20. Hell or High Water 19. Logan 18. Back to the Future 3 17. The Ballad of BusterScruggs 16. Meeks Cutoff 15. The Proposition 14. Maverick 13. Apaloosa 12. Open Range 11. The power of the dog 10. The Assassination of Jesse James 9. The quick and the dead 8. Slow West 7. Dead Man 6. The Homesman 5. 3:10 to Yuma 4. Tombstone 3. Django Unchained 2. Unforgiven 1. True Grit
Definitely not a bad list, I might have included some honorable mentions, such as: • No Country for Old Men • Sicario • Wind River • The Magnificent Seven (2016) • Rango Even though they didn’t make the list, these movies captured every aspect that makes a western a western, and that’s what makes them iconic
I would have any of those listed take the place of Quick and The Dead. It was an entertaining movie. But it has no business being on a best Western movie list.
My favorite Westerns include The Magnificent 7 (both versions), Back to the Future Part 3, Wagons East, Blazing Saddles, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Hateful 8, A Million Ways To Die, Tombstone, Django Unchained, & Rango
"Unforgiven" is better than "True Grit", more important for the evolution of the genre. "Unforgiven" is the ultimate western. You also forgot "Dancing with Wolves" and the Unknown "Seraphim Falls", directed by David Von Ancken (2006), violent and surreal. As for the TV series, the best is "Into the West" (2005), involving and very touching.
Ranker lists are live and continue to accrue votes, so some rankings may have changed after this publishing. The Revenant (2015) ... Hell Or High Water (2016) ... Wind River (2017) ... 3:10 To Yuma (2007) ... Dances With Wolves (1990) ... True Grit (2010) ... Tombstone (1993) ... Open Range (2003)
Best Westerns Since 1990: 1. Unforgiven 2. 3:10 to Yuma 3. Back to the Future Part 3 4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 5. Dead Man 6. True Grit 7. Tombstone
Open Range is my favorite Western of the 21st Century thus far. Kevin Costner paid perfect homage to classic western masterpieces, specifically: .My Darling Clementine (1946), directed By John Ford .High Noon (1952), directed By Fred Zinneman .Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks You can tell Kevin Costner has great admiration for the classics and he practically made an amalgam of previous masterpieces and ended up making one himself. Great film.
Fact. “Hell Or High Water” was written by Taylor Sheridan, creator of the modern western series, ”Yellowstone”, and its spin-offs, “1883” and “1923”. He also wrote Denis Villeneuve’s crime thriller, “Sicario”.
@michaelmonthey5974 Taylor Sheridan also wrote and directed Wind River (2017). But my favourite out of his American Frontier Trilogy is Hell or High Water. Sicario and Wind River are great but Hell or High Water is something special
I can’t believe that magnificent 7 remake is not on this list. Not the greatest movie, but it was fun, action packed, great cast each with their own speciality. Just fun. This and 3:10 to Yuma were my favorite westerns since tombstone and unforgiven
If you're going to include movies with western tropes and influences, like Logan and Hell or High Water, you have to mention Rob Zombies "Devils Rejects" which utilizes a plethora of western tropes and spaghetti western inspired cinematography. It has the uber-violence of Peckinpah and the extreme close ups of Sergio Leone. Not to mention the quintessential antihero/outlaw ending, gunned down in a hail of bullets. (I wrote my thesis for a western film class on this btw)😂
Tombstone, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and True Grit (2010) are my top 3 Westerns. Thanks for putting Back to the Future III on here. That was cool. No thanks for the political ideology. That wasn't cool. Dances with Wolves should have been on the list. It would have been a fine replacement for Django Unchained and is more deserving.
Maybe they don't fit in the category as described by WM, but I would give votes to both Magnificent Seven and Bone Tomahawk, as well. Great list, though! There are a few I haven't seen that I will definitely check out. Thanks!
Love many you noted (e.g., Tombstone, Open Range, Unforgiven); have some new ones to try, too; thanks! A bit surprised "Dances with Wolves (1990) was left out though.
