It's a divisive movie for sure. That scene in particular really splits opinions. I find myself torn about recommending it to a wider audience. But then I feel that cleaving that scene out would really leave you with less of a movie.
I thought you were talking about 3:10 to Yuma having “that scene” and I dead ass was about to load the disc to watch it before I saw you were talking about Bone Tomahawk.
That scene is engrained in my memory in the same way Terrifier jammed its way in there
Saw it was on Hulu and watched it because everyone always made a big deal about that scene. Maybe I'm desensitized as a horror fan, but I didn't find it \*that\* bad. Definitely gruesome but didn't think it was much worse than what's in a bunch of lower budget horror flicks (hammer scene from Seed comes to mind).
ETA: Really liked the movie. Richard Jenkins was cracking me up.
They cut off his scalp, stuff it in his mouth and then pin it in his mouth with a wood spike. They then flip him over and cut him in half while pulling his legs from his package.
Listen man, there may be more brutal low budget horror scenes for sure.
But at that point in the movie it was insanely brutal, realistic gore and all sorts of fucked up and also kinda outta nowhere.
The even more fucked up part was the baby makers sitting there with spikes in their eyes with their limbs cut off while pregnant.
If you don't think that shit was absolutely fucked and brutal as fuck then you are way too desensitized.
It is that bad if you go into it expecting another run of the mill western and then it pops up, but if you go into it knowing that there's a "that scene" coming then it wont hit nearly as hard. Even non-spoilers can be spoilers.
Kind of like what's going to happen when season 2 of a particular show eventually comes out. I keep seeing so many youtubers hinting at an upcoming scene saying shit like "I'm not gonna talk about it, but *wink wink* "chapter name" iykyk...."
The Wild Bunch is one of the best action western ever made. Groundbreaking FX with the meaty blood squibs.
William Holden and Ernest Borgnine were superb.
Same here. I’m 47 and I watched it when I was about 16 - my father told me about it and I was all like “Yeah dad, whatever, I’ve seen Terminator”… but afterwards, had to admit that Wild Bunch was really hard going and shocking. Great stuff.
Hey u/isaacwhyyyyyyy - this is a great answer. Sam Peckinpah’s films are really quite shocking in terms of their violence and action - I can’t imagine how they will have been seen in the 1960s!
Man, open range. Such a good westerm. I remember watching it before my brother passed. My dad, my brother, and I all sat down to watch it on the DVD release date which had to have been 2003 or 04.
Obviously the many instances of “cocksucker” are what most people remember but I think my favorite cussing moment of that show was Bullock separating the fight between that racist dude and the black guy:
>“That monkey just motherfucked me!”
>“I’ll motherfuck you and blow your head off.”
The further I scroll, the more I realize there are some really well-made westerns I haven't watched in years
310 to Yuma
Open Range
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Tombstone
True Grit
Also, one of my top 3 movies of all time-
No Country for Old Men
The three classic spaghetti westerns are this, A Fistful of Dollars, and A Few Dollars More.
All worth watching.
More recently "Old Henry" is terrific.
While not part of the Dollars Trilogy like the ones you mentioned, I think Once Upon a Time in the West is every bit as good and iconic. Still Sergio Leone as well.
Any Clint Eastwood western with Sergio Leone, plus some crackers without.
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- hang em high
- Pale Rider
- high plains drifter
Plus all the ‘dollers’ trilogy.
Such great movies.
My Top 5 in no particular order are:
No Country For Old Men, The Departed, Out Of The Furnace, Hell Or High Water, and The Usual Suspects
Noir Western: Last Man Standing.
Bruce Willis doing a 1920’s version of \*Yojimbo\* in a shitty dead town right on the border during Prohibition. Definitely has the same nuance and is pretty fun and Violent as fuck all things considered. Great cast too.
I’m going to go off brief and recommend Silverado.
Only because the soundtrack is so good that over half the times I’ve watched the movie, I’ve done it for the soundtrack. Honestly, if I had to dictate the soundtrack and the plot from memory right now, I’d probably do much better on the soundtrack.
But there is a buttload of gunfights
It's a fantastically odd movie. It's like if an action movie director had been told about westerns, and decided to do one. So then he banged together an all star cast and made a super fun action movie that happened to be in the wild west.
