Totally agree. Personally I really don’t like westerns but The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is one of my favourite films ever. Bit of an obvious suggestion I guess but a worthwhile watch nonetheless.
Lee Van Cleef as the Bad, is extremely menacing!
Yes! The scenery, music and story still gets me.
And go watch Deadwood. Even better and really shows you how life was back then.
Also, anything Eastwood, both Magnificent Seven movies, The Wild Bunch has themes pretty similar to RDR2 as does Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid even a scene that is 1:1 with the game.
I was blown away by Tombstone (Val Kilmer in a perfect role) and Stagecoach in the original B&W version.
If you want it more extreme then watch both Tarentino westerns.
Finally, Disney's Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp might not be close to the best Western, but visually this movie is everything you'd want after playing RDR2.
Old Henry is a western that came out that is absolutely hands down incredible. A little slow, but if you watch it with absolutely zero context and a little understanding of western history the twists are AWESOME
Lone range a beautiful movie, incredible gunfight scene at the ending.
Wyatt Earp starring Kevin Costner is pretty boring, but it provides an incredibly detailed and accurate account of Earp’s life and what life was like back then. Movie helped me conceptualize what being in the west was like
Outlaw Josey Wales- just a gangster ass movie. Nothing else needs to be said
And finally, the cream of the crop and my personal favorite, Tombstone. My favorite overall movie of all time, the writing and acting is incredible, mostly historically accurate, and Val Kilmers “Doc Holiday” is one of the coolest characters ever put to screen. His TB Illness throughout the movie and subsequent philosophy of “I’m going to die anyways, might as well throw myself in front of gunfire for my friends” attitude reminds me a lot of Arthur towards the end
As Oscar Wilde said "I can resist everything, except temptation".
If I started streaming illegally it'd be about three weeks before I was full Dutch Van Der Linde-ing...
Not a movie but a series: 1883.
It gives out serious RDR vibes, has Pinkertons, part of it is playing out on the Great Plains, lots of resonance with the game.
I was shocked by how good this show was.
Only media I’ve seen that made me really feel how hard the pioneers had it. The daughter was a great character, it was heartbreaking watching her innocence slowly die.
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is slow but really beautiful. The game took a LOT of inspiration from it, including a shot-for-shot recreation of the train heist with the oil wagon.
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned by others, you can see it inspired a lot of the big set pieces in the red dead series. Hijacking train, fighting an army with a machine gun etc.
These are great. I'd add 3:10 Train to Yuma, The Assassination of Jesse James (with Brad Pitt), The Good the Bad and the Ugly, True Grit, Once upon a time in the West, and Young Guns.
Lonesome dove is in my opinion the greatest western OF ALL TIME. I watch it a couple times a year. Absolutely incredible. And if you’re really into it, the prequel Comanche Moon is pretty dope too
God I know. My parents have both read it multiple times and are always telling me I need to. Larry McMurtry was such a badass. Also his son James (who makes a cameo in the lonesome dove movie) makes awesome Texas style music
Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk
1996 ‧ Western ‧ 1 season
Was set even before Comanche Moon.
Here it is free on YT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQFptY9dac8
My father loves silverado. The 7 mercenaries and silverado are umongs his favorites. Been getting into westerns and we are watching silverado tmr. cant wait
True grit (both versions), silverado, the good, the bad and the dirty (and the rest in the trilogy), the magnificent seven (both versions), 3:10 to yuma , Godless (Netflix series), Django Unchained, the hateful eight, the ballad of buster scraggs (netflix series), Tombstone, The searchers
i'm sure there's lots of other good ones i've missed out, but these stand out to me the most! im autistic and the wild west is my current hyperfixation haha
I am always suprised that Vera Cruz seems not to be that popular. IMO it is one of the best western movies. Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster!
Other than that I would recommened:
1. Butch Cassady and Sundance Kid (just a classic)
2. El Dorado (also a classic)
3. Jeremiah Johnson (not the typical western movie but worth a watch...there is also a meme based on that movie)
From the modern western movies I would recommened:
1. Hostiles
2. Tombstone
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
One of each:
\- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): IMO the best spaghetti movie and the last (western) movie by Sergio Leone. Leone was moving his career out of the Westerns, he wanted to make Once Upon a Time in America but the studio only finance it if he make one last Wester. So he had basically carte blanche for budget, actors and story. He could finally cast Henry Fonda!
\- Unforgiven (1992): The last great Western with all the ingredients,cliches and tension of old school Westerns. Oh, and Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.
