As often happens, Hawke’s stranger finds himself in a town being terrorized by hard men and finds himself in the middle of a battle to free their town from their grip. Written and directed by Ti West, it stars Ethan Hawke and John Travolta as gunslingers on opposite sides. This film is a well-made throwback, so while you won’t find anything new here, if you like westerns, it is enjoyable. The second Luke Hemsworth western in this list, he stars as ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok, the famous lawman and gunslinger tasked with taming one of the wildest towns in the west. If you like Tarantino films, this is one of his best, with masterfully executed twists, captivating dialogue, entertaining narrative, and just lots of gore. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen, it features eight strangers that seek refuge in the same cabin during a blizzard shortly after the American Civil War.
The Hateful Eight (2015)Ī Quentin Tarantino western, you know it is going to be dark and violent. Clintwood learnt from his experience on Spaghetti westerns when making this James Bond in the west, and its opening revenue managed to exceed that of all James Bond films at the time. This is the first film produced by Clintwood’s Malpaso Company. Marshall in order to seek his revenge against the gang that lynched him. Hang ‘em High (1968)Īnother Clint Eastwood western, he stars as Jed Cooper, an innocent man that survives a lynching and the gets himself hired as a U.S.
Though of course it has nothing on a Tarantino film (check out The Hateful Eight below). This film is best known for its elaborate and over the top violence, for the time. The third in the Eastwood Dollars Trilogy, it revolved around three gun slingers competing to find a buried cache of Confederate gold during the chaos of the American Civil War. It has been compared to the James Bond of the west, except that our protagonist has no name. This is Eastwood’s first starring role, and the first in what is known as the Dollars Trilogy. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)Ī classic Clint Eastwood Spaghetti western, in this outing he plays a stranger that arrives in the town of San Miguel and decides to play two warring families off against each other for his own benefit. When he arrives there, he discovers that the town preacher, who also killed his father in a famous duel, is reigning over the town with fear and violence.
A Texas Ranger is sent to an isolated town to investigate a series of murders and disappearances of Mexican citizens. Better than it sounds! The Duel (2016)ĭirected Kieran Darcy-Smith and written by Matt Cook, it stars Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth. Based on the graphic novel of the same name, we meet an amnesiac outlaw, a wealthy cattleman and a mysterious traveller who are thrown together to save local townspeople who are abducted by aliens. Cowboys and Aliens (2011)įor something a little bit different check out this science fiction western directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. A combination of dark drama and black humour, the stand along stories tie together in a satisfying way. They feature some pretty bug names including Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson and James Franco.
This anthology film written and directed by the Cohen Brothers features six western themed vignettes that take place on the American frontier. Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story (2015).