Top 10 MOST Underrated Western Movies Ever Made

Official countdown of the top 10 most underrated Western Movies, including hidden gems of the genre such as Slow West, Bone Tomahawk, Appaloosa and many other underappreciated western films worth watching.
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[@JustWesterns]

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[@peterengelen2794]

''Il Grande Silenzio'' no.1 most underrated western ever made?! It is actually considered as one of the greatest westerns ever made. I would've include ''Seraphim Falls'' (2006) with Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson (and one of my favorite actors Michael Wincott), maybe even as no.1

[@bentorres4620]

Oh yeah, I love Silverado. Plus it introduced us to Kevin Costner!

[@ashleyphotog]

'Open Range' is another underrated western, great performances, good story, and fantastic cinematography.

[@g-manthenurseman7532]

Best gunfight scene ever, imo.

[@TS-wh4ey]

@@g-manthenurseman7532 One of the longest gun battles too.

[@markmiller3592]

To me, Open Range is a perfect western that didn’t get the accolades it deserves. Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner were perfect together.

[@extraart1]

Best western ever made

[@vincnetjones3037]

Open Range is definitely recognised as an excellent western. :)

[@rootpower8664]

Open Range is excellent, one of my favorites. Broken Trail starring Robert Duvall and Tom Harte is also very good (it's actually considered a mini-series as it comes in two parts). And let's not forget Lonesome Dove.

[@davidr7872]

​@@extraart1I love it but disagree, I'd put The Searchers, Rio Bravo and The Outlaw Josey Wales ahead of it. I actually would put the greatest miniseries of all time ahead of it also- Lonesome Dove.

[@indigowendigo8464]

One of the best shootouts ever

[@mckayhatch6723]

I will throw in Silverado. I feel a decent amount of people know about it. But it came out in 1985 during a time when the genre was all but dead. It tried to reignite the genre, but that never materialized. However, the story is great, the characters are awesome, the acting is top-notch, and the score is straight fire.

[@jasonwmiller]

I love Silverado.

[@markglass9123]

Absolutely underrated. The cast is stunning. Even the score soars. Perhaps the most re-watchable serious western.

[@glennmenin7857]

....Silverado was a great and rousing throwback pic. I believe it was Mel Brooks, who single handedly, murdered the western for years with "Blazing Saddles", in '74.

[@markglass9123]

@@glennmenin7857 Don't blame Mel. Cat Ballou, Evil Roy Slade and others spoofed westerns before he did. The real decline came from all those folks moving over to steadier work on TV series in the '50s and '60s. There was a prime-time glut of oaters for a couple of decades, killing the demand for movies in the same genre.

[@glennmenin7857]

@@markglass9123 all hilarious examples, but Mel put the final nail in the coffin. Sitting around the campfire eating those beans?

[@bryangonzalez1398]

Love Quigley down under and love the fact it inspired a yearly shooting competition in Montana called the Quigley shoot. It's all long range shooting (300 - 900 yards) with rifles from the time period. I've competed in it twice and it's a blast to participate in.

[@JustWesterns]

Wow, I never knew that! Awesome

[@bryangonzalez1398]

@@JustWesterns the most recent shoot in 2023 had about 600 participants. In years past the top shooters would win a signed portrait from Tom Selleck, and the rifles used in the film by Tom were made nearby by the Shiloh rifle company in Montana.

[@hellhound1389]

My favorite part is actually at the end where they're standing off with pistols and Quigley gets them all. As he's standing over the bad guy he says " I never said I didn't know how to use one (the pistol) I just never had much use for one". I love the whole movie but to me that's the payoff moment

[@CORPORAL-dn7nn]

Very cool

[@NewVegasBadger]

How can one not like a film that has Alan Rickman playing the lead villian. How he said, "oh by the way you're fired" was movie perfection. This lead up Quigley delivering this classi line: "said I didn't have much use for one ( Col. Colt's revolver). Never said I didn't know how to use one." Both deliveries were perfect.

[@dcanmore]

The Professionals (1966) Starring Burt Lancaster; Lee Marvin; Claudia Cardinale and Jack Palance with a great set of character actors. Story, acting, direction and cinematography are all top notch. A classic that needs to be rediscovered.

[@ediesedgwick4462]

I absolutely agree. I've seen this film more than once and it's a masterpiece.

[@vincnetjones3037]

I agree on all your points.... however the big let down is that they don't really need all the 'professionals'. One man is enough.. Imagine that there's only Yul Brynner who goes back for the final shoot out..... in the Magnificent Seven.

[@ian_r125]

I wouldn't put it in the underrated category, as it's a classic loved by many.

[@teesman61]

I always thought it was run of the mill. Each to his own.

[@bwise7739]

If nothing else it should be remembered for the following exchange: Grant angrily turns to Fardan and says, "You bastard!", to which Fardan retorts: "Yes, sir, in my case an accident of birth. But you, sir, you are a self-made man."

[@tjmul3381]

Open Range (2003) with Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner and an amazing supporting cast is the first underrated western that comes to mind.

