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1. Backlash (1956)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, Western

Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire

Votes: 1,874

2. My Darling Clementine (1946)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western

After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs

Votes: 25,769

3. The Proud Ones (1956)

Approved | 94 min | Western

Marshal Cass Silver has to deal with his old nemesis, a corrupt gambler, and his hired guns come to town as well as recurring bouts of blindness.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton

Votes: 1,631

4. Shockproof (1949)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti

Votes: 2,293

5. The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Western

During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp

Votes: 2,654

6. Blues in the Night (1941)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Music

"Jigger' Pine forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 1,307

7. Backfire (1950)

Passed | 91 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 1,790

8. Apache Drums (1951)

Approved | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Willard Parker, Arthur Shields

Votes: 942

9. Klondike Kate (1943)

Passed | 64 min | Western

A San Francisco songbird comes to Alaska and turns the town of Totem Pole and a scheming saloon owner's life upside down. Then a rival saloon owner wants a piece of the action.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell, Constance Worth

Votes: 105

10. Sporting Blood (1931)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody

Votes: 379

11. Paradise Island (1930)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Music

Ellen Bradford comes to the South Sea Island of Tonga to marry her fiancé and finds out that he is a drunk. She also finds out that she is the only white woman on the island and, as such, ... See full summary »

Director: Bert Glennon | Stars: Kenneth Harlan, Marceline Day, Tom Santschi, Paul Hurst

Votes: 149

12. Way Out West (1930)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Comedy, Music

Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught, and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Cliff Edwards

Votes: 738

13. Kid Dynamite (1943)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When gamblers kidnap Muggs to throw a fight, friend Danny steps in and wins the scheduled boxing bout, leaving Mugs jealous, resentful and wrongfully suspicious.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell

Votes: 610

14. True to the Navy (1930)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends", but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't want to be tied down to any one woman.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Clara Bow, Fredric March, Harry Green, Rex Bell

Votes: 167

15. Navajo Kid (1945)

Passed | 59 min | Western

The adopted son of an Indian agent investigates the murder of his adoptive father.

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Ed Cassidy, Caren Marsh

Votes: 99

16. A Perilous Journey (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Western

Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Unknown to the sponsors, she is already married to a man ... See full summary »

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady, Charles Winninger

Votes: 81

17. Wagon Trail (1935)

Passed | 55 min | Western

The son of Sheriff Clay Hartley, of the frontier town Elder, has gotten into bad company and hangs out with an outlaw gang in which, Collins, owner of the Golden Rule Saloon, is the secret ... See full summary »

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris, Roger Williams

Votes: 89

18. Born to the Saddle (1953)

Approved | 77 min | Western

When a young man agrees to race a wonderful quarter horse, a crooked, wife abusing, gambler has plans to sabotage the contest.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leif Erickson, Donald Woods, Rand Brooks, Chuck Courtney

Votes: 109

19. Speedway (1929)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Bill Whipple is Jim MacDonald's happy-go-lucky mechanic, who thinks that he is the world's greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence, Karl Dane

Votes: 704

20. Sexy! Naked!, Bound! (2010 Video)

48 min | Adventure

Five lovely ladies are placed in naked bondage peril in separate vignettes. in the first tale, a woman is conned into wearing ropes and a gag, but is then divested of her bikini and hogtied... See full summary »

Stars: Izy-Bella Blue, Nikki Nefarious, Sophie Nova, Jade Salerno

21. Lucky Losers (1950)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

To solve the death of a friend, the boys go to gambling school, then go undercover as croupiers in an illegal gambling house.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Hillary Brooke, Gabriel Dell

Votes: 362

22. Alaska (1944)

Approved | 76 min | Drama, Western

A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, John Carradine, Dean Jagger

Votes: 80

23. Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Car racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in the world. After being robbed by hoodlums, Barnes joins a group of hobos who take him in and show him the carefree life.

Director: George Beranger | Stars: Johnny Hines, Edmund Breese, Betty Carpenter, George Fawcett

Votes: 61

24. The Gambling Sex (1932)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A wealthy young socialite gets the gambling bug, and soon it goes from being just a fun pastime to an addiction, and she begins to lose more and more of her fortune.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Ruth Hall, Grant Withers, Maston Williams, John St. Polis

Votes: 29

25. Northwest Rangers (1942)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Western

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: James Craig, William Lundigan, Patricia Dane, John Carradine

Votes: 191

26. Wild Brian Kent (1936)

Approved | 57 min | Western

Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ranch. He also finds his new real estate partner is the crook trying to do the women out of their ranch.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Mae Clarke, Helen Lowell, Stanley Andrews