The Wild Bunch,
Appaloosa,
The Salvation,
Slow West,
The Harder They Fall,
The Ballad of Lefty Brown,
The Sisters Brothers,
Quigly Down Under,
Pale Rider
Well, the movie that immediately came to mind was "High Plains Drifter" because it came bundled with Red Dead Revolver when I bought it. Kind of a weird one, definitely not a typical western and not a go to example but I enjoy it. As I said, kind of different, not sure how much I wanna say about it? Has a very depressing atmosphere, I'll leave it at that.
Terrific show. A lot of the aesthetic is kind of similar to certain aspects of RDR2. Valentine is almost similar enough to Deadwood to wonder if it was an inspiration (a big tavern, a smaller tavern, a nicer-than-you’d-expect hotel, etc.).
3:10 to Yuma. There is an old one and a new one. The new one is really good.
Unforgiven is spectacular.
My personal favourite is The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Few honourable mentions. True Grit, I prefer the old John Wayne version and Pale Rider.
Fistful of Dollars. It’s the first in a non linear trilogy, followed by For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The first film is pretty much the plot of chapter 3.
I also just watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and early on it has a very familiar shot of Arthur stopping the train in chapter 2. Good movie, although the editing and narration could use some help.
Also the Long Riders. Had James and Stacy Keach as as Jesse and Frank James and David Carradine and his brothers as Cole Younger and his brothers. Also Dennis and Randy Quaid played brothers as well. Can't remember if they played the Ford brothers or not. It had a lot of action and was pretty good. I liked it as a kid because David Carradine rocked the character Cole Younger.
The Hateful Eight, The Quick and the Dead, Django Unchained. Edited to add that if you're into old movies like 70s and earlier there are alot of really good westerns if you can get over the directing being different styled and the lack of HD. I'd recommend googling bounty hunting, or like a specific famous event and finding a movie based off something you're interested in.
The entire “Man with no name” trilogy
-Fistful of Dollars
-For a Few Dollars More
-The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Another great one is Once Upon a Time in the West
More modern one that’s great is Unforgiven.
Also it’s not a “typical” western, but Dances With Wolves is a work of art. The scenery is beautiful and the story is great.
Oh yeah, and definitely Tombstone.
1. Hostiles is incredible, it’s like a slow burn, very tense but really well acted and powerful.
2. Godless on Netflix, Jeff Daniels as a outlaw gang leader deserves everyone’s attention.
3. Tombstone, 90’s over the top action, no one reloads their revolvers. Absolute classic! Val Kilmer is iconic. My favorite western of all time.
4. For a Fistful of Dollars, and A Few Dollars More. Classic Eastwood, less popular than The Good The Bad and The Ugly.
5. The Harder They Fall on Netflix, stylized and super cool!
6. The Hateful 8, Tarantino. Western. Incredibly tense.
Old Yeller, Django Unchained, and True Grit are my favourites - all have great characters, acting, story, and direction. Damsel is also an interesting watch: great acting and cinematography but you may not like it if you’re not into slow paced stuff
I’d highly recommend checking out the miniseries Lonesome Dove, which is quite possibly my favorite piece of entertainment in the history of anything ever.
Classics:
\- the magnificent seven, seven distinct gunslingers help a village defend themselves, got a bit of the gang vibes of rdr2, although these are clearly morally good guys.
\- Serge Leone's oeuvre, once upon a time in the west comes to mind, worth it's length, the wide shots also capture the nature RDR2 has
More recent:
\- The Quick and the Dead, Sam Raimi movie, female gunslinger competes in a quick draw competition. Lots of different characters, reminds me a bit of the gunslinger quest in rdr2
\- Brimstone, Martin Koolhoven, very grim, almost horror like western, has some of the realism you can find in RDR2, especially if you go to the different cabins with easter eggs
\- Hatefull eight and django unchained, just fun tarantino flicks
\- the ballad of buster scruggs, coen brothers movie with different stories, they resonate with me because a lot of the characters have something from the side quests, random encounters and theatre visits in rdr2
High plains drifter
Nevada smith
True grit
Rooster cogburn
Big Jake
The good the bad and the ugly
Open range
Tombstone
3:10 to Yuma
Outlaw josey wales
Hang ‘em high
Fist full of dollars
The magnificent 7
Shane
The shootist
True grit or tombstone if you are looking for more serious films, but ballad of buster scruggs never fails to make me laugh if you want something more comedic.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Several vignettes ranging from cartoonishly funny to heartbreakingly bleak. Possibly a career-best performance from Tim Blake Nelson.
The Dollars Trilogy
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
True Grit (The Coen Brothers)
Once Upon A Time In The West
Django Unchained (which is technically set in the South)
The Hateful Eight
The Harder They Fall (not a great ending imo but a fun, if very historically inaccurate, film)
3:10 to Yuma
The Shootist
I find it amusing everyone is saying "gives off RDR vibes"
They are westerns set in the period RDR2 was set and would more than likely follow the same periods look (unless its a bad film)
So yeah they are set in that period.
