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Western films
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Used for fictional works set in the period of American westward expansion. In the name of civilization, the wilderness is conquered and nature subordinated. Key thematic oppositions are between civilization and nature, law and anarchy, settler and nomad, and the new arrivals and the Native American. The hero is a person of integrity and principle, who tames the land, stands alone, faces danger, and is the fastest draw. Although usually set in the western United States from 1865-1900, settings in the Western may extend back to the era of America's colonial period, or as far geographically as Mexico, and into the first half of the 20th century. Many westerns made through the 1950s used a contemporary setting for traditional western narratives, and examples of the genre continue to be made, set in modern times.
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- Gone are the days /
- Bullets for the dead /
- Hostiles /
- Patagonia :
- The Durango kid collection :
- Painted woman.
- The outlaw /
- Justice.
- The last days of Billy the Kid /
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- Don Knotts comedy collection.
- Daniel Boone. / Season four.
- The wild wild West double feature. / The wild wild West revisited & More wild wild West.
- A lawless street.
- Wild gritty Westerns.
- The covered wagon /
- The mercenary /
- Billy the Kid :
- The West and the ruthless /
- The legend of Ben Hall /
- Blackthorn ;
- The beguiled /
- Red sun.
- The Harvey girls /
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- How the West was won : a novel
- A million ways to die in the West : a novel
- Seth MacFarlane's a million ways to die in the West : a novel
- A million ways to die in the West
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- Seth MacFarlane's A million ways to die in the West : a novel
- How the West was won
- Cowboys & aliens
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
- Wild wild west
- Many rivers to cross
- Maverick : a novel
- Chao ji wang pai
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- Wyatt Earp : una novela
- Tombstone : la leyenda de Wyatt Earp
- Thunderheart : a novelization
- The Frisco Kid : a novelization
- The quick and the dead
- Doc; the original screenplay.
- Cheyenne Social Club.
- Macho Callahan
- Hour of the gun
- Breaking Smith's quarter horse,
- Bonanza annual
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- Bullets for the dead /
- The covered wagon /
- The Harvey girls /
- The dark tower /
- Fighting caravans /
- The guns of August.
- Five card stud /
- Shane /
- El Dorado /
- Silver river /
- The professionals.
- John Wayne 4-film collection.
- Duel in the sun /
- Along came Jones /
- Silver screen icons. / Judy Garland.
- Once upon a time in the West /
- The Deanna Durbin collection of films.
- Six shooter classics. / Collection 2.
- The outrage /
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- The return of a man called Horse /
- These thousand hills /
- Films of Audrey Hepburn :
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- James, Jesse, 1847-1882
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- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
- Le May, Alan, 1899-1964
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- An American tail :
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- The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky /
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- Princess collection.
- Fury : / Disc 2.
- Fury : / Disc 1.
- 3 original family classics.
- The outlaw Josey Wales ;
- Fury : / Disc 3.
- Veggietales. / Moe and the big exit :
- Bajki Bolka i Lolka. / Na dezikim zachodzie.
- The treasure of the Sierra Madre /
- 10 movie adventure pack. / Vol. 2.
- 5 movie adventure pack : / Coming home ; The birthday.
- Zorro and Scarlet Whip revealed! /
- Once upon a time in the West /
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