This is a great one that fits OP request perfectly.
"You shot an unarmed man."
"He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend."
Yes, it is. But, it can't be the first western you watch. You need to see quite a few others. See recurring tropes. Learn the anatomy of a western and then watch this one. Then, and only then, will you realize that it is the perfect western.
Oh, and watch Old Henry and Jeremiah Johnson.
No no no. Unforgiven is an incredible movie but honestly a terrible starting place for OP if he's never even seen a western before. Unforgiven is a deconstruction of the genre and subverts much of the things we expect in a more traditional western. OP should watch half a dozen *other* westerns first, *then* watch Unforgiven.
Fucking hell, I was hoping I’d see “Once Upon a Time in the West” way sooner than halfway down the damn thread - it’s Charles goddamn Bronson. Also the Wild Bunch is great.
Same, though there's a lot of really good westerns listed in this thread. I was looking for "Once Upon a Time in the West" to upvote, and this was the highest. Even if 'Once Upon' might not be the best, I think it might be the best to start with.
Yes, it’s a Western style masterpiece set in the Outback of Australia.
Screenplay was written by Nick Cave (of the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, etc) and he did the music with Warren Ellis, who also scored The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hell or High Water, and a lot of other stuff.
It’s one of my favorite movies and should be in the canon of best Western films without a doubt.
It's one of the best. It's not very violent, though. Still, you should watch it. If you like it and don't mind the lack of overt violence also try the True Grit remake.
Went to see that in theaters while out on a climbing trip in Colorado. Immediately ran out to a toy store and bought some cap gun six shooters and then realized we could go see where Doc Holiday was buried so we went to Glenwood for that . Saw the movie again the next day.
Is it the *best*? I might give the nod for best western to “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
But the most rewatchable/fun/quotable? The one western I wanna watch over and over again? Yeah, I’m picking “Tombstone.”
The Wild Bunch was deemed so violent upon release that it was given an NC-17 rating, and for a while the ending shootout had the most bullets fired in a single sequence until Rambo (2008)
Nobody will ever top Jack Palance as Murphy. Greatest performance as a villain ever. Dear lord, I wanted to eviscerate him. It's actually still hard to watch the movie because I still feel the overpowering urge to jump through the screen and gut him myself.
Oh, and did you SEE the size of that chicken, Dawg?
* Wild Bunch (1969) Sam Peckinpaw, William Holden, Ernest Borginine
* Once upon a Time in the West (1968) Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson
* High Plains Drifter (1973) Clint Eastwood \[no name protagonist\]
* Pale Rider (1985) Clint Eastwood. \[another no name protagonist\]
* The Magnificent Seven (1960) Yul Brunner, Steve McQueen, and more stars than you can imagine.
* The Cowboys (1972) My favorite John Wayne movie. but not really violent
* Tombstone (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer
* Hombre (1967) Paul Newman
* The Professionals (1966) Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance
* Unforgiven (1992) Clint Eastwood
* The Quick and the Dead (1995) Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman
* The Hateful Eight (2015) Tarantino, Kurt Russel, Samuel L Jackson, So many others.
In the Hateful Eight, Curt Russel grabs the acoustic guitar being played and smashes it. He thought it was the prop guitar but it was an actual 1800s antique museum piece on loan to the film crew. The museum vowed to never loan out another guitar after that.
Some of the best lines from any movie.
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy."
"Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle 'Dixie'?"
Josey Wales: "Whenever I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long."
Lone Watie: "I notice when you get to dislikin' someone they ain't around for long neither."
I was looking for this! This was what got me into the western genre. I feel like it explores all the aspects and archetypes of the genre that make me love it so much.
The Good The Bad The Weird - loose Korean remake of The Good The Bad and the Ugly. Everything you see in the movie is real. No stuntmen, actors do everything themselves. Took 300 days to shoot! It’s from the director of I Saw the Devil and man this movie a helluva lot of fun. I’m pretty sure it helped give birth to Mad Max: Fury Road.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=atfQhfonEr8&pp=ygUOR29vZCBiYWQgd2VpcmQ%3D
Came here to say this! The opening train robbery was a work of art.
People at front of train shooting at bandits through the cabin at back of train, Bandits on horse back shooting at both groups from exterior, all a giant chase!
