Western Epic

The Western epic subgenre features grand storytelling, large-scale production, expansive landscapes, and often intricate narratives that span significant time periods. These stories capture the epic nature of historical events, characters, and themes associated with the American frontier.

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1. Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Apr 14, 1951  •  TV Shows
Hickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Marshal in the whole West." And that's about it: he beat up all the bad guys and somehow kept his good looks.
7.6
Generally favorable

2. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Oct 14, 1954  •  TV Shows
Rusty was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache in Arizona, and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa Grande.
7
Generally favorable

3. The Quest

Sep 21, 1976  •  TV Shows
Two brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
7.1
Generally favorable

4. Streets of Laredo

Nov 11, 1995  •  TV Shows
Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern railroad baron to track down Joey Garza, a new breed of killer.
7.2
Generally favorable

5. Comanche Moon

Jan 12, 2008  •  TV Shows
The adventures and love lives of young Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae leading up to their retirement to the city of Lonesome Dove.
7.1
Generally favorable

6. How the West Was Won

Jan 18, 1976  •  TV Shows
The Macahans, a family from Virginia, headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
8.2
Generally favorable

7. Hell on Wheels

May 19, 2012  •  TV Shows
The Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.
8.3
Generally favorable

8. The Dog Bite Murders

Jan 27, 2019  •  TV Shows
Inspired by true events, in 1910, two army deserters are wanted for the murder of two hunters in the Arizona Territory. In the era of pioneer justice in the west, a strong-willed defense attorney bites off more than he can chew.
0
No rating

9. The Big Trees

Mar 29, 1952  •  TV Shows
A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron.
5.7
Mixed or average

10. Arizona

Dec 24, 1940  •  TV Shows
In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.
6.8
Generally favorable

11. The Iron Horse

Oct 3, 1925  •  TV Shows
After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
7.2
Generally favorable

12. The Legend of Molly Johnson

May 4, 2022  •  TV Shows
A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.
6.4
Generally favorable

13. Surrounded

Jun 19, 2023  •  TV Shows
Former Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington travels West to lay claim on a gold mine. After her stagecoach is ambushed, Mo is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit's gang tries to free him.
6.1
Generally favorable

14. Duel in the Sun

Nov 20, 1947  •  TV Shows
Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.
6.7
Generally favorable

15. Red River

Sep 16, 1948  •  TV Shows
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
7.7
Generally favorable
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