Best new Western movies in 2024 & 2023 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & Cinema List)


List of the latest western movies in 2024 and the best western movies of 2023 & the 2010's. Top western movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ & other Streaming services, out on DVD/Blu-ray or in cinema's right now.

New western movies in 2024 in Cinema & on VOD

Top movies up for release in 2024 in cinema and on VOD

  • Horizon: An American Saga

    DIRECTOR: Kevin Costner
    CAST: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller & Sam Worthington
    The American Civil War divided a country and set the course for a different type of expansion. This first chapter of a two-part Western historical drama depicts the lives of those that were forever altered by this war, before the first gun was fired and after the last battle was waged. Directed and co-written by Kevin Costner (Yellowstone, The Highwaymen, Hidden Figures), this dramatic depiction of America’s Old West stars Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt, and Jamie Campbell Bower. Read more

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  • The Dead Don’t Hurt

    DIRECTOR: Viggo Mortensen
    CAST: Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen & Garret Dillahunt
    Cultures collide and romances bloom in 1860s North America. The French Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy grows to love the Danish immigrant Holger Olsen. The two of them connect in San Francisco, but find that their bond is torn apart by the chaos of the Civil War. Can love survive when the threat of war keeps these lovers away? This historical drama written and directed by Viggo Mortensen (Green Book, Falling) stars Vicky Krieps (Bergman Island), Viggo Mortensen, Solly McLeod (Jericho Ridge), Garret Dillahunt (A Million Miles Away), Colin Morgan (Belfast), Ray McKinnon (Ford v Ferrari, News of the World), Luke Reilly, Atlas Green, and Danny Huston. Read more

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Best western movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ or DVD in 2024

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and the 2010's best rated western movies out on DVD, Bluray or streaming on VOD (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ & More).
  • Horizon

    DIRECTOR: Kevin Costner
    CAST: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller & Sam Worthington
    The expansion of the American West becomes the setting for the epic drama. Taking place before and after the Civil War, many changes in the American landscape in the span of 15 years. Inspiration and hope as well as tragedy and violence follow in this stirring period piece of a picture that takes dead aim at the nature of how America was formed. Directed by Kevin Costner (Wyatt Earp) and co-written by Jon Baird, this Americana tale stars the talents of Costner as well as Sienna Miller (The Lost City of Z), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan: First Kill), Luke Wilson (Old School), and Thomas Haden Church (Sideways). Read more

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  • The Old Way

    DIRECTOR: Brett Donowho
    CAST: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kiera Armstrong &
    Colton Briggs is an old gunslinger who is hoping to put that world of violence behind him. Retiring from that line of work turns out to be very difficult in the old west. Despite his best efforts to settle down and start a family, his dreams are sashed when brutal tragedy strikes. He finds himself back on the bloody trail, seeking revenge in a world of cruelty. Directed by Brett Donowho and written by Carl W. Lucas, this action-packed revenge Western stars the talents of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Searcy, Abraham Benrubi, and Clint Howard. Read more

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  • Asteroid City

    DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson
    CAST: Margot Robbie, Jason Schwartzman & Tom Hanks
    Writer and director Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch) once more helms a comedic ensemble of dry wit and immaculate beauty. This time, he’s dabbling in science fiction for what may very well be the biggest film of his filmography. As with all his films, a grand comedic ensemble has been assembled with an all-star cast that includes the talents of Tilda Swinton, Billy Murray, Adrien Brody, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Tony Revolori, Matt Dillon, Sophia Lillis and Steve Park. Read more

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  • The Harder They Fall

    DIRECTOR: Jeymes Samuel
    CAST: Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz & Idris Elba
    Nat Love is an outlaw of the west and has just learned that his sworn enemy of Rufus Buck has been released from prison. Eager for revenge, Nat gets his gang back together to track down Rufus. Though Nat’s eclectic crew seem dangerous enough to handle the job, Rufus also has his own gang of outlaws. The two parties will soon meet for a brutal showdown of violence in the old west where only the most daring gunslingers can survive. Directed and co-written by Jeymes Samuel, this outlaw western stars Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo, and Regina King. Read more

