Top 10 BEST Hidden Gem Western Movies [2024]

[@srennielsen8235]

If Silverado, The Quick and the Dead and Open Range is a hidden western gem. Star Wars and Star Trek is a hidden sci-fi gem

[@Kevin_Street]

That's what I was thinking. Silverado is one of the best known westerns from the 80's, a decade that doesn't have a lot of competitors.

[@tacticalskiffs8134]

Yeah Costner is western hero today, and he made his career stealing scenes in Silverado.

[@smithjedediah]

Seriously, my thoughts exactly. I have a feeling a lot of the people who gave these suggestions are on a young side with a somewhat limited knowledge of popular film history.

[@cardboardempire]

Exactly what I was thinking when I was watching this video. Using this logic, The Avengers is the most hidden and underappreciated super hero film.

[@dr.avalanch]

It's so funny how in the original "underrated" video people were saying that author should have added silverado and now people are complaining that it's on the list

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Broken Trail, a miniseries from 2006 with Robert Duvall and Thomas Hayden Church, is my definite pick for a "newer" hidden gem.

[@fredstriker2042]

Outlaw Josey Wales & The Long Riders are both incredible old weaterns

[@mariaandmichael2680]

Broken Trail is great, Old Henry is great, and Silverado is awesome, I remember watching Silverado with my father when it came out, brought back great memories of my Dad, thank you.

[@IrishGuyReacts]

The Proposition has some of the most impressive Irish accents from actors who weren't actually Irish

[@davidclarke7122]

The Sacketts 2 part mini series, based on two Louis L'amour books, The Daybreakers and Sackett

[@samfrankenstein]

open range is not a hidden gem it is one of the best westerns ever

[@stevenvincentsr9413]

The Culpepper cattle company is a hidden gem...

[@blackhill6426]

I'm amazed it's not more well known .It's a superb movie and really deserves more recognition.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Yes, that's a great movie. And very realistic for it's time.

[@ryanarnold2804]

Lonesome Dove is hands down the best western I've ever seen. Mini Series or not. Haven't any western on it's level

[@ryanarnold2804]

Hateful Eight is more of a gore fest than a western, it is QT though

[@roysimmons9806]

What about "Missing" with Tommy Lee Jones and Kate Blanchet.

[@MarioLamRedRebel]

Silverado is a great western and a classic from the 80's . I have seen him in the cinema and love him from day one. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@fritzwalter4660]

Westward the Women, The Last Hunt (56), Vera Cruz, Jeremiah Johnson, The Unforgiven (60), A Man in the Wilderness, Yellow Sky, The Alamo (60), Red Sun, Lonely Are the Brave and Last Train From Gun Hill are great westerns. Nowadays almost nobody seems to know these films.

[@christopherrandall3260]

Rough Riders is another one I loved watching.

[@renaissancemarinetv3536]

lonesome dove: the outlaw years was an incredible gritty show. to see newt call transformed into a dangerous outlaw is really something. 15 years ahead of its time in my opinion. good luck finding it though.

[@SgtYork1974]

One of my favorite T.V. Westerns was the life and times of Grizzly Adams with Dan Haggerty. Not a traditional western but had a great feel. Enjoyed this and Little House on the Prairie a lot when I was growing up.

[@gbgary]

Old Henry is fantastic! Open Range is one of my favs...as is The Assassination of Jesse James. check out News of the World...and Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp. i like much more than Tombstone.

[@brianreaney1518]

One's I'd recommend are hombre 1967 the last hard men 1976 ride the high country 1962 and bite the bullet 1975

[@KBL1974]

I can't believe these were on the afterthought list. Most of these are on my top westerns list. Maybe it's my age.

[@smithjedediah]

I think that's part of it. A bunch of these are EXTREMELY well-known and are fondly remembered as classics by many.

