American entertainment has always been taken over by Westerns. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, audiences loved cowboy films.

From John Wayne through Clint Eastwood, the Western genre has always had a place in our hearts. But as stories strayed away from the

genre in favor of new stories, there was a Western void until the 21st century. The early 2000s brought us shows like Deadwood and Justified to help scratch that itch, but it wasn’t until Taylor Sheridan showed up on horseback that the Western renaissance returned.

 

 

No one has brought Westerns to life quite like Taylor Sheridan. Through TV and film, Sheridan’s expert care and vision have given audiences a newfound admiration for the genre. Need proof? Just look at the success of Yellowstone and the franchise that has emerged from it! With so many titles on his resume, which is his best Western? It’s time to dissect Sheridan’s extraordinary Westerns to determine the top spot.

 

 

Sequels are hard. They’re notoriously not as good as the original. Such was the case for the action crime thriller Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Though not necessarily a terrible film, but compared to the rest of this list, something has to take the bottom slot. The neo-Western, directed by Stefano Sollima, follows Benicio del Toro back as Alejandro Gillick as he’s called upon by FBI agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin)

 

 

when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. The war begins to escalate when Gillick kidnaps a top kingpin’s daughter, Isabel Reyes (Isabela Merced), to deliberately increase tension. Seen as collatoral damage, Gillick and Garver determine her fate as they question everything they are fighting for.

 

 

Still a stylish and dynamic thriller, it’s less subversive than the first. If you’re not a fan of having hot-button topics thrown into your action film, Sicario: Day of the Soldado is not going to be for you. Sheridan is a bit heavy-handed in his usage of pivotal themes in between the “blow things up” draw of the film. At the end of the day, the del Toro-Sheridan team-up is the draw here. It’s not your typical cowboy Western, but the duo know how to make fantastic movie magic together.

Once Yellowstone premiered, there was an immediate affinity and admiration for his television work, even if it was not as solid as its predecessors. With Tulsa King, as long as you’re willing to suspect belief and go on a Western journey with Sylvester Stallone, then you might appreciate it more than others. In Tulsa King, Dwight “The General” Manfredi, an American Mafia capo, has recently been released from prison in New York and is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma to set up a criminal syndicate out West. Realizing that his family may have betrayed him, Dwight recruits an unlikely local crew, including taxi driver Tyson Mitchell (Jay Will), dispensary owner Lawrence “Bodhi” Geigerman (Martin Starr), and bar owner Mitch Keller (Garrett Hedlund).

Once Yellowstone premiered, there was an immediate affinity and admiration for his television work, even if it was not as solid as its predecessors. With Tulsa King, as long as you’re willing to suspect belief and go on a Western journey with Sylvester Stallone, then you might appreciate it more than others. In Tulsa King, Dwight “The General” Manfredi, an American Mafia capo, has recently been released from prison in New York and is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma to set up a criminal syndicate out West. Realizing that his family may have betrayed him, Dwight recruits an unlikely local crew, including taxi driver Tyson Mitchell (Jay Will), dispensary owner Lawrence “Bodhi” Geigerman (Martin Starr), and bar owner Mitch Keller (Garrett Hedlund).