LONE STAR, 1996

Half Western. Half mystery. Half family drama.

Directed by John Sayles.

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, 1946

The title has almost nothing to do with the movie, and the title character is the most boring character in the film. But I suppose "My Darling Wyatt" doesn't have the same ring to it.

Directed by John Ford.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, 1968

Henry Fonda is as good as the bad guy as Charles Bronson is bad as the good guy.

Directed by Sergio Leone.

YOJIMBO, 1961

Toshiro Mifune plays rival gangs against each other. But watch out! One gangster wields an oversized novelty mallet.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

WINCHESTER '73, 1950

A story about guns. And brothers. And how one of those brothers and one of those guns saves Tony Curtis from certain doom.

Directed by Anthony Mann.