Best western movies right now
A western's moral code gets tested the moment the landscape stops being empty — a stranger rides into town, a debt comes due, and someone has to decide what kind of person they are when the law is three days' ride away. Newer, revisionist takes on the frontier climb next to the classic studio westerns that defined it, and because the list is recomputed every morning, that mix never really settles. The setting varies less than the stance a film takes toward violence and justice, and that's usually where the interesting differences show up between one western and the next. Every pick's page spells out how it rated on IMDb, how it rated on Rotten Tomatoes, the trailer, and where to actually stream it near you.

Django Unchained (2012)
★ 8.2/10

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
★ 7.7/10

No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 8.0/10

The Revenant (2015)
★ 7.5/10

The Quick and the Dead (1995)
★ 6.6/10

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
★ 8.5/10

Rango (2011)
★ 6.9/10

The Hateful Eight (2015)
★ 7.8/10

Unforgiven (1992)
★ 7.9/10

Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8/10

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
★ 6.1/10

For a Few Dollars More (1965)
★ 8.0/10

Hell or High Water (2016)
★ 7.3/10

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
★ 8.3/10

Little Big Man (1970)
★ 7.4/10

The Magnificent Seven (2016)
★ 6.5/10

Train Dreams (2025)
★ 7.3/10

The Power of the Dog (2021)
★ 6.7/10

Redeeming Love (2022)
★ 7.8/10

The Legend of Zorro (2005)
★ 6.1/10