Modern Western Movies?

[Chris]

For as long as I can remember I've been a huge fan of the Western genre of movies. I got hooked on them when I was younger watching re-runs of Zoro and other stuff. Then in my late teens and early twenties I became infatuated with Clint Eastwood and the Spaghetti Westerns, as well as all of his other Westerns he made.

This seems to be a dying genre as Hollywood doesn't make Westerns anymore unfortunately. I understand this as well, as the audience has to be slim.

However, this got me to thinking, are there any Western movies still being made that are worth watching and aren't completely unbelievable or terrible?

The last modern Western I saw on the big screen was True Grit and 3:10 to Yuma which I very much enjoyed.

Any recommendations would be appreciated

 

[Rick Flair]

True Grit and 3:10 to Yuma are great.



Tombstone, unforgivable, the Revenant, Dances with Wolves, Open Range just to name a few. Love this generation of movies too.

 

[Midnight LJR]

Currently working down this list myself rewatching many of my old favorites this is a list my movie geek friend put together for me to make sure I don’t miss any.

Stage coach 1939 (classical western)
My darling clementine 1946
Red river 1948
High noon 1952
Shane 1953
The searchers 1956
3:10 to Yuma 1957
Rio bravo 1959
The magnificent seven 1960
one eyed jacks 1961
The man who shot liberty valence 1962
Hombre 1967
Once upon a time in the west 1968
Hang em high 1968
The wild bunch 1969
True grit 1969
ButchCassidy and the Sundance kid 1969
The man with no name trilogy
Fistful of dollars-1964
For a few dollars more-1965
the good the bad and the ugly-1968
paint your wagon 1969
little big man 1970
Jeremiah Johnson 1972
joe kidd 1972
high planes drifter 1973
blazing saddles 1974
the Missouri breaks 1976
the shootist 1976
The outlaw Josey wales 1976
the long riders 1980
Pale Rider 1985
Silverado 1985
Lonesome dove series 1989
Dances with wolves 1990
City slickers 1991
Unforgiven 1991 (revisionist)
Tombstone 1993
Wyatt Earp 1994
the quick and the dead 1995
deadman 1995
open range 2003
The missing 2003
the assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford 2007
3:10 to Yuma 2007
Appaloosa 2008
True grit 2010
Django unchained 2012
homesman 2014
the revenant 2015
bone tomahawk 2015
Hateful eight 2015
hostels 2017



My two favorites westerns as of now are lonesome dove series, and open range.

But I have missed a lot of the old ones so am watching them now.

Just started “The Searchers” last night. Looking forward to watching this whole list have been going through the order.


@Chris Have you watched justified? Modern western but a lot of fun.

 

[Chris]

Currently working down this list myself rewatching many of my old favorites this is a list my movie geek friend put together for me to make sure I don’t miss any.

Stage coach 1939 (classical western)
My darling clementine 1946
Red river 1948
High noon 1952
Shane 1953
The searchers 1956
3:10 to Yuma 1957
Rio bravo 1959
The magnificent seven 1960
one eyed jacks 1961
The man who shot liberty valence 1962
Hombre 1967
Once upon a time in the west 1968
Hang em high 1968
The wild bunch 1969
True grit 1969
ButchCassidy and the Sundance kid 1969
The man with no name trilogy
Fistful of dollars-1964
For a few dollars more-1965
the good the bad and the ugly-1968
paint your wagon 1969
little big man 1970
Jeremiah Johnson 1972
joe kidd 1972
high planes drifter 1973
blazing saddles 1974
the Missouri breaks 1976
the shootist 1976
The outlaw Josey wales 1976
the long riders 1980
Pale Rider 1985
Silverado 1985
Lonesome dove series 1989
Dances with wolves 1990
City slickers 1991
Unforgiven 1991 (revisionist)
Tombstone 1993
Wyatt Earp 1994
the quick and the dead 1995
deadman 1995
open range 2003
The missing 2003
the assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford 2007
3:10 to Yuma 2007
Appaloosa 2008
True grit 2010
Django unchained 2012
homesman 2014
the revenant 2015
bone tomahawk 2015
Hateful eight 2015
hostels 2017



My two favorites westerns as of now are lonesome dove series, and open range.

