20 Best Western TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video 2026
Explore 19 great Western series on Amazon Prime Video, from Little House on the Prairie to The English, with drama, adventure, and more.
If you want frontier drama with heart, grit, and a little dust on the boots, this guide rounds up the best Western TV picks streaming now, from timeless favorites to newer twists on the genre. You’ll find family warmth in Little House on the Prairie, sweeping adventure in Lonesome Dove, and bold genre-bending energy in Wynonna Earp and Tin Man. For viewers who like their frontier stories with romance, character drama, or a darker edge, The English and Zorro bring plenty to the table. We’ve also included old-school staples like Death Valley Days and modern survival storytelling such as Mountain Men, so there’s something here for classic Western fans and newcomers alike.
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Lonesome Dove
adventure · drama · western
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Directed by Simon WincerCast Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert UrichAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Texas Rising
drama · history · western
A chronicle of the Texas Revolution, the uprising against the tyranny of Mexican dictator Santa Anna, from the battle of the Alamo to the battle of San Jacinto, and the rise of the Texas Rangers.
Directed by Roland JofféCast Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Crispin GloverAmazon Prime Video -
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Elkhorn
drama · history · western
Reeling from unimaginable loss, 25-year-old Theodore Roosevelt abandons New York politics, and journeys to the lawless Dakota Badlands where he establishes the sprawling Elkhorn Ranch, and attempts to remake himself into a cattleman.
Directed by Michael S. OjedaCast Jeff DuJardin, Mason Beals, Elijah Mahar, Nate Timmerman, Travis Lee EllerAmazon Prime Video -
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Little House on the Prairie
drama · family · romance · western
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Directed by Michael Landon, William F. Claxton, Maury Dexter, Victor French, Leo PennCast Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney GreenbushAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Zorro
action · adventure · drama · history · romance · western
Zorro is set in 1834 and follows Diego de la Vega. Determined to find out who killed his father, he will discover family secrets that will change his destiny forever.
Directed by Javier Quintas, Jorge Saavedra, José Luis AlegríaCast Miguel Bernardeau, Renata Notni, Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Emiliano Zurita, Paco TousAmazon Prime Video -
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Wynonna Earp
action · drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller · western
Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter Wynonna battles demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies - the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.
Directed by Paolo Barzman, Ron Murphy, Brett Sullivan, April Mullen, Peter StebbingsCast Melanie Scrofano, Tim Rozon, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Katherine Barrell, Varun SarangaAmazon Prime Video -
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The English
drama · western
An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the American West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
Directed by Hugo BlickCast Chaske Spencer, Emily Blunt, Tom Hughes, Steve Wall, Stephen ReaAmazon Prime Video -
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Death Valley Days
western
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945 and continued from 1952 to 1970 as a syndicated television series, with reruns continuing through August 1, 1975.
The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and hosted by Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. With the passing of Dale Robertson in 2013, all the former Death Valley Days hosts are now deceased.
Directed by Stuart E. McGowan, Harmon Jones, Tay Garnett, Jack Hively, Jean YarbroughCast Stanley Andrews, John Pickard, Don Haggerty, Michael Vallon, Gregg BartonAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Tin Man
adventure · fantasy · sci-fi · western
Tin Man is a three-part American miniseries, a reimagining of the classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with added science fantasy elements. Produced by RHI Entertainment for the Sci-Fi Channel, It focuses on small-town waitress DG, who is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z. (Outer Zone), ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia. Together with her companions Glitch, Raw, and Cain, DG journeys to uncover her lost memories, find her true parents, and foil Azkadellia's plot to trap the O.Z. in eternal darkness.
Directed by Nick WillingCast Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Raoul Max TrujilloAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Mountain Men
reality-tv · western
Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.
Directed by David Arabia, Mason Gertz, Randy Wimberg, Andrew Weed, Trevor CampbellCast Dan Lee, Taj, Billy Brenton, Nick Clark, WesleyAmazon Prime VideoHulu -
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The Rifleman
western · kids & family · action & adventure
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, Arnold Laven, Arthur H. Nadel, Gene Nelson, Don MedfordCast Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson, Bill QuinnAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Strange Empire
drama · western
Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a life in which to thrive and raise families.
Directed by Anne Wheeler, Mairzee Almas, Andy Mikita, William Waring, Gary HarveyCast Cara Gee, Tattiawna Jones, Melissa Farman, Aaron Poole, Michelle CreberAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
drama · western
The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga.
The television series has no relationship to the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River or the 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II. Instead, the series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor, a successful squatter, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalized in Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride.
Directed by Paul Moloney, Julian McSwiney, Marcus Cole, Colin Budds, Pino AmentaCast Andrew Clarke, Brett Climo, Guy Pearce, Sheryl Munks, Wendy HughesAmazon Prime Video -
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Ultimate Cowboy Showdown
adventure · reality-tv · western
Top cowboys compete for a chance to win a herd of cattle and a lifetime of bragging rights. Hosted by country music icon Trace Adkins.
Directed by India Dupré, Leander RappmannCast Trace AdkinsAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Queen of Swords
action · adventure · western
Queen of Swords is an action–adventure television series set in California during the early 19th century that ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001.
The series premiered October 7, 2000. After filming had been completed on 22 episodes and the first eight episodes were broadcast, the series was canceled.
Directed by Paolo Barzman, Peter Ellis, Brian Grant, Jon Cassar, Richard MartinCast Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Paulina Gálvez, Elsa Pataky, Peter WingfieldAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Lone Ranger
western
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
Directed by Hollingsworth Morse, George B. Seitz Jr., Oscar Rudolph, Earl Bellamy, Wilhelm ThieleCast Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Bill Ward, Lane BradfordAmazon Prime Video -
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Dominion Creek
action · drama · western
The story of the Connolly Brothers; three Irish emigrants who travel from Montana to the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890’s in the hope of striking it rich where they become embroiled in a deadly feud with the man who runs the town.
Directed by Dathaí KeaneCast Owen McDonnell, Dara Devaney, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Robert O'Mahoney, Ned DennehyAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Magnificent Seven
action · drama · western
The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone.
Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.
Directed by Gregg Champion, Christopher Cain, William Wages, Steve Beers, Jerry JamesonCast Michael Biehn, Eric Close, Andrew Kavovit, Dale Midkiff, Ron PerlmanAmazon Prime Video -
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Oklahoma!
musical · romance · western
A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud.
Directed by Trevor NunnCast Maureen Lipman, Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, David Shelmerdine, Jimmy JohnstonAmazon Prime Video -
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The Head of Joaquín Murrieta
action · drama · western
Greed took over California because of the gold rush. It made people thirsty for wealth and land. There, in the newly drawn border between Mexico and the US, a lawless war for control, fueled by the anger and xenophobia of the past war, is led by a group of immigrants who join forces to create the myth of the Latin Robin Hood: Joaquín Murrieta.
Directed by Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz, David PablosCast Liam Sharpe, Juan Manuel Bernal, Steve Wilcox, Michael Wilson Morgan, Alejandro SpeitzerAmazon Prime Video
Wrapping Up
Whether you want a comfort-watch pioneer tale, a big journey across the range, or a fresh spin on Western storytelling, this list gives you plenty of ways to fill your watchlist. The mix of drama, family stories, romance, adventure, and traditional frontier action makes it easy to find a show that fits your mood. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you’re ready for another trail ride through streaming recommendations. We update it regularly, so the lineup stays useful as titles arrive and leave the service.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026