[@ThomasWLalor]

Another is Broken Trail (again with Duvall)

[@tjmul3381]

@@ThomasWLalor Agreed

[@treeheckler762]

Silverado made me fall in love with Westerns. So much fun!

[@gsdfan8455]

I think Old Henry is a great western, but I don’t know how highly rated or popular it is.

[@alanmacpherson3225]

I agree I really enjoyed it .I was particularly impressed that the protagonists actually fired only 5 or 6 shots then reloaded.

[@gbgary]

it's one of my favs!

[@TR-yi8up]

One of the best in the last 20 years for sure.

[@Matty3H.I]

Awesome movie.

[@ericboncuk5303]

The Long Riders should be thought of here also. Great cast,4 sets of brothers playing the the James/Younger gangs and other principals involved with them regarding the Great Minnesota Northfield raid. Walter Hills direction is excellent. A great score by Ry Cooder. The slow motion work on the raid and shoot out is awesome.

[@BcFuTw9jt]

The Salvation was a dumb dumb movie.

[@robertdickerson2821]

Agree on all accounts, especially Ry Cooder's sound track.

[@Have_A_Nice_Day242]

That was a solid movie

[@frankpienkosky5688]

too graphic for some stations...so they cut some of it out..."Shot 14 times...must be some kind of record"

[@johnloving9401]

One of, if not the best performance of David Carradine's career.

[@stucody]

I would also add the Australian western The Proposition. Written by Nick Cave who also does the music.

[@LandyVlad_Rides]

Such a great film!

[@knowledgeandpleasure4688]

Open Range is excellent and not enough people talk about it.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

"Gunfight at OK Corral"...plays fast and loose with what really happened...but fun to watch Lancaster and Douglas play off each other...good music too...[Frankie Laine]

[@robertcolpitts4534]

A movie that I haven't seen mentioned that is a sleeper is "The Missing" with Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. Story about a woman working a ranch in the wild country in western New Mexico in the 1880s and the kidnapping of her oldest daughter by an Apache Brujo and his men, who steal young women from ranches that they sell into prostitution in Mexico. Well done film that examines the harshness of life in the remote wilderness in the wild west and a woman's desperate journey to recover her kidnapped daughter along with the other young women.

[@slappy8941]

An excellent movie!

[@frankpienkosky5688]

"Ulzana's Raid"....get to know the indians as they really were...it ain't pretty....

[@TS-wh4ey]

@@frankpienkosky5688 Great Lancaster film.

[@lovingcars]

Agreed

[@marcusrichardson3800]

Yes! The Missing….!

[@majorsynthqed7374]

The Shootist captures the West at the dawn of modern America and the change of the frontier. John Wayne's last film is one of his best. Great supporting cast too!

[@christopherdeguilio6375]

Appaloosa and Hombre are two of my favorites. Dead Man is weird...but it's a Jim Jarmusch movie... and it's so funny and cool and brutal Bone Tomahawk is just brutal

[@gringott12]

Appaloosa and One Eyed Jacks are two of my favorites. Dead Man was a great take.

[@1Tomrider]

Another underrated western - Seraphim Falls, with Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, and Anjelica Huston making a chilling end-of-film appearance!

[@martyconroy3786]

Excellent choice, I see it more as a morality play than a western, but, yes, excellent movie.

[@marcusrichardson3800]

I did not care for this movie.

[@martyconroy3786]

@@marcusrichardson3800 everyone has a nose, just like opinions

[@marcusrichardson3800]

@@martyconroy3786 yes, I know…….i was just stating mine……

[@Ezzie0304]

3:10 to Yuma, the remake with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, and of course Ben Foster. The former and latter seem to end up in the same good, but underrated westerns

[@erakfishfishfish]

Ben Foster was so good in 3:10 to Yuma. (As to your statement regarding Foster in westerns, if you expand that to neo-westerns, then we can include his carer-best work in Hell or High Water.)

[@Ezzie0304]

@@erakfishfishfish Agreed, a cracking good film, Ben, Chris and Jeff are all good in it, but Ben takes the cake.

[@shattered5560]

Tried again this movie few months ago. Didn't like again. I feel Bale is flat as often.

[@hoya1178]

@@Ezzie0304 That film is not underrated at all.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

both versions were pretty good

[@TheRustyLM]

Great list. Hombre is one of the best ever. Criminally underrated.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

character study...everyone is different....

[@TS-wh4ey]

Hombre is my favorite Newman movie. I know we got Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but Hombre is an excellent western full of some of the best dialogue ever.

[@petesimmonds8846]

@@TS-wh4ey The original novel is fantastic, if you haven't read it I highly recommend you give it a go.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

Alan Rickman is in my top three favorite actors. His "oh, by the way you're fired" was priceless, as was every line the man uttered. I love Tom Selleck and I really enjoyed watching Laura San Giacomo. The movie was fun and paced well. The music was done my Elmer Bernstein eho, even though being my favorite movie composer sounds as though he mailed this one in. I really enjoyed Quigley Down Under. The only problem was it had the feel of a made for TV movie

[@buckmurdock2025]

"My Name is Nobody" was very underrated imo. It has unique motivations for it's characters and great score from Morricone of course.

