The Bleak Western

We often find that Westerns, modern or traditional, have elements of darkness

and pessimism found in the Noir thriller especially, as with some of these, if the storyline is that of revenge.

                                                               Django

                                                     
                                                   Comanche Station

Border Incident

                                               Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Ox Bow Incident

Wild Bunch

                                                         The Outrage

       True Grit    (2010)

The Last Picture Show

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

No Country for Old Men

High Plains Drifter

Major Dundee

                                                        The Shootist

Thunderheart

                                                          Junior Bonner

Hud

Unforgiven

Eagle's Wing

Once Upon a Time in the West

                                                Bad Day at Black Rock

Pocket Money

                                                         Matewan

                                                   One-eyed Jacks

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia