Pop culture may have forgotten that there was an impressive revival of western flicks in the 90s — here are six great ones to get you started!

Tombstone (1993)

From our review: “While the action is fairly good, what really shines in Tombstone are the characterizations and dialogue. Doc Holliday is nothing less than an anti-hero who holds to an honor code of loyalty and all things scoundrel.”

Maverick (1994)

From our review:  “In the ’90s, there was a rash of Westerns that all tried to do the same thing: out-grit each other. The Quick and the Dead, the one with Emelio Estevez as Billy the Kid, you know the type. Let’s make the West full of rogues who speak in grunts and do nothing but gunfight. The problem is that all the GOOD gritty Westerns were laid to film decades ago. So what’s left to do? Try a comedy!”

Young Guns II (1990)

From our review: “There’s no need to actually appeal to real history when the cinematic world can mold and shape events to be more crowd-pleasing. This movie outright posits an alternate future where Billy the Kid wasn’t actually killed in 1881, but rather survived in the west — somehow — for the next 69 years.”

Unforgiven (1992)

From our review: “All of which is a roundabout way of bringing us to Unforgiven, an attempt to present an even harder, less fanciful take on the true Old West. It’s fitting that director Eastwood is also the star, because in many ways it serves as a bookend to the spaghetti westerns Clint starred in years earlier, albeit not an uplifting one.”

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

From our review: “It’s a light-hearted western romp, and it’s neat to see Doc use old technology for new purposes. While every western cliché is explored — from the saloon to the duel at high noon — Marty’s ’80s-savvy worldview puts a fun spin on it.”

The Quick and the Dead (1995)

From our review: “The Quick and The Dead is WesternLite, only three calories of plot mixed with several grams of shootouts and wacky camera tricks. If nothing else, I learned that a Colt revolver can put a perfectly round hole the size of an LP through a man’s head, without leaving any drippage at all!”