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Best Western Movies of 2012 Ranked | Top Frontier Films

#1. The Way of the Spur (2012)

★ 10.0/10 1 votes

Guerino, a cowboy from Italy, travels to Shanghai in search of his sister Elisa, who was working as a model in China but mysteriously vanished. In Shanghai, Guerino finds an unlikely ally in Jieikai, a local Chinese, whose girlfriend also mysteriously disappeared while working in the same modeling agency. During their search to uncover the truth, they are dragged into a dark world of criminality, corruption and human smuggling affairs. When things take a bad turn and innocent people start getting killed left and right, Guerino takes the matter into his own hands in order to save his sister before it's too late... Driven by his thirst for vengeance and his desire for justice, he vows to take down every single link to this chain of smuggling affair following his one and only rule: kick first, ask questions later.

#2. A Time of Vultures (2012)

★ 10.0/10 1 votes

A drifter walks into a saloon to settle a score.

#3. Cangaceiros Fora de Tempo (2012)

★ 9.0/10 2 votes

Cangaceiros arrive in the city of Sussuapara to rob their inhabitants. Who can stop them?

#4. Wild Horse, Wild Ride (2012)

★ 8.5/10 11 votes

100 Days. 100 gritty souls. 100 wild mustangs. That's the premise of the annual Extreme Mustang Makeover, a competition that challenges horse trainers - both pros and amateurs - to each tame a totally wild horse in order to get it adopted into a better life beyond U.S. Government corrals. Intimately following a handful of participants in the 2009 event from their first uneasy meeting with their horses and up through the competition and adoption, the film documents the deep and profound bonds that can develop between man and beast.

#5. Django Unchained (2012)

★ 8.2/10 28,529 votes

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

#6. Lawless (2012)

★ 7.1/10 3,403 votes

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

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#7. No Redemption With... Don Mitraglia (2012)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

An upright priest, disliked the corrupt upper echelons of V.A.T.I.C.A.N.O., is imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to certain death. But by divine intercession he'd be able to save himself: once put back on track, and trained in the martial arts by an eccentric monk, he will take revenge in a crescendo of disproportionate violence.

#8. The Murder of Hi Good (2012)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

The Murder of Hi Good is a true-crime revisionist western set in Northern California, 1870. It details the eventual murder of California’s most notorious Indian hunter; Hiram Good. Most historians believe that his indentured servant “Indian Ned” killed him, a native boy whom he’d raised as a son. It’s suspected that Ned was influenced by the nearby Mill Creek Indians or “diggers”, who were struggling to eke out an existence on their ancestral lands.

#9. Patagonia Rising (2012)

★ 7.0/10 2 votes

A documentary that chronicles a plan to build five large hydroelectric dams on two of the world's purest free-flowing rivers in Patagonia, Chile.

#10. Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation (2012)

★ 7.0/10 6 votes

Cassie, the last remaining member of the original Gang of Roses, is sitting in a small Mexican jail holding the written code to a US military safe. It s here that she meets Collette (Eurika Pratts), a young gambler looking for her next con. Kate (Rocsi Diaz) attempts to break her out, and Cassie is killed. Upon their return, Kate and Collette meet up with outlaws Candi (Teyana Taylor) and Mimi (Claudia Jordan). After some lengthy planning, the four women head to the Mexican town of San Juevo and prepare for the robbery, which will take place in the town church. But unbeknownst to them, they are being followed by Lee (Gabriel Casseus) and his posse of bandits, looking to ambush the women before they can make their big score.

#11. Good for Nothing (2012)

★ 6.7/10 16 votes

GOOD FOR NOTHING is an adventurous romp set in the sweeping Old West from Mike Wallis in his directorial debut. Inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns and celebrating the Western genre with an interesting twist, the film follows an odd romance and the resulting emotional confusion of an outlaw who reluctantly develops strong feelings for a woman he has kidnapped.

#12. The Writer (2012)

★ 6.5/10 2 votes

"The Writer” tells the story of Pedro, a young cowboy who defies the writer of the short film (me). I used the footage of the film “Day of Anger” and changed the dialogues in order to create this comic book world ruled by the sacred script.