[@dhuze66]

I was going to post this as well.

[@rootpower8664]

Honestly any western starring Terence Hill could be considered underrated. There's no better comedy western actor out there.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Parody of western. At least, Sergio Leone's movies were great.

[@wild_lee_coyote]

It’s always my suggestion for an underrated movie. Great score with a light hearted comedy. The spaghettiest of spaghetti westerns. Nobody was faster on the draw.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Good one, very weird and cool.

[@FullFathomV]

Silverado is not just an underrated Western it’s an underrated film, full stop. I’d also include Open Range in a list of underrated Westerns.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Love Open Range. The irony is Costner plays a gun guy while in real life he is a rabid gun control guy, a typical hypocrite

[@FullFathomV]

⁠​⁠@@MrJedi5150 Sounds like you’re confusing obscure with underrated. Just because you may like or know them doesn’t mean they’re “rated highly”.

[@FullFathomV]

@@MrJedi5150 I understand it may be hard to grasp but it is possible for two things to be true at the same time. For instance, a film with a 7.2 rating on IMDB can still be underrated. Do a quick Google search for “best western films of all time” and the vast majority don’t have Silverado or Open Range on their lists. Many of films on this list are however.

[@paulw5039]

@@MrJedi5150 Several of the movies listed in this vid have 7+ ratings on IMDB (Hostiles: 7.2, The Tall T: 7.3, Bone Tomahawk: 7.1). Dead Man (7.5) and The Great Silence (7.7) both have higher scores than both Silverado and Open Range. Pretty much torpedoes your argument.

[@paulw5039]

@@MrJedi5150 Yep, another completely unsurprising reply. You were categorically proven wrong, but are unfortunately lacking the dignity or courage to be able to deal with it maturely.

[@wraithby]

A few that never get the credit they deserve- 1) Will Penny starring Charlton Heston; an aging cowboy story, great performance by Heston; 2) The Last Wagon, Richard Widmark, tale of a half breed fugitive and his heroism; 3) If John Ford westerns can be underrated then Wagonmaster is it. No front line star in this one, but Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. have great onscreen chemistry.

[@petesimmonds8846]

Three great shouts there, all brilliant films.

[@unclrogPitcher]

will penny is large, very large... later on tom selleck recreates the "new guy in the bunkhouse" brawl in Monty Walsh

[@clista4]

BAD COMPANY (1972 Jeff Bridges), and RANCHO DELUXE, (1975). The latter is more of a modern day western about cattle rustling. There's some great Australian Westerns out there too.

[@leonardopandeli1764]

1985's Silverado is another great underrated western. When I first discovered it, I became obsessed with and is honestly a great family watch too.

[@dalevintage]

May I reccomend checking out The Frisco Kid starring Fene Wilder & Harrison Ford...also The Ballad of Buster Scruggs with Tom Waits and an amazong cast. The beauty of Westerns, the simplicity of them. I love them. I very much enjoyed Appaloosa, a fantastic modern western. I LOVED Quiggly Down Under when I saw it in the theater! Selleck was fantastic and fun! Dead Man is one of my favorite Depp films...it's incredibly brilliant and beautifully shot...his performance and the whole cast was absolutely amazing.

[@sparroni]

If modern Westerns count, I'd suggest Thunderheart. A wonderful mystery with fantastic camaraderie between co-leads Val Kilmer and Graham Greene.

[@frank3508]

I completely agree, Thunderheart is a truly outstanding film.

[@Ezzie0304]

Agreed, a film that stuck on the retina. Val Kilmer gets a lot of flack, but boy did he have a good run whilst it lasted. Graham Greene is good in everything he does.

[@martyconroy3786]

An excellent film, especially showing the issues with traditionals and Indian establishment on the Rez, and how the Feds are still the bad guys.

[@IgnacioGlezCllo]

Watched Apaloosa at the cinema with my dad. The idea of a 'throwback western' is about right; my dad remarked "it's perfect, the bad guys are really bad, and the good guys are really good". Can't fault the movie.

[@tylorfox783]

I love that if you read the book, it’s almost a 1:1 retelling.

[@gringott12]

@@tylorfox783 Did not know there was a book. Off to buy it.

[@tylorfox783]

@@gringott12 you need to, it’s fantastic. It’s written by Robert Parker, same name.

Duck, You Sucker! (aka A Fistful of Dynamite) is almost never mentioned but to me one of the greatest westerns of all time. This one would be my number one pick for sure. Be sure to check the 157 minute cut though.

[@geraldmartin7703]

Terrific bridge demolition. Hacked up and reissued as "A Fisfull of Dynamite".

[@martyconroy3786]

Agree totally, have to see the full version , at the top of Sergio Leone's best, and Rod Steiger is just amazing as Juan

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

True Grit ranks high with both John Wayne and the new one made later on. The little girl was priceless in the role in the remake. Great actress.