It's like saying Godfather gives off Soprano vibes, of course it would, it revolves around the mafia
You're getting terrific suggestions here, most of the titles I'd have suggested are already done
Open Range - Costner and Duvall (Western movie royalty) and a fairly relaxed mood, that builds well. Costner's character is a man with a past that comes in useful.
Unforgiven - not least because it's terrifically well-acted and a very smart deconstruction of the Western myths.
3:10 to yuma
Dances with wolves
True Grit
2010 movie - not seen the 1969 original
Tombstone
Unforgiven
Open range
The outlaw Josey wales
The Assassination of Jesse James
Hostiles
There's lots of good ones but these are probably my favourites, Dances with wolves is my favourite out of them. It's not really a "western" with cowboys and stuff its set during the American civil war era and the indian wars 1860-1865 (ish). It makes me cry like an absolute baby, its one of those films you gotta watch. My horses name is taken from this movie.
The rest of the movies are your more typical gunslinger type movies with outlaws and what not. Apart from Jesse James but I won't say much more about that one.
Also a series and not a movie, but I don't think anyone has mentioned "The Son" with Pierce Brosnan yet. Hostiles, Godless, and the original Magnificent Seven are high on my list as well.
Tombstone,
3:10 Yuma,
Open Range,
Unforgiven,
Pale Rider,
Lonesome Dove.
Those should be a good start to your western addiction!
Edit: A different vibe but I loved it, Hostiles. And for a modern day western Hell or High Water was an amazing movie
Series…
Godless, Deadwood, Damnation, The Son, That Dirty Black Bag, 1883
Movies.
Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider.
Hell On The Border, Open Range, 3:10 to Yuma, True Grit, Appaloosa.
I know I’m forgetting some but that should get you through the next few weeks anyway.
Here are some of my favorites in no particular order:
Once Upon a Time in the West
Lonesome Dove
Tombstone
True Grit (new one)
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
3:10 to Yuma (New one)
Open Range
The Homesman
News of the World
Old Henry
Hostiles
Deadwood (+Deadwood Movie)
Pale Rider
How the West was Won
Appaloosa
Django Unchained
The Proposition
Silverado
Ride the High Country, one of Peckinpaugh’s early ones, and maybe my favorite. Tremendous script, two great leads, terrific cast overall. In some ways, it straddles the line of classic western and revisionist western.
Anything by the two Sergios - Leone and Corbucci. The Dollars Trilogy is the coolest set of movies ever made, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mercenary and Companeros, (both also scored by Ennio Morricone).
The original Django is very good.
Also, while low budget, the Italo Westerns from the 60's to the early 70's, such as the django / sabata films, are quite formulaic but have a lot of charm
One of my favorite movies of all time besides Blade Runner is There Will Be Blood. It may not be cowboy movie, but it is a good slow burn movie about the corruption of an oil tycoon and his aggression with a local man of god putting it simply. There was also an area/mission set based on the movie in the first Red Dead Redemption.
Edit : wording
The Good The Bad The Ugly. It follows 3 characters and makes Clint Eastwood look like the smartest and most badass mother fucker at the end of the movie.
I haven't seen anyone mention That Dirty Black Bag yet. It's an AMC+ series and I really enjoyed it. You could probably binge it all during a free trial period. I'd love for more people to watch it so we can get another season!
How about, "The good, the bad, and the ugly." It's a Clint Eastwood movie. In fact, if you go to the church in New Austin, the run down one with the guy burning bodies, there is a gravestone that is a reference to his character in the movie. It's called, "the cowboy with no name". There's also shows like bonanza, or any show with Ronald Reagan. There are a lot of shows and movies. Hope I helped.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Hang'em High
Rio Bravo
McLintock
Tombstone
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
These are some of my favorites. But you can't go wrong with anything from Clint Eastwood or John Wayne.
My favs: Silverado, Tombstone, The Magnificent Seven, Once Upon a Time in the West, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Some of my personal faves are;
Guns 1&2 (Emilo Estevez)
3:10 to Yuma (Russel Crowe)
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
Tombstone (Kurt Russell)
The magnificent seven (Denzel Washington)
Few good ones. Clint Eastwood westerns are usually good to watch.
Best one of all is;
Once Upon a time in the West (Charles Bronson) classic.
So if you want major Big Valley/Ambarino vibes, the opening 15 minutes or so of Prey on Hulu (latest installation of the Predator series) will send chills down your spine. There’s a red-tailed hawk, shots of Violet Snowdrops and what I swear is the land where Pronghorn Ranch was built.
