Western is a well-known genre in films that is set in the late nineteenth century period and early twentieth century period in the Westernmost states of the United States. For this article, we have compiled for our readers a list of five must-watch Western films (post-2k era) which you can stream on various Indian OTT platforms.
Django Unchained (2012, Streaming on Netflix, SonyLIV)
Helmed by ‘Kill Bill’ director Quentin Tarantino and set in the year 1858, the film features Jamie Foxx in the titular role of a freed slave named Django Freeman. He teams up with a German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to free his wife from the clutches of a cruel plantation owner (Leonardo Di Caprio).
The Harder They Fall (2021, Streaming on Netflix)
It’s a Western drama featuring an ensemble that includes Idris Alba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, and Regina Kings, amongst others. The film’s plot revolves around an outlaw Nat Love, who learns about his enemy being released from prison and how he assembles his old team to avenge the death of his parents.
The Hateful Eight (2015, Streaming on Lionsgate Play)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film follows a bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russel) who is traveling with his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson). On the way to the Red Rock town, they take refuge in a cabin following a blizzard where they encounter some strange characters. Will they make it out alive?
The Revenant (2015, Streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
This was the film that won Leonardo Di Caprio a well-deserved Oscar for his performance. In the year 1823, a famed frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo Di Caprio) is left for dead by his hunting team after a grizzly bear fatally injures him. Driven by his vengeance and the will to survive, Hugh Glass uses his unique skills in an unkind terrain to track down his former associate (Tom Hardy) who had betrayed him.
No Country for Old Men (2007, Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video)
This neo-Western Academy Award-winning film was helmed by the Coen Brothers (Directors – Fargo, Miller’s Crossing). During a hunting trip, a welder (Josh Brolin) steals $2 million cash from a drug deal gone wrong. On his trail to track the money is a psychopathic hitman (Javier Bardem) while the case is investigated by an aging sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones).
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