20 Western Movies You Must See Before You Die

16. Django Unchained (2012)

Quentin Tarantino's love letter to his favourite genre, the spaghetti western, sees a former slave (played by Jamie Foxx) teaming up with an experienced dentist-turned-bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife from a tyrannical plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). Bold, brutal and hilarious, this is western homage at its best.
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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.