Purgatory (1999)
After outlaw Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts) and his gang hold up a bank, they escape through a dust storm and wind up in the sleepy town of Refuge. Finding its inhabitants and sheriff (Sam Shepard) unusually passive and genteel, Blackjack and his bunch begin to take advantage, causing all manner of trouble. The gang can't fathom the town's lack of fight until they learn that Refuge is actually a purgatory for famous dead gunfighters who must resist the violence that marked their lives.
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The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
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Il grande silenzio (1968)
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.
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
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Giant (1956)
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
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Winchester '73 (1950)
The journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another parallels a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.
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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
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The Shootist (1976)
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
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