[@eastbay_bay]

Although Gunsmoke is (to my knowledge) the longest running live action TV show in the US and seemed to be popular during its day. It is still totally underrated! Everything about this production is A+ (especially the first 10 seasons or so). Writing, Directon, Cinematography, Costumes, Music (Bernard Hermann, Jerry Goldsmith, etc.) It also features some of the greatest character actors of all time! (Strother Martin, Jack Elam, Dean Stanton, etc.) Later included breakout young actors like Harrison Ford and Jodie Foster, among others. It should be discussed among the greatest of any genre. If aspiring filmakers want to learn how to do it right on every level you can start and end here. In the history of all TV, some may come close but nothing beats it.

[@shanegooding4839]

Love The Proposition. I seem to recollect that Nick Cave did the soundtrack to The Assassination of Jesse James too.😊

[@staggerlee7301]

He did, him and Warren Ellis, along with quite few other good films. He also wrote the script for The Proposition

[@charylliss3741]

Quiggley my favorite ❤should be here...Silverado #1 absolutely 💯

[@michaelaguilar7771]

I would recommend "Dead Man" by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp and "Barbarosa" starring Willie Nelson & Gary Busey. Both very underrated.

[@marcspector1694]

My Name is Nobody may be my favorite western of all time.

[@Darkwaterrebellion]

The Proposition is the greatest western of the 21st century.

[@davidfroehlich2702]

Finally someone including Nobody on a list like this.

[@erebus5170]

Really not a fan of Kevin Costner, but recently stumbled across "open range" and absolutely loved it - I think for every cliche it offered something a bit different. Also Absolutely love The Proposition! Great list, couple on there I need to check out. Grew up with Grizzly Adams & Little house on the prairie - love those for not being fun toting tropes. But best series I've seen of late is "Godless".

[@RoadkillXoutlaw]

Godless was great. I am an old fan of westerns and i enjoyed it thoroughly. I never missed an episode of Grizzly Adams.

[@gabrielmajin5265]

Oldman Hendy was the best movie of that year. Absolute fabulous !

[@gatekeeperboxing5898]

Most of them films I have heard people mention at one time of another but Hang Em High would get my vote. People mention so many Clint Eastwood westerns, but for me I believe this is one of the most underrated of them all and of the entire Western Genre. I love this film, the opening pre-credits sequence was tense, the score was great, the acting, the very different views of justice held by Clint Eastwood's & Pat Hingle's Characters in the film, the romantic subplot with Inger Stevens was well handled, and the tense ending.

[@ls93780]

Can’t argue with Silverado at 1.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

Very good list, though I would definitely put Dead Man in there somewhere.

[@SuperBeachbum74]

The best part of “ My Name Is Nobody “ is when Terrence Hill goes to Boot Hill and among the gravestones is the name “ Sam Peckinpaw “ to which Hill proclaims “ sound good in Navaho “, lol

[@matthewtaggart8586]

Great choices! Just watched Silverado again the other day. Totally agree it is a gem! How can I send a PM to you?

[@Halyr07]

I really enjoyed the Magnificent Seven as TV series. It's one of my comfort shows to watch 🙂

[@louisewash4685]

I have the dvd set

[@brianwillerton8659]

Ed Harris in Riders Of The Purple Sage...a classic western novel brought to the film stage. Bill Pullman in The Virginian....you living under a rock, limey>

[@murrismiller2312]

SERAPHIM FALLS is an AMAZING tale of magnanimous quality !!

[@samcooper430]

Late to the game but I always loved the TV series Alias Smith & Jones.

[@andreasknebel7453]

In America the most underratd or better unknown Western is the Austrian-German Film "Das finstere Tal" or "The Dark Valley" as it is named internationally! A fantastic Movie set in Austria (NOT Australia!) but has the style of a true Western! A mysterious man arrives in a village deep in the Austrian Alps to have revenge upon the family that rules the whole valley. The setting is phenomenal but unfamiliar to a western what gives this movie its outstanding uniqueness! An absolute MUST WATCH for Western Fans...

[@GOGIANTS1091]

I’d also add Lee Van Cleef’s Sabata. Really like that film

[@saxon60]

Another very underrated western was Ride with the Devil.

