# List of Western films of the 1980s

A list of Western films released in the 1980s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 1980 |||||
| Belle Starr | John A. Alonzo | Elizabeth Montgomery, Cliff Potts, Michael Cavanaugh, Gary Combs, Fred Ward, Jesse Vint, Sam Vint, Geoffrey Lewis, Sandy McPeak, David Nell, Michelle Stacy, Peter Hobbs, Morgan Paul | United States | Traditional Western |
| Bronco Billy | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms, Dan Vadis, Sierra Pecheur, Walter Barnes, Woodrow Parfrey, Doug McGrath, Hank Worden, Merle Haggard | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Joseph Cotten, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Koslo, Richard Masur, Ronnie Hawkins, Terry O'Quinn, Tom Noonan, Mickey Rourke, Willem Dafoe, Roseanne Vela, Nicholas Woodeson | United States | Epic Western |
| High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Jerry Jameson | Lee Majors, David Carradine, Pernell Roberts, Katherine Cannon, Michael Pataki, M. Emmet Walsh, Frank Campanella, J. A. Preston, Tracey Walter, Britt Leach, Sanford Gibbons | United States | Made for television Western |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Jerry Schatzberg | Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving, Slim Pickens | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Harold Gould, Clu Gulager, Lance LeGault, Lee Purcell, Ronnie Scribner, Noble Willingham, Christine Belford | United States | Made for television Western |
| The Legend of Alfred Packer | Jim Roberson | Patrick Dray, Ronald Haines | United States | Biographical Western |
| Lobo Negro | Rafael Romero Marchent | | Spain | |
| The Long Riders | Walter Hill | James Keach, Stacy Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, James Whitmore, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Pamela Reed, James Remar | United States | Outlaw Western |
| More Wild Wild West | Burt Kennedy | Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Victor Buono, Jonathan Winters, René Auberjonois, Avery Schreiber, Dave Madden, Liz Torres, Candi Brough, Randi Brough, Harry Morgan, Hector Elias, Gino Conforti, Joe Alfasa | United States | Made for television science fiction Western (based on TV series The Wild Wild West) |
| The Mountain Men | Richard Lang | Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht, John Glover, Seymour Cassel, Cal Bellini, Victor Jory, David Ackroyd, William Lucking | United States | Traditional Western |
| Rodeo Girl | Jackie Cooper | Katharine Ross, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark, Jacqueline Brookes, Wilford Brimley, Parley Baer, Nancy Priddy, Dee Croxton, Bob Tallman, Lex Connelly | United States | Rodeo Western |
| Tom Horn | William Wiard | Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens, Peter Canon, Elisha Cook, Roy Jenson, James Kline, Geoffrey Lewis, Harry Northup, Steve Oliver, Bill Thurman, Bert Williams, Mickey Jones, Clark Coleman, Chuck Hayward | United States | Traditional Western biography of Tom Horn |
| Urban Cowboy | James Bridges | John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith, Barry Corbin, Brooke Alderson, Cooper Huckabee, James Gammon, Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Daniels, Gator Conley, Tamara Champlin, Jerry Hall, Steve Strange, Norman Tucker, Jessie La Rive, Connie Hanson, Sherwood Cryer, Christopher Saylors | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Wild Times | Richard Compton | Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Bruce Boxleitner, Penny Peyser, Timothy Scott, Dennis Hopper, Trish Stewart, Harry Carey, Jr., Buck Taylor, Pat Hingle, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, Leif Erickson, L.Q. Jones | United States | Traditional Western |
| Windwalker | Kieth Merrill | Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus, James Remar, Serene Hedin, Dusty McCrea, Silvana Gallardo, Emerson John, Bart the Bear | United States | Traditional Western |
| 1981 |||||
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Lamont Johnson | Burt Lancaster, John Savage, Rod Steiger, Diane Lane, Amanda Plummer, Scott Glenn, Ken Call, Redmond Gleeson, William Russ, Buck Taylor, Michael Conrad, Perry Lang, John Quade, Steven Ford, John Quade, Roger Cudney Jr., Chad Hastings, Yvette Sweetman, Jerry Gatlin | United States | Outlaw Western |
| Comin' at Ya! | Ferdinando Baldi | Tony Anthony, Victoria Abril, Gene Quintano | Italy Spain United States | 3-D Western |
| Death Hunt | Peter R. Hunt | Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Ed Lauter, Scott Hylands, Angie Dickinson, Henry Beckman, William Sanderson, Jon Cedar, James O'Connell, Len Lesser, Maury Chaykin, August Schellenberg, Dick Davalos, Tantoo Cardinal | United States | Northern |
| Duelo a muerte | Rafael Romero Marchent | Fernando Allende | Spain | |
| Fire on the Mountain | Donald Wrye | Buddy Ebsen, Ron Howard, Julie Carmen, Ross Harris, Ed Brodow, Michael Conrad, Gary Graham, Richard Chaves, Harvey Vernon, Will Hare | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Hard Country | David Greene | Jan-Michael Vincent, Kim Basinger, Michael Parks, Gailard Sartain, Tanya Tucker, Daryl Hannah, Lewis Van Bergen, Ted Neeley, Richard Lineback, Richard Moll, Cisse Cameron, Teri Foster Brooks, A'leisha Brevard, Henry G. Sanders, Michael Martin Murphey, Katy Moffatt | United States | Contemporary Western |
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger | William A. Fraker | Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Juanin Clay, Jason Robards, John Bennett Perry, John Hart, Richard Farnsworth, Ted Flicker, Buck Taylor, Tom Laughlin, Merle Haggard, Lincoln Tate | United States United Kingdom | Fantasy Western |
| Outland | Peter Hyams | Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James Sikking, Kika Markham, Nicholas Barnes, Clarke Peters, Steven Berkoff, John Ratzenberger, Manning Redwood, Angus MacInnes, Eugene Lipinski, Sharon Duce, P.H. Moriarty, Doug Robinson, Angelique Rockas | United States | Space Western |
| Pruncul, petrolul şi ardelenii | Dan Piţa | Mircea Diaconu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Tania Filip | Romania | Comedy western |
| La venganza del Lobo Negro | Rafael Romero Marchent | | Spain | |
| Zorro, The Gay Blade | Peter Medak | George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman | United States, Mexico | Comedy Western |
| 1982 |||||
| The Avenging | Lyman Dayton | Michael Horse, Sherry Hursey | United States | B Western |
| Barbarosa | Fred Schepisi | Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Gilbert Roland, Isela Vega, Danny De La Paz, Alama Martinez, George Voskovec, Sharon Compton, Howland Chamberlain, Wolf Muser, Kai Wulff, Roberto Contreras, Luis Contreras, Jake Busey | United States | B Western |
| The Grey Fox | Phillip Borsos | Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Timothy Webber, Gary Reineke, Don Mackay, Samantha Langevin, Tom Heaton, James McLarty, Sean Sullivan, Frank Turner | Canada | Traditional Western |
| Harry Tracy | William A. Graham | Bruce Dern, Helen Shaver, Gordon Lightfoot, Michael C. Gwynne, Jacques Hubert, Daphne Goldrick, Lynne Kolber, Alec Willows, Frank C. Turner, Fred Diehl, Jack Ackroyd, Walter Scott | Canada | Comedy Western |
| Honkytonk Man | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Alexa Kenin, Verna Bloom, Matt Clark, Barry Corbin, Jerry Hardin, Tim Thomerson, Charles Cyphers, Porter Wagoner, Macon McCalman, Joe Regalbuto, Gary Grubbs, Marty Robbins, Tracey Walter | United States | Contemporary Western |
| The Legend of Walks Far Woman | Mel Damski | Raquel Welch, Bradford Dillman, George Clutesi, Nick Mancuso, Eloy Casados, Frank Salsedo, Hortensia Colorado, Nick Ramus, Alex Kubik, Branscombe Richmond | United States | |
| The Man from Snowy River | George T. Miller | Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Kirk Douglas, Tommy Dysart, Bruce Kerr, David Bradshaw, Sigrid Thornton, Jack Thompson, Tony Bonner, June Jago, Chris Haywood, Kristopher Steele, Gus Mercurio, Howard Eynon, Lorraine Bayly | Australia | Outback Western |
| Mother Lode | Charlton Heston | Charlton Heston, Nick Mancuso, Kim Basinger, John Marley, Dale Wilson, Rocky Zantolas, Marie George | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Mountain Charlie | George Stapleford | Dick Robinson, Denise Neilson | United States | Family Western |
