cowboy movie
Horses and outlaws
A cowboy movie is a film set in the American Old West, typically featuring gunfights, horseback riding, frontier justice, and conflicts between settlers, outlaws, and Native Americans.
The genre dominated American cinema through the mid-twentieth century: We watched old cowboy movies on Saturday afternoons.
Also called a western.
- wild westUnregulated, lawless environment
- wide shotsDistant framing in film
- dustFine settled particles
- desert landscapeArid region's natural scenery
- Mexican standoffMultiparty armed deadlock
manifest destiny · gunslingers · quick draw · good guys · bad guys · justice · rope · outlaws · revenge · sepia tones · sheriffs · bounty hunters · gun · trail · gold rush · saloon · frontier towns · orchestral scores
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Dramatic sci-fi in cosmos
period drama · historical epic · Star Wars · space adventure · contemporary drama
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Genre depicting metropolitan struggles
drawing room comedy · film noir · samurai film · social realism · drawing room drama
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Humorous love story genre
chick flick · melodrama · weepie · domestic drama · tearjerker
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