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1) McLintock!
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In this legendary John Wayne film, the cattle rancher McLintock puts his brand on the territory and every woman in it! The lovely Louise Warren plays a widow who moves with her two children onto McLintock’s ranch to serve as cook, while Maureen O’Hara plays the estranged wife. Every great Western staple is accounted for: Cowboys, Indians, gun battles and fistfights. Plus, that pair of (now infamous) spanking scenes!A western version of "Taming...
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[2017]
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Cattle baron John Chisum tries to protect his empire from a land-grubbing developer; hoping to clear her husband's name, the widow of a bank robber hires three cowboys to help her recover the stolen gold, but her husband's former partners have a differentplan for the buried loot; a widowed marshal fears that his two sons may have been involved in a bank robbery and murder; a Seattle police detective seeks revenge on the gangster who killed his friend....
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The Big Trail: In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, though brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out West. Along the way, he loses his heart to a beautiful pioneer woman and never stops trying to win her love.
The Barbarian and the Geisha: In 1856, an American diplomat embarks on a trade mission to negotiate with the hostile Japanese government....
5) True grit
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Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
6) Chisum
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A successful cattle rancher battles with corrupt government officials and their stooges in New Mexico's Lincoln County War.
10) The quiet man
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[2002]
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English
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An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
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John Wayne, a tough Marine sergeant, takes recruits and makes them Marines. He does it with discipline and authority ... and with his fists when he has to. The men begin to understand when they see him in action and he earns their respect. Film follows a group of Marines from boot camp to the Battle of Iwo Jima. Film contains recreation of the scene on top of Mount Suribachi, the peak immortalized by the famous photograph of the American flag being...
14) El Dorado
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[2017]
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English
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A gunfighter comes to the aid of a cattle baron, but switches sides when he meets up with his old friend, the alcoholic sheriff.
15) Red River
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Criterion collection volume 709
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[2014]
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A cattle baron and his adopted son head the first drive over the Chisolm Trail when they cannot find a local market for their herd.
16) The Undefeated
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2013.
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A former Union colonel and a former Confederate colonel each lead a group of people through post-Civil War Mexico.
18) Rio Bravo
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2015
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In the dusty town of Rio Bravo, Sheriff Chance arrests Joe Burdette for a brutal murder and must fight off ruthless gunmen to keep him in custody until the state marshal arrives.
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[2013]
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English
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Wedge Donovan is the head of a construction company working at building military sites for the Navy during World War II. After suffering the loss of many men after a Japanese attack, he heads to Washington and helps establish the 'C.B.s' (Construction Battalions), units of armed builders.
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