My Top 10 Modern Westerns are; 1. Unforgiven 2. True Grit (2010) 3. Dances With Wolves 4. Django Unchained 5. Tombstone 6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 7. The Power of the Dog 8. The Hateful Eight 9. City Slickers 10. Open Range
Couple of phenomenal modern western shows if anyone's interested: Hell on Wheels - AMC - Don't be fooled by the name, it isn't a Sons of Anarchy knock-off, and that's probably why this show didn't catch on. Hell on Wheels is what they call the traveling camp installing one of the two major railroads during the race to the west. Taking place soon after the Civil War it divides attention between all the races and players of the day... the Irish, Chinese, freed African Americans, native Americans, etc... all alongside the residual tension between ex Union and Confederate soldiers. First season is cliche western feel, but characters and stories develop wonderfully through the rest of the series. Subjects can get dark, things weren't easy those days, but isn't that the interest? Lead character is badass, and the intro song is the best I've ever heard, the reason I never once skipped the intro. Binge worthy. Was on Netflix but now I think AMC, tubi, and freevee. Godless - Netflix - A runaway outlaw seeks refuge on a ranch run by a woman alongside her mother-in-law and her coming-of-age son on the outskirts of a town of women left over after a mine accident killed all their men. This is a mini-series with one season, short and sweet. Jeff Daniels is the villain? Why yes he is. Netflix original. There's others I'm sure, let me know I'd love to hear'em. Yeah yeah I didn't forget about Deadwood. I'm just mentioning a few people may not have heard about.
Slow west was really good. As an American from Truckee its funny to see a western made in New Zealand and without Americans😂🤣. But Tombstone is my favorite. We also need more movies about the Australian outback in the1800s.
Buster Scruggs needs his own movie. I kept hoping they were gonna circle back around and tie it all together somehow, maybe feature something from before his untimely death, but nope
I watched a Cult Classic Western Comedy called Gunless. It's a story about a typical western protagonist wanted for a crime hiding out in a Canadian town. With great performances and a solid duck out of water style script, Gunless is a movie that I recommend.
I'm actually confounded. I expected either Unforgiven or No Country For Old Men to be #1. True Grit, while one of the best Westerns of the 21st century and one of the Coen's most exemplary works in their latter career, I don't feel you guys made much of a case as to why it is the most superior. Otherwise it's a solid list.
Genuinely can't understand how it's possible to make this list and not include No Country for Old Men - should absolutely be in the top 5 (it's essentially the same brand of neo-Western as Hell or High Water, so it should qualify). Also, There Will Be Blood should be here somewhere.
A couple of these movies are a real stretch. Three movies that should be on the list are Dead for a Dollar starring Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe, The Hateful Eight, and There Will Be Blood. TWBB is an atypical western in that it doesn't feature gunfights, but it is a western setting and certainly is more western than the first two movies on the list, and features fantastic performances. Unforgiven is my all-time favourite western.
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They left out buck and the preacher and Silverado.
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The Hateful 8 should be on the list. It’s criminally underrated.
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I think maybe the lack of open plains and tumbleweeds knocked it down a bit lol but this list is kind of a joke anyway
Tombstone will always be my favorite western and Val Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday was phenomenal and he deserved an Oscar.
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Indeed he did
20. Hell or High Water
19. Logan
18. Back to the Future 3
17. The Ballad of BusterScruggs
16. Meeks Cutoff
15. The Proposition
14. Maverick
13. Apaloosa
12. Open Range
11. The power of the dog
10. The Assassination of Jesse James
9. The quick and the dead
8. Slow West
7. Dead Man
6. The Homesman
5. 3:10 to Yuma
4. Tombstone
3. Django Unchained
2. Unforgiven
1. True Grit
Thanks
No hostiles this list is rubbish!
Definitely not a bad list, I might have included some honorable mentions, such as:
• No Country for Old Men
• Sicario
• Wind River
• The Magnificent Seven (2016)
• Rango
Even though they didn’t make the list, these movies captured every aspect that makes a western a western, and that’s what makes them iconic
I would have any of those listed take the place of Quick and The Dead. It was an entertaining movie. But it has no business being on a best Western movie list.
sicario is a western?
Agree, well said
@@c012281977very accurate comment
@@c012281977the quick and the dead is way better than the magnificent seven remake and rango
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@@jimmymurphy898Too bad he died, so players had to play as John Marston.
@@farmergiovanni4522 Yeah that made me sad. I really didn't want to stop playing as Arthur.