| Plainsong | Ed Stabile | Jessica Nelson, Teresanne Joseph, Lyn Traverse | United States | Western drama |
| The Shadow Riders | Andrew McLaglen | Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Scanlon Gail, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeff Osterhage, Gene Evans, R. G. Armstrong, Marshall R. Teague, Jane Greer, Harry Carey, Jr., Jeannetta Arnette, Owen Orr | United States | Traditional Western |
| Showdown at Eagle Gap | William Witney | Madison Mason, Rockne Tarkington, Petrus Antonius, Skip Homeier, Cherie Lunghi, Ulrich von Dobschütz, Mike Moroff, Leopoldo Salazar, Roger Cudney, Pilar Pellicer, Adriana Parra, Luz María Peña, William Witney | United States | B Western |
| Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | William Dear | Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, Richard Masur, Tracey Walter, Ed Lauter, L.Q. Jones, Chris Mulkey, Macon McCalman | United States | Time travel Western |
| The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch | Philip Leacock | Priscilla Barnes, Lee Horsley, Joan Collins, Howard Duff, Morgan Brittany, Donny Osmond, Lisa Whelchel, Pamela Bellwood, Phyllis Davis, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Brinegar, Dennis Fimple | United States | Comedy Western |
| 1983 |||||
| Al oeste del Río Grande | José María Zabalza | Aldo Sambrell | Spain | |
| Cowboy | Jerry Jameson | James Brolin, Ted Danson, George DiCenzo, Robert Keith, Michael Pataki, Annie Potts, Randy Quaid | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Eyes of Fire | Avery Crounse | Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd | United States | Horror Western |
| Gold Rush Boys | Steve Scott | J.W. King | United States | Gay pornographic Western |
| Un hombre llamado El Diablo | Rafael Villaseñor Kuri | Vicente Fernández | Mexico | |
| I Married Wyatt Earp | Michael O'Herlihy | Marie Osmond, Bruce Boxleitner, John Bennett Perry, Jeffrey De Munn, Allison Arngrim, Ross Martin, Ron Manning, Josef Rainer, Charles Benton, Earl W. Smith | United States | Traditional Western |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Johnny Crawford, Charlie Fields, David Hedison, Robert Hoy, Brion James, Paul Koslo, Cameron Mitchell, Mitchell Ryan, Gregory Sierra, Ken Swofford, Harold Gould | United States | Traditional Western |
| Lone Star | John Flynn | Lewis Smith, Alan Autry, Terri Garber, John McIntire, Chuck Connors | United States | B Western |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | Steve Carver | Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Robert Beltran, L.Q. Jones, Dana Kimmell, R.G. Armstrong, Sharon Farrell, William Sanderson | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Mercenários de la muerte | Gregorio Casal | Emilio Fernández | Mexico | |
| Sacred Ground | Charles B. Pierce | Tim McIntire, Jack Elam, L. Q. Jones, Eloy Casados | United States | |
| The Scout | Dshamjangijn Buntar, Konrad Petzold | Gojko Mitić, Battsetseg Natsagdorj | East Germany | Revisionist Western |
| Triumphs of a Man Called Horse | John Hough | Richard Harris, Michael Beck, Ana De Sade, Vaughn Armstrong, Anne Seymour, Buck Taylor, Lautaro Murúa, Simón Andreu, Roger Cudney, Gerry Gatlin, John Davis Chandler, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Sebastian Ligarde, Erika Carlsson, Anaís de Melo | United States Mexico Canada Spain | Revisionist Western |
| September Gun | Don Taylor | Robert Preston, Patty Duke Astin, Geoffrey Lewis, Sally Kellerman, David Knell, Jacques Aubuchon, Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Gries, Clayton Landey, Pat Anderson, Gene Blakely, Don Collier | United States | B Western |
| Todo un hombre | Rafael Villaseñor Kuri | Vicente Fernández | Mexico | |
| 1984 |||||
| Al Este del Oeste | Mariano Ozores | Fernando Esteso, Fernando Sancho | Spain | Comedy Western |
| Calamity Jane | James Goldstone | Jane Alexander, Frederic Forrest, Ken Kercheval, Walter Olkewicz, Talia Balsam, Walter Scott, David Hemmings, Jack Murdock, Larry Cedar, Laurie O'Brien, Sara Gilbert, Gillian Eaton | United States | Traditional Western |
