| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 1980 |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Joseph Cotten, Jeff Bridges |  | epic Western |
| High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Jerry Jameson | Lee Majors, David Carradine | | B Western |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Harold Gould, Clu Gulager, Lance LeGault, Lee Purcell, Ronnie Scribner, Noble Willingham, Christine Belford | | traditional Western |
| The Legend of Alfred Packer | Jim Roberson | Patrick Dray, Ronald Haines | | biographical Western |
| Lobo Negro | Rafael Romero Marchent | |  | |
| The Long Riders | Walter Hill | James Keach, Stacy Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest | | Outlaw Western |
| The Mountain Men | Richard Lang | Charlton Heston, Brian Keith | | traditional Western |
| Rodeo Girl | Jackie Cooper | Katharine Ross, Bo Hopkins | | Rodeo Western |
| Tom Horn | William Wiard | Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans | | traditional Western |
| Urban Cowboy | James Bridges | John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn | | contemporary Western |
| Windwalker | Kieth Merrill | Trevor Howard | | traditional Western |
| 1981 |
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Lamont Johnson | Scott Glenn, Burt Lancaster, Rod Steiger, Diane Lane, Amanda Plummer | | Outlaw Western |
| Comin' at Ya! | Ferdinando Baldi | Tony Anthony, Victoria Abril, Gene Quintano |  , , | 3-D Western |
| Death Hunt | Peter R. Hunt | Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin | | Exotic Western |
| Duelo a muerte | Rafael Romero Marchent | Fernando Allende | | |
| Hard Country | David Greene | Jan-Michael Vincent, Kim Basinger | | contemporary Western |
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger | William A. Fraker | Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Jason Robards | ,  | Fantasy Western |
| Outland | Peter Hyams | Sean Connery, Peter Boyle | | Space Western |
| Pruncul, petrolul şi ardelenii | Dan Piţa | Mircea Diaconu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Tania Filip | .svg.png) | comedy western |
| La venganza del Lobo Negro | Rafael Romero Marchent | | | |
| 1982 |
| The Avenging | Lyman Dayton | Michael Horse, Sherry Hursey | | B Western |
| Barbarosa | Fred Schepisi | Willie Nelson, Gary Busey | | B Western |
| The Grey Fox | Phillip Borsos | Richard Farnsworth |  | traditional Western |
| Harry Tracy | William A. Graham | Bruce Dern, Helen Shaver, Michael C. Gwynne | | comedy Western |
| The Legend of Walks Far Woman | Mel Damski | Raquel Welch, Nick Mancuso, Branscombe Richmond | | |
| The Man from Snowy River | George T. Miller | Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Kirk Douglas |  | Outback Western |
| Mother Lode | Charlton Heston | Charlton Heston, Kim Basinger, Nick Mancuso | | contemporary Western |
| Mountain Charlie | George Stapleford | Dick Robinson, Denise Neilson | | family Western |
| Plainsong | Ed Stabile | Jessica Nelson, Teresanne Joseph, Lyn Traverse | | Western drama |
| The Shadow Riders | Andrew McLaglen | Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson | | traditional Western |
| Showdown at Eagle Gap | William Witney | Madison Mason, Rockne Tarkington | | B Western |
| Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | William Dear | Fred Ward, Peter Coyote | | Time travel Western |
| Triumphs of a Man Called Horse | John Hough | Richard Harris, Michael Beck | | revisionist Western |
| 1983 |
| Al oeste del Río Grande | José María Zabalza | Aldo Sambrell | | |
| Eyes of Fire | Avery Crounse | Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd | | Horror Western |
| Gold Rush Boys | Steve Scott | J. W. King | | Gay pornographic Western |
| Un hombre llamado El Diablo | Rafael Villaseñor Kuri | Vicente Fernández |  | |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Johnny Crawford, Charlie Fields, David Hedison, Robert Hoy, Brion James, Paul Koslo, Cameron Mitchell, Mitchell Ryan, Gregory Sierra, Ken Swofford, Harold Gould | | traditional Western |
| Lone Star | !John Flynn | Lewis Smith, Alan Autry, Terri Garber, John McIntire, Chuck Connors | | B Western |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | Steve Carver | Chuck Norris, David Carradine | | contemporary Western |
