Best movies — western on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

2012 · Quentin Tarantino

A newly freed man teams up with a German bounty hunter to confront a cruel Mississippi plantation owner and rescue the wife he’s been forced to leave behind.

With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins and Dennis Christopher

1966 · Sergio Leone

As the Civil War tears the nation apart, a silent drifter, a remorseless hitman, and a Mexican outlaw roam the lawless American Southwest in pursuit of a locked chest holding $200,000 in purloined gold.

With Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov and Enzo Petito

1964 · Sergio Leone

A nameless gunslinger rides into the Mexican village of San Miguel, where a fragile balance of power between the three Rojo brothers and Sheriff John Baxter is about to snap. When a military convoy carrying gold meant to buy new weapons is ambushed by the Rojo faction, the stranger inserts himself into the escalating conflict, trading fabricated intelligence and half-truths to whichever side pays best. As deception spreads and loyalties fracture, the town descends into a deadly game of greed and survival.

With Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, Joseph Egger and Antonio Prieto

1982 · Andrew V. McLaglen

After his wife perishes in a devastating train crash, Markus returns home to look after their young daughter. When a surviving passenger later surfaces and insists the wreck was no accident, doubt replaces grief and Markus becomes determined to prove his wife was murdered — plunging him into a dangerous search for the people who set the tragedy in motion.

With Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeff Osterhage, Gene Evans and Katharine Ross

1952 · Fred Zinnemann

When Will Kane, the sheriff of a small New Mexico town, learns that the notorious outlaw he once arrested has been released and will arrive on the noon train, he braces for a deadly confrontation. Convinced the criminal and his gang intend to kill him, Kane refuses to run and tries to rally the townspeople into a posse—only to find himself increasingly isolated as the clock counts down to the showdown.

With Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger and Lon Chaney Jr.

2016 · Antoine Fuqua

A beleaguered Mexican farming village enlists seven hired guns to protect its homes and families.

With Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Martin Sensmeier

1969 · Sam Peckinpah

A band of aging outlaws, watching the familiar frontier fade, mount one final, daring heist in hopes of securing enough wealth and dignity to leave the disappearing West on their own terms.

With William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sánchez and Ben Johnson

1973 · Clint Eastwood

A lone gunslinger drifts into the tiny settlement of Lago. After surviving an ambush that leaves three attackers dead, the shaken townsfolk persuade him to stay and hire him to defend them against a trio of outlaws approaching the town.

With Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch and Ted Hartley

1968 · Ted Post

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging and, spared from death by a hair, vows to make the mob that left him swinging pay. He dons his badge again and returns to the law, methodically tracking the nine men on his list. One by one he corners them across the frontier, administering his own relentless brand of justice.

With Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw and Ruth White

1999 · Antonia Bird

Captain John Boyd takes command at a lone frontier outpost and, when he and his men come to the aid of a badly wounded frontiersman, they hear a harrowing tale: a wagon train was slaughtered by its own guide — a vicious U.S. Army colonel who has turned rogue. With the camp unsettled by the story and fearing the worst, Boyd leads his regiment into the wild to investigate the massacre and confront the savage threat lurking beyond their lines.

With Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer and Stephen Spinella

1963 · Martin Ritt

Hud Bannon is a remorseless young man who leaves destruction and damaged relationships wherever he goes. He personifies a disaffected generation, chasing pleasures and risks without caring about the fallout. This callousness puts him in constant, bitter conflict with his stern, morally upright father, Homer. Hud’s nephew Lon first admires his uncle’s slick, rule-bending behavior but soon becomes disillusioned as Hud’s selfishness and amorality prove unbearable. In a world split between predators and victims, Hud survives by exploiting others and bending the law to suit his needs.

With Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell, Crahan Denton and John Ashley

2005 · Rob Zombie

A murderous backwoods clan hits the road to flee Sheriff Wydell—relentless and vengeful, he's prepared to mirror their brutality to hunt them down.

With Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory and Leslie Easterbrook

1998 · Robert Redford

A desperate mother turns to an unconventional horse trainer to help rebuild the fragile bond between her deeply traumatized daughter and the horse that carries its own wounds.

With Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson, Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper and Cherry Jones

1980 · Walter Hill

Tracing the James brothers from their modest beginnings through a string of audacious bank heists to their eventual downfall, the film offers an empathetic portrait of outlaws whose campaign of robbery is spurred by a thirst for vengeance.

With David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid

2014 · Tommy Lee Jones

Mary Bee Cuddy, a devout and fiercely independent pioneer, agrees to escort three frontier women—driven to the brink by the brutal demands of settler life—back east to safety in Iowa. Anticipating the perils of the trip, she hires a rough, itinerant drifter, George Briggs, to help guide a covered wagon across the open country. As they push through the stark, beautiful but unforgiving Nebraska Territories, the party faces physical danger, psychological strain and the unpredictability of human behavior, forcing unlikely alliances and moral reckonings along the way. Their goal is a minister and his wife who have offered refuge, but reaching them will require surviving both the landscape and the tensions within the group.

With Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Hailee Steinfeld and Tim Blake Nelson

2015 · Jon Cassar

Returning to his childhood town to repair the strained relationship with his estranged father, John Henry finds the streets terrorized by a ruthless gang. Once feared for his lightning-fast draw, he has abandoned both his gun and the deadly reputation that came with it. Now the only person capable of stopping the violence, he must confront his past and decide whether to pick up the weapon—and the legend—one more time.

With Demi Moore, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Brian Cox, Siobhan Williams, Michael Wincott and Landon Liboiron

2013 · Gore Verbinski

After a pursuit of Butch Cavendish and his ruthless band ends in a deadly ambush that seemingly wipes out the Texas Rangers, a lone survivor is found and cared for by Tonto, a Native American tracker. Recovered and determined, the Ranger adopts a mask and mounts a brilliant white stallion named Silver. Together with Tonto, he sets out to hunt down Cavendish’s gang and other lawbreakers, bringing justice to the troubled frontier.

With Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Helena Bonham Carter, Barry Pepper and James Badge Dale

2014 ·

A timid farmer becomes enchanted by a mysterious woman who arrives in town, and when her notorious gunslinger husband suddenly appears, the man must decide whether to flee or find the courage to stand his ground.

With Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi and Sarah Silverman

2012 · Matt Piedmont

Determined to save their father's ranch from ruin, the Alvarez brothers hatch a desperate plan that drags them into a violent showdown with Mexico's most notorious drug lord.

With Will Ferrell, Mariann Gavelo, Molly Shannon, Gael García Bernal, Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez and Génesis Rodríguez