The 10 Best Western Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked

The 2020s have seen many exceptional Western films, including the likes of The Power of the Dog, News of the World, and Old Henry.

March 15, 2025 · 1 min · 59 words · Mark Solis

It laid the groundwork and cemented a legacy that is still felt in modern-day blockbusters.

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Nicolas Cage as Miller standing out in the cold in Butcher’s Crossing

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A still from the film Outlaw Johnny Black featuring Michael Jai White and Erica Ash

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Mike looking inbtently ahead in ‘Cry Macho’

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Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby in The World To Come

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Tim Blake Nelson working in a field in ‘Old Henry’

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Hayes Ellison riding a horse through a meadow in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1.

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Viggo Mortensen smoldering while wearing a cowboy hat.

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LaKeith Stanfield in staring menacingly in The Harder They Fall

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank standing in an open field in The Power of the Dog.

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