[@jasonwmiller]

The book True Grit by Charles Portis is one of the best Western books ever written. Worth checking out. Read the book and then watch the remake. Stunning.

[@joebob1738]

True Grit is indeed an awesome western but I don't think it can be considered underrated either then or now. And I agree with @jasonwmiller that the original book by Charles Portis is one of the very best westerns. Ever.

[@marcdaniels9079]

@@joebob1738ABSOLUTELY- I adore both versions. Could watch them every week.

[@duke927]

Dialogue touches abound. The undertaker saying if you want to kiss the corpse it would be all right. Or the boarding house madam selling her a sack for the pistol for a nickel was a nice touch. And Mattie Ross dealing with the horse trader was priceless. The whole movie had those dialogue snippets that seemed very real for the time even though who knows.

[@kirbyculp3449]

​@@jasonwmiller 110% pardner!

[@azohundred1353]

My 10 Underrated Westerns in no particular order: 1. Vera Cruz (1954) - Gary Cooper & Burt Lancaster give great anti-hero performances. It's a precursor to Sergio Leone & Sam Peckinpah's Westerns. Robert Aldrich, the director, was ahead of his time with this. 2. Yellow Sky (1948) - Gregory Peck & Richard Widmark lead a gang that becomes obsessed with gold in an isolated ghost town. A dark Western in the same vein of Treasure Of The Sierra Madre that same year. Directed by William Wellman. 3. The Big Sky (1952) - Kirk Douglas leads Howard Hawks' least known Western. It's more of a Mountain Man film, but if you like Jeremiah Johnson or The Revenant, you'll definitely like this one too. 4. Man Of The West (1958) - Gary Cooper leads Anthony Mann's last great psychological Western. Again, a very dark role for Coop, and he nails it. 5. Colorado Territory (1949) - Joel McCrea & Virginia Mayo lead Raoul Walsh's Western remake of the Humphrey Bogart crime classic, High Sierra. Joel McCrea is an Outlaw trying to accomplish one last heist after escaping prison. 6. River Of No Return (1954) - Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe give great performances as the leads of Otto Preminger's Western reimaging of the neo-realist Italian film, Bicycle Thieves. 7. The Gunfighter (1950) - Gregory Peck gives a melancholic performance as an infamous gunman now haunted by his reputation and unable to quit the life of killing. Directed by Henry King. 8. Blood On The Moon (1948) - Robert Mitchum leads this Film Noir/Western hybrid about loyalty/betrayal. Also with Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Preston. Directed by Robert Wise. 9. Coroner Creek (1948) - Randolph Scott stars in what may be his best performance of the 1940's, as a man seeking revenge for the death of his fiancée. This feels very much like the Budd Boetticher films he would make the following decade. Directed by Ray Enright. 10. Lonely Are The Brave (1962) - Kirk Douglas gives a poignant performance in this neo-western about a roaming ranch hand that refuses to join the modern world, which ends up causing many problems for him. This film is very much a precursor to First Blood and even Michael Douglas' own film, Falling Down. Lonely Are The Brave was Kirk's personal favorite movie that he ever made. All of these films really should be considered masterpieces of the genre and are all well worth your time.

[@memofromessex]

Yeah, I saw Vera Cruz recently. Good film.

[@colinglen4505]

Some very good picks there.

[@crush42mash6]

How about Robert Redford’s Jeremiah Johnson

[@BRLaue]

Totally agree with all of them. Thought I had seen all of Scott’s westerns multiple times, but haven’t seen ‘Coroners Creek’. Thanks, I will search it out.

[@philbarber9738]

Vera Cruz features Coop nearing the end of the trail, Lancaster's career in full gallop. Burt walks away with the picture with an incredibly energized performance, done with grinning malevolence.

[@silverbulletstudios7638]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a true hidden cinema gem

[@professorwolf3843]

VERY true. Amazing cinematography as well!

[@nomadr1349]

And the one "I shot Jesse James" by Sam Fulton is even better

[@lathanvonstrom3464]

If you consider a 2 hour and 20 minute waste of time a cinema gem more power to you i guess

[@kylemayer8486]

What's your other favorite pastime, watching paint dry?

[@frankpienkosky5688]

the best recreation of Jesse...a cold' blooded killer...even his gang was terrified of him

[@rike889]

Lone Star (1996) The movie is so insane with flashbacks to the 1960s that reveal more and more of a puzzle until the penultimate reveal. It's not an 1800s western, or turn of the century western, but it has the western vibe throughout, and show the full sobering of the land, and the ramifications of the time that still last into today.

[@marcusrichardson3800]

The sins of the father. I think Kris Kristoferson liked playing “ villainous” roles.

[@zanzibart3]

Some of the films I recall fondly that I haven't heard much mention of are 'Man in the Wilderness' and 'Jeremiah Johnson'.

[@mpetersen6]

95% of the dialog in Appoloosa was lifted straight out of RB Parker's novel. Great movie. Another Sam Harris western that was done for cable is Riders of the Purple Sage.

