10 Most Visually Stunning Westerns Ever Made

This particularly simmering Sundance winner was the debut of Scottish filmmaker John Maclean, who turned to his previous short films to reunite with star Michael Fassbender for a tail of a young man looking for his love in the hinterlands of America, accompanied by a bounty hunter looking for a score of his own.

Though it flew relatively under the radar upon release, it's worth seeking out for its unusually lush visual palate alone; a side effect of filming in New Zealand, whose strikingly barren vistas and towering tree trunks convey a different sense of starkness compared to the more familiar locales found typically in the genre.

That particular quality is only enhanced by Ryan though, the cinematographer who is just coming off an Oscar nod for The Favourite. The Irishman has become a keen part of Ken Loach and Noah Baumbach's creative circles in recent years, and his distinctive flavours and colours here are what renders the film with an almost aching quality.