Tombstone. It has always been, and likely always will be, my favorite Western of all time. With a close second going to the original True Grit.
The Quick and the Dead os so criminally underrated!!!
I don't know how this channel puts out so much good content. You might not agree with everything but gotta admit it's all entertaining af.
My favorite Westerns include The Magnificent 7 (both versions), Back to the Future Part 3, Wagons East, Blazing Saddles, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Hateful 8, A Million Ways To Die, Tombstone, Django Unchained, & Rango
A million ways to die in the west is hella underrated
Some are to old for this particular list though
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"Unforgiven" is better than "True Grit", more important for the evolution of the genre. "Unforgiven" is the ultimate western.
You also forgot "Dancing with Wolves" and the Unknown "Seraphim Falls", directed by David Von Ancken (2006), violent and surreal.
As for the TV series, the best is "Into the West" (2005), involving and very touching.
Ranker lists are live and continue to accrue votes, so some rankings may have changed after this publishing.
The Revenant (2015) ...
Hell Or High Water (2016) ...
Wind River (2017) ...
3:10 To Yuma (2007) ...
Dances With Wolves (1990) ...
True Grit (2010) ...
Tombstone (1993) ...
Open Range (2003)
They’re not movies but Yellowstone, 1883, and 1923 are proof that westerns are making a comeback in a small way, at the very least.
Whoo! New Justified, can't wait. Ye need to do a Justified top 10/20
Best Westerns Since 1990:
1. Unforgiven
2. 3:10 to Yuma
3. Back to the Future Part 3
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5. Dead Man
6. True Grit
7. Tombstone
How are masterpieces like Dances With Wolves and Rango not on this list?! 😤
You left out Bone Tomahawk. It’s a great film. A western thriller with some serious horror elements. Also Kurt Russell is in it. It’s really great yo!
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Tombstone is such a good movie that I got a real Doc Holiday autograph afterwards!
The moment when Bill Money learns that they killed his friend and he downs half a bottle of whiskey is tranformative in the movies.
Open Range is my favorite Western of the 21st Century thus far. Kevin Costner paid perfect homage to classic western masterpieces, specifically:
.My Darling Clementine (1946), directed By John Ford
.High Noon (1952), directed By Fred Zinneman
.Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks
You can tell Kevin Costner has great admiration for the classics and he practically made an amalgam of previous masterpieces and ended up making one himself. Great film.
Open Range has one of the best shootouts of any western.
That shootout scene at the end is lit
@@wowbobwow37the best ever in a western IMO
Yes!! Thank you! It's my favorite Western. Love love this film. Everything about it is spot on.
Yes, love Buster Scruggs, it really deserves more love.
I want to recommend "Old Henry". Great movie with a cool twist at the end.
Indeed, another one they missed, great movie
Correction, Jane Campion won the Oscar for best director for “The Power of the Dog”.
Tombstone is a classic 🪦
Fact. “Hell Or High Water” was written by Taylor Sheridan, creator of the modern western series, ”Yellowstone”, and its spin-offs, “1883” and “1923”. He also wrote Denis Villeneuve’s crime thriller, “Sicario”.
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Taylor Sheridan also wrote and directed Wind River (2017). But my favourite out of his American Frontier Trilogy is Hell or High Water. Sicario and Wind River are great but Hell or High Water is something special
The Harder They Fall is chronically slept on
Old Henry should also be on this list. It’s criminally underrated. Tim Blake Nelson also stars, but it’s a lot more badass than Buster Skruggs.
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Tombstone and Open Range are my favorite modern western movies
I can’t believe that magnificent 7 remake is not on this list. Not the greatest movie, but it was fun, action packed, great cast each with their own speciality. Just fun. This and 3:10 to Yuma were my favorite westerns since tombstone and unforgiven
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How is Hostiles, The Hateful 8, Magnificent 7, and Bone Tomahawk not listed in this????? Please explain.
Because they're not woke
And the revenant
If you're going to include movies with western tropes and influences, like Logan and Hell or High Water, you have to mention Rob Zombies "Devils Rejects" which utilizes a plethora of western tropes and spaghetti western inspired cinematography. It has the uber-violence of Peckinpah and the extreme close ups of Sergio Leone. Not to mention the quintessential antihero/outlaw ending, gunned down in a hail of bullets. (I wrote my thesis for a western film class on this btw)😂
WatchMojo, thank you for putting Tombstone in the top 3.
