1960
Chris Adams (Yul Brynner) selects a band of mercenaries to travel over the border in order to defend a Mexican village from a gang of marauding bandits.

1968
An epic tale of hired killers out to seize land from settlers. Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards and Claudia Cardinale.

1957
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas take on the roles of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday giving brilliant performances of the contrasting characters preparing for the famous showdown.

1976
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this tale of a Confederate soldier who refuses to surrender and travels west, picking up fellow travellers on his way, and constantly under threat from both the US cavalry and bounty hunters.

1969
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done.

1966
A group of mercenaries (Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode) are hired by a wealthy rancher to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) from the clutches of a desperado (Jack Palance).

1950
Gregory Peck stars as a gunman past his prime, in this compelling drama. Moral conflicts, minimalist sets and dark interiors characterise a film that led the way for a new style of Western at the start of the 1950s.

1969
Sam Peckinpah directs this revisionist Western, where outlaws stop at nothing in the face of opposition. Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Warren Oates.

1966
Sergio Leone saved the best until last in his definitive trio of "spaghetti Westerns". Clint Eastwood (the Good), Lee Van Cleef (the Bad) and Eli Wallach (the Ugly) are on the search for a cache of gold.