Top 10 Modern Western Films

[@smashingukproductions]

Check out our first video in the series, looking at the best CLASSIC WESTERNS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4mnXnRmq5x-mtE

[@Ellanvannin03]

I honestly would’ve put Rango in honourable mentions

[@strangoman]

I would have put it on the damn list 🤠

[@Ste_Gildea_Young]

Great call!

[@johnbalk6091]

Agreed. It's an honorable mention at best.

[@TheTrueEmrys]

its a baby cartoon bruh...we adults

[@orsonleighgrant]

........rango? Be so for real rn lol

[@LIONTUS]

And the oscar goes to … red dead redemption 2 👏👏

[@vroomkeys]

Yes haha I want a movie that makes me feel like the red dead series

[@LIONTUS]

@@vroomkeys there is none like red dead trust my I tried to find but there is nothing like this game

[@Phil_Derup69]

I’m watching this video because I’m currently playing red dead and it has me way in the mood to watch westerns

[@nahuelvacabaldoni6449]

Jaja me too

[@kylebeck8389]

Same

[@tyleryoast8299]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is my favorite, and one of my favorite movies. It strikes a surreal balance between realism and lyricism. It feels like an eerie old photograph brought to life. The matter of fact yet poetic narrator makes it feel like real life doesn't have to be overly dramatized, that real life is poetic enough.

[@samwheel5162]

Best one on the list

[@Muliaina-x5o]

Hugh Ross. He also narrated The Age of Adeline. I find it strange that he haven't done way more movies. His voice is amazing!!!

[@shanevinson845]

It’s not a “western.” Great film, though.

[@Muliaina-x5o]

@@shanevinson845 Of cause it's a western 🤣

[@raymondpierotti8414]

It is incredibly boring.

[@oldaxehead655]

The Assassination Of Jesse James is a tremendous movie. People for some reason think its too slow, but I think its perfect in bringing you back to that time in the country. We need a 4K Directors Cut as it is supposedly 3 hours and 15 minutes. That's 35 minutes left out!

[@mutualpeaceWayne]

That classic Tombstone line. “I got 2 guns, one for each of ya”

[@peternoble3691]

Paired with Doc spinning his two pistols in different directions 😅

[@mutualpeaceWayne]

@ wait, did it really happen like that? If so, I never noticed

[@peternoble3691]

@@mutualpeaceWayne yeah, check it out!

[@SergioLopez-u3f5r]

Great list. Surprised Appaloosa and Hostiles weren't mentioned, but I'm happy to be reminded of some of these greats and looking forward to watching others for the first time.

[@ferenckonya8593]

And they didn't mention the Bone Tomahawk... and the Open Range...

[@HalfAstros07]

No Appaloosa on this list is a crime

[@CristianGarcia-jc5kh]

Hostiles is just perfect. And that ending...

[@l.h.tnguyen4916]

Both those movies sucked

[@isaacmartinez6904]

The Revenant, 3;10 to Yuma, Hell or High Water, Tombstone, Django Unchained, True Grit, Dances With Wolves, The Hateful Eight, Open Range and Unforgiven are some of the best Modern Westerns in my opinion.

[@remusturner9993]

No effort man…

[@kennethbryant5573]

These are all classic masterpieces and anyone of them would be someone's favorite. I would like to add honorable mentions to the honorable mentions in rounding out the top 20 and those would be "The Magnificent Seven"(2016)"Bone Tomahawk"(2015) "Hostiles"(2017) and Appaloosa(2008)

[@jian5568]

Anyone saw the harder they fall in Netflix

[@itays7774]

Bro where's "No Country"?

[@alisonellis1627]

Legends of the Fall as well.

[@yeanah9158]

Would’ve loved to see Wind River mentioned

[@peterwilliams6114]

Wind River is superb . Great shout .

[@ashwinrao5983]

that movie was so depressing

[@Ste_Gildea_Young]

Yes. Definitely an honourable mention

[@glyniscoleman4813]

Excellent movie

[@ezioauditore7427]

One of the best slow-burn movie I've ever seen.