It's my favorite western movie since "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly".
But Tombstone isn't in the Top 3. WatchMojo put it at Number 4.
1. Unforgiven
2. Open Range
3. Tombstone
4. 3:10 to Yuma
5. Quick and the Dead
I’ll take your top 4 in that same order for sure
@@chrishampton8842 Nice!
Honestly, Q&D is a guilty pleasure that I saw with the right friends at the right time.
@@robertbouley7697 same here but I can’t have it at #5 lol!
Little upset the new magnificent 7 didn't feature... Feel it is very under rated
Agree
Unforgiven is not only the best western Clint Eastwood has ever done, it’s the best western ever made!
Posse and The Harder They Fall should've hit this list.
I was just about to comment that! Definitely underrated
A Million Ways to Die in The West... Seth MacFarlane put a pretty good spin on Modern Westerns.
The Quick and Dead is the most interesting (and yet cliche) western I've ever seen. Gotta love Sam Rami!
Best western of all time: Once Upon a Time in the West.
Even though it’s from 1985, Silverado is one of my favorite contemporary Westerns.
what about "Dances with wolves" and "The Missing"? They certainly belong in this list, imo.
The power of the dog didn't win the academy award for best picture in 2021 !!
Dead Man is one of my favorite westerns of all time for how surreal it is
Cannabalism. Yecch.
Another Kurt Russell solid but brutal modern western is 2015’s Bone Tomahawk
3:10 to Yuma best western.
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No country for old men better be number one, one of the best movies ever
Wondering how it wasn’t even on this list myself
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Tombstone, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and True Grit (2010) are my top 3 Westerns. Thanks for putting Back to the Future III on here. That was cool. No thanks for the political ideology. That wasn't cool. Dances with Wolves should have been on the list. It would have been a fine replacement for Django Unchained and is more deserving.
*News of the World* should have at least been honorably mentioned. It's criminally underrated.
"The harder they fall" definitely should've made the list being 1 of few westerns with a mostly black cast plus the story and movie are great
Maybe they don't fit in the category as described by WM, but I would give votes to both Magnificent Seven and Bone Tomahawk, as well. Great list, though! There are a few I haven't seen that I will definitely check out. Thanks!
1. McClintock
2. Tombstone
3. Shanghai Noon
McClintock was way before 1990, sorry
@chrishampton8842 I am well aware of this, I listed my personal favorite westerns
@@phillipmitchell71 glad you’re aware
Tombstone should be 1, my opinion! Unforgiven is fantastic too tho
Can’t believe “Pale Rider” didn’t make this list.
It’s before 1990 is why
Love many you noted (e.g., Tombstone, Open Range, Unforgiven); have some new ones to try, too; thanks! A bit surprised "Dances with Wolves (1990) was left out though.
Hell or High Water with Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges is a modern classic
Ben Foster is the man
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2:20 Logan!!!!! I'm done next video
Im sorry but you dont' have No Country for Old men on this list WHAT!!! how is that possible that should be in the top 5 at least.
The quick and the dead is a great film.👍
My Top 10 Modern Westerns are;
1. Unforgiven
2. True Grit (2010)
3. Dances With Wolves
4. Django Unchained
5. Tombstone
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. The Power of the Dog
8. The Hateful Eight
9. City Slickers
10. Open Range
Love Tombstone and Unforgiven ❤. Is True Grit that good?
True Grit probably should have made the top 5, but in no way should it be ranked over Tombstone or Unforgiven.
Indeed it is
But 2nd to Unforgiven IMO
Watcmojo should do a Top 10, 20 or 30 John Ford movies and Top 10 Sergio Leone Movies.
I absolutely agree with True Grit being number one, but you have forgotten to include The Revenant.
Okay, it's really strange to see Leonardo DiCaprio's "bookend" performances as two dramatically different characters in this.
