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Subgenre Sampler

 
Hell on Wheels (TV Series)Hell on Wheels (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Anson Mount, Common , Colm Meaney
The building of the transcontinental railroad serves as the backdrop for this ambitious western that centres on the efforts of a Confederate soldier…
RangoRango (2011) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin
Johnny Depp slithers his way through this lively and often brilliant animated western, voicing a lizard who winds up as the sheriff of a lawless…
Jonah HexJonah Hex (2010)
Dir. Jimmy Hayward
Feat. Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox
Josh Brolin revives DC Comics' anti–hero gunslinger in this acidic western, centred on the titular character's rage–fueled quest to…
Let the Bullets FlyLet the Bullets Fly (2010) Recommended
Dir. Wen Jiang
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You, Wen Jiang
Cocksure 'noodle' western – best described as a Chinese variation on Kurosawa's YOJIMBO – pits a notorious bandit against the mob boss of…
Meek's CutoffMeek's Cutoff (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton
Another small scale triumph from dir. Kelly Reichardt, here miniaturizing the experience of early American settlers making the treacherous journey…
SweetgrassSweetgrass (2010) Recommended
Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ilisa Barbash
An unsentimental elegy to the American West, this follows the last modern–day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's…
True GritTrue Grit (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin
This lively, immaculately shot remake of John Wayne’s classic 1969 western sees the Coen Brothers reinterpret Charles Portis’s novel, about a…
Warrior's Way, TheWarrior's Way, The (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sngmoo Lee
Feat. Jang Dong-Gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush
A ninja assassin (Jang Dong–Gun) on the run from his former clan is forced to hide in the American Badlands after refusing a mission to kill a…
Donner Party, TheDonner Party, The (2009)
Dir. T. J. Martin
Feat. Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Mark Boone Jr.
Survival western taking a few liberties with the true story of the Donner Party, who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains while attempting…
Last Rites of Ransom Pride, TheLast Rites of Ransom Pride, The (2009)
Dir. Tiller Russell
Feat. Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Cote de Pablo
Pulpy, stylized western with Caplan carrying the body of her dead lover home across treacherous lands in order to give him a proper burial.

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