Seriously, my thoughts exactly. I have a feeling a lot of the people who gave these suggestions are on a young side with a somewhat limited knowledge of popular film history.
It's so funny how in the original "underrated" video people were saying that author should have added silverado and now people are complaining that it's on the list
Broken Trail is great, Old Henry is great, and Silverado is awesome, I remember watching Silverado with my father when it came out, brought back great memories of my Dad, thank you.
Westward the Women, The Last Hunt (56), Vera Cruz, Jeremiah Johnson, The Unforgiven (60), A Man in the Wilderness, Yellow Sky, The Alamo (60), Red Sun, Lonely Are the Brave and Last Train From Gun Hill are great westerns. Nowadays almost nobody seems to know these films.
lonesome dove: the outlaw years was an incredible gritty show. to see newt call transformed into a dangerous outlaw is really something. 15 years ahead of its time in my opinion. good luck finding it though.
@@staggerlee7301 It’s phenomenal. The acting by the entire ensemble is extraordinary. I hope Hillcoat brings this same A-game to Blood Meridian and reunited with Guy Pearce
Although Gunsmoke is (to my knowledge) the longest running live action TV show in the US and seemed to be popular during its day. It is still totally underrated! Everything about this production is A+ (especially the first 10 seasons or so). Writing, Directon, Cinematography, Costumes, Music (Bernard Hermann, Jerry Goldsmith, etc.) It also features some of the greatest character actors of all time! (Strother Martin, Jack Elam, Dean Stanton, etc.) Later included breakout young actors like Harrison Ford and Jodie Foster, among others. It should be discussed among the greatest of any genre. If aspiring filmakers want to learn how to do it right on every level you can start and end here. In the history of all TV, some may come close but nothing beats it.
One of my favorite T.V. Westerns was the life and times of Grizzly Adams with Dan Haggerty. Not a traditional western but had a great feel. Enjoyed this and Little House on the Prairie a lot when I was growing up.
Big thank you to everybody that commented on my original video and support the channel in general, this video is for you guys. Also, do let me know below if you have any underrated Western TV show suggestions for a possible follow-up video!
And if you missed it, here is the original video of my Top 10 MOST Underrated Western Movies Ever Made: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wC2eyho_eL4.html
Really not a fan of Kevin Costner, but recently stumbled across "open range" and absolutely loved it - I think for every cliche it offered something a bit different. Also Absolutely love The Proposition! Great list, couple on there I need to check out. Grew up with Grizzly Adams & Little house on the prairie - love those for not being fun toting tropes. But best series I've seen of late is "Godless".
The best part of “ My Name Is Nobody “ is when Terrence Hill goes to Boot Hill and among the gravestones is the name “ Sam Peckinpaw “ to which Hill proclaims “ sound good in Navaho “, lol
Most of them films I have heard people mention at one time of another but Hang Em High would get my vote. People mention so many Clint Eastwood westerns, but for me I believe this is one of the most underrated of them all and of the entire Western Genre. I love this film, the opening pre-credits sequence was tense, the score was great, the acting, the very different views of justice held by Clint Eastwood's & Pat Hingle's Characters in the film, the romantic subplot with Inger Stevens was well handled, and the tense ending.
Old Henry is fantastic! Open Range is one of my favs...as is The Assassination of Jesse James. check out News of the World...and Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp. i like much more than Tombstone.
Ed Harris in Riders Of The Purple Sage...a classic western novel brought to the film stage. Bill Pullman in The Virginian....you living under a rock, limey>
In America the most underratd or better unknown Western is the Austrian-German Film "Das finstere Tal" or "The Dark Valley" as it is named internationally! A fantastic Movie set in Austria (NOT Australia!) but has the style of a true Western! A mysterious man arrives in a village deep in the Austrian Alps to have revenge upon the family that rules the whole valley. The setting is phenomenal but unfamiliar to a western what gives this movie its outstanding uniqueness! An absolute MUST WATCH for Western Fans...
"The Hired Hand", with Peter Fonda, and "Comes a Horseman", with Jane Fonda, James Caan and Jason Robards. Nothing really creative or great about them - except the performances, the spectacular scenery and cinematography of Comes a Horseman -, but I love these movies. (off topic commentary: I never saw Jeremiah Johnson cited in any of your videos. It's my pick for the greatest western movie ever...)
Joe Kidd is one of my favorites. Slow West is a great western that doesn’t get much attention but really should I’ve watched it twice and will again. That would have been my #1. Check it out!
I feel like there's a bit of a disconnect here when it comes to what "hidden" means culturally. Several of these films are immensely popular amongst Western fans and even general audiences and have been for decades, in spite of whatever the audience who voted for them seem to think. Silverado and The Quick and The Dead both come immediately to mind. I have a feeling, and I could be wrong, that a huge number of the the suggestions and recommendations for this particular entry came from people under like 40. Great list, mind you.
