7 Best Neo Western Films Of All Time

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Khuraijam Roger Singh
Oct 29, 2024

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Quentin Tarantino’s film centers on eight dubious strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover sometime after the American Civil War.

Django Unchained (2012)

In Quentin Tarantino's revisionist Western set in 1858 Texas, a bounty hunter frees Django, an African American slave, and takes him as an apprentice. Together, they aim to rescue Django's wife.

True Grit (2010)

Teenage Mattie wants exact revenge on Tom for killing her father. She persuades the vicious hunter Rooster Cogburn to help her locate Tom. During the manhunt, they form a unique friendship.

Sicario (2015)

An action thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve follows a principled FBI special agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel.

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Directed by James Mangold, the film centers on a small-time rancher and Civil War veteran Dan, who pays a pitiful $200 to escort outlaw Ben Wade to reclaim his lost honor and get his barn back from Glen Hollander.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel, the plot centers on Llewelyn, a veteran, and welder who stumbles upon a large sum of money in the desert after he finds the money he is on the hunt for by a hitman.

Hell or High Water (2016)

A neo-Western crime drama film directed by David Mackenzie, the story follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two Texas Rangers.

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