10 Greatest R-Rated Westerns Since Unforgiven

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In 1992, Clint Eastwood gave Western fans the ultimate gunslinger revenge story when he made Unforgiven. The face of the modern R-rated Wild West film, it brought in a new generation of fans of the genre, who loved the grit and deconstruction that define the story. One of the most successful films of the decade, it pushed Hollywood to realize that there was success in embracing exactly this kind of film to keep the West alive.