The Big Country
A sprawling, patient Western that savors character and landscape over quick draws, building quiet tension and moral weight.
- About
- 1958 film by William Wyler
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 165 min
A sprawling, patient Western that savors character and landscape over quick draws, building quiet tension and moral weight.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 5 | |
| Horror | 1 | |
| Humour | 3 | |
| Realism | 7 | |
| Romance | 5 | |
| Tension | 6 | |
| Darkness | 4 | |
| Complexity | 6 | |
| Emotional weight | 6 |
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and power
A sweeping, rugged cattle-drive epic where stubborn loyalty curdles into a tense father-son standoff under wide Western skies.
From The Big Country
Earnest · about family and identity · ensemble
A sweeping, slow-burning family saga that spans decades, blending intimate marital struggles with grand social change and a lingering sense of loss.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and justice · ensemble
A slow-burning, elegiac Western that lingers on quiet moments of camaraderie and loss, building to a mythic, emotionally resonant climax.
From The Big Country
Same writer: James R. Webb · Earnest · about family and justice · ensemble
A sweeping, old-fashioned epic that moves through generations with grandeur and melancholy, offering a nostalgic yet clear-eyed view of frontier life.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and justice
A solemn, wide-open western that moves quietly and aches with moral weight, building to a farewell that lingers.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about justice and identity
A quiet, mournful Western that lingers on regret and the stories we tell, moving slowly but landing hard.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family · ensemble
A sweeping, somber Western that lingers on loss and obsession, with stark landscapes and a haunting, unresolved ending.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about justice and love · ensemble
A grand, dusty journey where a mismatched group faces danger together and slowly reveals its shared humanity.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and justice · ensemble
A tense, character-driven Western that builds quiet moral pressure toward a gripping, emotionally charged climax.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and identity
A brooding, emotionally raw family drama that simmers with youthful restlessness and paternal rejection, building to a quietly devastating reckoning.
From The Big Country
Earnest · about family and identity
A warm, meandering stroll through Irish fields, full of charm, blarney, and a legendary fistfight that feels like a celebration.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about power and justice
A quiet, mythic western that builds slowly toward a satisfying, violent reckoning, with a mysterious stranger at its center.
From The Big Country
Tense · about love · ensemble
A brooding, theatrical Western where emotions run high and the tension between characters feels like a powder keg.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about power and justice
A stately, ambivalent cavalry drama that mixes dusty frontier camaraderie with a slow, tragic march toward a doomed and misguided charge.
From The Big Country
Earnest · about family · ensemble
A relaxed, amiable Western that ambles along with gentle humour and camaraderie, punctuated by bursts of action and a touch of melancholy.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and justice · ensemble
A slow-burning, dusty neo-Western that blends tense heist thrills with a melancholic, character-driven meditation on family and desperation.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and justice
A taut, morally charged Western that follows a prized rifle through violent hands, blending noir shadows with frontier action and a brooding family vendetta.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and power · ensemble
A brooding, slow-burning family saga set against vast landscapes, where loyalty and land are defended with ruthless resolve.
From The Big Country
Earnest · about family and justice
A sweeping, old-fashioned saga that moves slowly across decades, mixing frontier adventure with a quiet, bittersweet ache.
From The Big Country
Same creator: William Wyler · Earnest · about family and identity · ensemble
A long, earnest, emotionally rich drama that quietly accumulates the small and large struggles of returning veterans, leaving you moved and thoughtful.
From The Big Country
Same director: William Wyler · Tense · about family and power · ensemble
A slow, suffocating descent into family greed, powered by venomous dialogue and a chillingly cold central performance.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about justice · ensemble
A brooding, star-studded Western that balances tense gunfights with melancholy camaraderie and a sense of doomed honor.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and justice · ensemble
A rousing, old-fashioned swashbuckler full of elegant swordplay, smoldering romance, and satisfying revenge, with a warm heart beneath the derring-do.
From The Big Country
Earnest, tense · about family and identity · ensemble
A sweltering, wordy pressure cooker of family secrets and self-destruction, anchored by fiery performances and a heavy sense of regret.