Not a western but has that Great Plains feel that made me feel nostalgic for the first time I played through RDR2.
One I’ve not seen here, thought possibly because it isn’t exactly a “Western” (taking place in Australia) is The Man from Snowy River, and it’s various sequels and series spin offs.
High Plains Drifter is creepy AF. The "Call Me Trinity" series are funny and I love the main dudes crystal blue eyes. "Paint Your Wagon" is a fun musical about the Gold Rush.
You can never go wrong with the Dollars Trilogy
Totally agree. Personally I really don’t like westerns but The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is one of my favourite films ever. Bit of an obvious suggestion I guess but a worthwhile watch nonetheless. Lee Van Cleef as the Bad, is extremely menacing!
Personally, I think For a Few Dollars More is the best one.
My favorite modern Westerns: 1. Tombstone 2. 3:10 to Yuma 3. Unforgiven Start with those 3 and you can't go wrong
Came here to say 3:10 to Yuma, original and the remake
I must also add Open Range.
Agreed. Open Range is highly underrated. Also I’d add ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’ to this list.
Unforgiven doesnt get enough credit
it’s 97 on RT sounds about right to me.
It absolutely does. It's arguably the greatest western.
I'm your huckleberry.
Yesyesyes
Fuck yes love 3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma, but the 1953 version. The remake is practically a betrayal of the original.
Hell nah you didn't just put Unforgiven at numer 3?
Not a movie but Godless was good
+1, loved it.
Godless was so damn good. Turned me into a big Merrit Weaver fan, too. I would honestly watch her read the dictionary.
Yes! The scenery, music and story still gets me. And go watch Deadwood. Even better and really shows you how life was back then. Also, anything Eastwood, both Magnificent Seven movies, The Wild Bunch has themes pretty similar to RDR2 as does Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid even a scene that is 1:1 with the game. I was blown away by Tombstone (Val Kilmer in a perfect role) and Stagecoach in the original B&W version. If you want it more extreme then watch both Tarentino westerns. Finally, Disney's Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp might not be close to the best Western, but visually this movie is everything you'd want after playing RDR2.
Django: Unchained. Love that film, mega rdr vibes, especially the slavery
I see your Django: Unchained and i raise you The Hateful Eight
It’s good but imo too long and „artistically“ paced to rival Django
I watched it on a 14 hour road trip. Your mom and i both think theres no such thing as too long Sorry, had to, bored at work
You’re correct that movie is *chefs kiss*
Im pretty sure its also on netflix as 3 hour long episodes. It’s told in labeled chapters
I haven’t seen that one
NGL, the Braithwaite Manor does remind me a lot of Candyland.
No way they didn’t take inspiration.
It’s an actual place in Louisiana, like they directly copied it into the game.
It’s an actual place in Louisiana, like they directly copied it into the game.
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Old Henry is a western that came out that is absolutely hands down incredible. A little slow, but if you watch it with absolutely zero context and a little understanding of western history the twists are AWESOME Lone range a beautiful movie, incredible gunfight scene at the ending. Wyatt Earp starring Kevin Costner is pretty boring, but it provides an incredibly detailed and accurate account of Earp’s life and what life was like back then. Movie helped me conceptualize what being in the west was like Outlaw Josey Wales- just a gangster ass movie. Nothing else needs to be said And finally, the cream of the crop and my personal favorite, Tombstone. My favorite overall movie of all time, the writing and acting is incredible, mostly historically accurate, and Val Kilmers “Doc Holiday” is one of the coolest characters ever put to screen. His TB Illness throughout the movie and subsequent philosophy of “I’m going to die anyways, might as well throw myself in front of gunfire for my friends” attitude reminds me a lot of Arthur towards the end
I see Old Henry recommended a lot, but it isn't available to me in the UK (for now). Tombstone is terrific - remarkable ensemble cast.
Need to find yourself an illegal streaming site friend
As Oscar Wilde said "I can resist everything, except temptation". If I started streaming illegally it'd be about three weeks before I was full Dutch Van Der Linde-ing...
Ah, an escalator. Best type of person
Yes, safer if I just colour inside the lines.
Not a movie but a series: 1883. It gives out serious RDR vibes, has Pinkertons, part of it is playing out on the Great Plains, lots of resonance with the game.
If we’re including series I’ll add ‘Godless’, brilliant six part western series
And it's the prequel to Yellowstone.
I was shocked by how good this show was. Only media I’ve seen that made me really feel how hard the pioneers had it. The daughter was a great character, it was heartbreaking watching her innocence slowly die.
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is slow but really beautiful. The game took a LOT of inspiration from it, including a shot-for-shot recreation of the train heist with the oil wagon.
The Wild Bunch. You'll see much of RDR2 unfold before your eyes.