| Charrito | Roberto Gómez Bolaños | Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Rubén Aguirre | Mexico | Comedy Western |
| Draw! | Steven Hilliard Stern | Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Graham Jarvis, Derek McGrath, Jason Michas, Len Birman, Maurice Brand, Graham McPherson, Linda Sorenson, Gerard Parkes, Richard Donat, Frank Adamson, Stuart Gillard, Larry Musser, Frank C. Turner, Brian George | Canada | Comedy Western |
| No Man's Land | Rod Holcomb | Marc Alaimo, Wil Albert, Frank Bonner, Donna Dixon, Terri Garber, Jack Garner, Estelle Getty, Sam J. Jones, Ralph Michael, Melissa Michaelsen, Janis Paige, John Quade, Dack Rambo, John Rhys-Davies, Jeremy Ross, Stella Stevens, Tony Swartz, Buck Taylor, Robert Webber, Roz Witt, Tom Willett | United States | B Western |
| Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold | Matt Cimber | Laurene Landon, Ken Roberson, John Ghaffairi, Luis Lorenzo, Claudia Gravy, Aldo Sambrel, Eduardo Fajardo, Ramiro Oliveros, Suzannah Woodside, Cocha Marquez Piquer, Tony Tarruella, Daniel Martín, Román Ariz-Navarreta, Pablo G. Ortega, Frank Brana | Spain United States | Mexico Western |
| 1985 |||||
| Alien Outlaw | Phil Smoot | Stephen Winegard, Sunset Carson, Lash LaRue | United States | Science fiction Western |
| All American Cowboy | Howell Upchurch | James Drury, Gene Autry, Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Ken Curtis, Leo Gordon, Merle Haggard, Benton Jennings, Waylon Jennings, June Lockhart, Jock Mahoney, Charley Pride, Buck Taylor, Clint Walker | United States | Singing cowboy Western |
| Atkins | Helge Trimpert | Oleg Borisov | East Germany | Euro-Western |
| Forajidos en la mira | Alberto Mariscal | Sergio Goyri | Mexico | |
| El gatillo de la muerte | Fernando Durán Rojas | Fernando Almada | Mexico | |
| Lust in the Dust | Paul Bartel | Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Cesar Romero, Geoffrey Lewis, Henry Silva, Courtney Gains, Gina Gallego, Nedra Volz, Woody Strode, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | United States | Comedy Western |
| Los matones del Norte | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Armando Silvestre | Mexico | |
| Man Hunt | Larry Ludman | John Ethan Wayne, Raimund Harmstorf, Henry Silva, Bo Svenson, Ernest Borgnine, Terry Lynch, Don Taylor, Farris Castleberry, Susan Wilson, Robin Fugget, Jack Dunlap, Danny O'Haco, Claud Hereford, Austin Ludson, Charles Julian, Lawrence Niemi, Arthur Rothbard, Ed Adams | Italy | Contemporary spaghetti Western |
| Pale Rider | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Chuck Lafont, Jeffrey Weissman, S.A. Griffin, Billy Drago, John Dennis Johnston, Charles Hallahan, Richard Hamilton, Fran Ryan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Gerry Gatlin | United States | Revisionist Western |
| Robbery Under Arms | Donald Crombie, Ken Hannam | Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Christopher Cummins | Australia | Outback Western |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Hugh Wilson | Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, Sela Ward, Brant Van Hoffman, Christopher Malcolm, Jim Carter, Paul Maxwell, Manuel Pereiro, Margarita Calahorra, Billy J. Mitchell, John Orchard, Emilio Linder, Alan Larson, Thomas Abbot, Patrick Wayne | United States | Comedy Western |
| Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Joe Seneca, Ray Baker, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jeff Fahey, Lynn Whitfield, Amanda Wyss, Richard Jenkins, Brion James, James Gammon, Sheb Wooley, Earl Hindman, Pepe Serna | United States | Traditional Western |
| Space Rage | Conrad E. Palmisano | Richard Farnsworth, Michael Paré, John Laughlin, Lee Purcell | United States | Space Western |
| Tex and the Lord of the Deep | Duccio Tessari | Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Carlo Mucari, Isabel Russinova, Peter Berling, Flavio Bucci, Aldo Sambrell, Jose Luis de Vilallonga, Ricardo Petrazzi, Pietro Torrisi, Frank Brana, Ricardo Palacios | Italy | Spaghetti Western/fantasy based on the Tex Willer comics |