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  • Apache Junction

    DIRECTOR: Justin Lee
    CAST: Stuart Townsend, Scout Taylor-Compton & Trace Adkins
    There isn’t much law and order around the Old West outpost of Apache Junction. It’s a location known for thieves and robbers with its high volume of crimes and cruelty. Annabelle Angel is a reporter who has just arrived at the outpost and quickly comes within the crosshairs of dangerous people. Thankfully, one of the top gunslingers in the area, Jericho Ford, is present to protect her. He may not be as trustworthy, however, when Jericho's dark past is revealed. His future isn’t looking too bright either. Written and directed by Justin Lee (Badland), this gritty outlaw western stars Thomas Jane, Trace Adkins, Stuart Townsend, and Scout Taylor-Compton. Read more

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  • The Power of the Dog

    DIRECTOR: Jane Campion
    CAST: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons & Kirsten Dunst
    Out in Montana, a ranch is maintained by two brothers who take ownership of the land they work on. One of the brothers, however, becomes married and this strains their brotherly bond. As the two grow, they start questioning their partnership when different goals seem to crop up with what they want for their own futures. Written and directed by Jane Campion (An Angel at the Table) and based on the novel by Thomas Savage, this neo-Western slice of Americana stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Thomasin McKenzie, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Read more

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  • No Man’s Land

    DIRECTOR: Conor Allyn
    CAST: Jake Allyn, Frank Grillo & Jorge A. Jimenez
    The areas around the Texas-Mexico border is referred to as No Man’s Land. Jackson is a border patrol agent who works alongside his father. One day of patrol finds Jackson accidentally killing a Mexican immigrant boy. Fearing for his life, Jackson flees on horseback and finds himself taking off to Mexico, trying to avoid capture by Texas Rangers and Mexican Federales. This Americana thriller was directed by Conor Allyn and stars Frank Grillo, Andie MacDowell, and George Lopez. Read more

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  • News of the World

    DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass
    CAST: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel & Fred Hechinger
    The Civil War in America has just ended and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) finds himself with a new mission. He runs across the a kidnapped 10-year-old girl and takes it upon himself to return her back to her family. But getting her across the unruly plains of Texas will not be an easy adventure as the two soon find themselves struggling to survive in such a harsh world, be it from the natural forces of natures or the evil of mankind. Read more

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  • Those Who Wish Me Dead

    DIRECTOR: Taylor Sheridan
    CAST: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult & Tyler Perry
    Within the Montana wilderness, a murder has taken place. One teenager is witness to the murder and he may next as assassins track her down through the woods seeking her fatal silence. Thankfully, there’s a survival expert who may just help this teen live to see another day in this gritty thriller based on the novel of the same name by Michael Koryta. The all-star cast includes Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Tyler Perry, Jon Bernthal and Aiden Gillen. Read more

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  • First Cow

    DIRECTOR: Kelly Reichardt
    CAST: John Magaro, Orion Lee & Clayton Nemrow
    A taciturn loner and skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune; soon... Read more

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  • Deadwood: The Movie

    DIRECTOR: Daniel Minahan
    CAST: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane & Molly Parker
    Fans of the highly successful western series have been looking forward to this for a long time. Taking place 10 years after the series ended, 'Deadwood: The Movie' sees old friends and foes reunite during the celebration of South Dakota's statehood. Read more

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  • Never Grow Old

    DIRECTOR: Ivan Kavanagh
    CAST: John Cusack, Emile Hirsch, Danny Webb, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
    Never Grow Old takes place on the American frontier where an Irish undertaker An Irish undertaker profits when a group of bandits take over a peaceful town, and start killing people and turning their families into paying customers. Read more

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  • The Kid

    DIRECTOR: Vincent D'Onofrio
    CAST: Vincent D'Onofrio, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan
    A 2019 Western directed by actor Vincent D'Onofrio (his second movie) about a young boy who sees the encounter between Billy The Kid (Dane DeHaan with Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke). Read more

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    RATING: 86/100

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  • Never Grow Old

    DIRECTOR: Ivan Kavanagh
    CAST: John Cusack, Emile Hirsch &
    A man lives with his family in a quiet area on the western frontier. When a gang of outlaws take over their village, he befriends them, but soon learns his family is in great danger. Read more

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  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    DIRECTOR: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
    CAST: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy
    More a collection of 6 short films than an actual feature film, this Netflix produced project by the Coen Brothers is somewhat a mixed bag. But the first chapter is so good that you have to watch this anyway. Read more

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  • The Rider

    DIRECTOR: Chloé Zhao
    CAST: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
    A contemporary American drama western about a young cowboy who gets injured and has to find his new place in the world. A sensitive movie about the identity of men in America. Read more