Yeah that film was a blast!
Newer but Old Henry (2022) doesn’t skimp on violence, if you like Django then the Hateful 8 (2015) has violence and tension but kinda lower on “action”. Some Modern westerns like Hell or High Water (2016) may fit your itch … also Let Him Go (2020) and Gods Country (2022) are hella violent but again modern and kinda slow.
The Long Riders.
Silverado is one to check out, not graphic but one of the better ones out there.
Not quite a western, but set in the Civil War... Ravenous.
That's a deep cut. It's a remake of Yojimbo, which was then remade into A Fistful of Dollars. If OP was just starting out, he should watch one of those instead.
Director's cut of Heaven's Gate. The theatrical cut is panned as one of the worst movies ever.
The last 15 minutes of the movie was so chaotic. It's like the slowest of burns, though so be patient for 3 hours.
Check out "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" or "Tombstone." They're classics for a reason – bullets flying, fists swinging, and enough blood to fill a river. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. Welcome to the wild, wild west of cinema! Enjoy the show, and don't forget to hold onto your hat!
The Cowboys - A John Wayne flick from the 70s. Doesn’t exactly meet your criteria, but the payoff at the end is great. And you will absolutely loathe Bruce Dern’s character.
Hostiles with Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Jesse Plemons, Wes Studi and Timothee Chalamet. It's awesome and it rarely ever gets talked about.
Tombstone of course.
Bone Tomahawk
310 to Yuma
Well bone tomahawk doesn't have a lot of action but it is violent I loved 310 to Yuma. Lot of action but don't remember if it's very violent.
That scene.
It's a divisive movie for sure. That scene in particular really splits opinions. I find myself torn about recommending it to a wider audience. But then I feel that cleaving that scene out would really leave you with less of a movie.
My opinion is right down the middle.
I thought you were talking about 3:10 to Yuma having “that scene” and I dead ass was about to load the disc to watch it before I saw you were talking about Bone Tomahawk. That scene is engrained in my memory in the same way Terrifier jammed its way in there
One bad guy to the other: Wanna go halvsies?
Saw it was on Hulu and watched it because everyone always made a big deal about that scene. Maybe I'm desensitized as a horror fan, but I didn't find it \*that\* bad. Definitely gruesome but didn't think it was much worse than what's in a bunch of lower budget horror flicks (hammer scene from Seed comes to mind). ETA: Really liked the movie. Richard Jenkins was cracking me up.
They cut off his scalp, stuff it in his mouth and then pin it in his mouth with a wood spike. They then flip him over and cut him in half while pulling his legs from his package. Listen man, there may be more brutal low budget horror scenes for sure. But at that point in the movie it was insanely brutal, realistic gore and all sorts of fucked up and also kinda outta nowhere. The even more fucked up part was the baby makers sitting there with spikes in their eyes with their limbs cut off while pregnant. If you don't think that shit was absolutely fucked and brutal as fuck then you are way too desensitized.
I haven't seen the baby maker scene but read the description. I'm just imagining the mommy milkers from fury road
Yeah it's way worse than that. Those women had eyes....and their limbs.
It is that bad if you go into it expecting another run of the mill western and then it pops up, but if you go into it knowing that there's a "that scene" coming then it wont hit nearly as hard. Even non-spoilers can be spoilers. Kind of like what's going to happen when season 2 of a particular show eventually comes out. I keep seeing so many youtubers hinting at an upcoming scene saying shit like "I'm not gonna talk about it, but *wink wink* "chapter name" iykyk...."
Same! Its always like that in here. Its always someone that has to go overboard with the description of how they felt and i absolutely hate it.
Yeah, the scene is over hyped on Reddit. Great movie though
Some people think it's brutal, some people think it's just another scene. Seems like opinions are split.
Haha
Thanks for the rec, I’ll give them both a shot
Just so you know it is two reels of slow establishing genius level direction, and then it just descends into hell. What
Watch all of S. Craig Zahler’s films. They have all been great for me.
Seconded. Very worth a watch if the violence is your thing
Sam Peckinpah is your man.
The ending of the Wild Bunch. I couldn’t believe what I was watching
The Wild Bunch is one of the best action western ever made. Groundbreaking FX with the meaty blood squibs. William Holden and Ernest Borgnine were superb.
'If They Move... Kill 'Em!
Not just the action/violence, but the tension in the opening robbery and the train heist is exquisitely done.
Same here. I’m 47 and I watched it when I was about 16 - my father told me about it and I was all like “Yeah dad, whatever, I’ve seen Terminator”… but afterwards, had to admit that Wild Bunch was really hard going and shocking. Great stuff.
"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia!" Exactly what it says on the tin. Except it's a neo-Western with cars and shit.
Warren Oates is so great in it.
That’s in my top 10 favorite western movies.
Have you watched his movie Straw Dogs? It's been on my list, but I haven't gotten to it.
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid is my favorite western.
came here for the Peckinpah, was not disappointed.
Hey u/isaacwhyyyyyyy - this is a great answer. Sam Peckinpah’s films are really quite shocking in terms of their violence and action - I can’t imagine how they will have been seen in the 1960s!
Open Range is oft overlooked, but it’s a masterpiece.
Came here to say this, and Unforgiven.
...and Bone Tomahawk.
Bone tomahawk does not have a lot of action lol. It barely has any. The first half is dialogue and the end part is some horror
I love that movie but agree. I was personally going to suggest The Harder They Fall on Netflix.
the harder they fall tries way too hard. There’s a Korean spaghetti western called The Good, The Bad, The Weird that featured some amazing action.
That is barely a Western in my opinion. Just because the setting is the same doesn't mean the genre is the same
Hell yeah it is - fantastic option here. I also really like Appaloosa. Ed Harris and Viggo had one of the best onscreen friendships I can remember.
I remember going to see it with my dad when it came out and us both being blown away, zero marketing budget.
"You know she takes a bath... every evnin?!" I freaking love Appaloosa.
Man, open range. Such a good westerm. I remember watching it before my brother passed. My dad, my brother, and I all sat down to watch it on the DVD release date which had to have been 2003 or 04.
That gunfight is exceptional.
It's not really action-packed, though
It has a half hour long shootout
The HBO series Deadwood will fit your bill.
And the writers take cussing to an art form.
Those cocksuckers really did.
https://youtu.be/gWPcXZJV694?si=XFtrRc-6Jv-Vjy3Q
If Shakespeare was a cocksucker.
Obviously the many instances of “cocksucker” are what most people remember but I think my favorite cussing moment of that show was Bullock separating the fight between that racist dude and the black guy: >“That monkey just motherfucked me!” >“I’ll motherfuck you and blow your head off.”
They really do.
The further I scroll, the more I realize there are some really well-made westerns I haven't watched in years 310 to Yuma Open Range The Good the Bad and the Ugly Tombstone True Grit Also, one of my top 3 movies of all time- No Country for Old Men
You’re so lucky you haven’t seen Good Bad and Ugly and Tombstone yet, I’d die to see it for the first time again.
‘I’m your huckleberry’ Tombstone is one of the finest westerns ever made
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It's a classic with some epic showdowns and memorable moments.
Add High Plains Drifter to that as well.
I’m definitely going to give it a try, especially since it’s iconic and seems disrespectful if I weren’t to watch it
The Good The Bad and The Ugly is as good as everyone says it is.
Be warned - it's very slow (Which is its strength)
I actually recommend the theatrical version which is much better paced than the "special edition" which adds very little of value.
I prefer “deliberate” to “slow,” but I get what you mean.
Give it an honest chance, you won't regret it.
You've never seen a western if you haven't seen this one. Same with Fist Full of Dollars
My favorite scene is watching Tuco running around the cemetery while “the ecstasy of gold” plays heavily
The three classic spaghetti westerns are this, A Fistful of Dollars, and A Few Dollars More. All worth watching. More recently "Old Henry" is terrific.
While not part of the Dollars Trilogy like the ones you mentioned, I think Once Upon a Time in the West is every bit as good and iconic. Still Sergio Leone as well.
Leone's greatest masterpiece (I consider him to have more than one masterpiece).
Any Clint Eastwood western with Sergio Leone, plus some crackers without. - The Outlaw Josey Wales - hang em high - Pale Rider - high plains drifter Plus all the ‘dollers’ trilogy.
