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Jun 25, 2016 · That's why you won't find films such as No Country for Old Men, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, All the Pretty Horses, and Serenity on this list, even though you could make a strong case for their western pedigree.
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- Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) It took years for the first great western of the 21st century to finally arrive in the west, but after Wisit Sasanatieng’s Tears of the Black Tiger was picked up, re-edited, given away and unedited, it finally premiered in America in 2007 in all of its nostalgic glory.
- Open Range (2003) Kevin Costner won an Oscar for the first western he directed, Dances With Wolves, but his long-awaited return to the genre is even more skillful and satisfying.
- The Proposition (2005) The first Australian western to make the list, but hardly the list, comes courtesy of director John Hillcoat (The Road) and screenwriter Nick Cave, the frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones made his directorial debut with an astoundingly soulful, pointed western about dehumanization along the southern border.
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- 'No Country for Old Men' (2007) With a phenomenal screenplay and similarly great direction, the Coen Brothers made the century's best Western so far in 2007, with No Country for Old Men.
- 'Hell or High Water' (2016) Hell or High Water is just as great a crime/heist movie as it is a Western, making it a superb blend of genres, and a movie that's likely to have excellent crossover appeal as a result.
- 'Bacurau' (2019) It's hard to classify Bacurau within a single genre, because it's one of those movies that feels like it might be easier to list the genres it doesn't belong to, in some ways.
- 'The Revenant' (2015) Though it might be best known as the movie that finally got Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar win, The Revenant is much more than just that.
- True Grit (2010) Where to watch it: Various streaming services. John Wayne won his only Oscar for his portrayal of drunken Sheriff Rooster Cogburn, a fact that has perhaps imbued True Grit – a good film, with a better Glen Campbell title song – with a reputation it doesn't quite deserve.
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Where to watch it: Various streaming services. A stunningly beautiful, melancholy and wistful meditation on the myth of Jesse James – and myths in general!
- The Homesman (2014) Where to watch it: Prime Video. Tommy Lee Jones helmed one of the best modern day westerns with the under-seen The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (not eligible for this list, but highly recommended), a genre he's long held in high regard.
- Open Range (2003) Where to watch it: Various streaming services. Kevin Costner's Open Range begins in a way that suggests it is to be a somewhat conventional western drama – open plains, buffaloes grazing, amiable music on the soundtrack.
Jun 19, 2024 · Kevin Wozniak lists some of the best reinvented Western films of the 21st century, including works from the Coen brothers.
Jun 24, 2023 · From Django Unchained to True Grit, these are some of the finest westerns of the 21st Century.
Jul 8, 2023 · On television, "Yellowstone" and its spin-offs are some of the most popular shows of the day, while David Milch's "Deadwood," arguably the greatest Western of the 21st century, misses this...
