In addition to Young,American Primevalalters several real-life historical detailsand figures.
American Primevaluniquely blends brutal and violent elements of the horror genre with the classic Western.
Kitsch previously starred in the Peter Berg filmLone Survivoralongside Mark Wahlberg and Berg’s classic television seriesFriday Night Lights.
Kitsch has recently starred in Netflix’sPainkiller, Prime’sThe Terminal List, and Showtime’sWaco.
At the heart ofAmerican Primevalis the lawless nature of the Old West in the mid-1800s.
The Western genre often employs violence as a mode of justice or revenge.
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With the community’s cooperation elusive, they confront the harsh environment and buried secrets.
Fans ofAmerican Primevalwould likely enjoy Taylor Sheridan’sWind River.
Few movies blend horror and Western genres likeBone Tomahawk.
Set on a remote Native American reservation, Wind River follows Cory Lambert, a wildlife tracker, as he teams up with FBI agent Jane Banner to solve the murder of a young woman. With the community’s cooperation elusive, they confront the harsh environment and buried secrets.
LikeAmerican Primeval,Bone Tomahawkis unafraid to get gory, setting up some thrilling combat action sequences.
Even though the film was released in 2015,Bone Tomahawkis original enough to feel fresh and original.
1883is not as brutally violent asAmerican Primevalbut still offers a great deal of exciting gunfights and tense scenes.
7Deadwood
2004
Deadwood is a western drama series created for HBO by David Milch.
Viewers who feltAmerican Primevalwas light on plot will have more than enough story to get into with Deadwood.
Whenever strong contemporary Western series are mentioned, it’s impossible not to include Netflix’s 2017 miniseriesGodless.
LikeAmerican Primeval, Godless features severe violence and gore which can be categorized as disturbing yet realistic.
Scott Frank, the Oscar-nominated writer who wrote the screenplays forLoganandMinority Report, developed the celebrated series.
Tom Blyth (The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)stars in the MGM+ Western seriesBilly the Kid.
Bone Tomahawk is a Western film that follows Sheriff Franklin Hunt, who gathers together a group of fighters to save three kidnapped victims from a clan of cannibals. After the town’s doctor is kidnapped along with two others, forcing the sheriff to partner with the town’s Native American professor and find the tribe before it’s too late.
All 24 episodes across two seasons ofBilly the Kidcan be streamed on MGM+.
4Ravenous
1999
Ravenous is a 1999 horror film directed by Antonia Bird.
The film blends dark humor with gruesome suspense, featuring performances by Robert Carlyle and David Arquette.
The screenplay was written by Ted Griffin of Ocean’s Eleven acclaim.
Viewers who don’t expect too much realism fromRavenouswill likely enjoy it for its unique, genre-blending fun.
Jeb, a religious man, works alongside another detective, Bill Taba.
Created by Dustin Lance Black (Milk,J.
Edgar),Under the Banner of Heavenalso stars Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Wyatt Russell.
It’s no surprise thatAmerican Primevalfeels like the 3-time Oscar winnerThe Revenantbecause they share the same screenwriter.
Deadwood is a western drama series created for HBO by David Milch. The series takes place in Deadwood, South Dakota, where corruption runs rampant in the gold-mining era as the settlement existed outside the U.S. territory expansion following the Civil War. As the town was the site of a major gold find, it continues to attract people from all walks of life - especially opportunistic criminals.
Godless, released in 2017, is a western drama series that follows a notorious outlaw seeking revenge on a former gang member. The series is set in a unique town inhabited solely by women, where the past catches up with the peaceful community amidst the harsh backdrop of the American West.
Based on the life of a legendary gunslinger, Billy the Kid is a Western television series created initially for Epix and later for MGM+. The series follows the exploits of the Western icon as he navigates the Old West, from his humble origins as an Irish Immigrant to the various small-town wars in the American Frontier.
Ravenous is a 1999 horror film directed by Antonia Bird. Set during the Mexican-American War, it follows Captain John Boyd, played by Guy Pearce, as he is transferred to a remote military outpost where he encounters a man with a disturbing tale of cannibalism. The film blends dark humor with gruesome suspense, featuring performances by Robert Carlyle and David Arquette.
Under the Banner of Heaven is a true crime series based on Jon Krakauer’s book and stars Andrew Garfield as Detective Jeb Pyre. Jeb, a religious man, works alongside another detective, Bill Taba. The two attempt to discover the truth behind a murder traced to Mormonism, igniting contentious religious discourse during the case.
Killers of the Flower Moon is the next film from director Martin Scorsese, based on the non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, initially captured by David Grann. When members of the Osage tribe are murdered in the 1920s via mysterious circumstances shortly after the discovery of oil on Native-American soil, the FBI is established to uncover the true reason behind them.
Inspired by the true events in the life of Hugh Glass, The Revenant is an action-drama movie that sees Leonardo DiCaprio in the starring role. Betrayed and left for dead by one of the members of his hunting group, Glass finds himself contending with some of the harshest elements imaginable while tending to his deadly wounds, as his will to carry on and need for revenge push him to carry on in this gripping tale of survival.