[@CharlesKast-d9b]

Really like Open Range.

[@christopherrandall3260]

Lonesome dove and return to lonesome dove where my go to western series growing up.

[@GuilhermeRodrigues-iq8ix]

"The Hired Hand", with Peter Fonda, and "Comes a Horseman", with Jane Fonda, James Caan and Jason Robards. Nothing really creative or great about them - except the performances, the spectacular scenery and cinematography of Comes a Horseman -, but I love these movies. (off topic commentary: I never saw Jeremiah Johnson cited in any of your videos. It's my pick for the greatest western movie ever...)

[@killrmillr]

Underrated western TV shows: Alias Smith and Jones Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater

[@matthalpin1981]

A hidden gem western tv series was 'Wild Boys'. Terrible name but a great show which lasted only one season and was set in the Australian 1880s.

[@gregpolutanovich1774]

Great list…Clint Eastwood should have directed Joe Kidd with nooooo bowler hat as it was a show wrecker from the get go…The Harder They Fall was a great western..,The Quick and the Dead was all eye candy with hardly any script..Old Henry was one of the best on the list with the classic My Name is Nobody..

[@henryquenin6580]

Absolutely Joe Kidd, one of my very favorites.

[@RynoKnarr14]

The missing from 2003 is underrated in my opinion.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

A few more gems are both versions of Monte Walsh, Cross Fire Trail, and Broken Trail. Conager and The Quick and the Dead, Sam Elliott version.

[@RedRider763]

The most underrated western gem is without a doubt they call me Trinity number 2 is Frank and Jessie lots of big actors but nobody ever talks of it

[@BluesmanDizzy]

"They call me Trinity" may not have been a hit in the US But all over Europe it was HUGE, Bigger than any American western at the time. Same goes for the sequel "They Still call me Trinity".

[@RedRider763]

@@BluesmanDizzy i figured it was seeing how they made so many crappy sequels not the my name is still Trinity one but the Trinity sees red revenge of Trinity ECT the fight before Christmas was really good but idk if it was considered a Trinity movie or not

[@2wiu322]

Billy the kid is so good bro, its a MGM show PLEASE add it to the list.

[@leroystea8069]

Two I would add but not sure what list to put it on is (you probably covered these already).... "Valdez Is Coming" - 1971 is a western with the most unusual ending. And "The Professionals" - 1966 about a rescue attempt with Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan and the beautiful Claudia Cardinale.

[@kylemwilson3]

Appaloosa is one of the most under-the-radar westerns.

[@grandpastillskates1030]

The Man From Snowy River!

[@mjjohnson7826]

If you haven’t watched old Henry don’t read any spoilers just watch it and thank me later. Once you see the end you’ll have to pick your jaw up. My grandfather and I loved every minute of it ESPECIALLY THE END.

[@smithjedediah]

I feel like there's a bit of a disconnect here when it comes to what "hidden" means culturally. Several of these films are immensely popular amongst Western fans and even general audiences and have been for decades, in spite of whatever the audience who voted for them seem to think. Silverado and The Quick and The Dead both come immediately to mind. I have a feeling, and I could be wrong, that a huge number of the the suggestions and recommendations for this particular entry came from people under like 40. Great list, mind you.

[@michaeld5268]

Really a fan of Open Range. It's has slow start to take in the grandeur of West which was probably off putting for some. But I enjoyed that aspect immensely . But the missing element, where the film really finds its stride, is when Annette Bening makes her appearance. You wouldn't think that the romantic element mattered. But it does. It fits the definition of an Under Appreciated Western as the IMDB score was nothing special. You would think that all the viewers of Yellowstone would go back to check out this movie. It would really scratch that itch while Yellowstone is still on a long hiatus.

[@madlynx1818]

Joe Kidd is one of my favorites. Slow West is a great western that doesn’t get much attention but really should I’ve watched it twice and will again. That would have been my #1. Check it out!

[@LandyVlad_Rides]

The Proposition is one of the best Westerns of all time. Just is.

