A common theme in Westerns was the "taming of the West", so there was often an implication that once one town had been "civilized" the hero would then ride farther West to where he was still needed.
Besides, riding into the sunset means you're riding West. In fact, the sunset is so expected that using the more pragmatic sunrise in a Western might be jarring. (What's he gonna do? Go two miles out of town and then make camp for the night?) Of course, the sunset is somewhat cooler, so a little Artistic License is allowed. Sometimes, heroes are known to ride into the sunrise instead possibly as a symbol of a new beginning or fresh start on life after their adventure is over, or possibly to show that the scriptwriters realize that setting off into the wilderness at sunset is not the brightest idea. The setting sun is symbolic of the end of the story. Primarily a western trope associated with cowboys, but not exclusively so. Riding into the sunset is a tried (some would say "tired") and true ending to a show. The townspeople look on as his figure, silhouetted against the orange disk, disappears into the horizon. He saddles up his horse and rides west into the setting sun. There are other people in trouble, other wrongs to right, other paths to follow.
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It's the end of the movie and The Drifter has to be moving on.
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