THEME EXPLORATION

Westward expansion

10 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse
1924 · John Ford
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Meek’s Cutoff (, 104 min.
Meek’s Cutoff (, 104 min.
2011 · Kelly Reichardt
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913 · D.W. Griffith
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · John Huston
The Claim
The Claim
2000 · Michael Winterbottom
Zegen
Zegen
1987 · Shohei Imamura
Across the Great Divide
Across the Great Divide
1976 · Stewart Raffill
Hokuriku Proxy War
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977 · Kinji Fukasaku
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola United States

His iconic Westerns like 'The Searchers' and 'My Darling Clementine' define the visual language and mythology of American westward expansion.

 Damien Leone Italy

His spaghetti Westerns deconstruct the westward expansion narrative, revealing the violence and moral ambiguity beneath the frontier myth.