[@benpetot1515]

I love many of those. Open Range is my favorite. But one that might have gotten overlooked that skirts the genre well is Sicario. It has a lot of the elements that make a great western movie to me.

[@thenot-so-smartfox4145]

Sicario and also Wind River, both written by the man who also did Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan. These are awesome western movies!

[@jjschmidli8896]

Great list but “Hostiles” is one of the best movies I’ve seen in the last 10 years, and is so underrated

[@MattSpaugh]

Great list. +1 for "Dead Man". -10 for "Tombstone". I'd have reckoned "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" would've at least made an honorable mention.

[@get_the_lead_out]

Wyatt Earp is one of my favorites. The alley by the OK Corral is actually the correct width. 😃 It has an awesome epic western storyline, and amazing music. This one should have made the list!!

[@smashingukproductions]

For this list, we are looking at films from all genres of western, made AFTER 1990. Whether that be your more classically defined genre western, or more modern neo-westerns (such as 'Hell or High Water').

[@luis6263]

what about hostiles with christian bale

[@chrismaple779]

The Brad Pitt flick ( not typing the title) is such an underrated movie in general. Let alone westerns. Such a fantastic overall piece of cinema. I clicked the video purely for the thumbnail. Btw nice move on the revenant. You don’t need “cowboys” for a western. Subscribed.

[@treeunit212]

Bone Tomahawk should be on this list. Absolute killer movie.

[@innerpull]

The Sisters Brothers and the film Slow are absolutely fantastic modern Western films

[@NewDrovack]

Yes I was suprised not to see either in honorable mentions at least. Slow West is one of my favorite westerns. It’s got everything…unrequited love story, an outlaw running into his former gang, his redemption arc, a priest w a sniper rifle in guitar case and the hero dies in the end. Also Bone Tomahawk and Once upon a time in Mexico would make my own list and of course There Will Be Blood ! In no particular order 3:10 to Yuma Sister Brothers Lonesome Dove Tombstone unforgiven Godless Hell or Highwater There will be blood Once Upon a Time in Mexico No Countey For Old Men For A few dollars more Slow west Wind River Sicario Bone Tomahawk Magnificent 7 But -#1 w/ a bullett….DEADWOOD

[@guillaumed7788]

Nice list ! I would recommand to add Wyatt Earp, Old Henry, Hostiles, Appaloosa, Maverick, Quigley Down Under, Seraphim Falls....

[@j_edwards6075]

Maverick and Quigley down under are decent flicks but they're comedies, not exactly the type of contenders for rewatchable top 10 Neo-Westerns.

[@elijahalbiston]

Here to back up the plea for Hostiles. Incredible performance by Christian Bale and a truly tragic movie detailing both the side of Native Americans and the US Government. Their relationship throughout the film. And the deep struggles men and women went through at that time.

[@ComedyBros5]

@@j_edwards6075 Quigley Down Under? A comedy? Are you sure you’re remembering the right movie?!

[@fascistfodge5056]

@@elijahalbiston it’s my favourite of his roles after the 3:10 to Yuma. Absolute masterpiece

[@SSR6464]

Hostiles was great! Appaloosa too

[@alexanderg1297]

2007 was a solid year for film and westerns with No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford all coming out in that year.

[@ryanharvey1610]

solid year? No Country and TWBB were before their time. Such beautiful movies.

[@Ishbikes]

Damn, that was all in one year? Nice…

[@Brian_Boru]

You've compiled an excellent list. It's so difficult to pare it down to just ten. We've been fortunate since 1990. The Western did not die; it lives on and within the genre you'll find some of the best modern filmmaking there is.

[@Cookieboymonster1962]

I just went to my enormous "unwatched" dvd and blueray pile and moved Hell or High Water to the top of the much smaller "to be watched" pile so thanks.

