Watch John Wayne Movies and TV Shows in Australia

If you're looking to stream shows or movies starring John Wayne in Australia then here is the definitive list. We show you which streaming providers currently have each of John Wayne's most popular movies and shows available in their catalogue. List updated in November 2024.

List of the Best Movies and Shows Starring John Wayne In Order of Popularity

  1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  2. Rio Bravo
  3. The Searchers
  4. Stagecoach
  5. Red River
  6. The Quiet Man
  7. The Longest Day
  8. The Shootist
  9. El Dorado
  10. True Grit
  11. The Cowboys
  12. Fort Apache
  13. They Were Expendable
  14. In Harm's Way
  15. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  16. The Horse Soldiers
  17. The Sons of Katie Elder
  18. The American West of John Ford
  19. McLintock!
  20. Big Jake
  21. Hatari!
  22. Hondo
  23. How the West Was Won
  24. 3 Godfathers
  25. Sands of Iwo Jima
  26. Rio Grande
  27. North to Alaska
  28. Island in the Sky
  29. Trouble Along the Way
  30. The Comancheros

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1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Rated: Not Rated

8.1/10

A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

2. Rio Bravo

Rated: Passed

8.0/10

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies - a disgraced drunk and a cantankerous old cripple - must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.

3. The Searchers

Rated: Passed

7.8/10

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

4. Stagecoach

Rated: Passed

7.8/10

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

5. Red River

Rated: Passed

7.8/10

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

6. The Quiet Man

Rated: Passed

7.7/10

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

7. The Longest Day

Rated: G

7.7/10

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

8. The Shootist

Rated: PG

7.6/10

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Brooks' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

9. El Dorado

Rated: Passed

7.5/10

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

10. True Grit

Rated: PG

7.4/10

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

11. The Cowboys

Rated: GP

7.4/10

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage; however, neither Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

12. Fort Apache

Rated: Passed

7.4/10

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

13. They Were Expendable

Rated: Approved

7.2/10

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

14. In Harm's Way

Rated: Approved

7.2/10

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

15. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Rated:

7.2/10

After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Native Americans, 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 Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

16. The Horse Soldiers

Rated: Approved

7.1/10

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

17. The Sons of Katie Elder

Rated: Passed

7.1/10

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their Hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.

18. The American West of John Ford

Rated: Not Rated

7.1/10

A documentary encapsulating the career and Western films of director 'John Ford' , including clips from his work and interviews with his colleagues.

19. McLintock!

Rated: Passed

7.1/10

Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men, McLintock's own sons and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.

20. Big Jake

Rated: PG-13

7.1/10

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

21. Hatari!

Rated: Approved

7.1/10

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?

22. Hondo

Rated: PG

7/10

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

23. How the West Was Won

Rated: G

7/10

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

24. 3 Godfathers

Rated: Passed

7/10

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.

25. Sands of Iwo Jima

Rated: Approved

7/10

The relationship between Sergeant Stryker and a group of rebellious recruits is made difficult by the Sergeant's tough training tactics. At Tarawa, the leathernecks have a chance to see Stryker in action, and begin to appreciate him.

26. Rio Grande

Rated: Passed

7/10

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 (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

27. North to Alaska

Rated: Approved

6.9/10

Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy.

28. Island in the Sky

Rated: Approved

6.8/10

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

29. Trouble Along the Way

Rated: Approved

6.8/10

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

30. The Comancheros

Rated: Approved

6.8/10

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.