| Wild Horses | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Pam Dawber, Ben Johnson, David Andrews, Richard Masur, Karen Carlson, Richard Farnsworth, Richard Hamilton, Buck Taylor, Riders in the Sky | United States | Contemporary Western |
| The Wind Favors West | Dean Reading | Jack Dillon | United States | |
| 1986 |||||
| Ahora mis pistolas hablan | Fernando Orozco, Aldo Sambrell | Emilio Fernández, Aldo Sambrell | Spain Mexico Colombia | |
| Astucia | Mario Hernández | Ignacio López Tarso, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | Mexico | |
| The Aurora Encounter | Jim McCullough, Sr. | Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Dottie West | United States | Science fiction Western based on the Aurora, Texas, UFO incident |
| Bianco Apache | Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Sebastian Harrison, Lola Forner, Alberto Farnese | Italy Spain | |
| Gone to Texas | Peter Levin | Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian, Devon Ericson, Ned Romero, Ivy Pryce, William Russ, John P. Ryan, Michael Beck, Bo Hopkins, James Stephens, Michael C. Gwynne, Donald Moffat, John Quade, G.D. Spradlin | United States | Biography of Sam Houston |
| The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | William A. Graham | Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marcia Cross, Gail Youngs, David Allan Coe, Andy Stahl, June Carter Cash, Ed Bruce, Darrell Wilks, Margaret Gibson, Kal Roberts, Willie Nelson | United States | Outlaw Western (filmed at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum) |
| Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills | Burt Kennedy | Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Wren, Bo Hopkins, Don Shanks, Ed Bruce, Buck Taylor, Thomas Wilson Brown, Lisa McFarlane, Jack Elam, David S. Cass, Sr., Peggy Matheson, Michael Ruud, Corky Randall, Roy J. Cohoe, Richard J. Martin, Fenton Quinn | United States | Traditional Western |
| La muerte de un pistolero | Ángel Rodríguez Vázquez | Hugo Stiglitz | Mexico | |
| La rebelión de los colgados | Juan Luis Buñuel | Fernando Balzaretti, Jean-François Stévenin | Mexico | Based on B. Traven's The Rebellion of the Hanged |
| Red Headed Stranger | William Wittliff | Willie Nelson, Morgan Fairchild, R.G. Armstrong, Royal Dano, Katharine Ross, Sonny Carl Davis, Ted J. Crum, Marinell Madden, Bryan Fowler, Paul English, Bee Spears | United States | Traditional Western |
| The Return of Josey Wales | Michael Parks | Michael Parks, Rafael Campos, Everett Sifuentes, Suzie Humphreys, John Galt, Charles McCoy, Joe Kurtzo, Paco Vela, Bob Magruder, Benita Faulkner | United States | Traditional Western |
| Río de oro | Ralph E. Portillo | Henry Adriano | Mexico | |
| Stagecoach | Ted Post | Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, John Schneider, Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Newley, Tony Franciosa, Merritt Butrick, Mary Crosby, June Carter Cash, Jessi Colter | United States | Traditional Western |
| Three Amigos | John Landis | Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Patrice Martinez, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Tino Insana, Loyda Ramos, Phillip Gordon, Kai Wulff, Norbert Weisser, Brian Thompson, Randy Newman, Rebecca Underwood | United States | Comedy Western |
| El tres de copas | Felipe Cazals | Humberto Zurita, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. | Mexico | |
| Uphill All the Way | Frank Q. Dobbs | Roy Clark, Mel Tillis, Frank Gorshin, Richard Paul, Burl Ives, Glen Campbell, Burton Gilliam, Gailard Sartain, Elaine Joyce, Sheb Wooley, Trish Van Devere, Rockne Tarkington, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Burt Reynolds, Jo Perkins, David Logan Rankin | United States | Comedy Western |
| 1987 |||||
| The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Burt Kennedy | James Arness, Brian Keith, Alec Baldwin, Raul Julia, Lorne Greene, Kathleen York, Isela Vega, Gene Evans, Noble Willingham, Buck Taylor, Grainger Hines, Tom Everett, Ethan Wayne, John Furlong, Laura Harring | United States | Made for television movie about the Battle of the Alamo |
