People have always had a fascination with cowboys.

While they are a key pillar of the Western genre, they are not essential.

While they don’t all have cowboys, they all feature the true spirit of the Old West.

Stills from No Country for Old Men, Logan, and El Camino

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What follows is a twisty crime journey as the two thieves find themselves way over their heads.

Several characters, including two hitmen and a former U.S. Army officer, race to collect the cash.

Pitched as a kids' movie,Holesdoes whatevery great family moviedoes: appeal to people of all ages.

Ryan Phillippe and Benicio del Toro standing side by side with guns drawn in The Way of the Gun

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Alas, Mae is a vampire and Caleb discovers that love sucks after she bites and turns him.

DirectorKathryn Bigeloworiginally wanted to make a traditional Western.

There’s an irresistible magic aboutwell-written reflections on mortality starring iconic veteran thespians, andLuckyhas that magic in excess.

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No one would complain if John Carroll Lynch got behind the camera a second time.

The result is one of the21st century’s best Westerns.

Wind Riverswaps the desert plains of the West for the chilly but equally unforgiving landscape of snowy Wyoming.

Clint Eastwood with a horse in Cry Macho

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Robert Webber as Sappensly and Gig Young as Johnny Quill holding up a photograph in Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

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Shia LaBeouf covered in lizards in Holes

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A wounded Ryan Kwanten hiding on a mountain in Red Hill

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Bill Paxton as a vampire in Near Dark

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Diane Lane and Kevin Costner sitting together in Let Him Go

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Harry Dean Stanton in a cowboy hat in ‘Lucky’

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Barry Pepper and Tommy Lee Jones riding horses in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner as Jane Banner and Cory Lambert, looking concerned while Cory holds a shotgun in Wind River

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