True Grit (Movie, 2010)

It is based more on the book instead of remaking the 1969 John Wayne film. U.S Marshall Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) is hired by Mattie Ross ( a powerful performance by newcomer Halee Steinfeld) to find her father's killer. She is 14 but smart, determined and wants the man dead. She thinks she has it all together but the onslaught of killings are disturbing and will change her for life. The violence is sudden and brutal. The humor is often very dark. And the film looks and sounds amazing. This should easily take its place among the classics of the western genre.