Good Modern Western Movie for an Old Western TV show Fan?

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Westworld is amazing but probavly not what you are looking for ._.

I'm not a western fan myself, but I enjoyed Slow West a lot. It is not a gory movie, not in the slightest. Quite the opposite in fact - more focused on a story and characters. Netflix' recent TV Show Godless is also worth a look in my opinion. Although, truth to be told, I don't know how much both of these will appeal to a John Wayne's fan. Those western movies of old are in their own category.

Does your dad dislike higher amounts of gore and long scenes with static camera in older movies as well ? Because if not I'd recommend you guys to check out some classic Italo westerns like the Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon A Time in The West and all that other good stuff ;)

What about Last Man Standing (1996)?

It's a remake of a remake :)

so your dad and my dad are soulmates ;-)

I put all old western movies I could find on a HDD and hes randomly watching and enjoying the old movies. when there is nothing in TV hes just watching Vera Cruz or The Tall Men and the day is saved. no one could touch Randoph Scott, Audie Murphy, Clarke Gable, Greg Peck, Errol Flynn, Glenn Ford, etc so far

new movies are not his (starting 70/80) best outcome was with Kevin Costner and Open Range I think. thats it.

edit: I watched a lot of movies with him and watched Westworld and Godless on my own. first one is more scifi. I wouldnt recommend it to a western fan. second one is plain bad. I really like Michelle Dockery but cmon thats not a good western. its a mess of an emancipated drama set in the west. not for guys born around 1950.

I'm a fan of "old Westerns," myself. ("High Noon," anyone?) Unfortunately, I cannot remember a "decent Western" since "Pale Rider", and that one was arguably the weakest of Clint's Westerns. Lately, Hollywood has been focusing on "the bad guys" in their movies, so we're getting anti-heroes instead of heroes.

TL; DR: I can't remember seeing a decent Western which wasn't an old one, although "The Good, The Bad, and The Weird" was almost a Western.

Bone Tomahawk - traditional, all the way up to The last 30 min, when it becomes incredibly gory
Slow West
Hell or High Water - Neo-Western
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Lone Star
The Revenant
Tombstone

3:10 to Yuma (2007) it's really good. Haven't watched in years, so I'm not entirely sure if it qualifies to what you're asking. Tombstone, as the message above me says, it's a classic.

Some (kind of) recent movies: 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Bone Tomahawk (2015), Meek's Cutoff (2011).

Edit: slow typing :)

The Revenant is an excellent modern western, very much in keeping with the style of the old classics.
The Salvation is also very good, and isn't very bloody.
The Homesman is decent too, Tommy Lee Jones is always good and he's perfect for the genre.

I don't think modern western are for him. My dad didn't like them either. The biggest issue is that "modern" western are trying for more realism in their depiction of the old west and that's precisely what the oldies were avoiding. It's not only true about western movies really, but it's particularly evident in that genre.