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  • Birds of Passage

    DIRECTOR: Ciro Guerra
    CAST: Natalia Reyes, José Acosta, Jhon Narváez, Carmiña Martínez
    Described as a neo-Western, 'Birds of Passage' is an upcoming project from Colombian director Ciro Guerra ('El Abrazo de la Serpiente'). The story evolves around a family crumbling apart after the marijuana industry starts to set out in the Guajira Desert. Read more

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  • Damsel

    DIRECTOR: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
    CAST: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
    David & Nathan Zellner, America's most interesting and innovative filmmaking brothers, are back. Starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowski, this western comedy evolves around a wealthy pioneer and a drunkard traveling across the Frontier. Read more

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  • The Sisters Brothers

    DIRECTOR: Jacques Audiard
    CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Carol Kane, John C. Reilly
    The endless plains of Oregon in the 1850's. Eli & Charlie Sisters (John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix), two of America's most infamous hitmen, hunt for a cunning gold prospector called Hermann Kermit Warm. When one of the assassins starts to doubt his career, Kermit Warm comes up with a great idea. Based on Patrick DeWitt's acclaimed western novel. Read more

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  • Jauja

    DIRECTOR: Lisandro Alonso
    CAST: Viggo Mortensen Ghita Nørby Viilbjørk Malling Agger
    A captivating tale that depicts a Father's desperate search for his daughter as he ventures into an unknown desert in the enemy territory to look for her. Read more

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    RATING: 64/100

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  • Hell or High Water

    DIRECTOR: David Mackenzie
    CAST: Chris Pine Ben Foster Jeff Bridges
    Starring Jeff Daniels (who else) as a soon-to-be-retired grumpy sheriff chasing two bank-robbing brothers through Texas, 'Hell or High Water' is a truly triumphant modern Western. Atmospheric, thrilling and darkly comic at times. An absolute must-see. Read more

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    RATING: 77/100

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  • The Revenant

    DIRECTOR: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hardy Will Poulter
    If you are looking for a truly immersive Wild West experience, than The Revenant delivers just that. The dreamy always moving cinematography, the amazing landscape, and the raw acting of the likes of Tom Hardy bring those times back to life. The story and film itself are actually quite meager, but that is not what it's about. It's an unique movie experience from the makers of Gravity. Read more

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    RATING: 80/100

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  • The Homesman

    DIRECTOR: Tommy Lee Jones
    CAST: Tommy Lee Jones Hilary Swank Grace Gummer
    In 2005 actor-turned-director Tommy Lee Jones surprised friend and foe with the surprisingly strong neo-Western The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. The genre suits Jones, so to say, as The Homesman is one of the most interesting films of 2014, and the definitely the best western of 2014 I’ve seen so far. Hillary Swank, in an impressive lead, is Mary Bee Cuddy, a somewhat quaint young unmarried woman who takes the task of escorting three mentally ill women through the vast and dangerous plains to the nearest asylum. Jones himself plays an opportunistic claim jumper who accompanies Marry Bee after a weird twist of faith. The Homesman is stunningly shot and succeeds wonderfully at shifting between hilarious, dark comedy and truly gripping drama. Tommy Lee Jones established himself as one of Hollywood’s most interesting directors with this outstanding feature film. Read more

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    RATING: 66/100

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  • The Magnificent Seven

    DIRECTOR: Antoine Fuqua
    CAST: Denzel Washington Chris Pratt Ethan Hawke
    This highly anticipated remake of the 1960 classic 'The Magnificent Seven' (which itself was a remake of Kurosawa's brilliant 'Seven Sumarai') slightly disappointed when we first saw it. But all the same, it's a very solid, entertaining and well-crafted western. Read more

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    RATING: 70/100

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  • Django Unchained

    DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino
    CAST: Jamie Foxx Christoph Waltz Leonardo DiCaprio
    The word ‘pastiche’ almost seems to be invented for Quentin Tarantino’s films. Known as a cinephile extraordinaire, he pays homage to dozens of genres, films and directors within his work. But that doesn’t say it’s only a gimmick. Django Unchained is his first proper Western, although many of his earlier films borrowed a fair amount of the genres’ features. (Remember Inglorious Basterds’ brilliant opening scene?) The story is simple. Django is a former slave determined to revenge his former owners and to free his enslaved girlfriend. He’s helped by a peculiar bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz, which is another magnificent (and Academy Award winning role) by Christopher Waltz. Well, it’s not too hard to imagine what great things Tarantino can create with these ingredients. Read more