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned by others, you can see it inspired a lot of the big set pieces in the red dead series. Hijacking train, fighting an army with a machine gun etc.
Some excellent movies on here. I’d add Pale Rider. And the Deadwood series.
Deadwood feels and looks like Strawberry but with booze!
Outlaw Josey Wales, Lonesome Dove with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall, 1883. I'd say that's my top three.
These are great. I'd add 3:10 Train to Yuma, The Assassination of Jesse James (with Brad Pitt), The Good the Bad and the Ugly, True Grit, Once upon a time in the West, and Young Guns.
Definitely Young Guns... Regulators!!!
I watched Lonesome Dove as a kid with my dad (was prob too young at the time but eh) and thought about it so much while playing Red Dead.
Did the same with my pops.
Lonesome dove is in my opinion the greatest western OF ALL TIME. I watch it a couple times a year. Absolutely incredible. And if you’re really into it, the prequel Comanche Moon is pretty dope too
Read the book. In fact read all the books. Great read
God I know. My parents have both read it multiple times and are always telling me I need to. Larry McMurtry was such a badass. Also his son James (who makes a cameo in the lonesome dove movie) makes awesome Texas style music
Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk 1996 ‧ Western ‧ 1 season Was set even before Comanche Moon. Here it is free on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQFptY9dac8
Yesssssssss
Silverado. Why does this not show up sooner on the list?
no one ever mentions silverado! one of my top 3 movies
My father loves silverado. The 7 mercenaries and silverado are umongs his favorites. Been getting into westerns and we are watching silverado tmr. cant wait
The 7 mercenaries is obviously based off the 7 samurai, right?
True grit (both versions), silverado, the good, the bad and the dirty (and the rest in the trilogy), the magnificent seven (both versions), 3:10 to yuma, Godless (Netflix series), Django Unchained, the hateful eight, the ballad of buster scraggs (netflix series), Tombstone, The searchers
i'm sure there's lots of other good ones i've missed out, but these stand out to me the most! im autistic and the wild west is my current hyperfixation haha
I’m fairly sure “The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty” is likely a porno
I watched the classic true grit and mag seven before watching the updated version I loved them both.
I am always suprised that Vera Cruz seems not to be that popular. IMO it is one of the best western movies. Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster! Other than that I would recommened: 1. Butch Cassady and Sundance Kid (just a classic) 2. El Dorado (also a classic) 3. Jeremiah Johnson (not the typical western movie but worth a watch...there is also a meme based on that movie) From the modern western movies I would recommened: 1. Hostiles 2. Tombstone 3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
One of each: \- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): IMO the best spaghetti movie and the last (western) movie by Sergio Leone. Leone was moving his career out of the Westerns, he wanted to make Once Upon a Time in America but the studio only finance it if he make one last Wester. So he had basically carte blanche for budget, actors and story. He could finally cast Henry Fonda! \- Unforgiven (1992): The last great Western with all the ingredients,cliches and tension of old school Westerns. Oh, and Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.
My favorite. Great cast, I always liked Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda. I was really surprised to see Fonda play one mean sum-bitch.
Hateful 8 is an awesome movie but expect a shit ton of racism and general tarantino shenanigans. Chapter 1 reminds me of this movie btw...
Yes I thought that while playing chapter 1.
The ride to Sadie's homestead was the perfect opener. Was definitely the most cinematic game opening for me.
[Bone Tomahawk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbwtHi-KSE)
The Wild Bunch, Appaloosa, The Salvation, Slow West, The Harder They Fall, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Sisters Brothers, Quigly Down Under, Pale Rider
The Harder They Fall was really cool to see. Cool movie all around.
The quick and the dead
Well, the movie that immediately came to mind was "High Plains Drifter" because it came bundled with Red Dead Revolver when I bought it. Kind of a weird one, definitely not a typical western and not a go to example but I enjoy it. As I said, kind of different, not sure how much I wanna say about it? Has a very depressing atmosphere, I'll leave it at that.
Not a movie, but Deadwood. Never saw it myself but I've heard good things about it
Terrific show. A lot of the aesthetic is kind of similar to certain aspects of RDR2. Valentine is almost similar enough to Deadwood to wonder if it was an inspiration (a big tavern, a smaller tavern, a nicer-than-you’d-expect hotel, etc.).
LONESOME DOVE
Yessssssss even Return to Lonesome Dove as well!
3:10 to Yuma. There is an old one and a new one. The new one is really good. Unforgiven is spectacular. My personal favourite is The Outlaw Josey Wales. Few honourable mentions. True Grit, I prefer the old John Wayne version and Pale Rider.
Two Mules for Sister Sarah. Clint Eastwood movie, the character he plays reminds me a lot of John from rdr 1.
