Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Western: 443 Films to Rent on DVD
- Seraphim Falls (2006)
- Dir. David Von Ancken
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston
- More old–fashioned than revisionist, this muscular revenge western trails a savage army colonel (Neeson) as he hunts down a union officer…
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams…
- A 'cause celebre' of recent cinema, this epic romantic drama is set around the terse and smouldering long–term love affair between two cowboys…
- Deadwood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…
- Further tales from the troubled Arizona town of Deadwood. Season Two: 12 episodes across four discs.
Disc 1: A Lie Agreed Upon – Part 1, A…
- Into the West (TV Mini-series) (2005)
- Feat. Matthew Modine, Graham (Actor) Greene, Beau Bridges…
- The tale of the settlement of the American West between 1820 and 1890 is laid out in sprawling confusing detail in this epic mini–series told…
- Proposition, The (2005)
- Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston…
- Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
- Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam…
- Stunning tale of redemption straddles the Texas–Mexico borderline, beginning with the offhand killing of a Mexican ranch–hand (Cedillo)…
- Alamo, The (2004)
- Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric…
- Big–budget recasting of the fabled 'Battle of the Alamo' in 1836 between Texan (US) and Mexican forces, which marked a turning point in…
- Deadwood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…
- An acclaimed new revision of the Western genre, recounting the complex and troubling establishment of the Arizona town of Deadwood in the 1880s,…
- Home on the Range (2004)
- Dir. John Sanford, Will Finn
- A Disney Western–spoof, in which a herd of cows aim to track down a wily cattle rustler and forestall the closure of their 'Patch of Heaven'…
- Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Wah Yuen
- Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…