The best revisionist Westerns subvert or challenge the traditional mythology of classic Westerns. While the best classical Westerns were stories of good guys fighting bad guys, often depicting Native Americans as lesser, revisionist Westerns take a more nuanced look at moral ambiguity.

These Western heroes are not always good men , as revisionist Western heroes were often outlaws or murderers who would never have led a classic Western. These Westerns gained popularity in the 1970s , after the Hays Code was relaxed, introducing a new Western genre.

Uzana's Raid (1972)

Burt Lancaster as McIntosh and Bruce Davison as Lt Garnett DeBuin in Ulzana's Raid

While not the most popular revisionist Western, Ulzana's Raid deserves more attention as a great example of how the genre chang

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