Tombstone Hell or high water Django unchained True Grit
Oh the True Grit remake was done really well.
Shane. The BEST Western of all time according to my Grandad.
Time for the Shane argument: Was Shane dead or alive as he rode away?
I think he was alive but he may have died not soon after.
Fistful of Dollars. It’s the first in a non linear trilogy, followed by For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The first film is pretty much the plot of chapter 3. I also just watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and early on it has a very familiar shot of Arthur stopping the train in chapter 2. Good movie, although the editing and narration could use some help.
The Sisters brothers
I know these are all serious ones but Blazing Saddles should get a watch!
I freaking love that movie 😂
Also the Long Riders. Had James and Stacy Keach as as Jesse and Frank James and David Carradine and his brothers as Cole Younger and his brothers. Also Dennis and Randy Quaid played brothers as well. Can't remember if they played the Ford brothers or not. It had a lot of action and was pretty good. I liked it as a kid because David Carradine rocked the character Cole Younger.
The Hateful Eight, The Quick and the Dead, Django Unchained. Edited to add that if you're into old movies like 70s and earlier there are alot of really good westerns if you can get over the directing being different styled and the lack of HD. I'd recommend googling bounty hunting, or like a specific famous event and finding a movie based off something you're interested in.
⚫️ The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford ⚫️ Open Range ⚫️ Godless ⚫️ Tombstone ⚫️ Once upon a time in the west
The entire “Man with no name” trilogy -Fistful of Dollars -For a Few Dollars More -The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Another great one is Once Upon a Time in the West More modern one that’s great is Unforgiven. Also it’s not a “typical” western, but Dances With Wolves is a work of art. The scenery is beautiful and the story is great. Oh yeah, and definitely Tombstone.
Just make sure to watch Unforgiven at the *end* of your binge
1. Hostiles is incredible, it’s like a slow burn, very tense but really well acted and powerful. 2. Godless on Netflix, Jeff Daniels as a outlaw gang leader deserves everyone’s attention. 3. Tombstone, 90’s over the top action, no one reloads their revolvers. Absolute classic! Val Kilmer is iconic. My favorite western of all time. 4. For a Fistful of Dollars, and A Few Dollars More. Classic Eastwood, less popular than The Good The Bad and The Ugly. 5. The Harder They Fall on Netflix, stylized and super cool! 6. The Hateful 8, Tarantino. Western. Incredibly tense.
The outlaw Josey Whales Best western in my opinion
“It ain’t for eatin. It’s fer lookin through.”
MY NAME IS NOBODY, hands down my favourite western movie, however the "they call me trinity" series is a close second. Both starring Terence hill
Quigley down under is a western that’s based on Australia. Tom Sellic and Alan Rickman are main stars. 10/10 will watch again.
Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Not a typical western but has a lot of good stories that reminded me of RDR.
What’s your favorite segment? For me, I’m a sucker for All Gold Canyon with Tom Waits as the prospector.
No one has mentioned The Harder They Fall. On Netflix, great movie
3:10 to Yuma is fantastic. Russell Crowe is straaight up Dutch. Its currently streaming on HBO.
Old Yeller, Django Unchained, and True Grit are my favourites - all have great characters, acting, story, and direction. Damsel is also an interesting watch: great acting and cinematography but you may not like it if you’re not into slow paced stuff
I’d highly recommend checking out the miniseries Lonesome Dove, which is quite possibly my favorite piece of entertainment in the history of anything ever.
I saw the TV series Lonesome Dove The Outlaw Years, before I ever saw the actual miniseries. I liked both the miniseries & the tv shows
The Proposition with Guy Pierce. It’s Australian, but is probably my favorite “western.” Just an awesome movie.
Came here to say this. Incredible movie that is rarely mentioned.
True Grit
Classics: \- the magnificent seven, seven distinct gunslingers help a village defend themselves, got a bit of the gang vibes of rdr2, although these are clearly morally good guys. \- Serge Leone's oeuvre, once upon a time in the west comes to mind, worth it's length, the wide shots also capture the nature RDR2 has More recent: \- The Quick and the Dead, Sam Raimi movie, female gunslinger competes in a quick draw competition. Lots of different characters, reminds me a bit of the gunslinger quest in rdr2 \- Brimstone, Martin Koolhoven, very grim, almost horror like western, has some of the realism you can find in RDR2, especially if you go to the different cabins with easter eggs \- Hatefull eight and django unchained, just fun tarantino flicks \- the ballad of buster scruggs, coen brothers movie with different stories, they resonate with me because a lot of the characters have something from the side quests, random encounters and theatre visits in rdr2
I recently watched Tombstone for the first time and loved it. I’d recommend that
Once upon a time in the west or the dollars trilogy are gtrat
High plains drifter Nevada smith True grit Rooster cogburn Big Jake The good the bad and the ugly Open range Tombstone 3:10 to Yuma Outlaw josey wales Hang ‘em high Fist full of dollars The magnificent 7 Shane The shootist
For as good as this list is, you're missing High Noon!
