The western genre hasn’t always done well at the Oscars. Some western masterpieces have lost Best Picture to lesser non-western movies.

The lawless Wild Wild setting of so many Western movies provided plenty of opportunity for shocking twists that left a lasting impact on viewers.

From Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained to John Wayne in The Searchers, these are the greatest performances from the Western movie genre.

While Western movies can be action-packed, high-octane adventures, sometimes historically accuracy is ignored for the sake of entertainment.

While the Western genre has precious few movies where the villains emerge victorious, this subversive twist does show up on some rare occasions.

Western films traditionally rely on shootouts and train robberies to keep the audience entertained. But not every western needs action to be exciting.

Looking at the best actors who portrayed cowboys, gunslingers, and outlaws across the incredible B-movie Western genre, and ranking them.