From Old West comic vignettes to fictional spins on historical figures, here are the best Western movies streaming on Netflix ...

From 1903’s The Great Train Robbery—arguably the first American action movie ... The Western’s central place in American consciousness has made it the perfect vehicle for modern filmmakers ...

BZ: I’m a huge fan of Western films. I don’t know about the West. The West looked pretty harrowing. Modern [historic] Westerns, in their press for accuracy, look like terribly violent ...