Ben Johnson films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 15 films on Boxlist

Known for The Last Picture Show, The Wild Bunch and Shane.

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Starring Ben Johnson

The Last Picture Show
1971 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their...
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The Wild Bunch
1969 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Aging outlaw, Pike Bishop prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, Dutch Engstrom and brothers Lyle and Tector Gorch, Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by a former partner, Deke Thornton. As...
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Shane
1953 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece...
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3 Godfathers
1948 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
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The Sugarland Express
1974 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition...
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Hang 'em High
1968 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list...
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Rio Grande
1950 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son...
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One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad...
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Radio Flyer
1992 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal...
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Red Dawn
1984 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
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Cherry 2000
1987 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them...
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Angels in the Outfield
1994 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to...
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Terror Train
1980 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
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The Swarm
1978 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film...
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