The Western wasn’t dead in the 1990s, it was just harder to spot. After the genre’s Golden Age gave way to grittier revisions in the ’60s and ’70s, the ’80s began to taper off, with only occasional standouts. But the ’90s brought a quiet revival: a trickle of Westerns that may not have cracked the […]
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10 Great 1980s American Movie Classics You Probably Haven’t Seen
The 1980s are often remembered for their brashness, big action, bigger hair-Arnold Schwarzenegger shooting people. But away from the glitz and gloss of the box office juggernauts, American cinema was producing a fascinating range of more grounded, often daring films, works that explored character, politics, and social unrest with grit and nuance. These films may […]
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10 Great 2010s Western Movie Classics You Probably Haven’t Seen
When the general public talk about the Western genre in the 2010s, they tend to focus on the obvious titles as you’d expect: The Hateful Eight (2015), True Grit (2010), Django Unchained (2012). Big names, big budgets, big violence. But beneath that glossy surface was a quieter current of Westerns that didn’t play to packed […]
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10 Great Thriller Movie Classics You Probably Haven’t Seen
From the shadows of post-war noir to the neon-slick thrillers of the late 20th century, the thriller genre has always been a haven for moral ambiguity, paranoia, and at times shocking violence. But while certain classics have been elevated to near-mythic status, others, just as taut, stylish, and thematically rich, have been relegated to the […]
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10 Western Movie Classics You Probably Haven’t Seen
The Western has never truly died, despite its lack of recent multiplex outings, or simply people just not going to watch them (Horizon: An American Saga Chapter One [2024]). It simply drifts in and out of fashion, resurfacing when the cultural moment needs it most. While everyone remembers the towering peaks, The Searchers (1956), Once […]
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10 Great 1990s American Movie Classics You Probably Haven’t Seen
When people think of American cinema in the 1990s, it’s somewhat understandable they’d immediately leap for the big hitters: Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, The Shawshank Redemption, Titanic. It was a decade stuffed with memorable titles, major box office hauls, and the indie boom fueled by Sundance and Miramax. But the decade’s cultural behemoths have sometimes overshadowed […]