Taylor Sheridan has become synonymous with modern Westerns thanks to shows like Yellowstone , 1883 , and 1923 , but one of his best Western stories actually arrived on the big screen a decade ago … before any of those shows we’ve come to know, love, and become completely sucked into ever existed.

Hell or High Water , which Sheridan wrote and David Mackenzie directed, is now among the titles featured in Prime Video’s Top Westerns category. And given its reputation, it’s hard to argue with the placement.

‘Hell or High Water’ Is One of Taylor Sheridan’s Best Movies

Long before Sheridan’s television empire expanded into multiple Yellowstone spinoffs, Hell or High Water established many of the qualities that have since become hallmarks of his storytelling.

The movie follows brothers Toby and Tanner Howard, played by Chris Pine and Ben Foster, as they rob a series of banks in an attempt to save their family’s West Texas ranch from foreclosure.…