Votes: 50

27. Yukon Gold (1952)

Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Corporal Rod Webb (Kirby Grant)of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police follows a murder trail deep into the Klondike. He becomes involved with the niece,Marie Briand (Martha Hyer), of the ... See full summary »

Directors: Frank McDonald, William Beaudine | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Martha Hyer, Harry Lauter

Votes: 73

28. Blonde Ransom (1945)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Drama

Vicki Morrison is the niece of the irascible old scoundrel Uncle William Morrison. When Vicki's boyfriend and owner of a Broadway nightclub Duke Randall needs $63,000 in a hurry, Vicki ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Donald Cook, Virginia Grey, Pinky Lee, Collette Lyons

Votes: 20

29. Flying Fists (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Jeanne Martel, Fuzzy Knight, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 58

30. D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)

Passed | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that... See full summary »

Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: John Garrick, Winifred Shotter, Stanley Holloway, John Stuart

Votes: 43

31. A Man from Nowhere (1920)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Clay Norton and Duke Fuller are partners in a mining venture and have several claims, none of which have proved particularly successfully but do have promise. They are both in love with ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Ford | Stars: Jack Hoxie, Frederick Moore, Pansy Porter, Francis Ford

Votes: 41

32. The Love Gambler (1922)

Passed | 50 min | Adventure, Romance, Western

Dick Manners wagers that he will not only ride Col. McClelland's wild horse but that he will also kiss his haughty daughter, Jean. Dick accomplishes both feats and gets a job on the ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Franz | Stars: John Gilbert, Carmel Myers, Bruce Gordon, C.E. Anderson

33. Lure of the Yukon (1924)

Passed | 65 min | Action, Romance, Western

A story of the Alaskan gold-rush days, filmed in Alaska, finds Bob Force (Buddy Roosevelt, as Kent Sanderson) saving the heroine, Sue McCraig (Eva Novak), and her holdings from the clutches of evil Dan Baird (Howard Webster.

Director: Norman Dawn | Stars: Eva Novak, Spottiswoode Aitken, Buddy Roosevelt, Arthur Jasmine

34. The Man from Tascosa (1939)

Approved | 30 min | Short, Drama, Western

Reformed gunman Bob McAdams (Dennis Moore) rides into the hometown of his girlfriend, Milly Carter (Louise Stanley) and hangs up his gunbelt at her request. But later, when the Wells Fargo ... See full summary »

Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Dennis Moore, Louise Stanley, Karl Hackett, Ed Cassidy

Votes: 7

35. The Iron Strain (1915)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When San Francisco social butterfly Octavia Van Ness falls into decline, on a physician's advice her grandfather, mining king Ezra Whitney, takes her to Alaska, hoping that she will regain ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Enid Markey, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum

Votes: 26

36. The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–1974)
Episode: Game of Chance (1974)

Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Family

Dr. Gordon and Amy head to the city, leaving the youngsters on their own and arguing about who will ride Black Beauty. Albert sneaks off with Beauty to a carnival and loses the horse to ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: William Lucas, Michael Culver, Charlotte Mitchell, Stacy Dorning

Votes: 13

37. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Sure Thing (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) buys a teen-age girl's stallion from her father, Burt Loughlin (Tom Tully), with the intention of letting the girl, Trudy Loughlin (Kim Darby), ride the horse ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Kim Darby

Votes: 87

38. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode: The Blood Line (1958)

Approved | 60 min | Western

A gunfighter who abandoned his son, Webb Martin, many years ago tracks him down in Cimarron City determined to make amends. When the father rescues Webb from a murderous gambler, the youth ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: George Montgomery, Audrey Totter, John Smith, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 23

39. The Texan (1958–1960)
Episode: The Ringer (1959)

13+ | 26 min | Western

Bill Longley returns from a cattle drive and discovers an impostor has stolen his mail, destroyed a saloon and dallied with a pretty girl, causing his father to demand a shotgun wedding. ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Regis Parton, Grant Withers, Adam Williams

Votes: 32

40. The Young Riders (1989–1992)
Episode: The Keepsake (1989)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A girl comes to Sweetwater to con Teaspoon into believing she's his daughter.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Brett Cullen, Travis Fine

Votes: 40

41. Pony Express (1959– )
Episode: Message from New Orleans (1959)

30 min | Western

Curious as to why a gorgeous Southern belle would travel all the way from Louisiana to Julesburg to meet Kit Dennison, one of his young riders, Clark searches for back issues of the New ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Grant Sullivan, Don Dorrell, Bethel Leslie, Stephen Bekassy