10 Great Western Movies You've Probably Never Heard Of

The westernis one of the broadest and most diverse genres in cinema, and there have been plenty of great movies that have become hidden gems. Going all the way back to the silent era, the western has been a crowd-pleasing genre on screen. Mixing hearty machismo with an idealized view of the conquest of the American West, westerns were best suited to show off the capabilities of the emerging art form of filmmaking. As movies became more sophisticated, so too did the westerns, and each era of film history is reflected in the way the genre is depicted.