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Best Western Movies of the 1930s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
38 western films from the 1930s are in our catalog; the 38 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Stagecoach (1939), at 7.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.1. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Stagecoach, 7.8 on IMDb against 93 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stagecoach '1939 | Western | 7.8 | 100% | 93 | 7.6 | John Ford |
| 2 | Way Out West '1937 | Comedy / Western | 7.6 | 100% | - | 7.1 | James W. Horne |
| 3 | Destry Rides Again '1939 | Western / Comedy | 7.6 | 96% | 81 | 7.2 | George Marshall |
| 4 | The Big Trail '1930 | Drama / Western | 7.2 | 100% | - | 6.7 | Raoul Walsh |
| 5 | Dodge City '1939 | Western | 7.1 | 100% | - | 6.9 | Michael Curtiz |
| 6 | Union Pacific '1939 | Drama / Western | 7.0 | 83% | - | 6.7 | Cecil B. DeMille |
| 7 | Jesse James '1939 | Western | 7.0 | - | - | 6.6 | Henry King |
| 8 | Frontier Marshal '1939 | Western | 6.6 | - | - | 6.3 | Allan Dwan |
| 9 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine '1936 | Drama / Romance / Western | 6.8 | - | - | 6.5 | Henry Hathaway |
| 10 | The Plainsman '1936 | Western / War / Romance | 6.8 | 100% | - | 6.5 | Cecil B. DeMille |
| 11 | Barbary Coast '1935 | Romance / Western / Drama | 6.8 | 92% | - | 6.4 | Howard Hawks |
| 12 | Call of the Wild '1935 | Western | 6.8 | - | - | 6.3 | William A. Wellman |
| 13 | The Last of the Mohicans '1936 | Western / Drama / War | 6.6 | - | - | 6.4 | George B. Seitz |
| 14 | Annie Oakley '1935 | Drama / Western | 6.6 | - | - | 6.5 | George Stevens |
| 15 | Two-Gun Mickey '1934 | Animation / Western / Comedy | 6.8 | - | - | 6.2 | Ben Sharpsteen |
| 16 | The Cowboy and the Lady '1938 | Comedy / Romance / Western | 6.5 | - | - | 6.3 | H. C. Potter |
| 17 | Allegheny Uprising '1939 | Western / Action | 6.3 | - | - | 5.9 | William A. Seiter |
| 18 | The Oklahoma Kid '1939 | Western | 6.4 | - | - | 6.0 | Lloyd Bacon |
| 19 | The Cactus Kid '1930 | Animation / Comedy / Western | 6.2 | - | - | 5.9 | Walt Disney |
| 20 | Winds of the Wasteland '1936 | Western | 6.0 | - | - | 5.2 | Mack V. Wright |
| 21 | Pioneer Days '1930 | Animation / Comedy / Western | 6.0 | - | - | 5.7 | Burt Gillett |
| 22 | Viva Villa! '1934 | Western | 6.3 | 60% | - | 6.2 | Jack Conway |
| 23 | The Desert Trail '1935 | Action / Western | 5.2 | - | - | 4.7 | Lewis D. Collins |
| 24 | Riders of Destiny '1933 | Action / Western | 5.4 | - | - | 5.3 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 25 | Texas Terror '1935 | Action / Western | 5.1 | - | - | 4.8 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 26 | Sagebrush Trail '1933 | Western | 5.4 | - | - | 5.3 | Armand Schaefer |
| 27 | The Lucky Texan '1934 | Western | 5.6 | - | - | 5.0 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 28 | West of the Divide '1934 | Action / Western | 5.3 | - | - | 5.2 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 29 | The Trail Beyond '1934 | Action / Western | 5.3 | - | - | 4.9 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 30 | The Dawn Rider '1935 | Action / Western | 5.1 | - | - | 4.7 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 31 | Randy Rides Alone '1934 | Action / Western | 5.3 | - | - | 5.1 | Harry L. Fraser |
| 32 | The Lawless Frontier '1934 | Action / Western | 5.1 | - | - | 4.8 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 33 | Cimarron '1931 | Western / Drama | 5.8 | 52% | 70 | 5.5 | Wesley Ruggles |
| 34 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies '1934 | Action / Western | 5.1 | - | - | 4.8 | Harry L. Fraser |
| 35 | The Man from Utah '1934 | Action / Western | 5.1 | - | - | 4.8 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 36 | The Star Packer '1934 | Action / Western | 5.1 | - | - | 4.5 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 37 | Blue Steel '1934 | Western / Action | 5.3 | - | - | 4.8 | Robert N. Bradbury |
| 38 | The Terror of Tiny Town '1938 | Western / Comedy / Musical | 3.9 | - | - | 3.4 | Sam Newfield |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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Directors on this list
John Ford James W. Horne George Marshall Raoul Walsh Michael Curtiz Cecil B. DeMille Henry King Allan Dwan Henry Hathaway Howard Hawks William A. Wellman George Stevens
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