[@posivibe989]

Ed Harris

[@mpetersen6]

@@posivibe989 My bad 😖

[@digitalvictory8266]

The cinematography in Appaloosa is wonderful. A real joy to watch.

[@greghardy9476]

Purple Sage is a gem indeed

[@gfernandez1273]

"Seraphim Falls" with Pierce Brosnan & Liam Neeson is a terrific western that not many have heard of.. Lots of deep religious allegory.. "The Proposition" with Guy Pierce and Ray Winstone is also an amazing Aussie Western.. Has all the goods.. Check those two out if you haven't already

[@TS-wh4ey]

Yes, darn good movie. A tale of justifiable revenge versus guilt ridden self defense wrapped in a journey of desperate survival. 'Seraphim Falls' is quite an excellent movie. 👌

[@sparroni]

Silverado should have been a massive hit: Lawrence Kasdan wrote and directed after being nominated for for two Oscars for The Big Chill. The cast is as star-studded as you can get. Classic Western themes, an amazing score, and beautiful cinematography. An incredible film that somehow bombed and has pretty much been forgotten by modern audiences.

[@kithg]

Well, I love it. Especially one of Kevin Costner’s best comedy roles. And everybody else is terrific, too. I was always sorry that when Costner yells, “We’ll be back,” that they weren’t, as there was no sequel. But right after that, much of the cast would have become very expensive, having all become big stars.

[@dcanmore]

Released at the same time as Back To The Future, so probably got overshadowed by that monster hit.

[@davidcolin6519]

@@dcanmore Yeah, you rightly call it a monster. When compared to Silverado, BttF is monstrous in its story telling, as opposed to the beauty and subtlety of Silverado.

[@charlesmiller6281]

Great list! Hostiles is truly underrated, not just as a western but a great movie, period.

[@MegaJackpinesavage]

I just enjoyed "Slow West" --- many thanks & cheers for the head's up! (& 100% agree w/you).

[@chrishampton8842]

I believe Joe Kidd is seriously underrated

[@colinglen4505]

Yeah i agree with that. Joe Kidd is an interesting character.

[@shattered5560]

The Train scene is amazing, but I think the movie is bad

[@chrishampton8842]

@@shattered5560 everyone has their opinions. It’s far from his best, I’ve always loved it though

[@frankpienkosky5688]

"That boy don't ever learn"....funny...

[@TS-wh4ey]

@@frankpienkosky5688 Lamarr Simms : "Been spittin' teeth all night".

[@maxaruby]

I just watched Slow West and really enjoyed it. Different pace and feel to most westerns. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Your list was simply brilliant man! 'Hostiles' is not only underrated but one of the best westerns ever! Every single movie you named deserves a spot among exceptional western movies, though some you mentioned are not so underrated but rather loved and appreciated. As underrated I would add 'The Scalphunters' from 1968 with Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davies and Shelley Winters; it's so much fun, exiting performances, great western music, cinematography and a unique driving plot and subplots unlike any western - check it out please!

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Indeed. And not too long like "The Hallelujah Trail", with Burt Lancaster : hilarious but lasts 2h45.

[@guillermomaguire5394]

There is Bone Tomahawk, and then everything else. I tell people if they watch it, there are scenes that you will never forget for the rest of their lives.

[@d.bowenz]

Bone Tomahawk is only famous because of that scene. I feel like it's quite forgettable otherwise.

[@bengrimm1222]

The Proposition is an underrated gem that many overlooked. You can really feel what each character is going through and the looming dread at the inevitability of things hits hard.

[@vincnetjones3037]

I love this film.... :)

[@Kretek]

Exactly this. Great movie. Honestly I was expecting to see it on this list.

[@GunsRbadMkay]

You beat me to it. I love that movie

[@Randalmaker]

There arent many Australian Westerns and this one is amazing. Brutal, thrilling and thought provoking, absolutely masterful.

[@jonathanaldecoa1099]

Nick Cave wrote the screenplay for The Proposition and wrote the score along with Warren Ellis. Amazing performances from the whole cast. Directed by John Hillcoat.

[@staggerlee7301]

Conagher. Made-for-TV 90s western based off of a great Louis L’amour novel. Probably my favorite Sam Elliot role, and the film does a great job of telling a story rooted in good while maintaining a certain grounded sense of realism. It’s a gem, and it sort of slipped through the cracks. Also, lots of great character actors in the cast that fans of the genre will definitely recognize.

[@eastbay_bay]

Yes! What a great choice. Conager is a bad ass. Also, probably the last picture Ken Curtis acted in before he passed.

[@gregcrowe4826]

Going South..... a western comedy starring Jack Nicholson and some of his famous fellow actors from One Flew over the Cookoo's Nest...... hysterical and authentic !!!!!!!!!!

[@ricardo9681]

hey man, nice choice of movies . Ravenous (1996) it is underated too.

[@mrdarkside4071]

Isn't it from 1999?

[@TS-wh4ey]

It's a 1999 film loosely inspired by the Donner Party.