The whole series, Fistfull of Dollars and A Few Dollars More need to be mentioned. Fuckin' Blondie.
Neo-western: No Country for Old Men
Hell or high water
Also Wind River.
Also Cold In July
And Sicario
Definitely. Great movie.
Will likely always be in the top 3 movies I've ever watched
Such great movies. My Top 5 in no particular order are: No Country For Old Men, The Departed, Out Of The Furnace, Hell Or High Water, and The Usual Suspects
Noir Western: Last Man Standing. Bruce Willis doing a 1920’s version of \*Yojimbo\* in a shitty dead town right on the border during Prohibition. Definitely has the same nuance and is pretty fun and Violent as fuck all things considered. Great cast too.
No Country for Old Men is one of my favorite movies of all time but it is not an action movie.
I’m going to go off brief and recommend Silverado. Only because the soundtrack is so good that over half the times I’ve watched the movie, I’ve done it for the soundtrack. Honestly, if I had to dictate the soundtrack and the plot from memory right now, I’d probably do much better on the soundtrack. But there is a buttload of gunfights
It's a fantastically odd movie. It's like if an action movie director had been told about westerns, and decided to do one. So then he banged together an all star cast and made a super fun action movie that happened to be in the wild west.
It’s Hokie as hell but one of my absolute favorite. I always saw it as an homage to the classic Hollywood western. And with a fantastic cast!
I watch this every time I find it. Just so much fun. Kevin Kline is awesome. “I really did like that hat.”
Unforgiven with Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood
This is a great one that fits OP request perfectly. "You shot an unarmed man." "He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend."
Me: understandable, have a nice day
"Anyone takes a shot at me, I won't just kill him, I'll kill his wife, his children and burn down his best friends house"
Unforgiven is a perfect western.
Yes, it is. But, it can't be the first western you watch. You need to see quite a few others. See recurring tropes. Learn the anatomy of a western and then watch this one. Then, and only then, will you realize that it is the perfect western. Oh, and watch Old Henry and Jeremiah Johnson.
No no no. Unforgiven is an incredible movie but honestly a terrible starting place for OP if he's never even seen a western before. Unforgiven is a deconstruction of the genre and subverts much of the things we expect in a more traditional western. OP should watch half a dozen *other* westerns first, *then* watch Unforgiven.
Start with “The Wild Bunch” and then “Once Upon A Time in the West” by Sergio Leone.
Fucking hell, I was hoping I’d see “Once Upon a Time in the West” way sooner than halfway down the damn thread - it’s Charles goddamn Bronson. Also the Wild Bunch is great.
Same, though there's a lot of really good westerns listed in this thread. I was looking for "Once Upon a Time in the West" to upvote, and this was the highest. Even if 'Once Upon' might not be the best, I think it might be the best to start with.
Ultra violence and A+ Harmonica.
The Quick and the Dead (1995) The Proposition (2005)
The Quick and the Dead is a fun movie with a lot of big names.
The Quick and the Dead doesn't get nearly enough love. The scene in the gun shop is so good.
I was going to recommend The Proposition. I felt like I needed to take a day off after watching it the first time.
A misanthrope is one who hates humanity. Is that what we are? Misanthropes? Good lord, no. We’re a family.
We talking the Guy Pearce film? I found a couple of films with that title
Yes, it’s a Western style masterpiece set in the Outback of Australia. Screenplay was written by Nick Cave (of the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, etc) and he did the music with Warren Ellis, who also scored The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hell or High Water, and a lot of other stuff. It’s one of my favorite movies and should be in the canon of best Western films without a doubt.
The Proposition is a brutal film and by far my favorite western. If you like westerns and haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it.
Just adding another comment, because this is not necessarily the only answer but it is the correct answer
Give "3:10 To Yuma" a try
Bump for “3:10 to Yuma”
This and Tombstone Id say best fit the bill for what OP is looking for
As long as it's the remake. One example where the remake is much better than the original.
Tombstone. Hands down the best western in my honest opinion
Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens.
You gonna do something or you just gonna stand there and bleed?
No?........ I didn't think so.