#13. Hay Road (2012)

★ 6.5/10 8 votes

This is the story of a man who after living over ten years isolated away from his country, returns to avenge His brother's death. Inspired by the writings of David Henry Thoreau, he is translating 'Civil Disobedience' into Portuguese. The action is set between 1908 and 1910, between the assassination of the Portuguese King and Prince and the creation of the Portuguese Republic, an era where anarchists who fight against the monarchy often cross the path of burglars. On a country where corruption is set, the state representatives try to rob, arrest and kill innocents. The main character faces the tyranny of the state and tries to save the rest of his family. But this is a country where nothing changes.

#14. Heathens and Thieves (2012)

★ 6.2/10 8 votes

Lawmen, drifters, and hired guns converge at a Northern California ranch believing its Chinese owners possess stolen gold. When two drifters hear rumors that a Chinese railroad worker has escaped with gold and now owns a remote ranch in the wilds of Northern California, the desperate men set a plan in motion to steal the gold for themselves. Saul, the youngest of the drifters, hopes to win the affections of Zhen and his beautiful wife, Kun Hua. Saul hires on as a farmhand, while his partner Bill lurks in the shadows and waits for the opportunity to strike. However, waves of worse men arrive seeking the stolen fortune, setting in motion a deadly multi-sided face-off of bluffs, gambles, and betrayals. Heathens & Thieves is a western crime drama set in an American era when the riches associated with the 1849 Gold Rush, the fallout of the Civil War, and the impact of Chinese immigration were fresh in people's minds.

#15. Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None (2012)

★ 6.2/10 13 votes

When three bounty hunters accidentally meet in a bar, their stark personalities begin to clash, turning into a three way gun fight.

#16. The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete (2012)

★ 6.0/10 1 votes

Poisonberry Pete, the baddest pie in the yeast, is in town and he's looking for trouble. With the citizens stricken by fear and the gun toting sheriff itching for a gunfight, can one little tart save the town?

#17. West of Thunder (2012)

★ 6.0/10 2 votes

In 1899, a mysterious stranger's arrival on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation seems to coincide with a series of horrific events that closely mirror the atrocity brought to the Lakota natives during the Wounded Knee Massacre.

#18. Sal (2012)

★ 6.0/10 6 votes

A screenwriter travels to Northern Chile to research his script for a Western thriller but ends up getting more than he bargained for.

#19. American Lawless (2012)

★ 5.8/10 6 votes

The year is 2112. The United States is a divided country recovering from the results of a second civil war. The law is broken. States have reverted back to individual territories. Yet all this is but a mere backdrop. Our story focuses on Luke, the former leader of a gang of ruthless marauders known as the American Lawless. After an epiphany, Luke decides to turn legit and betrays his men by turning them over to the authorities. But vengeance comes swiftly when the gang escapes and comes looking for Luke and his wife, Rose. Will Luke be able to save Rose from the wrath of the American Lawless? Or will she be the price he pays?

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#20. Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man (2012)

★ 5.7/10 9 votes

The story of John Goodnight continues. Traveling alone in the Wild West, John witnesses a murderous bank robbery carried out by the dangerous masked outlaw Deke Spradling and his gang of bandits.

#21. Dawn Rider (2012)

★ 5.6/10 82 votes

A gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John’s best friend. Based on the timeless John Wayne adventure, Dawn Rider is a riveting saga of retribution, duty and valor in the American West.

#22. Nightingale - The Robber (2012)

★ 5.6/10 42 votes

The story of the daring romance Solovyov Sevastyanov G., ctupivshem by the call of blood on the path of the valiant Russian robbery. And while the security forces led by a secret agent trying to close H7 gang Nightingale the Robber, he, with his drive and mischief, restores fairness in my native land. But sooner or later every "Tale" comes to an end ...

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#23. Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West (2012)

★ 5.6/10 18 votes

Cinderella is transformed for a night at the royal ball, but finds herself battling a band of gorilla pirates who have kidnapped Prince Vladimir and the Duchess. Will she have time to save the day and fall in love before the clock strikes twelve?

#24. Dead Man's Burden (2012)

★ 5.6/10 16 votes

A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to buy their land.

#25. Playmobil: Western (2012)

★ 5.5/10 1 votes

Red Cloud and Faithful Paw will do whatever it takes to pass the ancient test to become a warrior. To do so, they must sneak into the gold mine, make a pact with the bandits, and complete an adventurous rescue from the Western Fort...

