Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
The Western is one of the most enduring genres in cinematic history, as Hollywood has been making films about gunslingers and cowboys ever since the dawn of the silent era in the early 20th century. Although many would argue that the genre peaked in the middle of the century during the supposed “Golden Age of Hollywood,” Westerns made a serious comeback in the 1990s thanks to several revisionist films that complicated viewers’ understanding or recurring archetypes.
The Quick and the Dead RWestern A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death. Desperado RActionCrimeDrama Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.
Dead Man RWestern Release Date May 26, 1995 Director Jim Jarmusch Cast Johnny Depp , Gary Farmer , Crispin Glover , Lance Henriksen , Michael Wincott , Eugene Byrd , John Hurt , Robert Mitchum , Iggy Pop , Gabriel Byrne , Jared Harris , Mili Avital , Billy Bob Thornton , Alfred Molina Runtime 121 Minutes Writers Jim Jarmusch Budget $9 Million Distributor Miramax Films Expand Watch on Max
Release Date March 30, 1990 Director Kevin Costner Cast Kevin Costner , Mary McDonnell , Graham Greene , Rodney A. Grant , Floyd Westerman , Tantoo Cardinal Runtime 180 minutes Main Genre Adventure Writers Michael Blake Studio Image Entertainment Tagline Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered Expand Watch on MGM+
5 ‘City Slickers’ Directed by Ron Underwood City Slickers was proof that the Western genre could be seamlessly transitioned to modern times, as this Billy Crystal comedy took a fun spin on the concept of average joes having to do the same hard work that the heroes in cowboy movies were accustomed to doing. City Slickers succeeds because it is well aware of the tropes of the Western genre, as the characters all have a deep knowledge of previous classics.
4 ‘The Mask of Zorro’ Directed by Martin Campbell The Mask of Zorro took a character that belonged to the public domain and turned him into the superhero of a new generation, with both Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas co-starring as two men that take on the “Zorro” persona in order to prevent a cabal of ruthless politicians from helping California to secede from the Union.
Tombstone is lovingly classical and unafraid to be broad, yet also provides some sensitive insights on masculine relationships. It’s also a film that is unafraid to have clearly identified heroes and villains. With a stacked cast that includes such venerable names as Billy Bob Thorton, Powers Boothe, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, and Michael Biehn among many others, there’s something new to discover about Tombstone upon every rewatch.
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