[@valdoalmeida6866]

Silverado is a gem that needs more recognition.

[@johnnyv.5142]

The Salvation was a Mads masterpiece with a menacing bad guy supporting performance from Harry Dean Stanton!

[@aidenwade3891]

As soon as I saw this title The Great Silence was the first thing that came to mind, but I sure didn’t expect it to be number one. I found it by complete chance and immediately loved it.

[@JohnQuilyQuinlan]

“Pat Garrett and billy the kid”,great atmosphere and soundtrack, “old Henry” is a modern classic and my favourite “the long riders “

[@doninvictoria]

Yours is the first mention of "Pat Garrett..."; I guess nobody out there thought it was underrated--- just that it was great 😇

[@TS-wh4ey]

You gotta love that soundtrack in 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'.

[@Joe3pops]

I like your choices here. Once Upon a Time in the West. Starring Henry Ford. First time as a villain, Jason Robarts, Charles Bronson and beautiful Claudia Cardinal. The longest filmed stagecoach ride in cinematic history across the beautiful 4 Corners district of the desert states. Plus two Burt Lancaster westerns: Valdez is Coming & The Professionals.

[@joepinkley3109]

Fonda...Henry Fonda

[@tonyb9735]

Once Upon a Time in the West is a great movie, but in no way is it underrated.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

a bit too "greasy"...@@tonyb9735

[@chrisdavies8202]

Great selection 👍 Also: The Tin Star (1957) The Hired Hand (1971) The Long Riders (1980) Frank and Jesse (1994) Ride With The Devil (1999)

[@petesimmonds8846]

Nice work my friend, all great movies.

[@d.r.martin6301]

I would add Death Rides a Horse, one of the best of the spaghetti westerns. One of Lee Van Cleef's best outings.

[@andyhauck98]

It's a good list. However, I would trade Deadman for Seraphim Falls. And maybe try to fit Ravenous in there.

[@d.bowenz]

I recommended both as well! Ravenous is my favorite but Brosnan and Nielsen are amazing in Seraphim Falls.

[@wolfinndnclothing]

Good choices. Gonna throw in "My name is Trinity" and "Trinity is still my name" with Terrance Hill and Bud Spencer, also "My name is Nobody" with Terrance Hill and Henry Fonda. Might as well also toss in "Chato's Land" with Charles Bronson to boot.

[@Ezzie0304]

Silverado comes to mind. All-star cast, yet hardly ever talked about. Yes, sort of a magnificent 7 type film, but is great fun.

[@jasonking3182]

The series of Westerns Jimmy Stewart did with Anthony Mann were all excellent. Winchester 73 is almost Tarantino like as we fellow the title riffle from hand to hand. The Naked Spur is my personal favorite as Stewart plays a amoral bounty hunter who wants to bring in a outlaw no matter what. It’s also one of the few Westerns that make you realize that in the west you could find yourself hundreds of miles from any man made structure. The entire movie is set in the great outdoors

[@Lukecash2]

Oh I definitely agree with this one. Stewart is normally known for his comedies, suspense and dramas; he had a really great run in playing various characters in westerns.

[@chimp2023]

Western movies are the America legends that are great . John Wayne great role in Rio bravo is a major success. Wayne and Eastwood are the way all movies should made.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Bend of the river, The man from Laramie, yes, Anthony Mann is great.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

@@chimp2023 I like them, but they are caricatures. Not the best actors of the industry. And frankly, Rio Bravo, El Dorado and Rio Lobo are not Hawks' best movies. The big sky or Red river are very interesting. And the American legend is not that beautiful. It's a genocide, and westerns which remind that are not very popular, I wonder why...

[@jasonking3182]

@@ofdrumsandchords I would also recommend the movie Mann did with Gary Cooper Man of the West from from 1958. A pitch black Western that shows how gritty 50s Westerns could get

[@jamieloudon6691]

The Homesman, The Harder They Fall, Open Range, Magnificent Seven (remake), The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, Rango - all excellent

[@user-vd6jq9kd9x]

The Magnificent Seven remake is a pointless atrocity.

[@greatpoochini1]

The Homesman fits the criteria very well. Good suggestion.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

would agree...you can only make this film once...great cast....great music...@@user-vd6jq9kd9x

[@johnb3006]

Warlock (1959) and Bad Company (1972) and The Missouri Breaks (1976).

[@jackturpin7828]

Bad Company, I was going to mention it.

[@duncanidaho84]

Warlock = Appaloosa

[@unclrogPitcher]

missouri breaks is real fine movie

[@hellhound1389]

My top 5 of underrated westerns #5 young guns #4 Silverado #3 appaloosa #2 Quigley down under And #1 old Henry

[@rileymorton128]

Oscar worthy performance by Tim Blake Nelson.

[@bl4558]

Young Guns was a huge hit when it came out. Never knew it to be under-rated. The sequel... meh... but the OG is a true classic.

[@morticiaaddams9777]

so glad you included Dead Man and Bone Tomahawk, they are two of my favorite westerns!

