8 Westerns That Changed The Genre Forever

Western movies have been around since the earliest days of cinema, and certain films have had an undeniable impact on the genre as a whole and changed it entirely moving forward. While early releases of the silent era have been mostly forgotten as disposable entertainment, directors like John Ford helped ensure that Westerns were taken seriously as works of art, and later filmmakers like Sergio Leone, Sam Peckinpah, and Clint Eastwood pushed this even further. As the stories of cowboys, outlaws, and gunslingers, the Western has continually grown and evolved throughout the years.