[@SB-xk4jc]

Hostiles surely needs a mention. That film is incredible!

[@jorgejordan7732]

Hostiles should be #1

[@dogukan127]

Definetly - was suprised to not see it

[@thewanderingsamurai1150]

Hostiles was pretty mid

[@TheEternalOuroboros]

The most slept on modern western.

[@SB-xk4jc]

@@thewanderingsamurai1150 everyone's entitled to their opinion and you have chosen to voice yours. All the best.

[@KulwantSingh-wh8nj]

Once upon a time in the West is my all time favorite. I have watched it for multiple times but never get bored. Salute to Charles Bronsons

[@meattroller8853]

Probably on the Classic Westerns list unless they sub out Spaghetti Westerns

[@phatnana2379]

Damn, not even an honorable mention for Bone Tomahawk!? I know it's a little extreme (to say the least) at times, but it's a truly GREAT Western!!

[@phatnana2379]

@@TheGourdKing I disagree. I have a bias as BT is prob my #1 favorite film lol but I'd put Bone Tomahawk above ALL the films on the Honorable Mention list at the VERY least. I'lll keep it off the main list because of the violence but Bone Tomahawk looks, sounds, and feels more authentic/realistic, has better acting, and a richer story than basically every flick here. The Assassination of Jesse James... maybe the only film that looks better

[@phatnana2379]

@@TheGourdKing wow, lol! A disagreement in the comment section of a KZbin video and neither person called the other or was called a "f*****g idiot" or were told to kill themselves!! See? It IS possible!! Jokes aside, obv I'm just a Bone Tomahawk fanboy tho lol! Tho it's basic plot is classic Western fair, it plays out and features some new and refreshingly unique ideas. If you're just a big fan of Westerns, like I am, and like to read at all, you should check out the two Western novels A. Craig Zahler wrote himself... 'A Congregation of Jackals' and 'Wraiths of the Broken Land' Same type of character driven stories like his films, same great dialogue, and of course, his trademark of sporadic bursts of horrific violence!

[@phatnana2379]

@@TheGourdKing lolol! I literally own every one of those Cormac McCarthy titles! I haven't read Elmore Leonard's Westerns tho! I'm a huge fan of his crime fiction tho! Rum Punch is one of my favorites and is probably why Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino film! I just finished Zahler's two books in a contemporary setting too. 'The Slanted Gutter' and 'Mean Business on North Ganson Street' are great too. Just a huge fan of this guy rn

[@juan2three6]

Yeah bone tomahawk is definitely one of the best ive seen by far. Along with Old Henry which didnt make it

[@kurttuchscherer7706]

Yeah it's good in the sense of entertaining. But it's not a great movie.

[@thelastcopier]

Great list. I'd also recommend The Homesman, Hostiles, and especially The Lonesome Dove (1989).

[@justahistorydork2974]

im a little surprised hostiles didnt make the list, christian bales performance in that was beyond phenomenal

[@greggi47]

Thanks for this fantastic list. Now I want to go back to watch these- again-and the runners up I haven't seen at all.

[@dash4800]

When i think of film as an art form Assassination of Jesse James is the film that comes to mind. It tells its story with incredible flair and artistry while not having any of it take away from the narrative or losing focus on characters. In fact i think the artistic cinematography enhances both the plot and characters. To me its a perfect film.

[@michaelstopher1471]

I need to throw Last Man Standing, The Way of the Gun, and Legends of the Fall into the hat for consideration.

[@hunterhill4786]

Hostiles is an amazing film. In my Top Ten for sure.

[@pete9328]

I was looking for the hostiles comment. It could easily be the #1 western of all time.

[@nikolab22]

Best western in my opinion

[@stephanegagnon2112]

@@pete9328top 3

[@StefanS-ig2rm]

Open Range deserved a spot in the top 5 and Appaloosa atleast an honourable mention.

