Western Films
Pattern Statistics
65
Movies
6.8
Avg Arcplot
117
Avg Runtime
1942-2018
Year Range
7.5
Avg IMDb
85%
Avg RT
73
Avg Metacritic
$3629M
Total Box Office
20
With Awards
13.3
Avg Plot Points
Western Films - Structural Analysis
This catalog of 65 western films exhibits flexible handling of narrative structure characteristic of the genre. Representing works from 1942 to 2018, the average Arcplot score of 6.8 demonstrates selective application of classical frameworks.
Standout films include Bandidas (7.7), Urban Cowboy (7.7), and Young Guns (7.7).
Length Conventions
Western films in this dataset average 1 hour and 57 minutes, reflecting economical storytelling approaches.
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3:10 to Yuma
2007
8 Seconds
1994
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
A Fistful of Fingers
1995
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
All the Pretty Horses
2000
Almost Heroes
1998
American Outlaws
2001
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
Appaloosa
2008
Bandidas
2006
Big Jake
1971
Blazing Saddles
1974
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
Cat Ballou
1965
Chisum
1970
City Slickers
1991
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
Death Hunt
1981
Django Unchained
2012
Don't Come Knocking
2005
Duel in the Sun
1946
El Dorado
1966
For a Few Dollars More
1965
Giant
1956
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Hang 'em High
1968
Hidalgo
2004
High Noon
1952
High Plains Drifter
1973
Hombre
1967
Hostiles
2017
Hud
1963
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Rango
2011
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Shane
1953
Shanghai Knights
2003
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
The Proposition
2005
The Quick and the Dead
1995
The Revenant
2015
The Shootist
1976
The Sisters Brothers
2018
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
The Spoilers
1942
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
The War Wagon
1967
The Warrior's Way
2010
Tombstone
1993
True Grit
1969
True Grit
2010
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
Unforgiven
1992
Urban Cowboy
1980
Wagons East!
1994
Wild Wild West
1999
Wyatt Earp
1994
Young Guns
1988
Young Guns II
1990