[@JosipRadnik1]

Wasn't that movie directed by Jim Jarmusch? That comment "feels like a movie directed by Tim Burton" confused me.

[@wyldhowl2821]

@@JosipRadnik1 Yeah, if anything, being a Jarmusch film, it shares more kinship with Ghost Dog.

[@briangoldy8784]

Check Out "Never Grow Old" 2019., This Western Horror is Excellent. John Cusack is an Excellent Boogie Man.

[@christopherdeguilio6375]

Appaloosa is great. Parker's Cole & Hitch series is worth a read, though I haven't read the newer books by a different author

[@mantislake4141]

Parker had 4 books in the series, including Appaloosa, which I've not read, but I sure gobbled up the other 3 after seeing the film.

[@leonidasnoble6939]

Doggedly holding off reading, “Blue Eyed Devil” the last of the Cole & Hitch novels written by Parker. Because…. if he's still on the TBR, he's not really gone.

[@gsdfan8455]

The newer one are just as good

[@morgan10152]

I wish they had made a sequel to Appaloosa. That was the first book, but all of them would have made great movies. Sadly, Robert B. Parker has passed, but John Knott has continued the books.

[@MUSICLOVER23429]

I honestly enjoy the Cole & Hitch novels more than his Jesse Stone books.

[@morgan10152]

That is a tough call, like asking which child you love the most. I love them both. @@MUSICLOVER23429

[@XxCrankyMoosexX]

This is one of those rare lists where every recommendation is solid, and actually underrated. I knew of about 6 of them but I really like Westerns. I don’t know anyone personally that has mentioned any of these, except MAYBE Bone Tomahawk. The practical effects of Bone Tomahawk are phenomenal. I really wish more contemporary movies utilized practical effects as their primary special effects.

[@grantmitchell2744]

Old Henry NEEDS to be on this list. It’s a masterpiece

[@duke927]

One of my favorite Westerns was “ Valdez is Coming” with Burt Lancaster. Not sure how it did in theaters seems to be largely forgotten today. Not underrated but great movie Is “The Mask of Zorro” with Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Katherine Zeta Jones

[@michaelbone6798]

Missouri Breaks is one favorites and My Clementine

[@jamesking9807]

That scene in Bone Tomahawk - IYKTK - is seared into my memory; just one of the most brutal scenes I've watched.

[@rootpower8664]

I'm pleasantly surprised The Great Silence is on this list, let alone in first place. It's a movie that offers so much more than other westerns do. The ending alone hits hard and gives viewers more than other movies do, which traditionally sees the good guy defeat the bad guys and walk off in the sunset, but here the hero is gunned down, having failed to save the day. Also you are 100% right about Bone Tomahawk, you either love it or hate it. I'm in the latter camp, but I appreciate that they mixed western and horror.

[@zacharypease3167]

Silverado is a favorite of mine. Love Kevin Kline and Scott Glenn and Brian Dennehy is a great villain. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Outlaw Robert Ford is also great. Purgatory was a fun one. It was a TNT (tV) movies but had a good cast anchored by Sam Shepard. It’s sorta western/sci fi.

[@patrickblack6080]

Bone Tomahawk is insanely good and the brutality of it at times is terrifying

[@johnrandall125]

I saw it for the first time last night. It is an outstandingly good film. Some of the ambush scenes.....😲

[@patrickblack6080]

@@johnrandall125 for me it's the bone saw torture

[@TinMan-jb5gf]

Quigley is an absolute charmer and one of my all time guilty pleasures. Laura San Giacomo is utterly hilarious as Crazy Cora.

[@norwegianblue2017]

My favorite underrated Western is 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'. Love the way it is filmed and narrated. Amazing cast as well.

[@rickrose5377]

It's great, but hardly 'underrated'. Everyone acknowledges it as a masterpiece.

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@rickrose5377 I doubt most people have even heard of the movie.

[@bl4558]

@@norwegianblue2017 LOL. You think we are all just ignorant fools, I guess.

[@Gilbertron4000]

Awesome list! I'd also personally add Seraphim Falls with Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson which is a favourite of mine. Also Silverado 🍻

[@johnpick8336]

Great Subject for a Channel, Thanks for posting.

[@wendyharbon7290]

Out of these ten movies, I have seen just one of them. Though I would like to see at least seven of the others, also see Hombre again too. Thank for highlighting these Western, I knew nothing about, please bring more little-known good movies to KZbin soon.

[@111oooo]

Pleasantly surprised you put Dead Man here. So good, have watched it a number of times

[@nemanjag9895]

The Gunfighter 1950 Gregory Peck killed it.... also The Naked Spur is amazing, people talk about Jimmy's Winchester 73 and Bend of the River....but for me The Naked Spur is clear !

[@colinglen4505]

Yeah Naked Spur is really good and Arthur Kennedy was brilliant too.

[@BRLaue]

‘Man From Laramie’ is a great movie you don’t hear much about when the subject of Westerns comes up.