#26. Casa de Mi Padre (2012)

★ 5.3/10 330 votes

Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

#27. Gunfight at Yuma (2012)

★ 5.3/10 3 votes

Seven Years after his wife's murder and the events that changed his life, Caleb Williams has become a gunfighter known as The Tailor.

#28. Hannah's Law (2012)

★ 4.9/10 17 votes

Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.

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#29. The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)

★ 4.9/10 12 votes

Rex is an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nursing home staffed by Latin American immigrants. Put off by the situation, he focuses his energy on getting out, which places him at odds with the Latino workers. However, their relationship takes on new meaning when it is discovered that he once shook hands with Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican singer, producer and actor idolized throughout Latin culture. The employees soon begin to treat Rex like the celebrity he's always dreamed of being.

#30. Gallowwalkers (2012)

★ 4.8/10 373 votes

When a nun broke her covenant with God to save the life of her unborn son, Aman, he was cursed for life. As an adult, Aman has killed those who have crossed him. But his curse brings his victims back to life and they pursue him for revenge, so Aman enlists a young gunman to fight by his side against his undead victims.

#31. Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)

★ 4.4/10 17 votes

U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.

#32. Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012)

★ 4.4/10 56 votes

Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. Together with his friend Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman and Charlie Bassett he goes hunting for the perpetrator ...

#33. Redemption (2012)

★ 4.3/10 9 votes

1865, the American Civil War has just ended. The last remaining members of a now destitute Southern family journey to California. The guilt and scars they carry from the war are deeper and more painful than the loss of their family fortune and home. The war is over, but the battle to survive has just begun, they are in search of a new life, a new fortune, a new world and something else that they do not yet understand, the redemption of their very souls. Written by Joseph Paul Stachura

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#34. Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (2012)

★ 4.0/10 1 votes

Officer Huckiss, a short tempered Texas Sheriff, uses his cowboy logic to recklessly defeat a race of condescending, cocoon dwelling critters.

#35. Toro Loco (2012)

★ 3.7/10 3 votes

Mateo, son of a notorious mob lord of the city, has been dumped by his wife who took his son away. He doesn't resist the shame and hires the most ruthless hit-man available to kill them. He hires Toro Loco, a cold, eccentric assassin with will bring the hell to this family, always under his own twisted rules.

#36. 1313: Billy the Kid (2012)

★ 3.6/10 5 votes

Wounded, Billy the Kid staggers into the remote and mostly deserted Western town of Hell's Heart to recuperate -- but soon realizes that he's pinned down in a trap. The townspeople have been systematically stalked by a tribe of fearful supernatural entities, the Manitou, who now want Billy as their special trophy kill.

#37. Eldorado (2012)

★ 3.0/10 20 votes

The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allen Poe Poem "Eldorado", which will have an effect on those heading towards the mythical city.

#38. Definitely Dead (2012)

★ 2.3/10 3 votes

In the Old West, a prostitute wakes up only to discover that her last customer died during the night. How to hide the fact to her rival (and to the law)?

#39. Pop Kowboy (2012)

★ 1.0/10 2 votes

Frankie, a transgender woman, is broke and unable to afford the sex change operation that he desires. He decides to deliver a briefcase for quick money, not realizing it’s full of illegal drugs. Pony, a wannabe cowboy who has trouble with love, falls for Frankie, not realizing he was born a man, and botches the briefcase delivery with Vinnie, an incompetent aspiring gangster, and the two end up on the run. Along the way, they realize they’re not just pretending to be someone they’re not – their identities are what make them unique.

#40. Cole Younger & The Black Train (2012)

★ 1.0/10 1 votes

Cole Younger & The Black Train traces Cole Younger's experiences with the Black Train first as a teenager, then into adult life as he partners with Jesse James to create the most notorious outlaw band of the old West, the James-Younger gang.

#41. Black Hills (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

In the badlands of Alberta, two outlaws anxiously wait to deliver a cryptic package to their mysterious employer.

#42. Sisyphean (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

Milo delivers a mysterious box to a woman through the untamed woods. Along his journey he encounters a crazed writer, a priest, and a bumbling thief. These characters guide him to the story's inevitable end.

