There was a time when you couldn't flip on the TV or buy a movie ticket without running into a cowboy. Westerns were everywhere, filling Saturday matinees at the local movie theater, dominating ...

Everyone loves to root for the outlaw in some of the best Westerns of all time, right? One of the great things about the genre is that usually the lines are clear, there are good guys and bad guys.

In the expansive realm of Western cinema, it’s difficult to pinpoint one film that has had a significant impact on the genre. John Ford’s Stagecoach turned the Western from cliché B-movie to serious ...