Genre: Western

Westerns ride the frontier — open country, hard men and women, and the clash of law and lawlessness at the edge of the map.

  • Near Dark (1987) Cover

    Near Dark (1987)

    Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark strips every vampire cliche and builds a Western instead. A feral, frightening 8.5/10 reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds.
    Horror • Vampire • Western
    Jun 6, '26
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) Cover

    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

    Ana Lily Amirpour's black-and-white Iranian vampire Western is the genre's most striking recent debut. A stylish 7.5/10 reviewed at Master of Worlds.
    Horror • Vampire • Western
    Jun 6, '26
  • Hell or High Water (2016) Cover

    Hell or High Water (2016)

    Mackenzie's 2016 modern western. Chris Pine and Ben Foster as bank-robbing brothers, Jeff Bridges as the Ranger. Taylor Sheridan screenplay. Best of the modern westerns.
    Indie • Western
    May 17, '26
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Cover

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    Huston's 1948 gold-greed Western. Bogart deteriorating, Walter Huston dancing, Tim Holt holding the moral center. Won three Oscars.
    Adventure • Western
    May 17, '26
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Cover

    Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

    Leone's 1968 spaghetti western. Bronson, Fonda as the villain, Cardinale. Morricone score. Three-hour patient masterpiece that defined the form's outer limit.
    Western
    May 17, '26
  • The Searchers (1956) Cover

    The Searchers (1956)

    John Ford's 1956 western. Wayne as Ethan Edwards, racism poisons his own rescue mission. The film that taught New Hollywood to subvert genre.
    Western
    May 16, '26
  • High Noon (1952) Cover

    High Noon (1952)

    Fred Zinnemann's 1952 western shot in real time. Gary Cooper as a marshal abandoned by his town. The clock is the antagonist. The town is the villain.
    Western
    May 16, '26
  • Stagecoach (1939) Cover

    Stagecoach (1939)

    John Ford's 1939 western that took the genre from B-movie pulp to American art. Nine strangers in a coach, each a study in social position.
    Western
    May 16, '26
  • The Man With No Name Trilogy (1964 / 1965 / 1966) — Review Cover

    The Man With No Name Trilogy (1964 / 1965 / 1966) — Review

    The Man With No Name trilogy is one of the great achievements in commercial cinema and the foundation document of the spaghetti western genre. Sergio Leone directed all three films. Clint Eastwood starred in all three. Ennio Morricone composed the scores. The trilogy was produced and released...
    Western
    May 15, '26
  • Unforgiven (1992) — Review Cover

    Unforgiven (1992) — Review

    Clint Eastwood's foundational revisionist Western. Won four Academy Awards including Best Picture. Hackman won Best Supporting Actor. 9/10.
    Western
    May 14, '26
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