Nach dem erneuten Anschauen eines meiner Lieblingsfilme, nämlich dem großartigen No Country for Old Men von den Coen-Brüdern, kam mir der Gedanke zu dieser Liste. Der Neo-Western ist nicht zu verwechseln mit dem zeitgenössischen Western, einer Art modernes Update des klassischen Western, Filme also wie beispielsweise Open Range, The Unforgiven, True Grit oder 3:10 to Yuma. Der Neo-Western hingegen bedient sich zwar auf offensichtliche Art und Weise an erzählerischen Strukturen, Motiven und Mechanismen des klassischen Western, verfrachtet diese aber in ein völlig anderes Setting, sei es vielleicht die moderne Großstadt oder gar das Weltall. In jedem Fall enstehen in diesem Spannungsfeld immer mal wieder ausgesprochen gute und spannende Filme und meine liebsten zehn davon stelle ich euch nun mit dieser Liste vor. Viel Spaß damit!

 

 

 

10.

Vampires (1998)
	Rating: 6.1/10 (40,443 votes) Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Steakley (novel), Don Jakoby (screenplay) Stars: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith Runtime: 108 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller Released: 30 Oct 1998
Plot: A vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to endure sunlight.

 

 

 

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Lone Star (1996)
	Rating: 7.6/10 (22,661 votes) Director: John Sayles Writer: John Sayles Stars: Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña Runtime: 135 min Rated: R Genre: Drama, Mystery Released: 21 Jun 1996
Plot: When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

 

 

 

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Last Man Standing (1996)
	Rating: 6.4/10 (43,059 votes) Director: Walter Hill Writer: Ryûzô Kikushima (story), Akira Kurosawa (story), Walter Hill (screenplay) Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken Runtime: 101 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Released: 20 Sep 1996
Plot: A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

 

 

 

7.

Red Hill (2010)
	Rating: 6.4/10 (7,048 votes) Director: Patrick Hughes Writer: Patrick Hughes Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis, Claire van der Boom Runtime: 95 min Rated: R Genre: Thriller, Western Released: 05 Nov 2010
Plot: A young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town.

 

 

 

6.

The Rover (2014)
	Rating: 6.4/10 (25,563 votes) Director: David Michôd Writer: Joel Edgerton (based on a story by), David Michôd (based on a story by), David Michôd Stars: Guy Pearce, Chan Kien, Tek Kong Lim, Tawanda Manyimo Runtime: 103 min Rated: N/A Genre: Crime, Drama Released: 20 Jun 2014
Plot: 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his only possession, his car. Along the way, he captures one of the thieves' brother, and the duo form an uneasy bond during the dangerous journey.

 

 

 

5.

Outland (1981)
	Rating: 6.6/10 (20,847 votes) Director: Peter Hyams Writer: Peter Hyams Stars: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking Runtime: 112 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi Released: 22 May 1981
Plot: In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

 

 

 

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
	Rating: 7.5/10 (13,080 votes) Director: Sam Peckinpah Writer: Frank Kowalski (story), Sam Peckinpah (story), Sam Peckinpah (screenplay), Gordon T. Dawson (screenplay) Stars: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young Runtime: 112 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Released: 13 Mar 1975
Plot: An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

 

 

 

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Desperado (1995)
	Rating: 7.2/10 (133,245 votes) Director: Robert Rodriguez Writer: Robert Rodriguez Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin Runtime: 104 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller Released: 25 Aug 1995
Plot: A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.

 

 

 

2.

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
	Rating: 7.4/10 (29,381 votes) Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Carpenter Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West Runtime: 91 min Rated: X Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller Released: 05 Nov 1976
Plot: The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.

 

 

 

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No Country for Old Men (2007)
	Rating: 8.1/10 (488,336 votes) Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Writer: Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay), Cormac McCarthy (novel) Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson Runtime: 122 min Rated: R Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Released: 21 Nov 2007
Plot: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.