10 Movies You Probably Didn't Realize Were Westerns According to Collider

It's rare to see a stereotypical or old-fashioned Western nowadays, with even homages to the classical style being uncommon. Around the midpoint of the 20th century, the Western was at its peak in popularity, and one of the defining genres in American cinema. At this time, it was most common to see simple tales of good triumphing over evil, with cowboys, saloons, deserts, and all the other typical iconography most associated with the genre. The public drifting away from traditional Westerns ensured the birth of the Neo-Western, which maintains some classic Western tropes while often having modern-day settings, murkier moral values, and unexpected incorporations of other genres. The following 10 films are all unexpected examples of the Western. Not all are Neo-Westerns necessarily, but each provides an interesting take on the genre, or utilizes familiar Western elements in unique ways.