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Western Movies Critics Rated Higher Than Audiences
10 western films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with critics than with audiences by 15 points or more. The widest gap: The Power of the Dog (2021), 6.8 on IMDb against 89 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Power of the Dog '2021 | Drama / Western | 6.8 | 94% | 89 | 6.7 | Jane Campion | -21 |
| 2 | The Wild Bunch '1969 | Western | 7.9 | 91% | 98 | 7.6 | Sam Peckinpah | -19 |
| 3 | Red River '1948 | Western / Drama | 7.7 | 100% | 96 | 7.3 | Howard Hawks | -19 |
| 4 | Ride the High Country '1962 | Western / Drama | 7.4 | 89% | 92 | 7.1 | Sam Peckinpah | -18 |
| 5 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller '1971 | Drama / Western | 7.6 | 85% | 93 | 7.2 | Robert Altman | -17 |
| 6 | The Gunfighter '1950 | Western | 7.7 | 93% | 94 | 7.4 | Henry King | -17 |
| 7 | The Searchers '1956 | Western | 7.8 | 87% | 94 | 7.7 | John Ford | -16 |
| 8 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre '1948 | Drama / Western | 8.2 | 100% | 98 | 8.0 | John Huston | -16 |
| 9 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon '1949 | Drama / Western | 7.2 | 91% | 87 | 6.9 | John Ford | -15 |
| 10 | Stagecoach '1939 | Western | 7.8 | 100% | 93 | 7.6 | John Ford | -15 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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