| Desperado | Virgil W. Vogel | Alex McArthur, David Warner, Yaphet Kotto, Donald Moffat, Stephen Davies, Lise Cutter, Robert Vaughn, Gladys Knight, Pernell Roberts, Dirk Blocker | United States | B Western |
| Django 2 | Nello Rossati | Franco Nero, Christopher Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Licia Lee Lyon, Robert Posse, Alessandro Di Chio, Rodrigo Obregón, Miguel Carreno, William Berger, Bill Moore, Consuelo Reina | Italy | Spaghetti Western |
| Extreme Prejudice | Walter Hill | Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe, Matt Mulhern, Larry B. Scott, Dan Tullis, Jr., John Dennis Johnston, Marco Rodríguez, Luis Contreras, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Mickey Jones, Thomas Rosales Jr. | United States | Contemporary Western action thriller |
| The Gunfighters | Clay Borris | Art Hindle, Reiner Schoene, Tony Addabbo, George Kennedy, Michael Kane, Lori Hallier, Wendell Smith, Howard Kruschke, Francis Damberger, Beverly Hendry, Moira Wally, Dale Wilson, Bryan Fustukian, Eric Kramer, Blair Haynes, Alex Green, Paul Whitney, Mike Evans, Jay Smith, Dennis Robinson. Glenn Beck, James DeFelice, Tom Glass, Paul Wood, Kevin Smith | United States | |
| Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Vincent McEveety | James Arness, Amanda Blake, Steve Forrest, Buck Taylor, Earl Holliman, Fran Ryan, Ken Olandt, W. Morgan Sheppard, Patrice Martinez, Tantoo Cardinal, Mickey Jones | United States | Made for television Western (sequel to the TV series Gunsmoke) |
| Hawken's Breed | Charles B. Pierce | Peter Fonda, Jack Elam, Serene Hadin, Chuck Pierce Jr., Sue Ane Langdon, Dennis Fimple, Royce Clark, Bill Thurman, Robert Lewis, Walker Flame, Lisa Garrison, Charles B. Pierce | United States | |
| Independence | John Patterson | John Bennett Perry, Isabella Hoffmann, Sandy McPeak, Anthony Zerbe, R.G. Armstrong, Amanda Wyss, Stehanie Dunnam, Macon McCalman, Joshua Julian, Joseph Brutsman, Christian Clemenson | United States | Traditional Western |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Gray, George Kennedy, Marc Alaimo, Michael Berryman, Melanie Chartoff, Richard Chaves, Matt Clark, Charles Durning, Dean Stockwell, Jeffrey Jones | United States | Traditional Western |
| La leyenda del manco | Jaime Casillas | Julio Alemán | Mexico | |
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines | Alla Surikova | Andrei Mironov | Soviet Union | Ostern |
| Near Dark | Kathryn Bigelow | Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Joshua John Miller, Marcie Leeds, Tim Thomerson, Troy Evans, Roger Aaron Brown, James LeGros, Billy Beck, S.A. Griffin, Neith Hunter, Theresa Randle, Leo Geter | United States | Horror Western |
| Poker Alice | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt, George Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, David Wayne, Susan Tyrrell, Pat Corley, Paul Drake, Annabella Price, Mews Small, Gary Bisig, Liz Torres, Gary Grubbs, John Bennett Perry | United States | Traditional Western |
| Proud Men | William A. Graham | Charlton Heston, Peter Strauss, Nan Martin, Alan Autry, Belinda Balaski, Maria Mayenzet, Red West, Billy Ray Sharkey, Buck Taylor, Greg Kupiec, Dale Swann, Steve Whittaker, Mark McIntire, John Woodbridge, Bud Walls, Darren Prentice | United States | Traditional Western |
| Scalps! | Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Vassili Karis, Alberto Farnese | Spain Italy | |
| Straight to Hell | Alex Cox | Dick Rude, Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Miguel Sandoval, Jennifer Balgobin, Sara Sugarman, Biff Yeager, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Terry Woods, Xander Berkeley, Kathy Burke, Elvis Costello, Del Zamora, Edward Tudor-Pole, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, Grace Jones, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Anne-Marie Ruddock, Zander Schloss, Fox Harris | United Kingdom | Punk rock spaghetti Western |
| Timestalkers | Michael Schultz | William Devane, Lauren Hutton, John Ratzenberger, Forrest Tucker, Klaus Kinski, Tracey Walter, James Avery, R.D. Call, John Considine, Danny Pintauro, Gail Youngs, Patrik Baldauff, Ritch Brinkley, Michael Strasser, A.J. Freeman, Tim Russ, Terry Funk | United States | Science fiction Western |
