaney. Seeking justice, Mattie hires Rooster Cogburn—an aging, alcoholic, one-eyed U.S. Marshal—to help track h…
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