Assault on Precinct 13 is great. With a small budget, a grim masterpiece would be made. Sensational atmosphere and suitable music. Along with Halloween, I think it’s his best film. OK, I admit, I’m not big fan of horror movies.
Another pseudo-Westerns is The Getaway by Sam Peckinpah. Has at least a few western elements.
[quote=“Silence, post:6, topic:2322”]I am one of the few who enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Mexico.[/quote]I hated it myself. First to Mariachi films were great but I thought OUATIM was just a big mess.
Coogan’s Bluff. Dust Devil is really a horrorish/supernatural one but it has an element of Leone style visuals, particularly in the desert, and a western dressed stranger.
Deadlock would qualify under these criteria - very good film.
Quite a few Easten ones are Westerns out of context - particularly Sukiyaki Western Django of course, but also Tears of the Black Tiger, which I remember enjoying.
I have to 2nd Desperado, and Last Man Standing was a fun movie too (even though the director claims it’s a remake of Yojimbo, as if he never seen a fistful of dollars)
The Good, The Bad and The Weird out of Korea was a great, highly stylized Eastern-Western. I was lucky enough to catch it on a flight to Japan, especially since I don’t think it has much distribution here in the US where I am.
Oh, and I almost forgot No Country For Old Men. I think that technically has some western elements… and I’m just a huge fan of Cormac McCarthy.
Some of my favourites have already been mentioned, but Southern Comfort is another Walter Hill classic that qualifies - you could easily swap the guardsmen and the Cajuns for cavalrymen and Sioux warriors, for example.
I also like (or used to like - haven’t watched it for years) Outland - High Noon in space.