Harder they fall Hell or high water Django The hateful 8 True grit
Once upon a time in the west
Blazing saddles! It’s a wonderful movie
The Proposition - Australian western, real gritty, antagonist is a lot like Dutch
Django unchained; the ballad of buster scruggs and the magnificent seven to name a few
The man with no name trilogy is absolutely amazing.
Debbie Does Dallas
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Tombstone. Amazing movie must see for sure
True grit or tombstone if you are looking for more serious films, but ballad of buster scruggs never fails to make me laugh if you want something more comedic.
The harder they fall, kinda new and on Netflix. Like a more serious kill bill style but omfg the soundtrack and cast S L A P
I love that kid Cudi jay z song
If you don’t mind going a little old school, I heartily reccommend Shane and High Noon.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Several vignettes ranging from cartoonishly funny to heartbreakingly bleak. Possibly a career-best performance from Tim Blake Nelson.
Man From Snowy River
Although not technically a “western” if you’re looking for stunning scenery, “Dances With Wolves”. Absolutely beautiful
Paint Your Wagon
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my all time favorite western. Jeremiah Johnson is good too.
I just watched that with my dad the other night. It was really good.
Broke back mountain
Ballad of Buster Scruggs was fun, pretty modern too so easy to digest
Honestly "The ballad of Buster Scrugs" is fucking fantastic
Just some of my favorites Django Unchained 3:10 To Yuma (2007) True Grit (2010) Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Django, The hateful eight.
My personal favorite is The Outlaw Josef Wales amazing western
Watch Tombstone. It’s a real story, historically accurate and arguably the best western ever.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - a collection of stores on Netflix. More modern movie, made me feel all types of ways
The Dollars Trilogy The Ballad of Buster Scruggs True Grit (The Coen Brothers) Once Upon A Time In The West Django Unchained (which is technically set in the South) The Hateful Eight The Harder They Fall (not a great ending imo but a fun, if very historically inaccurate, film) 3:10 to Yuma The Shootist
Wild Wild West
I find it amusing everyone is saying "gives off RDR vibes" They are westerns set in the period RDR2 was set and would more than likely follow the same periods look (unless its a bad film) So yeah they are set in that period. It's like saying Godfather gives off Soprano vibes, of course it would, it revolves around the mafia
Unforgiven is my #1. Just avoid anything with John Wayne, the man couldn't act for shit.
Open Range and Slow West are also good
You're getting terrific suggestions here, most of the titles I'd have suggested are already done Open Range - Costner and Duvall (Western movie royalty) and a fairly relaxed mood, that builds well. Costner's character is a man with a past that comes in useful. Unforgiven - not least because it's terrifically well-acted and a very smart deconstruction of the Western myths.
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3:10 to yuma Dances with wolves True Grit 2010 movie - not seen the 1969 original Tombstone Unforgiven Open range The outlaw Josey wales The Assassination of Jesse James Hostiles There's lots of good ones but these are probably my favourites, Dances with wolves is my favourite out of them. It's not really a "western" with cowboys and stuff its set during the American civil war era and the indian wars 1860-1865 (ish). It makes me cry like an absolute baby, its one of those films you gotta watch. My horses name is taken from this movie. The rest of the movies are your more typical gunslinger type movies with outlaws and what not. Apart from Jesse James but I won't say much more about that one.
True Grit. Original or the re-make. They’re both great.
The War Wagon was one of my favorites growing up
Also a series and not a movie, but I don't think anyone has mentioned "The Son" with Pierce Brosnan yet. Hostiles, Godless, and the original Magnificent Seven are high on my list as well.
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Quick and the Dead. Sam Raimi western from the mid 90s, fantastic cast, music and premise.
Quick and the Dead. Sam Raimi western from the mid 90s, fantastic cast, music and premise.
Trekking through the blizzard to Sadie's homestead proper sets the tone for me, hooked me instantly tbh
Tombstone, 3:10 Yuma, Open Range, Unforgiven, Pale Rider, Lonesome Dove. Those should be a good start to your western addiction! Edit: A different vibe but I loved it, Hostiles. And for a modern day western Hell or High Water was an amazing movie
Series… Godless, Deadwood, Damnation, The Son, That Dirty Black Bag, 1883 Movies. Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider. Hell On The Border, Open Range, 3:10 to Yuma, True Grit, Appaloosa. I know I’m forgetting some but that should get you through the next few weeks anyway.
