Subgenre Sampler
Western: 480 Films to Buy & Rent
Deadwood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…
- An acclaimed new revision of the Western genre, recounting the complex and troubling establishment of the Arizona town of Deadwood in the 1880s,…
Home on the Range (2004)
- Dir. John Sanford, Will Finn
- A Disney Western–spoof, in which a herd of cows aim to track down a wily cattle rustler and forestall the closure of their 'Patch of Heaven'…
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Wah Yuen
- Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…
Missing, The (2003)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood…
- A brooding historical thriller set in 19th–century New Mexico in which Blanchett reunites with her estranged father (Jones) to search for her…
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek…
- The final 'installment' in dir. Rodriguez' violent Mexican trilogy (see EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO), with Banderas again the loner in a dusty town,…
Open Range (2003)
- Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening…
- Costner stars and takes the reins of this latterday Western about a group of itinerant cattle grazers fending off the thuggish tactics of a brutal…
Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Owen Wilson, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen
- The successful teaming of Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson returns in a hyperreal 19th century world of Victorian threads, kung fu moves and offbeat, if…
800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002)
- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carmen Maura, Sancho Gracia
- Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia (DAY OF THE BEAST) brings his wild energy to this story of a stuntman in Almeria whose career is floundering in…
Dust (2002)
- Dir. Milcho Manchevski
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham
- The dir. of BEFORE THE RAIN executes this ‘Balkan western’ with violent, overblown panache despite some miscasting and a dusted–off…
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas…
- Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…