Westerns Set in the Wilderness
Kinora's catalogue lists 35 films in the Western genre and set in the wilderness, spanning 1939–2022. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2007
3:10 to Yuma
Desert · Wildernessdir. James Mangold - 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 1952
Bend of the River
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Anthony Mann - 1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Rural · Wildernessdir. George Roy Hill - 1990
Dances with Wolves
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner - 1995
Dead Man
Wildernessdir. Jim Jarmusch - 2020
First Cow
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2017
Hostiles
Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper - 1962
How the West Was Won
Wilderness · Rural · Mountaindir. John Ford - 1972
Jeremiah Johnson
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack - 1994
Legends of the Fall
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick - 1970
Little Big Man
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 1957
Old Yeller
Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Stevenson - 1948
Red River
Rural · Wildernessdir. Howard Hawks - 1962
Ride the High Country
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Sam Peckinpah - 1954
River of No Return
Wildernessdir. Otto Preminger - 1939
Stagecoach
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford - 2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1972
The Cowboys
Rural · Wildernessdir. Mark Rydell - 1954
The Far Country
Wildernessdir. Anthony Mann - 1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 1976
The Missouri Breaks
Rural · Wildernessdir. Arthur Penn - 1953
The Naked Spur
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Anthony Mann - 2022
The Northman
Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
Rural · Wildernessdir. William A. Wellman - 2005
The Proposition
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Hillcoat - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1956
The Searchers
Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford - 2010
True Grit
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen - 1969
True Grit
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Henry Hathaway - 1970
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Desert · Wildernessdir. Don Siegel - 1992
Unforgiven
Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood - 1954
Vera Cruz
Desert · Wildernessdir. Robert Aldrich - 1950
Wagon Master
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford
Frequently asked
How many movies are in the Western genre and set in the wilderness?
Kinora's catalogue lists 35 films in the Western genre and set in the wilderness, spanning 1939–2022.
What are some movies in the Western genre and set in the wilderness?
Films in the Western genre and set in the wilderness in our catalogue include 3:10 to Yuma (2007), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Bend of the River (1952), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and Dances with Wolves (1990).
What is the oldest movie in the Western genre and set in the wilderness?
Stagecoach (1939) is the earliest film in the Western genre and set in the wilderness in our catalogue; the most recent is The Northman (2022).