| Mercenários de la muerte | Gregorio Casal | Emilio Fernández | | |
| Sacred Ground | Charles B. Pierce | Tim McIntire, Jack Elam | | |
| The Scout | Dshamjangijn Buntar, Konrad Petzold | Gojko Mitić, Battsetseg Natsagdorj |  | revisionist Western |
| September Gun | Don Taylor | Robert Preston, Geoffrey Lewis | | B Western |
| Todo un hombre | Rafael Villaseñor Kuri | Vicente Fernández | | |
| 1984 |
| Al Este del Oeste | Mariano Ozores | Fernando Esteso, Fernando Sancho | | comedy Western |
| Charrito | Roberto Gómez Bolaños | Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Rubén Aguirre | | comedy Western |
| Draw! | Steven Hilliard Stern | Kirk Douglas, James Coburn | | comedy Western |
| No Man's Land | Rod Holcomb | Stella Stevens | | B Western |
| Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold | Matt Cimber | Laurene Landon | , | Mexico Western |
| 1985 |
| All American Cowboy | Howell Upchurch | James Drury, Gene Autry, Chuck Connors, Buck Taylor | | singing cowboy Western |
| Alien Outlaw | Phil Smoot | Stephen Winegard, Sunset Carson, Lash LaRue | | Science fiction Western |
| Atkins | Helge Trimpert | Oleg Borisov | | Euro-Western |
| Forajidos en la mira | Alberto Mariscal | Sergio Goyri | | |
| El gatillo de la muerte | Fernando Durán Rojas | Fernando Almada | | |
| Lust in the Dust | Paul Bartel | Divine, Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan | | comedy Western |
| Man Hunt | Fabrizio De Angelis | Ethan Wayne, Ernest Borgnine | | contemporary Spaghetti Western |
| Los matones del Norte | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Armando Silvestre | | |
| Pale Rider | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress | | revisionist Western |
| Robbery Under Arms | Donald Crombie, Ken Hannam | Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Christopher Cummins | | Outback Western |
| Rustler's Rhapsody | Hugh Wilson | Tom Berenger, G. W. Bailey, Marilu Henner | | comedy Western |
| Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Kline | | traditional Western |
| Space Rage | Conrad E. Palmisano | Richard Farnsworth, Michael Paré, John Laughlin, Lee Purcell | | Space Western |
| The Wind Favors West | Dean Reading | Jack Dillon | | |
| 1986 |
| Ahora mis pistolas hablan | Fernando Orozco, Aldo Sambrell | Emilio Fernández, Aldo Sambrell | , ,  | |
| Astucia | Mario Hernández | Ignacio López Tarso, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | | |
| The Aurora Encounter | Jim McCullough, Sr. | Jack Elam, Peter Brown | | Science fiction Western based on the Aurora, Texas, UFO incident |
| Bianco Apache | Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Sebastian Harrison, Lola Forner, Alberto Farnese | , | |
| Houston: The Legend of Texas | Peter Levin | Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian | | traditional Western |
| The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | William A. Graham | Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson | | Outlaw Western (filmed at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum) |
| Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills | Burt Kennedy | Bruce Boxleitner, Bo Hopkins, David S. Cass, Sr. | | traditional Western |
| La muerte de un pistolero | Ángel Rodríguez Vázquez | Hugo Stiglitz | | |
| La rebelión de los colgados | Juan Luis Buñuel | Fernando Balzaretti, Jean-François Stévenin | | |
| Red Headed Stranger | William Wittliff | Morgan Fairchild, Willie Nelson | | traditional Western |
| The Return of Josey Wales | Michael Parks | Michael Parks, Rafael Campos | | traditional Western |
| Río de oro | Ralph E. Portillo | Henry Adriano | | |
| Stagecoach | Ted Post | Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings | | traditional Western |
| ¡Three Amigos! | John Landis | Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short | | comedy Western |
| El tres de copas | Felipe Cazals | Humberto Zurita, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. | | |
| 1987 |
| The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Burt Kennedy | James Arness, Brian Keith | | traditional Western |
