The 1940s saw the rise of the Western genre with John Wayne and John Ford at the forefront, and here are the best genre ...

From Phantom Ranger to Riders of the West, these movies feature as many thrilling shootouts and unforgettable characters as mainstream Westerns.

B-Westerns tended to be under an hour long and very straightforward in their plots and themes: good versus evil, lone cowboys saving the day, climactic shootouts taking down the villain.