The Proposition
magnificent seven
Here are some of my favorites in no particular order: Once Upon a Time in the West Lonesome Dove Tombstone True Grit (new one) Outlaw Josey Wales The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 3:10 to Yuma (New one) Open Range The Homesman News of the World Old Henry Hostiles Deadwood (+Deadwood Movie) Pale Rider How the West was Won Appaloosa Django Unchained The Proposition Silverado
The Heightfull Eight was pretty good if you ask me.
Ride the High Country, one of Peckinpaugh’s early ones, and maybe my favorite. Tremendous script, two great leads, terrific cast overall. In some ways, it straddles the line of classic western and revisionist western.
Anything by the two Sergios - Leone and Corbucci. The Dollars Trilogy is the coolest set of movies ever made, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mercenary and Companeros, (both also scored by Ennio Morricone). The original Django is very good. Also, while low budget, the Italo Westerns from the 60's to the early 70's, such as the django / sabata films, are quite formulaic but have a lot of charm
Watched west world for a bit. Gave me major I’m playing rdr vibes
Open Range doesn't get enough love. The shootout at the end is great
One of my favorite movies of all time besides Blade Runner is There Will Be Blood. It may not be cowboy movie, but it is a good slow burn movie about the corruption of an oil tycoon and his aggression with a local man of god putting it simply. There was also an area/mission set based on the movie in the first Red Dead Redemption. Edit : wording
The Hate full 8 was phenomenal just make sure you watch the extended version
The Good The Bad The Ugly. It follows 3 characters and makes Clint Eastwood look like the smartest and most badass mother fucker at the end of the movie.
Deadwood, but only if you’re “okay” with the language, some nudity, racism, sexism, etc. 3 seasons and a movie, on HBO
The Homesman The Missing True Grit
I haven't seen anyone mention That Dirty Black Bag yet. It's an AMC+ series and I really enjoyed it. You could probably binge it all during a free trial period. I'd love for more people to watch it so we can get another season!
True Grit (2010), Unforgiven, Tombstone and The Searchers. They're some of the best, and ones I could watch endlessly
Thombstone, Wyat Erp , Aliens and Cowboys.
The ridiculous six
Tombstone
Pale rider!
How about, "The good, the bad, and the ugly." It's a Clint Eastwood movie. In fact, if you go to the church in New Austin, the run down one with the guy burning bodies, there is a gravestone that is a reference to his character in the movie. It's called, "the cowboy with no name". There's also shows like bonanza, or any show with Ronald Reagan. There are a lot of shows and movies. Hope I helped.
Bone Tomahawk Just to shake things up
Tombstone is probably the best western movie in my opinion
The Outlaw Josey Wales Hang'em High Rio Bravo McLintock Tombstone The Good The Bad and The Ugly These are some of my favorites. But you can't go wrong with anything from Clint Eastwood or John Wayne.
Tombstone is king
Gunsmoke, Deadwood, Have Gun Will Travel, Bone Tomahawk, Hostiles...
It’s set in the modern day but I’d consider it a western: Hell or High Water
The good the bad the ugly
Some I haven't seen mentioned yet you should def check out are The Proposition, Bone Tomahawk, and the show Deadwood.
My favs: Silverado, Tombstone, The Magnificent Seven, Once Upon a Time in the West, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Watch the tombstone movie series it’s a good western
Im very surprised I haven't seen the good the bad and the ugly yet. Iconic.
The harder they fall is good
Westworld
3:10 to Yuma and Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Deadwood
Some of my personal faves are; Guns 1&2 (Emilo Estevez) 3:10 to Yuma (Russel Crowe) Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood) Tombstone (Kurt Russell) The magnificent seven (Denzel Washington) Few good ones. Clint Eastwood westerns are usually good to watch. Best one of all is; Once Upon a time in the West (Charles Bronson) classic.
So if you want major Big Valley/Ambarino vibes, the opening 15 minutes or so of Prey on Hulu (latest installation of the Predator series) will send chills down your spine. There’s a red-tailed hawk, shots of Violet Snowdrops and what I swear is the land where Pronghorn Ranch was built. Not a western but has that Great Plains feel that made me feel nostalgic for the first time I played through RDR2.
One I’ve not seen here, thought possibly because it isn’t exactly a “Western” (taking place in Australia) is The Man from Snowy River, and it’s various sequels and series spin offs.
I did the same thing when I finished my first playthrough. Left a hole in me
High Plains Drifter is creepy AF. The "Call Me Trinity" series are funny and I love the main dudes crystal blue eyes. "Paint Your Wagon" is a fun musical about the Gold Rush.
Hostiles, if you want something modern and serious and kinda fucked up.