western genre
Cowboys and outlaws
A western genre work is set in the American Old West, typically featuring cowboys, outlaws, gunslingers, and frontier justice.
The setting is usually the late 1800s in territories like Texas, Arizona, or Montana.
Westerns emphasize rugged individualism, moral showdowns, and wide-open landscapes: He only watches western genre films.
The term appears when distinguishing from other genres. (Capitalized Western genre refers to the same thing, as Western is standard when modifying genre.)
- bounty hunterProfessional fugitive capturer
- wanted posterNotice seeking fugitive's capture
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
- quick drawRapid weapon retrieval
high noon · ghost town · frontier justice · shootout · anti-hero · redemption arc · outlaw · lone ranger · lawlessness · saloon · moral ambiguity · showdown · sheriff · ranch · desert · horseback · dust trail · prairie
- Genre Historydetective fiction, golden age, silver age, bronze age
- Western artSanta Fe style, wagon trains, desert landscapes, campfire scenes, adobe architecture
- filmmovies, film, filmmaking, cinematography, film editing
western genrescience fiction
Speculative fiction with technological themes
space opera · cyberpunk · dystopian fiction · medieval fantasy · space western
western genrefilm noir
Stylish, shadowy crime drama
courtroom drama · drawing room drama · domestic drama · political thriller · police procedural