Western

E274418

film genre narrative genre

Western is a film genre typically set in the American frontier, featuring cowboys, outlaws, lawmen, and themes of rugged individualism, justice, and survival in a harsh, lawless landscape.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Western canonical	17
American Western	2
American Western genre	2
B-Western films	2
Western films	2
American B-Western cycle	1
American Old West art	1
American West	1
American Western cinema	1
American Western film tradition	1
American Western television tradition	1
American Westerns	1
American television Westerns	1
Space Western	1
Weird Western	1
Western (television)	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film genre ⓘ narrative genre ⓘ
becamePopularIn	early 20th century ⓘ
featuresCharacterType	Native Americans ⓘ surface form: Native American bounty hunter ⓘ cowboy ⓘ gunslinger ⓘ lawman ⓘ outlaw ⓘ rancher ⓘ saloon owner ⓘ settler ⓘ sheriff ⓘ
featuresLocationType	desert landscape ⓘ frontier town ⓘ mining camp ⓘ railroad ⓘ ranch ⓘ saloon ⓘ
hasMotif	bank robbery ⓘ duel at high noon ⓘ gunfight ⓘ horseback chase ⓘ posse pursuit ⓘ saloon brawl ⓘ showdown ⓘ train robbery ⓘ
hasSetting	American frontier ⓘ
hasSubgenre	Acid Western ⓘ Contemporary Western ⓘ Revisionist Westerns ⓘ surface form: Revisionist Western Western self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Space Western Spaghetti Westerns ⓘ surface form: Spaghetti Western Western self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Weird Western
hasTheme	civilization versus wilderness ⓘ freedom ⓘ frontier justice ⓘ honor ⓘ justice ⓘ law and order ⓘ manifest destiny ⓘ masculinity ⓘ revenge ⓘ rugged individualism ⓘ survival ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ
hasTypicalTimePeriod	19th-century American West ⓘ post-Civil War era ⓘ
hasVisualElement	cowboy hats ⓘ dusty streets ⓘ horses ⓘ revolvers ⓘ wide landscape shots ⓘ
influencedBy	dime novel ⓘ pulp magazine ⓘ
isCommonInMedium	comic books ⓘ film ⓘ literature ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ video games ⓘ
originatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
relatedGenre	action film ⓘ adventure film ⓘ samurai film ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Quick and the Dead → genre → Western ⓘ

Calvin Candie → appearsInGenre → Western ⓘ

King of the Cowboys → associatedWithMedium → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: B-Western films

Sergi López → notableWork → Western ⓘ

Sergio Leone → fieldOfWork → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western films

Shotgun → basedInGenreTradition → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American B-Western cycle

Johnny Guitar (role as Johnny Guitar / Johnny Logan) → settingGenre → Western ⓘ

subject surface form: Johnny Guitar

this entity surface form: American Western

Rawhide → partOf → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Western film tradition

Leo Carrillo → genre → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western (television)

John Wayne → influenced → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Western genre

Frederic Remington → movement → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Old West art

Gunsmoke → genre → Western ⓘ

Paul Seydor → specialization → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Westerns

Cold War cinema → hasPerspective → Western ⓘ

William Boyd → hasGenreOfRoles → Western ⓘ

Hoss Cartwright (fictional character memorial) → hasGenreContext → Western ⓘ

Lancer → isPartOf → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Western television tradition

A Lie of the Mind → theme → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American West

Eddie Little Sky → partOf → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American television Westerns

Robert Allen → notableWork → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western films

Bernardo O'Reilly → genre → Western ⓘ

3:10 to Yuma → genre → Western ⓘ

subject surface form: 3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)

Morgan Woodward → genre → Western ⓘ

Western → hasSubgenre → Western self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Space Western

Western → hasSubgenre → Western self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weird Western

Jesse James (1939 film) → genre → Western ⓘ

Jack Twist → associatedWithGenre → Western ⓘ

Joseph Kane → notableWork → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: B-Western films

Joseph Kane → hasInfluenceOn → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Western genre

Oklahoma Crude → genre → Western ⓘ

The Undefeated → genre → Western ⓘ

Urban Cowboy → genre → Western ⓘ

Turner Ross → notableWork → Western ⓘ

Turner Ross → directorOf → Western ⓘ

Robert Bray → partOf → Western ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Western cinema

“Ranch House Party” → hasStyle → Western ⓘ

subject surface form: Ranch House Party

this entity surface form: American Western