[@thompsonwelds]

Appaloosa is far better a western than a few of these on here. The revenant isn't even a western. Hell or high water either. Great movies, sure. But not westerns. Open range only being an honorable mention is an absolute travesty.

[@pcatful]

Unforgiven is a great number one, but I can't see the total ignorance of Appaloosa. incredible cast, great dialog, humor, satisfying plot. Thanks for the rundown, some of these I'll have to see.

[@elevenseven-yq4vu]

20 great Westerns: The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), The Way West (1967), Little Big Man (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Heaven's Gate (1980), Walker (1987), Dances with Wolves (1990), Unforgiven (1992), Buffalo Girls (1995), Dead Man (1995), Ride with the Devil (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), The Missing (2003), There Will Be Blood (2007), Appaloosa (2008), Django Unchained (2012), Slow West (2015), Hostiles (2017), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

[@nameundecided8182]

I’ve always loved Clint Eastwoods films, they’re the reason I got interested in westerns

[@Elricsedric]

Definitely watching some of these, awesome list.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Hostiles is another good one, though I get why it wouldn’t be included since it was only released recently

[@systummhanger8216]

hostiles is so good . really underrated film.

[@oldjunkvet]

I would rate the top 5 as follows: 1) Dances with Wolves 2) Tombstone 3) Open Range 4) True Grit, and 5) 3:10 to Yuma with Unforgiven as #6 & Buster Scruggs at least as an honorable mention.

[@azamatsainaro1779]

Assassination of Jesse James is so underrated. So glad i found it.

[@TheIronDuke9]

Hatfields & McCoys was a superb series in 2012 that definitely deserves to be on this list

[@easypeasy2938]

First off...the list is movies. Secondly, Hatfields and McCoys takes place in the East. It's an Eastern.

[@TheIronDuke9]

Your first point is valid, your 2nd is ridiculous@@easypeasy2938

[@connorroberts7335]

If you haven’t seen all these films you are truly missing out this is a fantastic list!

[@JohnWhit12]

I think any updated list in the future has to have Old Henry in the top 3. Amazing western.

[@LittleHammer_]

Low key, The Harder the Fall was great, on Netflix, should’ve made this list. You had a great ensemble cast, multiple gun fights and drama and great costumes and the music was fire!!! I know it’s a little over the top but it’s easily one of my recent film top 5 for the genre. If you haven’t seen it, get ya popcorn ready n thank me later!

[@jeffreydean5112]

Was hoping to see Last of the Mohicans on this list.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

A Western that takes mostly in New York?

[@ryangann7080]

All good movies but the order on this is crazy in my humble opinion. Bone tomahawk should be a honorable mention too.

[@MegaSilverBlood]

I mean all of these are pretty much instant modern classics, Hell or High Water is one of those kinda hidden gems of modern cinema, I love it But any of these i cant get tired of watching

[@Davemilroy]

Great list - would have loved to see Slow West here.

[@andrewnash5933]

Open Range should have been in the top three at least, it is an almost perfect western.

[@jrpro5195]

lol what do you mean “almost”?

[@dawsonlucas369]

What do you mean it was number 2 bruh

[@andrewnash5933]

@@dawsonlucas369 unfortunately it only gets an honourable mention.

[@tylertapp131]

I agree. This movie came out when I was in middle school and was probably one of my all time favorites. Open range and jeramiah johnson have always been two of my favorites.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

Oh I so agree!

[@spriles]

Good list! Open Range is better than Tombstone.

[@TheConnorMwg]

Gran Torino should be on this list I think, brilliant neo-western

[@edwardbloecher4563]

True Grit is a remake that truly lives up to original. Bridges nailed it!!

[@ste.6026]

'in The Valley Of Violence' & ' 'Bone Tomahawk' are two of the best I have seen in the last year or two...

[@glenndrexler1677]

MOST LIKELY THE ONLY ONE IN THE U.S WHO THAUGHT,THE UNFORGIVEN WAS TRULY LONG AND BORING"....

