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List of films based on western fiction

A list of films that are based on western fiction.

Geographically, this page encompasses the frontiers of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as Australia and South America.<br />At present, South Africa and Siberia are not included.

17th and 18th centuries

Missionaries

Settlers

19th century

(and the Edwardian age)

Unclassified

  • * television film.

Frequently filmed: Riders of the Purple Sage

Bushrangers

Cavalrymen

Cowboys

Entertainers and mythmakers

Explorers

  • † Dramatized documentary.

Forty-niners and goldseekers

California Gold Rush

1848–1855

Gauchos, charros y vaqueros

Frequently filmed: Martín Fierro

Gunfighters

Hunters

Indians

  • * television film.

Frequently filmed: "A Man Called Horse"

Lawmen

Frequently filmed: Destry Rides Again

Lumberjacks

Missionaries

Mountain men

Mounties

Twice filmed: Tiger Rose

Outlaws

Railroaders and railwaymen

(The USA has railroads. Canada has railways, as did the rest of the British Empire.)

  • * TV miniseries.

Schoolmarms

Frequently filmed: The Rainmaker

  • ♠ A spinster smart enough to be a schoolmarm falls for a con man.

Sertanejos, cangaceiros e jagunços

Settlers and sodbusters

Outback

("The Never-Never", "the back of beyond", "the back of Bourke")

Sourdoughs and cheechakos

Stage drivers

Teamsters and muleskinners

Telegraphers

Temperance crusaders and teetotallers

Vigilantes

Whalers

20th century

Explorers

Indians

  • * television film.

Individualists

Missionaries

Prospectors

References

Notes

See also

Pages with the same format

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