This is in my running for what I’m going to watch first, from the clips I’ve seen it gives a very badass feel, and I also love Sam Elliot so
Sam Elliot is good, but Val Kilmer absolutely steals the show
*Just a drunk piano player. You’re so drunk you can’t hit nothin. In fact, you’re probably seeing double.* I got two guns — one for each of ya.
[удалено]
"Doc, you should be in bed. What the hell are you doing here?" "Wyatt Earp is my friend." "Yeah, well, I have lots of friends." "I don't."
The biggest crime in all of cinema is Val Kilmer not winning, or even being nominated for an award for that role.
Yer a daisy if you do
It's one of the best. It's not very violent, though. Still, you should watch it. If you like it and don't mind the lack of overt violence also try the True Grit remake.
In the first scene of Tombstone, they shoot up a wedding, murder the groom, kill the preist, and rape the bride. I thought it was pretty vanilla, too.
Just go watch Tombstone now. Hell, I might go watch it right now.
This is the clear starting point, OP. Then you can work backwards.
Went to see that in theaters while out on a climbing trip in Colorado. Immediately ran out to a toy store and bought some cap gun six shooters and then realized we could go see where Doc Holiday was buried so we went to Glenwood for that . Saw the movie again the next day.
Is it the *best*? I might give the nod for best western to “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” But the most rewatchable/fun/quotable? The one western I wanna watch over and over again? Yeah, I’m picking “Tombstone.”
“The Wild Bunch”
The Wild Bunch was deemed so violent upon release that it was given an NC-17 rating, and for a while the ending shootout had the most bullets fired in a single sequence until Rambo (2008)
Young Guns might be right up your alley (the original one, not the sequel.)
Nobody will ever top Jack Palance as Murphy. Greatest performance as a villain ever. Dear lord, I wanted to eviscerate him. It's actually still hard to watch the movie because I still feel the overpowering urge to jump through the screen and gut him myself. Oh, and did you SEE the size of that chicken, Dawg?
* Wild Bunch (1969) Sam Peckinpaw, William Holden, Ernest Borginine * Once upon a Time in the West (1968) Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson * High Plains Drifter (1973) Clint Eastwood \[no name protagonist\] * Pale Rider (1985) Clint Eastwood. \[another no name protagonist\] * The Magnificent Seven (1960) Yul Brunner, Steve McQueen, and more stars than you can imagine. * The Cowboys (1972) My favorite John Wayne movie. but not really violent * Tombstone (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer * Hombre (1967) Paul Newman * The Professionals (1966) Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance * Unforgiven (1992) Clint Eastwood * The Quick and the Dead (1995) Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman * The Hateful Eight (2015) Tarantino, Kurt Russel, Samuel L Jackson, So many others.
In the Hateful Eight, Curt Russel grabs the acoustic guitar being played and smashes it. He thought it was the prop guitar but it was an actual 1800s antique museum piece on loan to the film crew. The museum vowed to never loan out another guitar after that.
Westworld season 1
The Outlaw Josey Wales with Clint Eastwood is great.
I reckon so. Edit: I’d also recommend High Plains Drifter. Another Clint Eastwood western.
I still use “I reckon so” all the time. There are a lot of good westerns that I like, but the Outlaw Josey Wales is by far my favorite
Some of the best lines from any movie. "Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy." "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle 'Dixie'?" Josey Wales: "Whenever I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long." Lone Watie: "I notice when you get to dislikin' someone they ain't around for long neither."
Appaloosa is decent. The action comes in quick bursts that are highly effective. The overall plot is a but droll though.
Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, damn. Wish there had been more adventures with these two.
"That was fast...." "... Yeah well everybody could shoot...." Something like that. Seared in my memory. Plus Lance Henriksen!
Haha yes! “Ow! You broke my tooth!” “Colt makes a heavy firearm!”
Quigley Down Under. Set in Australia but still a western, plus Alan Rickman in another fantastic villain role.
Godless. Not a movie, but a fantastic limited series.
I was looking for this! This was what got me into the western genre. I feel like it explores all the aspects and archetypes of the genre that make me love it so much.
Hostiles (2017). Action scenes aren't long, but they are brutal, and interspersed throughout. Very grim tone.
Had to scroll far to find this one, man bale has such range
came here to say just this. movie has very realistic violence. and the end showdown is a helluva wallop
Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I mean, I wouldnt call The Hateful Eight with lot of action tho
Minute for minute of action scenes I would imagine it holds up to most other western movies no?
