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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.
The Rover. 2014 1h 43m R. 6.4 (51K) Rate. 64 Metascore. 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his only possession, his car. Along the way, he captures one of the thieves' brother, and the duo form an uneasy bond during the dangerous journey.
- Tombstone. Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn. 1,174 votes. An unforgettable retelling of the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, this film dives deep into the life of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and his tumultuous relationship with his friend and notorious gambler Doc Holliday.
- Unforgiven. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman. 990 votes. Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning masterpiece examines the consequences of violence and the myth of the gunslinger-hero through its complex, morally ambiguous characters.
- Open Range. Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening. 776 votes. Featuring standout performances by Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall, this movie sets itself apart by focusing on the daily struggles faced by free-grazing cattle herders in the late 1800s.
- True Grit. Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin. 812 votes. This Coen Brothers adaptation of Charles Portis's novel features Jeff Bridges as the grizzled, eye-patch-wearing U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who embarks on a dangerous journey to bring a murderer to justice.
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- “Dances with Wolves”
- “Unforgiven”
- “Lone Star”
- “Brokeback Mountain”
- “The Proposition”
- “No Country For Old Men”
- “The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford”
- “3:10 to Yuma”
- “Meek’s Cutoff”
- “True Grit”
“Dances with Wolves” is the ultimate Western epic, a film of immense grandeur and historical depth. Set during the Civil War, it chronicles the exploits of Lieutenant John Dunbar (Kevin Costner), whose loyalties are put to the test after being accepted and embraced by a Native American tribe. Directed by Costner in a revelatory achievement, “Dances...
Perhaps the epitome of the modern Western, Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning epic “Unforgiven” is a melancholic meditation on the West, exploring its myths and its history through a dark and violent lens. The film is set in 1881, with Eastwood starring as William Munny, a retired outlaw who returns to the trade after years of settling down as a farmer...
In “Lone Star,” John Sayles’ mysterious and carefully-unfolding psychological Western, the unearthing of human bones and a rusty sheriff’s badge in a Texas border town resurrects painful memories for Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), a young lawman. Through an elegant study of past and present, the film draws Sam into an intricate, fascinatingly woven web ...
Like any American symbol of hyper-masculinity, the cowboy has long been queered by LGBTQ artists, whether it’s in erotic art or The Village People. But in movie theaters, “Brokeback Mountain” was the first mainstream work to tackle queer themes through the prism of the Western icon, and today it’s title is practically synonymous with gay cinema. An...
John Hillcoat (“The Road”) takes the Western to the Australian Outback in this brutally-tense account of loyalty, revenge and the quest for justice. In “The Proposition,” a lawman (played by Ray Winstone) apprehends the notorious outlaw Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce), and gives him nine days to make a fatal decision: Burns can either kill his older bro...
2007 was a major year for the neo-Western, with the Coen Brothers sweeping the Oscars thanks to their acclaimed adaptation of a 2005 Cormac McCarthy novel. Set in West Texas during the 1980s, “No Country for Old Men” is the tragic story of three men. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a welder who discovers a briefcase filled with two million dollars i...
Andrew Dominik’s moody, evocative “The Assassination of Jesse James” did Ron Hansen’s eponymous 1983 novel justice and then some. A deeply psychological and quietly unsettling Western, the film dramatizes with piercing specificity the relationship between James (Brad Pitt) and Ford (Casey Affleck), and what led to the infamous (and titular) killing...
Roger Ebert said of James Mangold’s remarkable remake, “‘3:10 to Yuma’ restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence.” Indeed, this propulsive and star-studded modern Western pulls off an impressive feat, managing consistent thrills, a smart narrative and an effective re-imagining of the 1957 eponymo...
Kelly Reichardt is among the most consistently brilliant indie film directors around, so it should come as no surprise that “Meek’s Cutoff,” her stab at the Western, ended up as a rousing success. The film, loosely based on an 1845 incident on the Oregon Trail, chronicles the ill-fated journey of a wagon train, led by frontier guide Stephen Meek (B...
The Coen Brothers had already gotten their feet wet in this arena with the Oscar-winning phenomenon “No Country for Old Men,” but even so, how they’d fare with such classic material was another matter entirely. Fortunately, their knack for droll humor and visual splendor meshed seamlessly with this infamously Western tale. In “True Grit,” 14 year-o...
- Hell or High Water (2016) 7.6. Fubo, Hulu, Prime Video. From Taylor Sheridan, the mastermind behind Yellowstone (2018-present), Hell or High Water is a must-watch neo-Western crime drama.
- The Hateful Eight (2015) 7.8. Netflix. The epic Western The Hateful Eight combines action, violence, and humor for a memorable film taking place in post-Civil War America.
- The Power of the Dog (2021) 6.8. Netflix. The Power of the Dog is based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. The award-winning revisionist Western psychological drama deals with the emotions of love, grief, resentment, and jealousy.
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) 7.3. Netflix. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a Western anthology film following the adventures of outlaws and settlers on the formidable American frontier.
Oct 20, 2023 · 1. All the Pretty Horses (2000) What makes All the Pretty Horses unique is that it’s set in 1949, not the 1800s. Despite this, it has all the standard elements of a classic Western, including a wayward cowboy, horse thieves, vigilantes, a beautiful senorita, and a corrupt lawman.
Nov 9, 2015 · You had to ride to be a star, and Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra, even Elvis Presley had their turns in the saddle. But then, just like that, the sun seemed to set on the Western. On...
