Your top 5 westerns of this century so far

When did this century begin? Cant you just say Best 5 Westerns since 1990 or a particular year?

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
True Grit
3:10 to Yuma
The Revenant
Django Unchained

Actually, the century started on January 1, 2001. 2000 is like 100 on a numbers chart so the next numbers chart would start with 101.

The Proposition / John Hillcoat (2005). Set in 19th century Australia but essentially a western.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford / Andrew Dominik (2007). I had an odd reaction to this movie. While I was sitting in the theater watching it I was telling myself what a great movie this is. But by the next day, much of it was already gone from my memory. I haven’t been interested since in watching it again. I guess I need to pony up and give it another try because I really enjoyed the experience.

Appaloosa / Ed Harris (2008). Comes very close to being a traditional western but is decidedly modern in its love story of betrayals and forgiveness. A surprisingly good movie. Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen and Renée Zellweger.

The Salvation / Kristian Levring (2014). This is an interesting way to make a western: a Danish film company and director, actors from all over the world, and location filming in South Africa. What they have come up with is a violent revenge thriller set on the American prairie in 1871. Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Das Finstere Tal (The Dark Valley) / Andreas Prochaska (2014). Basically an American revenge western but set in the Austrian Alps and spoken in German. With British actor Sam Riley. Very interesting movie.

Could well have included “Meek’s Cutoff” if more that five was allowed.

I really wanted to like “Open Range” – and there is plenty to like – but two much in the minus column. My thumb is level on this.

The Coens have not had good luck with their remakes and “True Grit” is no exception. It is a scene-for-scene, often shot-for-shot, remake of the 1969 original.

The modern “3:10 To Yuma” is simply a cliffhanger-every-two-minutes modern action movie in western dress-up.

Greatly disliked “Django Unchained” and “The Sisters Brothers.”

Not seen the others suggested.