List of films based on western fiction
A list of films that are based on western fiction.
Geographically, this page encompasses the frontiers of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as Australia and South America.
At present, South Africa and Siberia are not included.
19th century
Unclassified
Explorers
Forty-niner">California Gold Rush">Forty-niners and goldseekers
California Gold Rush
1848–1855Gunfighters
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| Open Range | 2003 | Kevin Costner | USA | The Open Range Men | Lauran Paine | 1990 | Novel |
Indians
- * television film.
Railroaders and railwaymen
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | Union Pacific | 1939 | Cecil B. DeMille | USA | Trouble Shooter | Ernest Haycox | 1936 | Novel |
| 2 | The National Dream * | 1974 | Eric Till & James Murray | Canada | The National Dream | Pierre Berton | 1970 | Non-fiction |
| 2 | The Last Spike | Pierre Berton | 1971 | Non-fiction |
Schoolmarms
Frequently filmed: ''The Rainmaker">The Rainmaker (play)">The Rainmaker''
- ♠ A spinster smart enough to be a schoolmarm falls for a con man.
Settlers and sodbusters
Outback
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
| 1 | We of the Never Never | 1982 | Igor Auzins | Australia | We of the Never Never | Mrs Aeneas Gunn | 1908 | Novel/'Memoir' |
20th century
Indians
- * television film.