Western Movie Classics

The Western genre has been integral to cinema since its early days, with its iconic imagery of vast, open landscapes, shootouts at high noon, and larger-than-life characters. However, for every The Searchers (1956) or Unforgiven (1992), there are lesser-known gems that quietly go unnoticed but deserve to be discovered. Although these films may never have […]

Just saying that “cowboy culture in the modern setting” already has an intriguing ring to it. No wonder some of the best shows of our modern times were “Justified” and some of the masterpieces of modern cinema have been films like “No Country for Old Men”. The audience loves this sub-genre because speaks to both […]

“3:10 to Yuma was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy. However, as the movie progresses, you kind of see that it’s a very fine line that divides these two.” — Christian […]

Movies pass on from the modern zeitgeist from time to time, particularly when the audience they were made for has largely left us. Even entire genres can begin to feel played out. In no case is this truer than with classic westerns. Filmmakers should be sure of themselves before striking out into territory so well […]

Lots of people have called the westerns the most distinctively American genre and of course, it makes sense, it usually sets in the American frontier overall! However, as obvious from Sergio Leone’s films, not all the best westerns were made in America. So many people around the world enjoyed the western formula and its mythology. […]

Defining classic is tricky, and determining which classics are more seen than others is even trickier. For entry-level purveyors of the Western, the following ten films exist in the outer circles of the genre’s dartboard, far removed from AFI lists or IMDb boards yet close enough to be available to watch, providing you have a […]