Best 18 Western Movies Picks from 1957

Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him. Explore 3:10 to Yuma / IMDB / YouTube

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Look into Gunfight at the O.K. Corral / IMDB / YouTube

A cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun. Get info on The Tin Star / IMDB / YouTube

Showdown in Arizona between the Bonell brothers, U.S. Marshals and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fisted rancher who controls the territory. Check out Forty Guns / IMDB / YouTube

An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws. Look into The Tall T / IMDB / YouTube

A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws. Find out about Night Passage / IMDB / YouTube

A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War. Check out Raintree County / IMDB / YouTube

Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier. See more about Decision at Sundown / IMDB / YouTube

After the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army. Info on Run of the Arrow / IMDB / YouTube

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James. Learn about The True Story of Jesse James / IMDB / YouTube

Union Army deserter, Lt. Hewitt, trains a ragtag band of all-female homesteaders to defend themselves against a Comanche tribe on the warpath. Explore The Guns of Fort Petticoat / IMDB / YouTube

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder. Get info on The Ride Back / IMDB / YouTube

Back from the Civil War, an ex-Yankee officer aids a wagon train of former Confederates settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle-rustling and land-grabbing feuds. Details on The Tall Stranger / IMDB / YouTube

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Find out about The Lonely Man / IMDB / YouTube

A gunfighter defends his town when cattlemen threaten to destroy it by stampeding cattle through the farmlands. Info on Gun Glory / IMDB / YouTube

In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region. Read about Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend / IMDB / YouTube

Stage line agent investigates a series of robberies by taking the job of a deputy sheriff in a border Arizona town. Details on Gunsight Ridge / IMDB / YouTube

Alan Ladd stars as a Kansas cattle rancher battling the elements and corrupt cattle buyers to build a railroad spur to the Rio Grande just after the United States Civil War. See more about The Big Land / IMDB / YouTube