But I have missed a lot of the old ones so am watching them now.

Just started “The Searchers” last night. Looking forward to watching this whole list have been going through the order.


@Chris Have you watched justified? Modern western but a lot of fun.

I'm going to save that list. I've seen a number of those, but not all of them. Still, some I'll need to re-watch just for fun.

I love the Lonesome Dove series, definitely one of my favorites. Robert Duvall has long been one of my favorite actors. I'll have to watch Open Range though as I haven't seen it.

I have indeed watched Justified in it's entirety, that was one of my favorite shows on TV when. I absolutely love Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins, both absolutely perfect for those rolls.

 

[Rick Flair]

Yes open range is special.


Justified is pure awesome.

 

[Chris]

I really enjoyed Pale Rider and Unforgiven to name a few of my favorite Eastwood movies. Gene Hackman was a great actor.

 

[Bob.Gibson]

True Grit and 3:10 to Yuma are great.



Tombstone, unforgivable, the Revenant, Dances with Wolves, Open Range just to name a few. Love this generation of movies too.

The Revenant is an amazing movie. Even more since its based on a true story

 

[lowranger]

A couple more...Crossfire with Tom Selleck and Monte Walsh again with Tom Selleck.

 

[lowranger]

And of course Quigley.

 

[lowranger]

I too watched all the Lonesome Doves. I don't know how many times I have seen Tombstone.

 

[psrivats]

I too watched all the Lonesome Doves. I don't know how many times I have seen Tombstone.

I just re-watched it the other day yet again. Val Kilmer really killed it playing Doc Holliday. The one scene I did not like was the one where Kurt Russell is crying in the rain. I also think Dana Delaney looked very pretty in that movie. You might enjoy this video ifyou liked Tombstone.

I'm not sure it completely fits in the western genre, but Lawless (2012) is an under appreciated gem. Guy Pearce and Tom Hardy. Enough said.

 

[lowranger]

I just re-watched it the other day yet again. Val Kilmer really killed it playing Doc Holliday. The one scene I did not like was the one where Kurt Russell is crying in the rain. I also think Dana Delaney looked very pretty in that movie. You might enjoy this video ifyou liked Tombstone.

I'm not sure it completely fits in the western genre, but Lawless (2012) is an under appreciated gem. Guy Pearce and Tom Hardy. Enough said.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

 

[RMETeeJay]

I do love a good western. @Midnight LJR thanks for posting that list! Here's a couple of more unusual, dark horse picks:

1. Dead Man. It's by Jim Jarmusch, who puts his own odd spin on the western. Neil Young provides the spare, distorted soundtrack. It's not your typical western, but I think it's great.
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (on Netflix) is made up of six short features. I liked it so much, I have watched it several times already.

 

[anarce]

It's more like a Western crossed with a detective story, but my wife and I really liked the Longmire series.

 

[ranger101]

Hostiles with Cristian Bale is a good one. currently on Netflix

 

[Apparition]

Tombstone is my favorite.

I wish someone would put some effort into a new western with a focus on gun slinging and the revolvers and lever guns.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

it's clearly not the typical western, but The Mandalorian series very much returned to the original Star Wars feeling of being a western disguised as sci-fi.

 

[Midnight LJR]

..... I'll have to watch Open Range though as I haven't seen it......

Boy are you in for a treat be sure to post up once you watch it.

 

[Midnight LJR]

it's clearly not the typical western, but The Mandalorian series very much returned to the original Star Wars feeling of being a western disguised as sci-fi.

Yes, that was a great space western.

 

[Rich1961]

Broken Trail with Robert Duvall and Thomas Hayden Church.