[@richardheinen1126]

Whispering Smith underrated tv show

[@andrewmarshall360]

3:10 to Yuma

[@abbynormal7036]

I will probable be the only person to mention this film, but I really thought the movie " Alone Yet Not Alone " (2013) was a refreshingly good movie, and one of a few Christian movies (and only Western) to get my attention as being far above par. Low budget but outperforms in most categories. P.S. I enjoyed your previous list in the first video... three of them were good watches for me that I had not seen before.

[@theonetruerobb4852]

Most underrated TV Western? That's easy. Firefly. Yeah, there's spaceships and sci-fi trappings. But there's also a cagey, misunderstood outlaw, a hooker with a heart of gold, a loyal gan....ummm, crew. It's of a piece with Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Oh, speaking of underrated Western TV....

[@unclrogPitcher]

Cimmaron Strip / Stuart Whitman

[@thewilhelmscream7912]

Well add them to my list haha, great video, for shows, I really enjoyed, Wild Wild West at 5, Hell on Wheels as a 4, Bonanza as a 3, Little house on the prairie if you count it as a western as 2, and Deadwood as my favorite Western show, but I need to see the rifleman and lonesome dove before I can know for sure haha

[@cardboardempire]

Ned Kelly remake with Heath Ledger should be on this list

[@gretchen0906]

Well seeing as how you asked for western series, Lonesome Dove, and Deadwood are the best, I think.

[@joeturner4666]

TV Westerns; The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. 1993

[@MIKELIN8]

TV Show? The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr. starring Bruce Campbell.

[@jeffhampton5040]

The Culpepper Cattle Company.

[@siegfriedkrehmer4149]

All good choices, but I was hoping someone would have considered Missouri Breaks in the "Hidden Gems."

[@dianelitman5956]

I quite enjoyed the series called The Son, with Pierce Brosnan.

[@whatsnottohike]

Slow West. No one mentioning this? Unbelievable!

[@nikdagr33k]

I know we're done with movies... But what about 'The Culpepper Cattle Company' 1972? Hot Diggety what a movie

[@geert574]

Fort Apache!

[@HalleyBay61]

Obviously, the results for this are what people voted for and fair play to that. Had I found this channel earlier, my vote would absolutely go to Open Range. I think that film is just brilliant. But hey, that's just me. When Charley chases after the bad guy who holds Sue Barlow hostage and gets close to him and shoots him point blank 3 times, the way he does is one of the best examples of violent intentions & actual execution I remember seeing. It wasn't over the top. It was delivered with absolute precision, and it didn't ponder too long on it after the fact, either. "Men are going to die today, Sue, and I'm gonna kill 'em. Do you understand that?" He said that without malice, without cranking it up for the viewer. It was said like a man who has done it before and IS going to do it again. Just a matter of fact. That has stayed with me for a long time. You really get to feel the intent and reality of that situation. Arguably, for me, alongside Jonn Dunbar, Charley Waite is his best suited character. Damn...... now I gotta go n watch it now. 😂

[@mojorizn72]

Silverado is rightfully at the top spot.

[@julieb.5860]

the Long Riders.

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

I'll have to watch all these now. I shouldn't watch anymore of you're suggests 😅

[@mgman6000]

The Long riders

[@ericw3229]

I wouldn't call Silverado a hidden gem. Same for Open Range or Quick and The Dead. All got a lot of notice . Once again a " Top Ten " pretty much only covers the last few decades thus leaving out many films. Just one worth noting The Culpepper Cattle Company.

[@smithjedediah]

Film literacy is way, way down for people under like 45. Not their fault, really, but lists like this always betray that fact.

[@craigfishburn]

TV westerns, I recommend The Wild Wild West and Wanted Dead or Alive

[@anthonysims7636]

I don't know if this underate but hell on wheels

[@cain666]

Silverado is certainly a gem, but a hidden one? It did okay at the box office, not a hit, but not a flop. The movie did more than okay on streaming services as well. It got good reviews and it's widely considered an eighties classic. More importantly, fans of westerns are very familiar with it. As well as the many fans of the majors acting stars. I feel that you maybe wasted a spot here...