#43. T-Galop: A Louisiana Horse Story (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

Creole cowboys, Cajun jockeys, Cotton Knights and Mardi Gras revelers reveal the long history and blend between Creoles and Cajuns and the horses they love. This equine love affair began more than 250 years ago on the first ranches of South Louisiana. Creoles and Cajuns are some of America's first cowboys. Not only essential to hard ranch work, horses were often the focus of French Louisiana's renowned joie de vivre. T-Galop romps playfully across South Louisiana through professional sports to community ritual bearing witness to a modern horse culture that was born many centuries ago.

#44. Trigger Finger (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

A sheriff and a bandit meet in the middle of a wild west. There's only one way this can go down, or is there?

#45. What's Eating Pee Pee Wong? (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

15 years after tragedy sends him into depression, Pee Pee Wong (Andreas Beckett), the world's ex-top gunslinger is abruptly met with his past. Will he be able to conquer his fears and protect 'The Last House of Super Sexy, Barely Clothed, Drug Guzzling Nymphomaniacs' from his savage arc nemesis Wong Wong Pee (Johnny Christos) and his gang of horny ruffians? 'What's Eating Pee Pee Wong?' takes you into the wild west like never before in writer/director Phree Swearingen's latest philm.

#46. A Day at the Gallery (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

A young author goes to an art gallery to find paintings.

#47. El Herradero: Hombres de Ley (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

In the pueblo of Hidalgo, Texas, resides Don Berna Garcia, who is in love with an engaged woman. When he finds out that his enamored is going to get married, he kills her and thus begins Chavita's revenge.

#48. Dawn (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

A suicidal carpenter confuses a runaway fugitive to be his deceased wife, and feels he must defend her from the relentless bounty hunter who pursues her.

#49. How the West Was Won (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

Based on the true life stories of a trailblazing preacher, challenged by all the perils of an adventurous trip West. Set in the mid-1800's. Your faith will be encouraged by how young Henry Walker, as a bold everyday Christian, shares a message that changes many lives along the way as well as changes the heart of an entire city.

#50. Wanted (2012)

★ N/A/10 0 votes

An animated folkloristic Western, using clichés, local stereotypes and national myths to sketch a kind of satirical profile of “wild” Slovenia, its colourful costumes and strange customs. Boris Dolenc has adapted a cartoon by Vladan Nikolić, who in turn drew on the motifs and visual language of the painted beehive boards typical of Slovenia.

Best Western Movies of 2012 Ranked

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#1. The Way of the Spur (2012)

#2. A Time of Vultures (2012)

#3. Cangaceiros Fora de Tempo (2012)

#4. Wild Horse, Wild Ride (2012)

#5. Django Unchained (2012)

#6. Lawless (2012)

#7. No Redemption With... Don Mitraglia (2012)

#8. The Murder of Hi Good (2012)

#9. Patagonia Rising (2012)

#10. Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation (2012)

#11. Good for Nothing (2012)

#12. The Writer (2012)

#13. Hay Road (2012)

#14. Heathens and Thieves (2012)

#15. Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None (2012)

#16. The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete (2012)

#17. West of Thunder (2012)

#18. Sal (2012)

#19. American Lawless (2012)

#20. Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man (2012)

#21. Dawn Rider (2012)

#22. Nightingale - The Robber (2012)

#23. Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West (2012)

#24. Dead Man's Burden (2012)

#25. Playmobil: Western (2012)

#26. Casa de Mi Padre (2012)

#27. Gunfight at Yuma (2012)

#28. Hannah's Law (2012)

#29. The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)

#30. Gallowwalkers (2012)

#31. Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)

#32. Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012)

#33. Redemption (2012)

#34. Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (2012)

#35. Toro Loco (2012)

#36. 1313: Billy the Kid (2012)

#37. Eldorado (2012)

#38. Definitely Dead (2012)

#39. Pop Kowboy (2012)

#40. Cole Younger & The Black Train (2012)

#41. Black Hills (2012)

#42. Sisyphean (2012)

#43. T-Galop: A Louisiana Horse Story (2012)

#44. Trigger Finger (2012)

#45. What's Eating Pee Pee Wong? (2012)

#46. A Day at the Gallery (2012)

#47. El Herradero: Hombres de Ley (2012)

#48. Dawn (2012)

#49. How the West Was Won (2012)

#50. Wanted (2012)

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