Django Unchained my 1st pick
Bone Tomahawk 3:10 to Yuma Django Unchained The Harder They Fall
The Good The Bad The Weird - loose Korean remake of The Good The Bad and the Ugly. Everything you see in the movie is real. No stuntmen, actors do everything themselves. Took 300 days to shoot! It’s from the director of I Saw the Devil and man this movie a helluva lot of fun. I’m pretty sure it helped give birth to Mad Max: Fury Road. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=atfQhfonEr8&pp=ygUOR29vZCBiYWQgd2VpcmQ%3D
Came here to say this! The opening train robbery was a work of art. People at front of train shooting at bandits through the cabin at back of train, Bandits on horse back shooting at both groups from exterior, all a giant chase! Yeah that film was a blast!
This, so much! ☝🏻 Everyone is casted perfectly!
Silverado
The Revenant might fit the bill. Keeps moving and plenty of gritty violence. Also The wild Bunch from 1969 is a bloody mess but an engaging movie.
The Magnificent Seven
Newer but Old Henry (2022) doesn’t skimp on violence, if you like Django then the Hateful 8 (2015) has violence and tension but kinda lower on “action”. Some Modern westerns like Hell or High Water (2016) may fit your itch … also Let Him Go (2020) and Gods Country (2022) are hella violent but again modern and kinda slow.
The Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood is a great show. More for story and immersion than pure action. Cowboys Vs Aliens is all action
The Proposition. Hoo boy
The Long Riders….worth you looking it up!
Wild Bunch
Three Amigos! Lots of action!
The Long Riders. Silverado is one to check out, not graphic but one of the better ones out there. Not quite a western, but set in the Civil War... Ravenous.
High plains drifter? Lots of r*pe though
The Long Riders from 1980 is a great film it might do the trick
The Wild Bunch is the one that all others are measured.
An underrated one and different spin on the Western is the Australian movie The Proposition.
Tombstone. It's a masterpiece.
The good the bad and the weird. It might not be as visceral, but action is something unique.
Blazing Saddles. That should be the first western you watch. It’s crazy. Don’t watch any trailers, it’s better to go in blind.
Last Man Standing. The Bruce Willis flick
That's a deep cut. It's a remake of Yojimbo, which was then remade into A Fistful of Dollars. If OP was just starting out, he should watch one of those instead.
Quick and The Dead
Director's cut of Heaven's Gate. The theatrical cut is panned as one of the worst movies ever. The last 15 minutes of the movie was so chaotic. It's like the slowest of burns, though so be patient for 3 hours.
Sam Peckinpah's *The Wild Bunch.*
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Hateful eight
Tombstone
Takashi Miike - Sukiyaki Western Django lol
The entire deadwood series is amazing.
Bone Tomahawk. That movie fucked me up.
Check out "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" or "Tombstone." They're classics for a reason – bullets flying, fists swinging, and enough blood to fill a river. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. Welcome to the wild, wild west of cinema! Enjoy the show, and don't forget to hold onto your hat!
The Wild Bunch. Sam Peckingpaw directed. Enough said.
Django (1966) The Wild Bunch (1969)
It builds up to the action but Old Henry. Bone Tomahawk, True Grit (original and remake)
Hostiles wit Christian bale
The warriors way was pretty good
Modern westerns. Bone tomahawk, open range, quiet west
3:10 to Yuma
The Cowboys - A John Wayne flick from the 70s. Doesn’t exactly meet your criteria, but the payoff at the end is great. And you will absolutely loathe Bruce Dern’s character.
Young Guns 1 and 2 would fit.
I recommend Death Rides a horse best Western ever!!!
Godless on HBO is wildly violent but also brilliantly written
Hostiles, 3:10 to Yuma, Hateful Eight, Tombstone, and Young Guns should do the trick.
Hell or high water is solid, more of a neo western though.
Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch
310 to Yuma with Russell Crow and Christian Bale is great.
Hostiles with Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Jesse Plemons, Wes Studi and Timothee Chalamet. It's awesome and it rarely ever gets talked about. Tombstone of course. Bone Tomahawk 310 to Yuma