| Walker | Alex Cox | Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Gerrit Graham, William O'Leary, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Sandoval, Dick Rude, Joe Strummer | United States Mexico | Traditional Western |
| Yo soy el asesino | José Loza | Carlos Canto | Mexico | |
| 1988 |||||
| Alamo: The Price of Freedom | Kieth Merrill | Merrill Connally, Casey Biggs, Enrique Sandino, Steve Sandor, Don Swayze, Derek Caballero, Martin Cuellar | United States | Drama Western |
| Bonanza: The Next Generation | William F. Claxton | John Ireland, Robert Fuller, Barbara Anderson, Michael Landon, Jr., Brian A. Smith, John Amos, Peter Mark Richman, Gillian Greene, Kevin Hagen, William Benedict, Dabbs Greer, Rex Linn, Jerry Gatlin | United States | Made for television sequel to the TV series Bonanza |
| BraveStarr: The Movie | Tom Tataranowicz | Pat Fraley (voice), Charlie Adler (voice), Susan Blu (voice), Ed Gilbert (voice), Alan Oppenheimer (voice) | United States | Animated Western (based on TV series BraveStarr) |
| The Cowboy and the Frenchman | David Lynch | Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Golchan, Jack Nance, Tracey Walter, Michael Horse, Rick Guillory, Patrick Houser, Marie Laurin, Eddy Dixon, Leslie Cook, Talisa Soto | United States | Short comedy Western |
| Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge | Richard Compton | Alex McArthur, Hoyt Axton, Alice Adair, Dwier Brown, Lise Cutter, Rod Steiger, John David Garfield, Laura Martinez Harring, Steven Schwartz-Hartley | United States | B Western |
| Ghost Town | Richard Governor | Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland | United States | Horror Western |
| The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | John Kimball, Charles A. Nichols, Bob Goe, Jay Sarbry | Daws Butler (voice), Don Messick (voice), Michael Bell (voice), Allan Melvin (voice), Charlie Adler (voice), Pat Fraley (voice), B. J. Ward (voice), Frank Welker (voice), Pat Buttram (voice), Howard Morris (voice) | United States | Made for television animated Western (based on TV series The Huckleberry Hound Show) |
| Kasam | Umesh Mehra | Anil Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Kader Khan, Aruna Irani, Gulshan Grover, Pran | India | Action Western |
| The Man from Snowy River II | Geoff Burrowes | Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Mark Hembrow, Bryan Marshall, Rhys McConnochie, Peter Cummins, Cornelia Frances, Tony Barry, Wynn Roberts, Alec Wilson, Peter Browne, Alan Hopgood, Mark Pennell | Australia | Outback Western |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Robert Redford | Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sônia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Carlos Riquelme, Daniel Stern, Christopher Walken, Chick Vennera, Freddy Fender, Tony Genaro, Jerry Hardin | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Once Upon a Texas Train | Burt Kennedy | Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Kevin McCarthy, Dub Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Angie Dickinson, Don Collier, Harry Carey, Jr., Hank Worden | United States | Made for television outlaw Western |
| Red River | Richard Michaels | James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Gregory Harrison, Laura Johnson, Stan Shaw, Ray Walston, Ty Hardin, Robert Horton, John Lupton, Guy Madison, Burton Gilliam, L.Q. Jones | United States | Cattle drive Western |
| The Return of Desperado | E.W. Swackhamer | Alex McArthur, Robert Foxworth, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vivian Bonnell, Charles Boswell, Hal Havins, Victor Love, Billy Dee Williams | United States | B Western |
| Stranger on My Land | Larry Elikan | Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Allin, Richard Anderson, Michael Paul Chan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dee Wallace, Barry Corbin, Terry O'Quinn, Pat Hingle, Michael Flynn, Ben Johnson | United States | Contemporany Western |
