Western Films
Pattern Statistics
113
Movies
6.6
Avg Arcplot
117
Avg Runtime
1942-2024
Year Range
6.9
Avg IMDb
69%
Avg RT
63
Avg Metacritic
$5792M
Total Box Office
95
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Western Films - Narrative Patterns
This catalog of 113 western films reveals flexible handling of narrative structure common to the genre. Covering works from 1942 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 reflects thoughtful engagement with narrative form.
Exemplary works include Bandidas (7.7), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (7.7), and Sunset (7.7).
Duration Characteristics
Western films in this sample average 1 hour and 57 minutes, suggesting focused dramatic arcs.
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¡Three Amigos!
1986
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
Apache Gold
1963
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
Comes a Horseman
1978
Cry, Onion!
1975
Dances with Wolves
1990
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
Goin' South
1978
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Hang 'em High
1968
Hidalgo
2004
High Noon
1952
High Plains Drifter
1973
Hombre
1967
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
Hostiles
2017
How the West Was Won
1962
Hud
1963
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
Joe Kidd
1972
Jonah Hex
2010
Last Man Standing
1996
Last of the Renegades
1964
Lawless
2012
Little Big Man
1970
Lone Star
1996
Lucky Luke
2009
Manitou's Shoe
2001
McLintock!
1963
No Man's Land
2013
Old Henry
2021
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Open Range
2003
Paint Your Wagon
1969
Pale Rider
1985
Pardners
1956
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Quigley Down Under
1990
Rango
2011
Red River
1948
Redeeming Love
2022
Return of the Seven
1966
Rio Bravo
1959
Rooster Cogburn
1975
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Shane
1953
Shanghai Knights
2003
Shanghai Noon
2000
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Shenandoah
1965
Silverado
1985
Spirit Untamed
2021
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
Sunset
1988
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
The Cowboys
1972
The Dressmaker
2015
The Electric Horseman
1979
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
The Horse Whisperer
1998
The Lone Ranger
2013
The Man from Laramie
1955
The Man from Snowy River
1982
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The Misfits
1961
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