There was a time when you couldn’t flip on the TV or buy a movie ticket without running into a cowboy. Westerns were everywhere, filling Saturday matinees at the local movie theater, dominating ...

Russell Crowe wearing a cowboy hat and standing outside an old western building in 3:10 to Yuma. Image via Lionsgate It's true that Westerns don't automatically pull everyone in. For many, tales of ...

Westerns helped make movies the blockbusters they are today. But there are countless western "classics" that haven't aged well—and that's putting it nicely. Sure, they might've been groundbreaking ...

A truly American genre, the Western extends beyond the reaches of its historical limitations and offers a narrative landscape full of myth and legend. From the beginning of motion pictures, the ...

Everyone loves to root for the outlaw in some of the best Westerns of all time, right? One of the great things about the genre is that usually the lines are clear, there are good guys and bad guys.

Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider Image via Warner Bros. When it comes to feature-length Westerns, there are more than a dime a dozen out there. For decades, it was the most popular genre in Hollywood, ...