| Sunset | Blake Edwards | Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Jennifer Edwards, Patricia Hodge, Richard Bradford, M. Emmet Walsh, Joe Dallesandro, Andreas Katsulas, Michael C. Gwynne, Dermot Mulroney, Miranda Garrison, Liz Torres, Castulo Guerra, John Dennis Johnston, Peter Jason, Richard Fancy, Maureen Teefy | United States | Traditional Western |
| The Tracker | John Guillermin | Kris Kristofferson, Scott Wilson, Mark Moses, David Huddleston, John Quade, Don Swayze, Geoffrey Blake, Leon Rippy, Ernie Lively, Karen Kopins, Celia Xavier, Jeff Celentano, Jennifer Snyder, Brynn Thayer, Jose Rey Toledo, Kip Allen, John Barks, Michael D. Blum, Brook Gamble, Jerry Gardner, Lois Geary | United States | Traditional Western |
| War Party | Franc Roddam | Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, Tim Sampson, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Kevyn Major Howard, Jerry Hardin, Tantoo Cardinal, Bill McKinney, Guy Boyd, R.D. Call, William Frankfather, M. Emmet Walsh, Dennis Banks, Saginaw Grant, Rodney A. Grant | United States | Contemporary Western |
| Where the Hell's That Gold? | Burt Kennedy | Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam, Alfonso Arau, Gerald McRaney, Annabelle Gurwitch, John David Garfield | United States | Made for television comedy Western |
| Young Guns | Christopher Cain | Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O'Quinn, Sharon Thomas, Alice Carter, Geoffrey Blake, Brian Keith, Tom Callaway, Patrick Wayne, Lisa Banes, Cody Palance, Victor Izay, Tom Cruise | United States | Outlaw Western |
| Zalzala | Harish Shah | Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Rajiv Kapoor, Anita Raj, Kimi Katkar, Vijayta Pandit, Rati Agnihotri, Danny Denzongpa | India | Action Western |
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| Billy the Kid | William A. Graham | Val Kilmer, Duncan Regehr, Wilford Brimley, Julie Carmen, Albert Salmi, Ned Vaughn, Ric San Nicholas, Gore Vidal, René Auberjonois | United States | Outlaw Western |
| Blood Red | Peter Masterson | Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Carlin Glynn, Lara Harris, Joseph Runningfox, Al Ruscio, Michael Madsen, Elias Koteas, Francesca De Sapio, Marc Lawrence, Frank Campanella, Aldo Ray, Gary Swanson, Susan Anspach, Kevin Cooney, Julia Roberts, Charles Dierkop | United States | Western drama filmed in 1986 |
| Cabalgando con la muerte | Alfredo Gurrola | Mario Almada, Blanca Guerra | Mexico | |
| Desperado: Badlands Justice | E.W. Swackhamer | Alex McArthur, John Rhys-Davies, James B. Sikking, Gregory Sierra, Robert O'Reilly, Anne Curry, Edward Wiley, Deborah Slaboda, Leslie Neale, Geoffrey Rivas, Patricia Charbonneau, Seth Jaffee, Steve Eastin | United States | B Western |
| Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | E.W. Swackhamer | Alex McArthur, Richard Farnsworth, James Remar, Brad Dourif, Tom Bower, Whip Hubley, Brion James, Debra Feuer, Buck Taylor, Deon Richmond, Lise Cutter, Geoffrey Lewis | United States | B Western |
| El fugitivo de Sonora | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Mario Almada | Mexico | |
| El loco Bronco | Alberto Mariscal | Ramiro Orci, Hugo Stiglitz | Mexico | |
| Lonesome Dove | Simon Wincer | Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert Urich, Frederic Forrest, D.B. Sweeney, Ricky Schroder, Anjelica Huston, Chris Cooper, Timothy Scott, Glenne Headly, Barry Corbin, William Sanderson, Steve Buscemi | United States | Traditional Western |
| Old Gringo | Luis Puenzo | Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Gabriela Roel, Sergio Calderón, Guillermo Ríos, Jim Metzler, Samuel Valadez De La Torre, Anne Pitoniak, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Pedro Damián | United States | |
| Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Anthony Hickox | David Carradine, Bruce Campbell, Morgan Brittany, Jim Metzler, Maxwell Caulfield, Deborah Foreman, M. Emmet Walsh, John Ireland, Dana Ashbrook, John Hancock, Marion Eaton, Dabbs Greer, Bert Remsen, Sunshine Parker, Helena Carroll, Elizabeth Gracen, Christopher Bradley, George Buck Flower | United States | Horror Western |