The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
Stars: Brendan Gleeson Chelcie Ross James Franco Jonjo O'Neill Liam Neeson Saul Rubinek Tim Blake Nelson Tom Waits Tyne Daly Zoe Kazan
Dances with Wolves
Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Stars: Charles Rocket Floyd Red Crow Westerman Graham Greene Jimmy Herman Kevin Costner Mary McDonnell Maury Chaykin Robert Pastorelli Rodney A. Grant Tantoo Cardinal
Unforgiven
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Stars: Anna Levine Clint Eastwood David Mucci Frances Fisher Gene Hackman Jaimz Woolvett Morgan Freeman Richard Harris Rob Campbell Saul Rubinek
True Grit
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
Stars: Barry Pepper Bruce Green Domhnall Gleeson Ed Lee Corbin Hailee Steinfeld Jeff Bridges Josh Brolin Matt Damon Paul Rae Roy Lee Jones
Rio Bravo
The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies - a disgraced drunk and a cantankerous old cripple - must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.
Stars: Angie Dickinson Claude Akins Dean Martin Estelita Rodriguez John Russell John Wayne Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Ricky Nelson Walter Brennan Ward Bond
Once Upon a Time in the West
A widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and her land.
Stars: Charles Bronson Claudia Cardinale Frank Wolff Gabriele Ferzetti Henry Fonda Jack Elam Jason Robards Keenan Wynn Paolo Stoppa Woody Strode
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Stars: Aldo Giuffrè Antonio Casale Claudio Scarchilli Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach Enzo Petito Lee Van Cleef Livio Lorenzon Luigi Pistilli Rada Rassimov
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Stars: Barry Corbin Garret Dillahunt Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Kelly Macdonald Rodger Boyce Stephen Root Tess Harper Tommy Lee Jones Woody Harrelson
The Revenant
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Stars: Domhnall Gleeson Duane Howard Forrest Goodluck Joshua Burge Kristoffer Joner Leonardo DiCaprio Melaw Nakehk'o Paul Anderson Tom Hardy Will Poulter
Django Unchained
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Stars: Christoph Waltz Dana Gourrier David Steen Dennis Christopher James Remar Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Leonardo DiCaprio Samuel L. Jackson Walton Goggins