What is the most accurate Billy the Kid movie?

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Billy the Kid is the most legendary and infamous outlaw in the history of the American West. What is his true story? What is the truth about this legend? This film is the most definitive, co... Read allBilly the Kid is the most legendary and infamous outlaw in the history of the American West. What is his true story? What is the truth about this legend? This film is the most definitive, complete and factual film ever done about the life and times of Billy the Kid. Shot on locat... Read allBilly the Kid is the most legendary and infamous outlaw in the history of the American West. What is his true story? What is the truth about this legend? This film is the most definitive, complete and factual film ever done about the life and times of Billy the Kid. Shot on location in New Mexico, where Billy lived and died, BILLY THE KID: THE TRUE STORY examines the ... Read all

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1. Young Guns (1988)

M | 107 min | Action, Western

6.8

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50 Metascore

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen

Votes: 63,075 | Gross: $45.66M

Emilio Estevez

2. Young Guns II (1990)

M | 104 min | Action, Western

6.5

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47 Metascore

In 1881, cattle baron John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill outlaw Billy the Kid.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater

Votes: 36,849 | Gross: $44.14M

Emilio Estevez

3. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

M | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Western

7.2

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Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado

Votes: 19,897 | Gross: $0.95M

Kris Kristofferson

4. The Kid (II) (2019)

MA15+ | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Western

5.9

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The story of a young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid's encounter with Sheriff Pat Garrett.

Director: Vincent D'Onofrio | Stars: Jake Schur, Leila George, Chris Pratt, Dane DeHaan

Votes: 8,766 | Gross: $1.51M

Dane DeHaan

5. The Left Handed Gun (1958)

A | 102 min | Western

6.4

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After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield

Votes: 4,340

Paul Newman

6. Billy the Kid (1989 TV Movie)

96 min | Western

5.7

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Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Val Kilmer, Ed Adams, Rene Auberjonois, Andrew Bicknell

Votes: 713

Val Kilmer

7. Dirty Little Billy (1972)

R | 93 min | Biography, Western

6.2

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A more realistic, based-on-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid.

Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Michael J. Pollard, Richard Evans, Lee Purcell, Charles Aidman

Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.21M

Michael Pollard

8. Chisum (1970)

A | 111 min | Biography, Western

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Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson

Votes: 10,199 | Gross: $13.08M

Geoffrey Deuel

9. Billy the Kid (1941)

PG | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Western

5.6

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In 1880 New Mexico, during a feud between cattle growers, former childhood friends Billy the Kid and Jim Sherwood end-up working for opposite sides.

Directors: David Miller, Frank Borzage | Stars: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard

Votes: 1,009

Robert Taylor

10. The Outlaw (1943)

A | 116 min | Western

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Western legends Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid are played against each other over the law and the attentions of vivacious country vixen Rio McDonald.

Directors: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks | Stars: Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell, Walter Huston

Votes: 4,638

Jack Buetel

11. The Kid from Texas (1950)

PG | 78 min | Western

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In New Mexico, Billy the Kid is involved in the Lincoln County War, kills many rivals and eventually becomes a wanted fugitive.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick

Votes: 699

Audie Murphy

12. The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)

87 min | Western

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Corrupt mayor Barney Turlock appoints lawyer-wannabe greenhorn Tom Brewster as sheriff but regrets his choice when Brewster becomes efficient at fighting crime and solves the murder of the previous sheriff.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso

Votes: 424 | Gross: $1.40M

Tyler MacDuff

13. Purgatory (1999 TV Movie)

M | 94 min | Fantasy, Western

6.8

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An outlaw band rides into a town that is actually Purgatory, between Heaven and Hell.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts, Randy Quaid, Peter Stormare

Votes: 4,034

Donnie Wahlberg

14. Billy the Kid (1930)

98 min | Music, Western

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In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff ... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane

Votes: 430

Johnny Mack Brown

15. Billy the Kid Returns (1938)

53 min | Western

5.8

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Rogers plays a lookalike to the dead Billy The Kid and restores the tranquility of Lincoln County after subduing the criminal element. Good fun.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Lynne Roberts, Morgan Wallace

Votes: 290

Roy Rogers

Who played the best Billy the Kid?

One of the most beloved western stars of all time, Paul Newman, played Billy in the 1958 film The Left-Handed Gun.

Is there any movies about Billy the Kid that are real?

This film is the most definitive, complete and factual film ever done about the life and times of Billy the Kid. Shot on location in New Mexico, where Billy lived and died, BILLY THE KID: THE TRUE STORY examines the facts, the stories, the myths and shows the real truth.

How many bodies did Billy the Kid have?

Bonney, Jr., original name Henry McCarty?, (born November 23, 1859?, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, New Mexico), American outlaw who was one of the most notorious gunfighters of the American West. Although he claimed to have killed 21 men, the actual number is likely less than 10.

Is Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid a true story?

The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, The Noted Desperado of the Southwest is a biography and partly first-hand account written by Pat Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, in collaboration with a ghostwriter, Marshall Ashmun "Ash" Upson.