1887年，在西部某镇担任治安官的强（成龙 饰）忽然收到一封家信，惊闻看护玉玺的父亲被人杀死，玉玺失踪，妹妹铃（范文芳 饰）追踪犯人一路到了英国。于是强匆忙奔赴纽约，寻找老友罗伊（欧文•威尔逊 饰），强本想用上次得来的皇家黄金帮助自己，岂料风流兼吹牛成性的罗伊早将黄金豪赌一空，如今落魄成了一个偶尔卖身的侍应。强虽无奈，还是带着罗伊一起到了英国。先期抵达英国的铃跟踪仇人雷斯本多日，在后者身上，隐藏着一宗涉及清、英两国的重大阴谋。原来私生子出身的皇帝之弟吴超（甄子丹 饰），为了夺取皇位同雷斯本联手，抢夺玉玺计划发动兵变。匆忙赶到的强，为了复仇和家族荣誉，决定不惜一切阻止吴超。

　　1873年的美国西部，杰克·洛根（丹尼尔·克雷格 Daniel Craig 饰）突然醒来，发现自己身处荒漠。自己为什么会在这儿，完全不记得了，身上仅有手腕上的一个神秘金属装置。为了找回失去的记忆，杰克回到了小镇上。但是他发现小镇上的居民对他却不怎么友好，而且想要在小镇上呆下去，必须得到伍德罗（哈里森·福特 Harrison Ford 饰）这位小镇开拓者的首肯才行。可是，最恐怖的事情却发生了，几艘诡异的外星飞船突然出现，并用劫掠走了小镇上的很多人。这时，杰克突然触动了手腕上的金属装置，将一艘外星飞船打了下来，并组建找回了部分记忆。为了救回被抓走的人们，查明这些不明外星飞船的意图。小镇上团结起来，在杰克和伍德罗的带领下，向着外星飞船飞走的方向，去寻找答案。

　　胡格（杰森·罗巴兹 Jason Robards 饰）遭到了信赖的朋友塔格里（L·Q·琼斯 L.Q. Jones 饰）和布温（斯特罗瑟·马丁 Strother Martin 饰）的背叛，身无分文险些丧命。在一片荒漠之中，胡格意外的发现了一处水源，于是，他打起了卖水的主意。
　　牧师约书亚（大卫·沃纳 David Warner 饰）指责胡格不应该将公共资源据为己有，于是胡格前往附近的小镇，将这片地买了下来，紧接着，他又凭借着三寸不烂之舌说服了当地的银行家投资兴建旅店。与此同时，胡格邂逅了被小镇上的居民居住出镇的妓女西堤（斯黛拉·斯蒂文斯 Stella Stevens 饰），胡格收留了她，两人之间产生了真挚的感情。

　　While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
　　Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
　　Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
　　After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
　　Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
　　Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
　　Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
　　After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.

　　夏洛特与富有的丈夫一起在纽西兰过着幸福的生活。某一天晚上，一群不速之客闯入农场，杀了她的丈夫，绑走了她强褓中的儿子。面对政府当局的冷漠消极，求助无门的她只能孤身踏上拯救儿子的旅程，在危机四伏的荒山野岭奋力求生，同时还得追查歹徒的下落。

　　南北战争后的卡本山谷，一群穷苦的矿工在那里寻找金子，每天他们都要进行艰辛的劳动。公司的老板和当地的驻军首领相互勾结，经常骚扰和欺压这些矿工。就在他们难以忍受，觉得这样的生活几乎没法儿过了时，一个神秘的人物来到了这个山谷。人们对他的经历和名字一无所知，给他起了个外号：“传道士”。“传道士”行侠仗义，成为矿工苦难生活中的一缕亮光。他号召受压迫的矿工团结起来，同老板和驻军首领进行斗争。矿工们在“传道士”的带领下同老板进行了多次较量，将老板的打手逐一铲除，最后，“传道士”在解决了他的仇敌——驻军首领后，只身悄然离去。

　　影片多面展现了美国第一位黑人副警长拜斯·里弗斯的传奇故事。在他漫长的危险职业生涯中，他曾逮捕超过3000名罪犯。

　　兰利副警长追踪一名被绑架的女孩到一个废弃的鬼城。然而，该镇并没有被遗弃，而是被歹徒德夫林（Devlin）及其帮派的鬼魂所困扰，他们将同样死去的市民作为人质，直到歹徒被一名执法人员杀害。