[@seansweeney2875]

Bone tomahawk. Open range .the missing..silverado ....great choices though 👍

[@csababarath2784]

The Proposition is a gem with Ray Winstone and Guy Pierce giving remarkable performances. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a reward role for Tommy Lee Jones.

[@wdtaut5650]

1:54 "...who plan to ransom a wealthy heiress..." Not exactly what happens in the story. It's more complicated than that. Yes, this movie deserves more recognition. Another movie for the list, also with Randolph Scott in his last film role, "Ride the High Country".

[@ThisOldManOfTheSea]

There’s always the original unbowdlerised version of Soldier Blue which was a big hit here in the UK but which (relatively) bombed in the US due to its comparison (at the time) to various incidents which had occurred in Vietnam. It’s not an easy watch and I recall leaving the cinema, in 1971, with more anger at a group portrayed in a film than anything I’d seen before or since.

[@lynnlmr2032]

Great movie. Im surprised it didnt do well. I was a kid when we saw it at the drive in - my Dad smuggled us in - lol.

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Yes. I saw the movie at a company facility in the Middle East when it came out. The story contained some shocking scenes to a young person, and I remember feeling "cheated" that it didn't just tell the same old comfortable story of a Western. Instead the audience got its first cinematic telling of the historical Massacre at Sand Creek. A very dark movie that didn't try too hard to be popular. Candice Bergen was stunning, though.

[@albertmendoza4300]

Little Big Man a forgotten gem

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

There are 2 or 3 on your list that I have seen and thoroughly enjoyed. Most I have not heard of before so it gives me something to go looking for, especially your number one pick. Those winter scenes are simply spectacular!

[@karlfromtas]

Quigley was well received in Australia , at the box office and video sales and rentals

[@mranster]

How about The Missing, with Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones? It's one of the few Westerns with a female lead. Additionally, like True Grit, it also demonstrates a different understanding of childhood, as both movies feature a young girl going out and doing dangerous things. In True Grit, Maddie is discouraged from taking on this role, but not very forcefully, while in The Missing, Dot, the younger daughter is more or less expected to function as a real member of the party, riding with the adults.

[@marcdaniels9079]

Deadman is an absolute masterpiece. Yes it’s weird but if you haven’t seen it you are missing a gem.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

A Jim Jarmusch movie with Johnny Depp, Robert Mitchum, and Neil Young's music. Excellent.

[@Steve-yu5pf]

Thanks for the video, a couple I’ve never heard of but, will definitely check out.

[@bpvirgo]

Mate, many thanks indeed for this list: I've now watched two of the films that you recommended and found them both to be excellent. All too rare to have my household gripped and impressed by a film together.

[@tomswift3482]

A great list, and many great westerns also suggested in the comments. I would put forth a very overlooked modern(?) western - Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, and Gena Rowland, Lonely Are the Brave. Walks a line between eras of the west, much as Clint Eastwood would do years later, with Unforgiven.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

they're running that now...Kirk Douglas said it was his favorite western...

[@annhenriques3520]

I’ll probably be mocked for my addition to your list, but I don’t care: The Quick and the Dead (1995) is greatly underrated. Fantastic cast and exciting duels, I rewatch this film regularly and can quote memorable lines easily. Love the direction and soundtrack. The hate this film got for daring to have a female protagonist was as disgusting as it was predictable.

[@wyldhowl2821]

Yes, it was an excellent film, and a great cast. Career launch pad for DiCaprio and Russel Crowe.

[@eastbay_bay]

Kudos for including Hombre! Has to be in my top 5 of all time. For your follow-up, please consider including (from 2017) The Ballad of Lefty Brown w/ Bill Pullman and (from 2011) Blackthorn w/ Sam Shepard. Also, I don't know if this ranks as underrated but check out the fantastic Chato's Land from 1972, starring Charles Bronson and Jack Palance.

[@richard_n]

Great list, I'm going to have to watch some of these for sure.

[@petercollinson8039]

Wouldn't want you to pull The Tall T, but the first Boetticher-Scott movie, Seven Men from Now, is their best collaboration. Wonderfully tight script and a damn near perfect performance by Lee Marvin as the villain. Also features one of the best showdowns ever filmed.

[@QualeQualeson]

Good list. With one or two exceptions (The Salvation is quite poor) we're pretty well aligned. Dead Man especially isn't just an underrated "western", it's also my favourite film of all time.

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

Thanks for sharing this. I will check out a few of these.

[@user-my9lx6rr4s]

Great list!! I’d put The Proposition and Ride the High Country on that list as well!! McCabe and Mrs. Miller is very underrated too.

[@The-Anti-Zionist]

It’s mad how much Westerns as a genre have grown on me since I turned into my 30s - could maybe thank Django Unchained for that. Dances with Wolves is 1 of my all time favourites.

[@Everything_All_In_One_Place]

The Hateful Eight only did $156M at the box office.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

liked that one...don't see it much anymore

[@BuckFlicks]

THanks for this. I haven't heard of most of these and I love Westerns. I have some work to do!