[@theecentralscrutinizer9978]

Breakheart Pass.....

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

what about guns of paradise and dr. quinn medicine woman

[@screetstreet3232]

Joe Kidd The Homesman Old Henry The Quick And The Dead Open Range Seraphim Falls

[@XAPAN88]

3:10 to Yuma? C’mon

[@PatrickDowdle]

I would add A Big hand for the little lady to the list of hidden gems . A big stakes poker game is held in Laredo every year and a wife , husband and son turn up on their way to buying a ranch . The husband is a recovering gambler who ends up in the game and bets the stake they have to buy the ranch . The bets on one hand keeps rising and when the husband cannot call he has a heart attack and begs his wife to continue in the game. The wife decides , after enquiring how the game is played, that she needs more money to continue and goes to the local banker . The banker C. P. Ballinger. at first thinks she is joking until she shows him her hand , which noone has seen . He then says he will loan her $5,500 at 6%, he then adds another $5000 and she wins after everyone folds . What transpires is the wife , the husband and the young son , are all con artists and card sharps , who along with Ballinger and the Doc , scammed the other poker players, who had swindled the banker in a real-estate deal 16 years before. The film stars Henry Fonda , Joanne Woodward, Burgess Meridith and Jason Robards

[@bossfan49]

Open Range is not underrated. People can't shut up about it. It is ALWAYS mentioned.

[@ryanarnold2804]

Hostiles, Appaloosa

[@bigdaddycros]

Open range a underrated? One of best modern westerns made.

[@KRLewis33]

Silverado does not age well. I loved that movie as a kid, but watched it again last year and it's almost unwatchable. The Proposition, however, is phenomenal as is Assassination of Jesse James.

[@hansfeld5233]

The Ballad Of Cable Hogue is a good one not on this list.

[@unclrogPitcher]

was waiting for this, one of my favs

[@JustWesterns]

Big thank you to everybody that commented on my original video and support the channel in general, this video is for you guys. Also, do let me know below if you have any underrated Western TV show suggestions for a possible follow-up video!

[@JustWesterns]

And if you missed it, here is the original video of my Top 10 MOST Underrated Western Movies Ever Made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXSVlqyepMSYgpY

[@SuperBeachbum74]

Casey Afleck a far better actor than his brother.

[@bobymox]

What are you talking about,most of these are well known movies!

[@cliffjones8809]

#3 Jesse James/Robert Ford. Casey Affleck is a good actor. Unfortunately, what he's good at portraying is dull, gloomy, boring, depressed apathy, with very little action.

[@tacticalskiffs8134]

There aren't any real westerns in the bunch. Mostly from the counter western period and later.

[@rickhaydan3433]

Somedays, I feel as if I hear a reviewer use the pompous word titular one more time, I will vomit. Yes, I know what it means. I just think it belongs on a Scrabble board, not a movie review. Please use title-character or title-town.

[@RedRider763]

And another thing I will never understand the people who support the assassination of Jessie James now brad pitt was a great Jessie James but it's the most boring pice of garbage I've ever watched nothing happened and it's 2 and a half hours and literally nothing I mean nothing happenes and there's no way u called Silverado underrated one of the biggest movies of the genre

[@matthalpin1981]

Yeah, I tried watching it but the pacing was killing me and I quit after 20 minutes or so. But with so many people loving it, I keep thinking I have to try watching it again when I have plenty of time to kill and don't feel like I am in a hurry.

[@RedRider763]

@@matthalpin1981 I don't get it I literally watched it last night and I couldn't tell u a thing that happened except for brad pitt was great I highly recommend Frank and Jessie thou with rob lowe and Bill Paxton that movie is great this movie is boring it's not about Jessie James either it's about the guy who shot him and I think the guy who played him was very weird and not very good

[@matthalpin1981]

@@RedRider763 Bill Paxton was great in EVERYTHING he did. I will check that one out when I can.