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Westerns

Westerns and Western Subgenres in Film, Literature, and TV

Top Westerns Lists

Farmhand (Beginner) - for those starting their journey westward, these will give you a solid foundation

Wagon Tracks

Call Number: DVD MOVIE WAGON

Shane

Call Number: WESTERN SCHAEFER

Hondo

Call Number: WESTERN L'AMOUR

Stagecoach

Call Number: DVD MOVIE STAGECOACH

Riders of the Purple Sage

Call Number: WESTERN GREY

Destry Rides Again

Call Number: WESTERN BRAND

The Lone Ranger

Call Number: DVD 791.4572 LONE

The Big Sky

Call Number: WESTERN GUTHRIE

The Stone That Shines

Call Number: WESTERN BRAND

The Westerner

Call Number: DVD MOVIE WESTERNER

The Last Mountain Man

Call Number: CD FICTION JOHNSTONE

Rawhide

Call Number: DVD 791.4572 RAWHIDE

The Bar-20 Three

Call Number: WESTERN MULFORD

Killstraight

Call Number: WESTERN BOGGS

Cowboy (Intermediate) - for those familiar with the genre, these narratives and characters provide more depth and profundity

One-Eyed Jacks

Call Number: DVD MOVIE ONE-EYED

Dances With Wolves

Call Number: FICTION BLAKE

The Last Kind Words Saloon

Call Number: FICTION MCMURTRY

Hell or High Water

Call Number: DVD MOVIE HELL

Brokeback Mountain

Call Number: FICTION PROULX

The Smiling Country

Call Number: WESTERN KELTON

Rango

Call Number: DVD MOVIE RANGO

True Grit

Call Number: FICTION PORTIS

Winter In the Blood

Call Number: FICTION WELCH

The Searchers

Call Number: DVD MOVIE SEARCHERS

The Cold Dish

Call Number: MYSTERY JOHNSON

Lonesome Dove

Call Number: FICTION MCMURTRY

Red River

Call Number: DVD MOVIE RED

True History of the Kelly Gang

Call Number: FICTION CAREY

Cattle Baron (Expert) - for those thoroughly versed in the genre, these are more complex and less typical

Breaking Bad

Call Number: DVD 791.4572 BREAKING

Butcher's Crossing

Call Number: FICTION WILLIAMS

Martín Fierro

Call Number: ESPANOL 861.5 HERNANDEZ 2018

Black God, White Devil

Call Number: DVD MOVIE BLACK

The Drop Edge of Yonder

Call Number: WESTERN WURLITZER

Blood Meridian

Call Number: FICTION MCCARTHY

Deadwood

Call Number: DVD 791.4572 DEADWOOD

God's Country

Call Number: FICTION EVERETT

Golden Kamuy

Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL NODA

Dirty Harry

Call Number: DVD MOVIE DIRTY

The Border Trilogy

Call Number: FICTION MCCARTHY

The Strange

Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION BALLINGRUD

Cowboy Bebop

Call Number: DVD ANIMATED COWBOY

The Power of the Dog

Call Number: FICTION SAVAGE

The Place of Dead Roads

Call Number: FICTION BURROUGHS

Tampopo

Call Number: DVD MOVIE TAMPOPO

No Country for Old Men

Call Number: FICTION MCCARTHY