Top 25 Western Movies Highly Rated Released in 1969

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. Check out Once Upon a Time in the West / IMDB / YouTube

In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels.. Explore Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / IMDB / YouTube

An aging group of outlaws in 1913 Texas look for one last big score, selling stolen Army rifles to a rogue Mexican general during that country's revolution, as the traditional American West is disappearing around them. Learn about The Wild Bunch / IMDB / YouTube

A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory. Look into True Grit / IMDB / YouTube

A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds. Find out about The Great Silence / IMDB / YouTube

Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town. See more about Paint Your Wagon / IMDB / YouTube

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead. Details on Support Your Local Sheriff! / IMDB / YouTube

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed. Find out about Mackenna's Gold / IMDB / YouTube

At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader. See more about White Sun of the Desert / IMDB / YouTube

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. More about The Undefeated / IMDB / YouTube

A greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival. More about The Mercenary / IMDB / YouTube

A master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross. Learn about Sabata / IMDB / YouTube

A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in a Mexican valley and putting it in a wild west show. His star attraction, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public. Learn about The Valley of Gwangi / IMDB / YouTube

A Greek bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to take his revenge on the people who framed him. Learn about Ace High / IMDB / YouTube

In 1912 Mexico, a half-Yaqui bank robber seeking to buy guns for his people is pursued by an American lawman, but the pair soon team up with a beautiful revolutionary to fight off the Army. Learn about 100 Rifles / IMDB / YouTube

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers. Info on Boot Hill / IMDB / YouTube

Gunslinger Chris Adams is hired by a Mexican revolutionary to organize the rescue of his cause's leader from a brutal Army prison. Details on Guns of the Magnificent Seven / IMDB / YouTube

In 1909, when young Paiute Indian Willie Boy returns to his California reservation to be with Lola, whose father disapproves of him, a killing in self defense takes place, triggering a massive man hunt for Willie. Find out about Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here / IMDB / YouTube

A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover. Read about Cemetery Without Crosses / IMDB / YouTube

Vince Hackett's gang steals a prized victory cannon from Mexico and blames the deed on ex-gang member Jess Wade, who wants to go straight. Details on Charro! / IMDB / YouTube

In this sequel to Black God, White Devil, Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly. Get info on Antonio das Mortes / IMDB / YouTube

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband. Read about Sam Whiskey / IMDB / YouTube

Aging lawman Marshall Flagg and aging outlaw John McKay join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by both a younger incompetent Marshal and young vicious gang leader Waco. Details on The Good Guys and the Bad Guys / IMDB / YouTube

A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides. Look into Death of a Gunfighter / IMDB / YouTube

In New Mexico, looking for his son's murderer, Ben Kane takes a deputy marshal's job and runs into young Billy Young who's on the lam. Learn about Young Billy Young / IMDB / YouTube