For the most part, 2022 was a forgettable year for the Western subgenre. Apart from the decent films God’s Country, Dead for a Dollar, Murder at Yellowstone City, and the neo-Western elements in Jordan Peele’s Nope, which was the year’s best frontier-based film (and even that received mixed reviews), many Western movie fans will probably feel underwhelmed by the year’s meager offerings.
The year 2023 begins with a fresh dawn and the promise of Western films that will fire up every person’s inner gunslinger. It may be a thrilling year for the genre, as notable filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and Pedro Almodóvar have films in development that are anticipated to be released later this year. Let’s look at the Westerns that will be released in 2023.
Butcher’s Crossing – March 23rd
Later this year, the debut film from filmmaker Gabe Polsky will have its global premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Butcher’s Crossing, the movie version of the acclaimed John Edward Williams book of the same name, stars the eternally good-hearted Nicolas Cage as Miller, the protagonist.
The story of Ivy League dropout Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger), who travels to the American frontier in Colorado and meets a group of tenacious, no-nonsense Buffalo hunters, is explored in the film. Together, the huntsmen take on a gruelingly difficult assignment that tests Will and his partner’s sanity and lives to the utmost.
Dead Man’s Hand – TBC
Featuring Yellowstone’s Carl Hauser as the title character, Dead Man’s Hand tells the story of Reno, a recentlywed gunslinger who wants to settle down and lead a tranquil married life. However, Reno’s preparations are sidetracked when in self-defense, he murders a bandit who just so happens to be Clarence Bishop, the brother of the local mayor. This may seem very predictable for any dramatization about a retired gunslinger hoping to live out the rest of his days in blissful serenity. Reno is compelled to go back to his former habits in order to protect his wife and himself.
Killers of the Flower Moon – May 2023
A Martin Scorsese movie, like those by Tarantino, Spielberg, and Christopher Nolan, is not merely a cultural touchstone; it also serves as an industry milestone. After the much awaited release of The Irishman in 2020, many moviegoers began to wonder what the seasoned director would do next. Killers of the Flower Moon, a Western based on the best-selling book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, was revealed to be the creator of Raging Bull’s new project last year.
The film Killers of the Flower Moon portrays the true story of the Osage Tribe murders in 1920s Oklahoma and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and The Irishman’s Jesse Plemons in its lead parts. A thorough investigation is launched by the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover (a guy whose life was already the subject of a Clint Eastwood film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover) due to the strange circumstances surrounding the murder. Killers of the Flower Moon stands out as another riveting Scorsese film while evaluating the 2023 release schedule for films.
Strange Way of Life – TBC
Pedro Pascal has had a very brilliant start to the year. The actor, who is Chilean-American, had a masterful performance in the acclaimed dystopian, post-apocalyptic film The Last of Us. When Strange Way of Life, the new short film from Parallel Mothers filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, is released from the confines of post-production and launched into the public view, his 2023 is poised to get even better.
The story of Silva (Pascal) and Jake (Ethan Hawke), two old friends who reunite after 25 years, is told in the Spanish director’s most recent film, which will have its world premiere at Cannes in May. The next day, the true purpose of the visit—which isn’t only to catch up on old times—emerges after they had spent the previous evening in blissful memory.
Surrounded – TBC
Letitia Wright, who starred in Black Panther, Death on the Nile, and Avengers: Infinity War, was confirmed to have been cast as Moses Washington in Anthony Mandler’s Western, Surrounded, in 2020. Although no precise release date has been set, the story’s premise is unquestionably intriguing in the future.
The movie explores Moses, an ex-Buffalo Soldier, and her attempts to claim a gold mine with themes of female empowerment and fortitude in the face of hardship, yet her plan is derailed when she falls victim to an unending onslaught.
The Redeemer – TBC
Myles Clohessy’s The Redeemer, which he also wrote and directed, won praise at the Soho International Film Festival in New York in October of last year. The action-drama, a story of vengeance, redemption, and human will, follows a widower who, after her husband is brutally slain, must struggle to protect both her and her unborn child when they are abducted by ruthless outlaws.
A father and son team simultaneously sets out on a perilous and uncertain expedition to save the women. The Redeemer is a stunningly composed piece of filmmaking that is rich with texture, brightness, and cinematically for a low-budget, somewhat minor title.
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