THEME EXPLORATION

western gunslinger

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
3 Bad Men
3 Bad Men
1926 · John Ford
A Flickering Light
A Flickering Light
1916 · Frank Borzage
Crook Buster
Crook Buster
1925 · William Wyler
High Noon
High Noon
1952 · Fred Zinnemann
Forty Guns
Forty Guns
1957 · Samuel Fuller
During the Round-Up
During the Round-Up
1913 · D.W. Griffith
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rose et Landry
Rose et Landry
1963 · Jean Rouch
The White Buffalo
The White Buffalo
1977 · J. Lee Thompson
Vent d’est
Vent d’est
1970 · Glauber Rocha
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone Italy

Pioneered the spaghetti western subgenre with stylistic masterpieces like 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' that redefined the gunslinger archetype through operatic violence and moral ambiguity.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

Established the classical western gunslinger mythology through iconic films like 'My Darling Clementine' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' that explore duty, law, and frontier justice.