[@pathfinder8570]

1. Unforgiven (1992) 2. Dances with Wolves (1990) 3. The Proposition (2005) 4. 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 5. True Grit (2010) 6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) 7. No Country for Old Men (2007) 8. Django Unchained (2012) 9. The Revenant (2015) 10. Hell or High Water (2016)

[@83giffy]

Legend of the fall, the quick and the dead.

[@Sven_E07]

Brad Pitt should have won his Oscar for "Jesse James". He was criminally overlooked just like John Wayne for "The Searchers". (Side note: Casey Affleck used the same mannerisms and facial expressions as John Ireland in the original. When I saw the original I immediately noticed that.) P.S. "Open Range" deserves to be in the list and I think the 1970 "True Grit" is better. More aesthetic. John Wayne's Oscar was long overdue.

[@nadagabri5783]

The good the bad and ugly .. reign supreme western of all westerns

[@marco-dn7kd]

But it is not a post 1990 film...

[@chrissobeck6431]

Yo the proposition....simply amazing

[@drop-cat.33]

Buster Scruggs is my all time favorite

[@MasonGoodwin-es4cp]

True grit 2010, tombstone, and the hateful eight are my favorite cowboy films of all time

[@kellinwinslow1988]

And the John Barry score for Dances With Wolves is fantastic although it's interesting to note that Costner's first choice to score the film was Basil Poledouris. What could have been.

[@anikettrivedi8447]

Im shocked and surprised to see that there is no mention of The Sisters Brothers. Not just my top western, but one of the finest movies made in recent years. Also what an unimaginably awesome starcast!

[@AudreyC379]

Another one is News of the World, staring Tom Hanks. Highly recommend it.

[@bigsurge5906]

The Revenance is so realistic. I can watch it twice in one day literally. The visuals are unbeaten

[@Sicnesses23]

The revenance? Never heard of it

[@atherisGAY]

​@@Sicnesses23 i assume it autocorrected "the revenant"

[@Covey7342]

Hostiles is a modern masterpiece, it could have replaced several movies on this list.

[@pete9328]

It’s easily the best western ever made

[@Makeaocbartendagain2]

What about Hostiles (2017) or Wind River (2017)?

[@whodesignedme_]

Wow Christian Bale's voice is similar to John Marston's ... Love it dude !

[@RaysViolet]

Conagher is a classic with Sam Eliott. One of my favourite westerns of all time.

[@williamstantonstanton3484]

True Grit was in so many ways a no 1 for me.

[@atherisGAY]

True Grit was amazing. I loved everything, and I was beyond positively surprised by the child acting, did not expect it to be great. She was 13!

[@thompsonwelds]

The remake isn't even the best western called True Grit

[@BearTracksFlyFishing]

Top 5 1 - Tombstone 2 - No Country 3 - Django 4 - Hateful 5 - Dances With Wolves

[@44zaydin]

Maybe an honourable mention for Wind River?

[@smashingukproductions]

Great shout.

[@ryanbrockmiller1648]

good list, I think Appaloosa should have at least been a honorable mention. The gun fighting in that is so realistic.

[@kellinwinslow1988]

Both your lists are great and I've either seen,or own all of them. Here's an interesting question for you. Would you consider doing a list of movies that are Westerns but don't market themselves as Westerns. Star Wars for example,which takes so much from The Searchers ECT or some anime like Captain Harlock Arcadia Of My Youth. Or a list of foreign Westerns, Kurosawa ECT. Might make for some interesting videos. Keep up the good work.

[@smashingukproductions]

We can definitely look at that, We have got a list looking at international westerns in the pipeline. Thanks for the comment.

[@onevastanus]

Star Wars is sci-fi. There are no cowboys or horses. It's set in space, not in the old west.

[@jon859]

Assassination of jesse james is one if the greatest movies I’ve ever seen, extremely underrated.

