western film
C22727
concept
A western film is a genre of movie set primarily in the American frontier, typically featuring cowboys, outlaws, lawmen, and conflicts over justice, survival, and civilization in a rugged landscape.
Observed surface forms (20)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Western film series | 3 |
| silent Western film | 3 |
| spaghetti Western film | 3 |
| Western film series | 2 |
| comedy Western film | 2 |
| American Western film cycle | 1 |
| Australian Western film | 1 |
| Italian Western film | 1 |
| Spaghetti Western film series | 1 |
| Spaghetti Western series | 1 |
| Western drama film | 1 |
| Western film era | 1 |
| Western film theme | 1 |
| Western film trope | 1 |
| dark Western thriller film | 1 |
| epic Western film | 1 |
| existential Western film | 1 |
| musical Western film | 1 |
| neo-western film | 1 |
| satirical Western film | 1 |
Instances (29)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Sidney Beckerman
surface form:
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
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| Republic B-Westerns | American Western film cycle |
| Quigley Down Under | Australian Western film |
| Red Hill | neo-western film |
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The Dark Tower
surface form:
The Dark Tower (2017 film)
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| Dollars Trilogy | Spaghetti Western series |
| Broncho Billy westerns | Western film series |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | epic Western film |
| Keoma | spaghetti Western film |
| Django Strikes Again | Italian Western film |
| Brimstone | dark Western thriller film |
| Rhythm on the Range | musical Western film |
| Hud | Western drama film |
| They Call Me Trinity | spaghetti Western film |
| My Name Is Nobody | comedy Western film |
| Trinity Is Still My Name | spaghetti Western film |
| Hopalong Cassidy film series | Western film series |
| Evil Roy Slade | satirical Western film |
| The Shooting | existential Western film |
| The Virginian (1923 film) | silent Western film |
| The Light of Western Stars (1918 film) | silent Western film |
| U.S. Cavalry vs. Apaches | Western film theme |
| Durango Kid film series | American Western film series |
| depicting Billy the Kid as part of a young outlaw posse | Western film trope |
| Man with No Name Trilogy | Spaghetti Western film series |
| The Unknown Cavalier | silent Western film |
| Roy Rogers films | American Western film series |
| Golden Age of Hollywood Westerns | Western film era |
| The Three Mesquiteers film series | American Western film series |