The Modern Western : 1980 - Present

A Listmania! list by David N (London)
 
Tom Horn [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
1.  Tom Horn [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Steve McQueen
The list author says:
  "A dying McQueen gives one of his best performances in this sombre film."
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Heaven's Gate [DVD] [1980] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
2.  Heaven's Gate [DVD] [1980] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Kris Kristofferson
The list author says:
  "Flawed, certainly, but also magnificent. Cimino's ambition is admirable, his lack of control less so. But this contains some transcendent sequences."
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Long Riders The [DVD]
3.  Long Riders The [DVD] DVD ~ David Carradine
The list author says:
  "Aside from Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill is the great Western Director of the last 3 decades. This is one reason why."
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Pale Rider [1985] [DVD]
4.  Pale Rider [1985] [DVD] DVD ~ Clint Eastwood
The list author says:
  "Clint remakes "Shane" with a supernatural angle. And makes it work."
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Silverado [Collector's Edition] [DVD]
5.  Silverado [Collector's Edition] [DVD] DVD ~ Kevin Kline
The list author says:
  "Not all modern Westerns are revisionist: this is the 80s equivalent of an all-Star technicolour 50s action Western, and it benefits from that."
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Dances with Wolves (Three Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1991]
6.  Dances with Wolves (Three Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1991] DVD ~ Kevin Costner
The list author says:
  "Not as good as its Oscar success suggested, but still a great piece of Epic storytelling from a first-time director."
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Unforgiven - 10th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1992]
7.  Unforgiven - 10th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1992] DVD ~ Clint Eastwood
The list author says:
  "Great script, great cast, great film. Eastwood cashes in all the genre baggage he's accrued over the decades to make his best Western as director."
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Lonesome Dove [1989] [DVD]
8.  Lonesome Dove [1989] [DVD] DVD ~ Robert Duvall
The list author says:
  "Leisurely at first, but it starts to grip in the second hour, and ends up moving and exciting and brilliant. They don't make them like it anymore."
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Geronimo: An American Legend [DVD]
9.  Geronimo: An American Legend [DVD] DVD ~ Jason Patric
The list author says:
  "Walter Hill again, with a beautiful cavalry Wetern. Robert Duvall - whos in quite a few of these films - is fantastic."
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Wyatt Earp [DVD] [1994]
10.  Wyatt Earp [DVD] [1994] DVD ~ Kevin Costner
The list author says:
  "It doesn't really kick in til an awesome Dennis Quaid shows up as Doc about an hour in, but this is a serious, visually lovely film."
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Tombstone [DVD]
11.  Tombstone [DVD] DVD ~ Kurt Russell
The list author says:
  "The opposite approach to the same material, and again Doc (Val Kilmer this time) is the highlight. "I'm your huckleberry.""
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Wild Bill [DVD] [1996]
12.  Wild Bill [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Jeff Bridges
The list author says:
  "Hill's third bio-Western is fatally hamstrung by its confined, stagey last act. But the first half-hour, a non-linear account of Hickock's life as a killer, is brilliant."
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Ride With the Devil [DVD] [1999]
13.  Ride With the Devil [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Tobey Maguire
The list author says:
  "Ang Lee has yet to make a bad film, this Civil War Western included."
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The Quick and the Dead [DVD] [1998]
14.  The Quick and the Dead [DVD] [1998] DVD ~ Sharon Stone
The list author says:
  "Sam Raimi makes one big Sergio Leone homage. Russell Crowe and Gene Hackman try to save it."
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Ballad of Little Jo [DVD] [1994] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
15.  Ballad of Little Jo [DVD] [1994] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Suzy Amis
The list author says:
  "Suzy Amis shows Sharon Stone how its done in this gritty, authentic feminist western."
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Son of the Morning Star [VHS] [1991]
16.  Son of the Morning Star [VHS] [1991] VHS Gary Cole
The list author says:
  "Not on DVD (yet), but should be. Brilliant TV adaptation of Evan S. Connell's Custer biography. Cole is immense."
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Open Range [DVD] [2004]
17.  Open Range [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ Kevin Costner
The list author says:
  "Duvall again, Costner again. That pedigree should be enough. The fact that its a new view of a very classic Western scenario, brilliantly executed, seals the deal. Great action scene at the end, too."
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The Missing [DVD] [2004]
18.  The Missing [DVD] [2004] DVD ~ Tommy Lee Jones
The list author says:
  "Ron Howard's best film is this sorta-Searchers remake, with Jones in the John Wayne role. Dark, violent, underrated."
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Renegade [DVD] [2004] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
19.  Renegade [DVD] [2004] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Vincent Cassel
The list author says:
  "Absolutely bizarre adaptation of the Blueberry comics with a crazy psychedelic vision quest ending. The strangest film on this list by far..."
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The Proposition [DVD]
20.  The Proposition [DVD] DVD ~ Ray Winstone
The list author says:
  "Following in the footsteps of the various Ned Kelly films, and Quigley Down Under, the Western goes to Oz. And comes back battered and bloody. But strangely poetic."
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Broken Trail [DVD]
21.  Broken Trail [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Hill and Duvall together makes for a classic Western with an old-fashioned feel but modern production and aesthetic values. Great stuff."
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Seraphim Falls [DVD]
22.  Seraphim Falls [DVD] DVD ~ Liam Neeson
The list author says:
  "Blistering chase Western with an allegorical ending and some awesome action scenes."
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3.10 To Yuma [DVD]
23.  3.10 To Yuma [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Starry Elmore Leonard adaptation. The modern western as action blockbuster. More, please."
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [DVD] [2007]
24.  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [DVD] [2007] DVD ~ Brad Pitt
The list author says:
  "Love story, elegy, story of obsession. Great piece of cinema."
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Deadwood : Complete HBO Seasons 1-3 (12 Disc Box Set) [DVD]
25.  Deadwood : Complete HBO Seasons 1-3 (12 Disc Box Set) [DVD] DVD ~ Brad Dourif
The list author says:
  "The best work on this list. Layered, complex, funny, profane, violent, sexy, profound - amazing. Buy It!"
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