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7 best neo-western movies of all time
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7 best neo-western movies of all time


The Hateful Eight (2015)

Quentin Tarantino’s film focuses on eight dubious foreigners who seek refuge from a blizzard at 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 on as an apprentice. Together, they set out to save Django’s wife.


True Grit (2010)

The teenager Mattie wants to exact revenge on Tom for killing his father. She convinces the vicious hunter Rooster Cogburn to help her locate Tom. While hunting people, they form a unique friendship.


Sicario (2015)

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


3:10 to Yuma (2007)

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


No Country for Old Men (2007)

Based on Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel, the plot centers on Llewelyn, a veteran welder who stumbles upon a large sum of money in the desert after finding the money he’s looking for from an assassin.


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 farm while being pursued by two Texas Rangers.