5 Best Western Movies & TV Shows on Netflix Right Now if You Liked American Primeval

The Western about the barbaric conditions on the frontier in the mid-19th century, American Primeval, was on the list of anticipated premieres for many fans of the genre, and the wait was worth it – the show confidently holds its place in the top three most-watched shows on Netflix.

If you've already binge-watched six episodes, these five projects on Netflix will help you decide what to watch next.

1. The Harder They Fall, 2021

Nat had to grow up too fast. When he was still a child, Rufus, the most fearsome criminal of the Wild West, shot and killed his parents. For many years, Nat hunted the killer, but he was never able to take revenge – Rufus was imprisoned for life.

One day, word spread that the government had granted Rufus his freedom. Along with the gang – Trudy and Cherokee – the man settles in the town he once personally built for his people.

Nat assembles his own team to defeat his enemy. Sheriff Bass and saloon owner Mary, nicknamed Stagecoach, join him in a deadly duel.

2. Godless, 2017

The story takes place in 1884. The sinister bandit Frank Griffin is terrorizing the Wild West in search of his adopted son and former partner, Roy Goode, who suddenly leaves Frank with the loot from his last robbery. The search leads Frank to the town of La Belle, which, by some strange coincidence, is inhabited only by women.

Steven Soderbergh was the producer of this miniseries. Soderbergh had never before ventured into western territory, but he had already created a brilliant TV spectacle – The Knick.

And in Godless, you can clearly feel the hand of the master – the same attention to detail and historical accuracy, the same scope and leisurely pace of great drama, and the same spirit of the times.

3. The Power of the Dog, 2021

The Power of the Dog tells the story of two brothers, Phil and George. When George marries a widow with a son, the family becomes bitter.

The Power of the Dog is a neo-Western that, despite its setting, isn't interested in telling another story about a brave cowboy and honor. On the contrary, it's a revisionist drama about the confrontation between the cruel rancher Phil and the new family of his younger brother.

Director Jane Campion slowly immerses the viewer in this story full of reflections on repressed sexuality, toxic masculinity, and the lengths to which a man will go to save the one he loves.

4. That Dirty Black Bag, 2022-...

The series tells the story of the confrontation between Arthur McCoy, an incorruptible sheriff with a troubled past, and the bounty hunter Red Bill. Bill is known for beheading his victims and putting their heads in a dirty black bag.

It is a western with a dash of steampunk, where there seems to be not a single positive character, and death can come for anyone at any moment. A full cast of charismatic personalities, with different backgrounds, who meet in an uncompromising fight in a merciless desert.

5. Wynonna Earp, 2016-2021

Legendary lawman Wyatt Earp shot and killed seventy-seven outlaws. Since then, whenever the heir to his family line reaches twenty-seven, Earp's victims rise from their graves to haunt his family and anyone else who comes their way.

This time, Wynonna Earp, a woman with a criminal past and no interest in fighting the demonic undead, has lived to be twenty-seven. But when monsters attack her aunt and younger sister, Waverly, Wynonna finds the family's magic revolver and turns out to be no worse a shot than her great-great-great-grandfather.