[@TrickshotFactory677]

Should've added Bone Tomahawk and Hostiles, but great list either way

[@throwdini2525]

Thunderheart and Wind River should be on the list as well as Open Range

[@raggeragnar]

Ooh , Thunderheart is in my top 10 of ALL films ever. It’s so good.

[@jhonnyblade4402]

Unforgiven and Open Range are my favorites

[@negativezilch]

I feel like The Harder They Fall gets overlooked a lot

[@breckcowan9863]

The proposition is lowkey a outstanding movie and everyone needs to watch it it should have been #2

[@Vercingetorix-ck3kb]

Jesse James is hands down the winner -- it's a Western story on the empty pursuit of fame as seen from both someone who attained it and someone who strived for it... the novel it was based on (and which the screenplay is largely cut from line by line) is one of the best written novels... ever.

[@DiegoPujolT]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs...? Great video, though. Time to rewatch all of them.

[@joshuapanyko1186]

I haven't watched the whole thing, but Old Henry should be on this list if it isn't. Fantastic movie. Tim Blake Nelson is outstanding in it

[@77Cfriend]

"All the pretty horses"--Matt Damian and Penelope Cruz one of the best I've seen.

[@chrishampton8842]

Open Range should in your top 10. Best shootout ever in a western. But, that being said I agree with most of your list

[@SixSamuraiUnited]

3:10 to Yuma was really good…and then the ending happened

[@bullythebooks]

So you're mad that they went with an unexpected original ending instead of the predictable boring normal ending to movies? The ending and the two main actors are what made that movie amazing.

[@SixSamuraiUnited]

@@bullythebooks it just felt out of character for Russell Crowe to murder his entire gang

[@SixSamuraiUnited]

@@TheGourdKing I’ve seen it twice

[@Rob-eo5ql]

True Grit (2010) is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen

[@kingdomroadproductions9746]

News of the World with Tom Hanks was pretty good too, even though it wasn't a cinematic release.

[@BDUBZ49]

It was interesting. Not at all what I was expecting by the title.

[@AudreyC379]

Ooh, one of my absolute favorites. It definitely deserves more recognition.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

It had a cinematic release in the States. I saw it in the theater.

[@EX2_TEHeaD]

ジェシージェームズとジャンゴは近年の西部劇作品の中だと本当傑作だと思う

[@Majintrunx3131]

"May I stand unshaken" got me here

[@lolasilver95]

i'll like to recomend the quick and the dead as another option of little girl looking for revenge, it has a special place in my heart as i wathced with my dad once upon a time

[@nico_wiro7911]

I will also have put "The Sisters Brothers" from Jacques Audiard in the list!

[@rakeshp6465]

How is it moive?

[@gray_shoots]

so underrated

[@Wantabe2188]

The Magnificent Seven remake was pretty awesome too

[@qp8596]

Came here to say this! 😊

[@luluschannel9862]

Old man Henry wasn't out yet but easily would've place #2

[@juan2three6]

Ohh no wonder it’s not on here lol such a great movie

[@GustoMaximus]

Appaloosa & Missing should be here. Both some of the best westerns even made but never seemed to get much attention.

[@Sheephouse23]

Sicario is considered a Neo-Western (part of Sheridan’s trio with Wind River and Hell or High Water). It would be in my top 3.

[@TheJGW]

fantastic list of films right there

[@lewisharris7325]

I would personally have added John Sayles' Lone Star as well

[@mikeydubbz1]

I can’t believe Wyatt Earp isn’t on the list, Dennis Quaid as Doc holiday was perfect!

[@JayT0o]

I think Bone Tomahawk would have been worth a mention but great list.

[@markbruce80]

Check out Bone Tomahawk - Western horror

[@rattlesnakejake6915]

Would’ve loved to have seen Old Henry (2021) mentioned! If anyone hasn’t seen it I highly suggest it

[@skyfall7159]

« The Harder They Fall » is veryyyyyy good too guys ! Available on netflix 🤝🏽

[@one1564]

Nice list man 🔥👌