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    RATING: 84/100

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  • Das Finstere Tal

    DIRECTOR: Andreas Prochaska
    CAST: Sam Riley Tobias Moretti Paula Beer
    Arrival of a solitary strangers in the high villages situated in Alps stirs ambiguity and suspicion in the hearts of locals as they feel an air of unease due to the... Read more

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    RATING: 72/100

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  • The Salvation

    DIRECTOR: Kristian Levring
    CAST: Mads Mikkelsen Eva Green Eric Cantona
    Mads Mikkelsen is a peaceful Danish settler who unleashes the anger of a mean gang leader after he kills the murderer of his wife and children. Mads Mikkelsen is always great. Read more

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    RATING: 68/100

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  • Hostiles

    DIRECTOR: Scott Cooper
    CAST: Rosamund Pike Christian Bale Ben Foster
    In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory. Read more

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    RATING: 77/100

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  • Brimstone

    DIRECTOR: Martin Koolhoven
    CAST: Dakota Fanning Kit Harington Carice van Houten
    Dutch director Martin Koolhoven worked seven years on what should be his dream come true and magnum opus; the epic, sprawling and violent Western flick 'Brimstone'. And it surely doesn't disappoint. Guy Pierce is astonishing as 'The Reverend', a devilish religious fanatic determined to hunt down innocent Liz, a young prairie woman. Westerns seldom get darker than thins one. Read more

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    RATING: 85/100

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  • Redeeming Love

    DIRECTOR: D.J. Caruso
    CAST: Logan Marshall-Green, Abigail Cowen & Nina Dobrev
    During the time of the California Gold Rush, Angel (Abigail Cowen) grew up with a difficult life in prostitution. Having only known heartache and empty sex since her childhood, her heart has grown dark as she views the world with a bitter perspective of distrust. All of that changes when she meets Michael (Tom Lewis), a boy who just might by the one to bring Angel out of her hopeless worldview. Based on the period romance book by Francine Rivers, the film comes from director D. J. Caruso (The Disappointments Room) and additionally stars Logan Marshall-Green, Famke Janssen, Nina Dobrev, and Eric Dane. Read more

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  • Sweet Country

    DIRECTOR: Warwick Thornton
    CAST: Bryan Brown, Luka Magdeline Cole, Shanika Cole, Matt Day
    It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher,... Read more

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Related: Best new War & Military movies in 2024 & 2023 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & Cinema List) Whoever thinks that the Western is long dead, is terribly wrong. Indeed, the genre is more alive than it has been for decades. It is no longer only Clint Eastwood who runs the game, it has become a genre with many new players, and with many new innovative plays on the genre. Comedies have realized the potential of the almost silly seriousness of these tough cowboys, and even horror filmmakers see opportunities for scary stuff taking place in the dusty Wild West. But we mainly see an increase in modern & slick genre films that feel like old-fashioned Westerns with shoot-outs and saloons, but feel undeniably new, and are perhaps a little bloodier and more violent (The Hateful Eight, Brimstone). From Tarantino to the Coen Brothers, we picked the very best neo-westerns of the last couple of years. In the 2010's, the Golden Days of the Western Film have long been gone. Back in the days, certain directors were specialized in making them, most notable John Ford, Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah. You don’t find this kind of highly specialized directors anymore. At its best, a modern Western film in 2014 is something a director, for once in his career, gives a shot at; a style exercise so to say. There’s often a strong hint of irony in these films. Everyone’s familiar with the archetypes of the genre, so let’s just blend in as many of these elements and then we’ll have nice piece of pastiche cinema!

In 1950 Hollywood produced over a 130 Western films. In 1960 not even 30. The film genre’s popularity decreased, which was largely the result of the rise of the Western TV series like Bonanza, Rawhide, Gunsmoke and The Rifle Man. They kept the audiences away from the cinemas and glued to their tubes. The genre as people knew it became worn out. Then Revisionist Western film makers like Sam Peckinpah and Alejandro Jodorowsky revitalized the genre. Their films didn’t just depict the white men as good and the Indians as evil and challenged the genre’s fixed aesthetics, to put it bluntly.

Some say the Western Film has been dead for quite some time now. That is not true, although, admittedly, pretty much of what happens today is indeed retro and pastiche. Or postmodern if you wish, that obnoxious, inevitable term. Well, what follows are the best Westerns of the 2010’s according to us.