Six shooters? Ten-gallon hats? Three hundred miles to the next town on horseback? When you’re making a neo-Western, these genre staples become mere genre suggestions! The neo-Western doesn’t need revolvers and outlaws to serve up a slice of American cinema; we’ve evolved since the days of the Old West. If there’s anything that the neo-Western proves, it’s that you don’t need riding chaps to have a cowboy’s soul. All you need is a love for open country, big skies, and possible criminal activity. There ain’t no big iron-packin’ Sheriff in town anymore, but plenty of folks are still trying to escape the reach of the long arm of the law. Thankfully, there’s still plenty of room to run this side of the Mississippi—these are the 10 best neo-Westerns of all time.
