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Western

It is a genre set primarily in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century in the "Old West". Its stories commonly center on the life of a nomadic cowboy armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse.

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The good, the bad and the ugly (1966) Sergio Leone

The film is set in 1862, during the American Civil War, when a mercenary known as "Angel Eyes" interrogates former Confederate soldier Stevens, whom Angel Eyes is contracted to kill, about Jackson, a fugitive who stole a cache of Confederate gold. It stars Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach.

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Dances with Wolves (1990) Kevin Costner

The film tells the story of Union Army lieutenant John J. Dunbar, who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and of his dealings with a group of Lakota. It stars Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow and Tantoo Cardinal.

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Django Unchained (2012) Quentin Tarantino

The film is set in early 1858 Texas, brothers Ace and Dicky Speck drive a group of shackled black slaves on foot. It stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, and Don Johnson.

Silverado (1985)

Lawrence Kasdan

The film follows a man named Emmett is ambushed by three assailants while he sleeps in an isolated shack, but kills them all in a brief gunfight. On a journey toward Silverado, he detours to Turley to meet his brother, Jake. It stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum and Linda Hunt.

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and Linda Hunt.

Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Jon Favreau

The film revolves around an amnesiac outlaw, a wealthy cattleman, and a mysterious traveler who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens. It stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. 

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The lone ranger (2013)

Gore Verbinski

The film is told through Tonto's memories of his and the lone ranger earliest efforts to subdue local villainy and bring justice to the American Old West. It stars Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, Ruth Wilson, James Badge Dale, Tom Wilkinson, and Helena Bonham Carter.

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The revenant (2015) Alejandro González Iñárritu

The film is set during late 1823, Hugh Glass guides Captain Andrew Henry's trappers through the territory of the present-day Dakotas. While he and his half-Pawnee son, Hawk, are hunting, the company's camp is attacked by an Arikara war party which is seeking to recover its Chief's abducted daughter, Powaqa. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter.

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