| Desperado | Virgil W. Vogel | Alex McArthur, David Warner, Yaphet Kotto | | B Western |
| Django 2 | Nello Rossati | Franco Nero, Donald Pleasence | | Spaghetti Western |
| Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Vincent McEveety | James Arness, Amanda Blake, Steve Forrest, Buck Taylor | | B Western (sequel to the TV-series 'Gunsmoke') |
| Hawken's Breed | Charles B. Pierce | Peter Fonda | | |
| Independence | John Patterson | John Bennett Perry | | traditional Western |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues | Dick Lowry | Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Marc Alaimo, Michael Berryman, Melanie Chartoff, Charles Durning, Terrence Evans | | traditional Western |
| La leyenda del manco | Jaime Casillas | Julio Alemán | | |
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines | Alla Surikova | Andrei Mironov |  | Ostern |
| Near Dark | Kathryn Bigelow | Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen | | Horror Western |
| Proud Men | William A. Graham | Alan Autry, Charlton Heston | | traditional Western |
| Scalps! | Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Vassili Karis, Alberto Farnese | , | |
| Straight to Hell | Alex Cox | Dick Rude, Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Dennis Hopper, Shane McGowan, Elvis Costello | | Punk Rock Spaghetti Western |
| Walker | Alex Cox | Ed Harris, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Xander Berkeley, Keith Szarabajka, Alfonso Arau | | Acid Western |
| Yo soy el asesino | José Loza | Carlos Canto | | |
| 1988 |
| Bonanza: The Next Generation | William F. Claxton | John Ireland, Barbara Anderson, Michael Landon, Jr. | | B Western (sequel to the TV-series 'Bonanza') |
| The Cowboy and the Frenchman | David Lynch | Harry Dean Stanton, Jack Nance | | short comedy Western |
| Ghost Town | Richard Governor | Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland | | Horror Western |
| The Man from Snowy River II | Geoff Burrowes | Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy | | Outback Western |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Robert Redford | Christopher Walken, Rubén Blades, Sônia Braga, Chick Vennera, Julie Carmen, Melanie Griffith | | contemporary Western |
| Once Upon a Texas Train | Burt Kennedy | Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Chuck Connors, Angie Dickinson | | Outlaw Western |
| Red River | Richard Michaels | James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Gregory Harrison, Laura Johnson, Guy Madison, L.Q. Jones | | Cattle Drive Western |
| The Return of Desperado | E.W. Swackhamer | Alex MacArthur, Robert Foxworth, Vanessa Bell Calloway | | B Western |
| Stranger on My Land | Larry Elikan | Tommy Lee Jones, Richard Anderson | | contemporany Western |
| Sunset | Blake Edwards | Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Jennifer Edwards, Patricia Hodge, Dermot Mulroney | | comedy Western |
| The Tracker | John Guillermin | Kris Kristofferson | | traditional Western |
| Where The Hell's That Gold? | Burt Kennedy | Willie Nelson, Jack Elam, Delta Burke, Alfonso Arau | | comedy Western |
| Young Guns | Christopher Cain | Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko | | Outlaw Western |
| 1989 |
| Billy the Kid | William A. Graham | Val Kilmer, Wilford Brimley | | Outlaw Western |
| Blood Red | Peter Masterson | Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Julia Roberts, Michael Madsen | | Western drama |
| Cabalgando con la muerte | Alfredo Gurrola | Mario Almada, Blanca Guerra | | |
| Desperado: Badlands Justice | E.W. Swackhamer | Alex McArthur, John Rhys-Davies | | B Western |
| Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | E.W. Swackhamer | Alex McArthur, Richard Farnsworth | | B Western |
| El fugitivo de Sonora | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Mario Almada | | |
| El loco Bronco | Alberto Mariscal | Ramiro Orci, Hugo Stiglitz | | |
| Lonesome Dove | Simon Wincer | Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones | | traditional Western |
| Old Gringo | Luis Puenzo | Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits | | |
| Die Spur führt zum Silbersee | Günter Rätz | | | animated Euro-Western |
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