Outlaw Western

Outlaw Western movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.

High Plains Drifter(1973)

7.3

dir. Clint Eastwood

S-Tier

S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Clint Eastwood's revisionist western. The desert photography looks good with the HDR grade.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

Ride Lonesome(1959)

6.7

dir. Budd Boetticher

S-Tier

Part of Criterion's Budd Boetticher Ranown Cycle set. Barely any standalone discussion since it lives inside a box set. S-Tier transfer of a 1959 western that mostly appeals to Criterion completionists and classic western fans who already know Boetticher's name.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

The Magnificent Seven(1960)

7.5

dir. John Sturges

S-Tier

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962)

7.8

dir. John Ford

C-Tier

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray