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Films explicitly set primarily or partially in the historic American frontier, a North American time period spanning approximately from the mid-1860s to the early 1910s. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Presented by the American Film Institute (AFI), the lists were unveiled on a television special broadcast by CBS on June 17, 2008. In the special, various actors and directors, among them Clint Eastwood , Quentin Tarantino , Kirk Douglas , Harrison Ford , Martin Scorsese , Steven Spielberg , George Lucas , Roman Polanski , and Jane Fonda ...
The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier". [1] The term "Western", used to describe a narrative film genre, appears to have originated with a July 1912 article in Motion Picture World magazine. [13]
Animated films explicitly set primarily or partially in the historic American frontier, a North American time period spanning approximately from the mid-1860s to the early 1910s. Pages in category "Animated films set in the American frontier"
The first of the AFI 100 Years... series of cinematic milestones, AFI's 100 Years... 100 American Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies. The 100-best list American films ...
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
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The Australian Western genre or meat pie Western is set in Australia, especially the Australian Outback or the Australian Bush. [4] The genre borrows from US traditions. The Tracker is an archetype in this form of Australian Western, with signature scenes of harsh desert environments, and exploration of the themes of rough justice, exploitation of the Aboriginals, and the thirst for justice at ...