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After Yellowstone: 10 Best Western Movies to Watch on Netflix

After Yellowstone: 10 Best Western Movies to Watch on Netflix
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You don’t need to leave Netflix to travel to the Wild, Wild West in suspicious company.

10. The Duel (2016)

Nothing like impersonating someone else to carry out the mission, ey? Even in the Wild West, you had to play spy at times. A young ranger sent to a remote town to investigate a series of murders and disappearances finds the locals scared of their priest. To uncover the truth, the ranger puts on the hat of a new town Sheriff.

9. The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)

Revenge comes in many forms, but it’s always a bittersweet ordeal. Lefty is the partner of a local lawman in their town, and his colleague is far more successful. When he’s elected as Senator, he leaves the law and order in Lefty’s hands, but before he can leave the town, he’s killed — and Lefty swears to avenge his friend.

8. The Skin of the Wolf (2017)

Some people are just not meant to have lasting relationships with others. A highlander leads a life of solitude, trading animal pelts for money and barely leaving his mountain. When he’s convinced to take a wife, his life changes, but it’s not the change he’s ready for: the animal in him might just be stronger than the human.

7. Big Kill (2019)

Fate often makes the most different people come together at times; and in the Wild West, there’s no lack of unique personas. The failed boomtown by the name of Big Kill invites a few of them: two unfortunate gamblers on the run, a preacher with deadly skills, and a tenderfoot are all destined to find answers to their troubles there.

6. The Highwaymen (2019)

History and the public love notorious criminals, rebels against the law, and other misfits. Everyone knows Bonnie and Clyde, the infamous bank robbers, but few people know about the two legendary detectives who hunted them down. The Highwaymen fixes it by following the law instead of the criminals for a change.

5. Casa de Mi Padre (2012)

For many, their family home means more than a thousand mansions. When an elderly rancher dies, his sons decide to do anything to save the ranch — but the brother who claimed to have everything under control falls flat on his illegal deals. Now, the brothers have a notorious Mexican drug lord after them and their land…

4. The Killer (2017)

Having grown up in complete isolation with his adoptive father, a young man ventures out into the big world to find him when he goes missing. The big world welcomes him with an unsettling revelation: his father was a hired killer on the local robber baron’s paycheck, and to find him, the young man follows in his footsteps.

3. The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

Family or money is an old question, but not the one The Ridiculous 6’s main character is struggling with: he wants both. Having been raised by the Native tribe, he learns that his biological father is still alive and, though deadbeat, quite rich. On his quest to find the man, the unlikely hero meets his five very different half-brothers.

2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

No one single story can encompass everything the Wild West used to be; that’s why The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an anthology series featuring six tales of life, death, and violence in the West. Follow a vocal gunslinger, a bank robber, an old prospector, a wagon train, a couple of bounty hunters, and other distinct characters.

1. The Hateful Eight (2015)

The most famous movie on our list, Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight needs no extra introductions, but in case you’ve been seriously missing out, it’s a gruesome and sarcasm-fueled tale of eight nefarious characters stuck under one roof in a blizzard. One of them is not who they’re pretending to be, and tensions are rising…