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1. Red River (1948)
Passed | 133 min | Drama, Western
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson | Stars: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan
Votes: 34,461
2. Lone Star (1996)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang
Votes: 32,409 | Gross: $13.27M
3. The Undefeated (1969)
Passed | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the Civil War, ex-Confederate soldiers heading for a new life in Mexico run into ex-Union cavalrymen selling horses to the Mexican government but they must join forces to fight off Mexican bandits and revolutionaries.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel
Votes: 7,570
4. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado
Votes: 21,117 | Gross: $0.95M
5. All the Pretty Horses (2000)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.
Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Angelina Torres
Votes: 15,668 | Gross: $15.53M
6. Trade (I) (2007)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Adriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kathleen Gati, Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos
Votes: 17,940 | Gross: $0.21M
7. The Train Robbers (1973)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson
Votes: 6,717
8. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Western
A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates
Votes: 5,242 | Gross: $0.64M
9. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
PG-13 | 272 min | Western
In this prequel to "Lonesome Dove", two young men join the Texas Rangers unit that's on a mission to annex Santa Fe.
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 1,934
10. Texas Rangers (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott
Votes: 6,326 | Gross: $0.62M
11. The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Directors: Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson | Stars: Luke Wilson, Eva Mendes, Seymour Cassel, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 6,034 | Gross: $0.13M
12. Comanche (1956)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Western
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon
Votes: 714
13. The Wonderful Country (1959)
Approved | 98 min | Romance, Western
A honorable drifter constantly on the run finds his enemies closing in around him.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Albert Dekker
Votes: 2,112
14. Branded (1950)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, Robert Keith
Votes: 1,024
15. Rio Rita (1929)
Passed | 140 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit.
Director: Luther Reed | Stars: Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey
Votes: 764
16. Toke (1973)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Hitch-hiking home to Mexico, Tony, a Vietnam veteran, gets picked up by two con artists who leave him unconscious, but not for long as he seeks his revenge. Arriving home he begins to pick ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Joe Renteria, Robert Random, Shelly Novack, Deidre Daniels
17. Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, History, War
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Earle Hodgins, Lane Chandler, Roger Williams, Rex Lease
Votes: 87
18. Code of the Secret Service (1939)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Brass is assigned to uncovering a counterfeiting ring that has stolen bona fide treasury plates and is converting $1 bills to $100 bills through a Mexican casino.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Eddie Foy Jr., Moroni Olsen
Votes: 329
19. King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Approved | 215 min | Drama, Western
When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly ... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 90
20. Rangers of Fortune (1940)
Approved | 80 min | Western
Two cowboys come to the aid of a town under the control of a crooked boss.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, Gilbert Roland, Patricia Morison
Votes: 64
21. Someone Else's America (1995)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
This tale take place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Tom Conti, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, María Casares, Zorka Manojlovic
Votes: 733
22. Along the Rio Grande (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Music, Western
When Jeff, Smokey, and Whopper try to help their boss Pop Edwards, they find themselves in jail for robbery and Pop murdered. They know Doc Randall is the culprit and when Doc's men break ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Betty Jane Rhodes, Emmett Lynn
Votes: 218
23. Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
Passed | 55 min | Western
A banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken. The Three Mesquiteers ride into town and set out to help.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Lorraine Miller
Votes: 81
24. Border Romance (1929)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Drama, Music
In a cantina across the border, Bob Hamlin shoots a man that threatens his friend. He and his pals escape but return that night for the dance as Bob is attracted to Conchita. Running once ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie Kane, Victor Potel
Votes: 52
25. Border Bandits (1946)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Shortly after Nogales (Lucio Villegas) tells his granddaughter Celia (Rosa Del Rosario)the someone is trying to steal the family jewels, the old man is murdered by Dutch (Bud Osborne), who ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Riley Hill, Rosa Del Rosario
Votes: 35
26. Liberty (1916)
Passed | 400 min | Action, Adventure, War
A 20 part 2-reel Western film serial.
Directors: Jacques Jaccard, Henry MacRae | Stars: Marie Walcamp, Eddie Polo, Jack Holt, G. Raymond Nye
Votes: 29
27. Breed of the Sunsets (1928)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel, George Bunny, Leo White
28. Rio Grande Romance (1936)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jack Carter, the brother-in-law of a young federal agent, Bob Andrews, is accused of murder, apprehended, jailed and awaiting trial. Andrews takes a leave-of-absence and traces the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Maxine Doyle, Fuzzy Knight, Lucille Lund
Votes: 19
29. Contraband (1933)
Passed | 64 min | Drama
Director: Raymond Wells | Stars: Don Alvarado, Dorothy Sebastian, Paul Ellis, Grace Wells
30.
Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode:
Wanted: Alive Please
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Bat is asked to find how stolen Mexican cattle, many diseased, are entering Texas and mingling with local animals. With the help of the local sheriff he prints a wanted poster which he hopes serve as his introduction to the local rustlers.
Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Gene Barry, H.M. Wynant, Joe Turkel, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 35
31.
Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode:
Beware! No Trespassing
(1952)
Western
Pat and Stoney are ordered to San Pablo, Mexico, to find out what's behind the trouble an American tungsten mine is having. When they arrive, they discover the mine has been closed, the ... See full summary »
Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Robert Lowery, Timothy Carey
Votes: 6
32.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Lost Raider
(1959)
30 min | Western
When a bandit strikes across the border to rob American stagecoaches, Colonel Mackenzie crosses into Mexico in hot pursuit. His attack is not without casualties and the Colonel accidentally... See full summary »
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Richard Carlson, Tom Brown, Anna Navarro, Robert Gothie
Votes: 9
33.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Son of the Hawk
(1959)
30 min | Western
Troopers are being murdered by a court-martial-ed ex-soldier and his gang with a psychotic vendetta against Mackenzie and the army. Known as "The Hawk", he seeks to kidnap his son from his ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, DeForest Kelley, Al Breneman, John Stephenson
Votes: 15
34.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Blood on the Rio
(1959)
30 min | Western
A flood changes the course of the Rio Grande putting the home of a rancher on the Mexican side of the river. The hot-headed owner ignores Col. Mackenzie's advice to vacate the property ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, Virginia Gregg, Robert Anderson, John Milford
Votes: 8
35.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
Rio Grande
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Hardie picks up a valuable shipment in Matamoras, Mexico and isn't pleased when a dude and beautiful woman insist on becoming passengers with him on the route he will use to deliver the money to Laredo fighting Mexican bandits all the way.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dale Robertson, Diane Brewster, Joe De Santis, Russell Johnson
Votes: 81
36.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Desertion
(1959)
30 min | Western
Mackenzie and his men arrest Grimes, a deserter who stole a wagon full of repeating rifles which he intended to sell to the Apaches. The trooper escapes from the guardhouse and heads for ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Lang | Stars: Richard Carlson, Jack Elam, Walter Coy, Hank Patterson
Votes: 9
37.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Attack
(1958)
30 min | Western
After an extensive campaign, Colonel Mackenzie and his men manage to capture the leader of a ruthless outlaw band. Their victory is short-lived, however, because the bandit quickly escapes ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Jim Bannon, George Eldredge, Judy Lewis
Votes: 13
38.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Court Martial of Trooper Davis
(1959)
30 min | Western
The fate of Mackenzie's Raiders hangs in the balance when one of their members is captured south of the Rio Grande while attempting to rescue his injured brother. The trooper is ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Richard Carlson, Doug McClure, Karl Swenson, Barney Phillips
Votes: 11
39.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Eastern Colonel
(1958)
30 min | Western
Mackenzie's attack on a band of marauding Indians is cut short when he receives word that a troop of Mexican federales are riding to the sound of the shooting. As his men return across the ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, Robert Clarke, Earle Hodgins, George Gilbreth
Votes: 11
40.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Hostage
(1958)
30 min | Western
Jed Pierce, an infamous outlaw, is sentenced to be hung. Pierce's brother, Ben, kidnaps an important Mexican emissary on his way to Washington on a secret mission and sends word to ... See full summary »
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Richard Carlson, James Anderson, Sam Edwards, Manuel Lopez
Votes: 13
41.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Ambush
(1959)
30 min | Western
Disatified with the Fourth Cavalry's success at combating cattle rustlers, the Matthews family hires Sam Bates as a scout to track the outlaws, not realizing that Bates is, in fact, the ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Vivyan, Jean Harvey, Jack Ging
Votes: 11
42.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Terror in Chuma Valley
(1959)
30 min | Western
While pursuing marauders on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, Col. Mackenzie is severely wounded in an ambush. He manages to escape back to the homesteads dotting Texas' Chuma Valley, ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Richard Carlson, Michael Lane, Tim Graham, Russell Simpson
Votes: 12
43.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Violent Sanctuary
(1959)
30 min | Western
Colonel Mackenzie is ordered to rescue a young mother from a bandit's haven in Mexico so she can testify before a committee of the U.S. Senate. Pretending to be a bandit, Mackenzie crosses ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Richard Carlson, Robert McQueeney, Svea Grunfeld, John Frederick
Votes: 10
44.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas
(2021)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Family
Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande's Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.
Directors: Jamie Fitzpatrick, John Murray | Star: Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 38
45.
Man vs. Wild (2006–2020)
Episode:
Texas
(2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Reality-TV
Bear finds an oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert but not before a near death experience crossing a gorge on a single rope bridge secured only by a make-shift grappling hook. Then it's on to the... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Shearman | Star: Bear Grylls
Votes: 49
46.
Biographics (2017– )
Episode:
James K. Polk: The Greatest American President You've Never Heard Of
(2021)
26 min | Documentary, Biography, History
James Polk entered the White House from obscurity as a dark horse candidate. But as a protegee of Andrew Jackson he was a master politician who accomplished everything he intended during ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
47.
That Is Interesting (2018– )
Episode:
The Desert in Maine - and Other Out-of-Place US Geography
(2022)
15 min | Documentary
Here are a few more geographic anomalies that owe there existence to a quirk of location or history.
Star: Carter Stacy
48.
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (1954– )
Episode:
Episode dated 30 July 2023
(2023)
TV-PG | News, Talk-Show
Extreme heat hits worldwide; Florida's history revisionist education effort; Trump criminal indictments and Texas immigration cruelty.
Stars: Margaret Brennan, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Neel Kashkari
49.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Nouveau-Mexique, un décor de cinéma
(2014)
Documentary
A nice journey of Jérôme from Albuquerque (Scott Appelman, the walk through the town, The Kimo cinema theater, the University of New Mexico, the cultural diversity ,the eating of tacos and ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Chaffard | Star: Jérôme Pitorin
50.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Texas, terre des pionners
(2015)
Documentary
A journey of Jérôme from San Antonio (the meeting with Stephanie Cavender, the flower parade-celebration of the battles of San Jacinto and of Alamo- and the boat tour in the Veice of Texas)... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Chaffard | Stars: Jérôme Pitorin, Wyatt Mortenson