​​​​​​The Western is a staple of American culture. Full of vast landscapes and enthralling struggles against a once untamed region, the films embodied as many myths as they did truths about a bygone period. Over decades, the genre also created a host of movie stars whose very names became synonymous with larger-the-life figures. Still, change was inevitable as society not only evolved its tastes in entertainment but their perspectives on history. Movies representing the genre began to dwindle from the '80s onward. Never quite content with dying out, the Western would come back with notable offerings like Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and the Kurt Russell classic Tombstone.