Great list…Clint Eastwood should have directed Joe Kidd with nooooo bowler hat as it was a show wrecker from the get go…The Harder They Fall was a great western..,The Quick and the Dead was all eye candy with hardly any script..Old Henry was one of the best on the list with the classic My Name is Nobody..
"They call me Trinity" may not have been a hit in the US But all over Europe it was HUGE, Bigger than any American western at the time. Same goes for the sequel "They Still call me Trinity".
@@BluesmanDizzy i figured it was seeing how they made so many crappy sequels not the my name is still Trinity one but the Trinity sees red revenge of Trinity ECT the fight before Christmas was really good but idk if it was considered a Trinity movie or not
Two I would add but not sure what list to put it on is (you probably covered these already).... "Valdez Is Coming" - 1971 is a western with the most unusual ending. And "The Professionals" - 1966 about a rescue attempt with Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan and the beautiful Claudia Cardinale.
Well add them to my list haha, great video, for shows, I really enjoyed, Wild Wild West at 5, Hell on Wheels as a 4, Bonanza as a 3, Little house on the prairie if you count it as a western as 2, and Deadwood as my favorite Western show, but I need to see the rifleman and lonesome dove before I can know for sure haha
Fine list. One not included is called Posse, starring Bruce Dern and Kirk Douglas. It's a wonderful morality play. Virtually impossible to find, though.
If you haven’t watched old Henry don’t read any spoilers just watch it and thank me later. Once you see the end you’ll have to pick your jaw up. My grandfather and I loved every minute of it ESPECIALLY THE END.
I will probable be the only person to mention this film, but I really thought the movie " Alone Yet Not Alone " (2013) was a refreshingly good movie, and one of a few Christian movies (and only Western) to get my attention as being far above par. Low budget but outperforms in most categories. P.S. I enjoyed your previous list in the first video... three of them were good watches for me that I had not seen before.
I'm surprised about the absence of "Blackthorn"! The Manhunt through the Uyuni Salt Flats is magnificent because of the setting in Bolivia. As i mention Bolivia you can simply guess that the man with the name Blackthorn is a surviving Butch Cassidy. Great Movie... And where is "Wind River"? Imho the best contemporary Western. Or was it not so hidden in the US? But if you got Silverado in the list, Wind River is defnitely more a hidden gem...
Most underrated TV Western? That's easy. Firefly. Yeah, there's spaceships and sci-fi trappings. But there's also a cagey, misunderstood outlaw, a hooker with a heart of gold, a loyal gan....ummm, crew. It's of a piece with Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Oh, speaking of underrated Western TV....
I can only give my impressions of which TV Westerns are underrated. I don't know if they actually were, whether critics panned them or not. "The Guns of Will Sonnett" starring Walter Brennan is an important one, IMHO. "Branded" starring Chuck Connors was one I liked. It was quite jarring at first since the role he played was so different than Lucas McCain on "The Rifleman" (which was also a good one, but hardly underrated). And I don't know if it qualifies as "underrated," but "Wanted: Dead or Alive" with Steve McQueen was good. Oh, and it may primarily be important to me because I'm a Texan, but "The Rebel," another series from my childhood. I can still hear the the theme song (Johnny Cash sang it).
Really a fan of Open Range. It's has slow start to take in the grandeur of West which was probably off putting for some. But I enjoyed that aspect immensely . But the missing element, where the film really finds its stride, is when Annette Bening makes her appearance. You wouldn't think that the romantic element mattered. But it does. It fits the definition of an Under Appreciated Western as the IMDB score was nothing special. You would think that all the viewers of Yellowstone would go back to check out this movie. It would really scratch that itch while Yellowstone is still on a long hiatus.
Obviously, the results for this are what people voted for and fair play to that. Had I found this channel earlier, my vote would absolutely go to Open Range. I think that film is just brilliant. But hey, that's just me. When Charley chases after the bad guy who holds Sue Barlow hostage and gets close to him and shoots him point blank 3 times, the way he does is one of the best examples of violent intentions & actual execution I remember seeing. It wasn't over the top. It was delivered with absolute precision, and it didn't ponder too long on it after the fact, either. "Men are going to die today, Sue, and I'm gonna kill 'em. Do you understand that?" He said that without malice, without cranking it up for the viewer. It was said like a man who has done it before and IS going to do it again. Just a matter of fact. That has stayed with me for a long time. You really get to feel the intent and reality of that situation. Arguably, for me, alongside Jonn Dunbar, Charley Waite is his best suited character. Damn...... now I gotta go n watch it now. 😂
I wouldn't call Silverado a hidden gem. Same for Open Range or Quick and The Dead. All got a lot of notice . Once again a " Top Ten " pretty much only covers the last few decades thus leaving out many films. Just one worth noting The Culpepper Cattle Company.
Silverado is certainly a gem, but a hidden one? It did okay at the box office, not a hit, but not a flop. The movie did more than okay on streaming services as well. It got good reviews and it's widely considered an eighties classic. More importantly, fans of westerns are very familiar with it. As well as the many fans of the majors acting stars. I feel that you maybe wasted a spot here...
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