　　参议员Ransom "Rance" Stoddard（詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart饰）带着他的妻子Hallie（维拉·迈尔斯 Vera Miles饰）回到一个小镇去参加一个老朋友Tom的葬礼，他们三人的友情还得追溯到多年前......
　　年轻的律师Ransom在来小镇的路上遭到了一路恶棍的抢劫，恶棍们的头领叫Liberty Valance（李·马文 Lee Marvin 饰）。受伤的Ransom被镇里的一家开餐厅的人收留，认识了开餐厅的夫妇的女儿Hallie，同时也结识了爱着Hallie的Tom（约翰·韦恩 John Wayne饰）。镇上的人民也深受Liberty一伙人所害。Ransom开始运用自己的知识启发当地民众，希望用法律途径来惩罚Liberty。而Tom则一次次劝说Ransom离开小镇。在一次选举上，双方的矛盾达到了最高潮。Ransom与Tom联合一同对抗Liberty，这场战争最后的赢家是谁？
　　西部片大师约翰·福特于1962年拍摄的西部片，集合了约翰·韦恩与詹姆斯·斯图尔特两大影星。

　　20世纪50年代拍摄的一部西部枪战动作片，明星阵容可称当时盛况空前，包括金像奖特别影帝加里．库珀，伯特．兰卡斯特等，导演为当时动作片名手罗伯特．奥尔德里奇。剧情描写在美国南北战争期间的墨西哥，南军的一名将领和一名盗马贼共同接受了一项任务：护送一名伯爵夫人和一大笔财宝横过大西部，这样他们两人在途中彼此勾心斗角都想黑吃黑。全片节奏缓慢，但在人物内心描写和动作场面仍不乏精彩。

　　故事开始于怀俄明州的乡间，我们的主人公怀厄尔普（凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰）就出生在那里。为了参加南北战争报效祖国，怀厄尔普离家出走英勇的赶往前线，却因为年龄的问题而被拒绝入伍。之后，怀厄尔普开始攻读法律，并且邂逅了名为乌瑞拉（贝蒂·巴克利 Betty Buckley 饰）的女子。两人双双坠入爱河之后很快便携手步入了婚礼的殿堂。
　　然而，幸福美满的日子却并没有维系太长的时间，一场大病夺走了乌瑞拉的生命，令怀厄尔普陷入了绝望和自暴自弃之中。就在他濒临崩溃之时，父亲尼古拉斯（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）来到了他身旁，将怀厄尔普重新引回了正途。

　　故事发生在1906年的俄克拉荷马州，亨利（蒂姆·布雷克·尼尔森 Tim Blake Nelson 饰）带着儿子怀亚特（加文·刘易斯 Gavin Lewis 饰）来到这里定居，开始经营农场。早在十年前，亨利的妻子就去世了，这些年来，亨利一直希望自己能够教会怀亚特如何自食其力，亨利的姐夫艾尔（特雷斯·阿德金斯 Trace Adkins 饰）是这个家庭唯一的帮手。
　　一天，亨利在路边遇见了一个受伤的男人科里（斯科特·黑兹 Scott Haze 饰），和他在一起的，还有一把枪和一袋子钱。亨利将科里带回了家，藏起了武器和钱，但很快，他就知道自己惹了麻烦，因为一群自称是警察的人来到了亨利家要讲科里带走，他们正在调查一宗银行抢劫案。

　　故事发生在1845年，西部大迁徙的步伐刚刚迈出，想要穿越那片荒芜而又充满了凶险的蛮荒之地，除了需要足够的勇气和运气之外，智慧必不可少。三个家庭决定离开故土，寻找新的生活，为了自保，他们找到了一位名叫米克（布鲁斯·格林伍德 Bruce Greenwood 饰）的向导，希望他能够护送他们安全抵达目的地。
　　然而，当众人在米克所谓的近路上渐行渐远之时，越来越荒凉的景象和越来越陌生的环境让他们知道，他们迷路了。资源在渐渐的消耗，饥渴和恐慌逐渐消磨着人们的意志，就在大家觉得走投无路之际，一名当地土著的到来带来了新的希望，然而，他们并不能肯定，来人是朋友，还是敌人。

In New Mexico, looking for his son's murderer, Ben Kane takes a deputy marshal's job and runs into young Billy Young who's on the lam.

　　故事发生在1836年，德克萨斯的军事堡垒阿拉莫遭到了独裁者安东尼奥（埃米利洛·艾切瓦利亚 Emilio Echevarría 饰）带领的精锐部队的攻击，这也就意味着，驻守在阿拉莫的两百名平民，必须要面对数千名装备精良的专业士兵。这是一场根本就不可能胜利的战争。
　　在这命悬一线的紧要关头，威廉少尉（帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰）、詹姆斯（杰森·帕特里克 Jason Patric 饰）和西部牛仔大卫（比利·鲍伯·松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）勇敢的站了出来，领导着其他来自各行各业的勇士们和敌人展开了殊死搏斗。十三天后，阿拉莫尸横遍野，然而，勇士们所争取到的时间使得萨姆将军（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）得以领兵赶往此处，并且最终击退了墨西哥军队。