Traditional westerns are characterized by their lack of complexity and a general absence of moral ambiguity. The characters are clearly defined as good guys or bad guys, and female characters are almost always relegated to secondary roles. Most western films made prior to 1952 are traditional westerns, and most made after 1952 are not.

Featured Films:

Rating	MPAA	Year	Title
	R	2003	Open Range
		2001	The Long Ride Home
		1998	Il Mio West
		1995	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years [TV Series]
		1995	Buffalo Girls
		1994	Guns of Honor
		1994	Bonanza: The Return
		1994	The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps
		1994	Lonesome Dove: The Series [TV Series]
		1992	Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
		1990	Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
	R	1990	Border Shootout
	R	1990	Crazy Horse and Custer: "The Untold Story"
		1989	Bad Jim
		1989	Lonesome Dove
		1988	Red River
		1987	Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
		1987	The Quick and the Dead
		1987	The Gunfighters
		1986	Stagecoach
	R	1985	Pale Rider
		1982	Wild Horses
	PG	1982	The Shadow Riders
	PG	1981	The Legend of the Lone Ranger
		1979	The Sacketts
		1978	True Grit
	PG	1977	Kid Vengeance
		1976	Banjo Hackett
		1976	The Invasion of Johnson County
		1976	Baker's Hawk
		1976	The Pony Express Rider
	PG	1975	Rooster Cogburn
		1974	The Hanged Man
	PG	1973	The Train Robbers
		1973	Billy Two Hats
	PG	1973	Santee
	PG	1972	Sting of the West
		1972	The Bravos
		1972	The Bounty Man
		1971	Big Jake
		1970	Rio Lobo
		1970	Chisum
	R	1969	Heaven with a Gun
	PG	1969	MacKenna's Gold
	R	1969	Four Rode Out
		1969	Guns of the Magnificent Seven
		1969	The Undefeated
		1968	Buckskin
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