Couple of phenomenal modern western shows if anyone's interested:
Hell on Wheels - AMC - Don't be fooled by the name, it isn't a Sons of Anarchy knock-off, and that's probably why this show didn't catch on. Hell on Wheels is what they call the traveling camp installing one of the two major railroads during the race to the west. Taking place soon after the Civil War it divides attention between all the races and players of the day... the Irish, Chinese, freed African Americans, native Americans, etc... all alongside the residual tension between ex Union and Confederate soldiers. First season is cliche western feel, but characters and stories develop wonderfully through the rest of the series. Subjects can get dark, things weren't easy those days, but isn't that the interest? Lead character is badass, and the intro song is the best I've ever heard, the reason I never once skipped the intro. Binge worthy.
Was on Netflix but now I think AMC, tubi, and freevee.
Godless - Netflix - A runaway outlaw seeks refuge on a ranch run by a woman alongside her mother-in-law and her coming-of-age son on the outskirts of a town of women left over after a mine accident killed all their men. This is a mini-series with one season, short and sweet. Jeff Daniels is the villain? Why yes he is.
Netflix original.
There's others I'm sure, let me know I'd love to hear'em.
Yeah yeah I didn't forget about Deadwood. I'm just mentioning a few people may not have heard about.
🐊 "Rango" (2011)
Love that movie. Johnny Depp is wonderful in it, along with the rest of the cast
That is a great one!
Tbh, I expected movies like The Hateful Eight, and Bone Tomahawk to be in the list.
Loved The quick and the dead
I feel Maverick could have taken a backseat and included Hostiles.
Several they listed could have been excluded and better ones added
I LOVE Appaloosa...that is all. I forgot all about it I love it so much...smile
I know it's a videogame but Red Dead Redemption 2 is easily my favorite western and favorite videogame ever period.
Slow west was really good. As an American from Truckee its funny to see a western made in New Zealand and without Americans😂🤣. But Tombstone is my favorite. We also need more movies about the Australian outback in the1800s.
Buster Scruggs needs his own movie. I kept hoping they were gonna circle back around and tie it all together somehow, maybe feature something from before his untimely death, but nope
Where‘s the Revenant?
Hostiles
It’s a masterpiece
Too bad "Silverado" was from 1985... probably one of the most underrated westerns in the modern era. An absolute gem.
Crime that Hostiles isn’t on the list
I watched a Cult Classic Western Comedy called Gunless. It's a story about a typical western protagonist wanted for a crime hiding out in a Canadian town. With great performances and a solid duck out of water style script, Gunless is a movie that I recommend.
Quigley Down Under (1990)
I was waiting for Quigley to show up. Kinda disappointed that it wasn't included.
I'm actually confounded. I expected either Unforgiven or No Country For Old Men to be #1. True Grit, while one of the best Westerns of the 21st century and one of the Coen's most exemplary works in their latter career, I don't feel you guys made much of a case as to why it is the most superior. Otherwise it's a solid list.
American Outlaws was a decent one too. I liked it.
Tombstone all the way.
My picks are unforgiven, true grit (2010), and open range
Missing bone tomahawk, hateful 8, ballad of.... Um... Lol
Etc etc 😆👌
The harder they fall
Film making and story telling-wise... Django Unchained, Hateful 8 and No Country For Old Men are miles ahead of the competition
Genuinely can't understand how it's possible to make this list and not include No Country for Old Men - should absolutely be in the top 5 (it's essentially the same brand of neo-Western as Hell or High Water, so it should qualify). Also, There Will Be Blood should be here somewhere.
wouldve included wind river (one of my fave movies of all time) and bone tomahawk but not a bad list at all!
I think “The Hateful Eight” “2 Guns” and “A Million Ways To Die in The West” should be on this list.
Does No Country For Old Men not count as a western? That's the best of the new age westerns in my book
9:42 Actually the movie only won Best Director. Coda won Best Picture.
In Philippines, it has plenty of "Western Films", most notably "Tatlong Baraha" (Triple Cards)
No “Dances With Wolves”?
I recommend Old Henry and The Ballad of Lefty Brown
A couple of these movies are a real stretch. Three movies that should be on the list are Dead for a Dollar starring Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe, The Hateful Eight, and There Will Be Blood. TWBB is an atypical western in that it doesn't feature gunfights, but it is a western setting and certainly is more western than the first two movies on the list, and features fantastic performances. Unforgiven is my all-time favourite western.