Western Movies
Navigating the legendary terrain of Western movies can feel a bit like being in the desert all on your lonesome. Never fear: we’ve got a list locked and loaded with the very best the genre has to offer, from cinema’s most renowned gun-slinging tales, to pioneering films that push the boundaries of what you expect from the genre. What they all share is immaculate style, and a fascination with human morality, loneliness and connection.
Cowboys are back in a big way. Or did they ever leave? Ride on into the shimmering horizon with some of the best Western movies of all time, because it’s always high noon somewhere.10. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
Starring Clint Eastwood as ‘The Good’, a bounty hunter searching for $200,000 in stolen gold against the backdrop of the American Civil War, Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly exemplifies what the subgenre of the spaghetti Western is famed for (‘spaghetti’, of course, denoting Italian-ness). Satirising the mythology of the traditional, American Western, it stylishly interrogates cycles of violence, rather than glorifying them. Thanks to Ennio Morricone, it also boasts one of the most legendary, recognisable film scores of all time. Tv.apple.com9. El Topo (1970)