Ed Lee Corbin as the Bear Man in True Grit (2010) Image via Paramount Pictures Add Collider on Google Add as Preferred Source Follow on Google Discover By Charlie Ridgely Published Oct 31, 2026, 11:49 PM EDT Charlie Ridgely is a writer from Maryland, currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He may be new to Collider , but he's been writing, editing, conducting interviews, and podcasting around the industry for 10 years . From 2016 to the start of 2026, Charlie was a full time writer and critic at ComicBook.com . A lifelong movie fan, avid reader, and renowned (fictional) dungeon explorer/dragonslayer, Charlie is a jack-of-all-trades throughout the fandom multiverse and has covered everything under the sun. Sign in to your Collider account Summary Generate a summary of this story Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Listen Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Very few remakes are able to stand up to the quality of their predecessors. Even fewer wind up better than the original. When you get filmmakers like Joel and Ethan Coen involved, however, miracles feel a lot more attainable. Given their track record together, it should've come as no surprise that they were able to instantly conquer the modern Western back in 2010, crafting a much better version of a John Wayne classic in the process.
True Grit , starring Jeff Bridges (in a role that should have given him back-to-back Oscars), Matt Damon , and Hailee Steinfeld (in her film debut), was an instant Western masterpiece upon its release nearly 16 years ago. From the phenomenal performances turned in by the all-star cast, to t he stunning cinematography from Roger Deakins , to the kind of darkly hilarious and simultaneously gut-wrenching dialogue only the Coen Brothers could write, True Grit is an absolute all-timer. It stands easily as the best Western movie of the last 15 years , and could arguably be counted amongst the greatest in the history of the genre.
Main characters posing on the poster for True Grit (2010) Image via Paramount Pictures Hailee Steinfeld with braids looks deeply into the distance for her Oscar-nominated role in True Grit (2010). Image via Paramount Pictures Ed Lee Corbin as the Bear Man in True Grit (2010) Image via Paramount Pictures Domhnall Gleeson with long hair and a dirty face talking to someone who is off-camera in True Grit. Image via Paramount Pictures Matt Damon as Texas Ranger LaBoeuf looking to the distance in the film True Grit Image via Paramount Pictures Close Main characters posing on the poster for True Grit (2010) Image via Paramount Pictures Hailee Steinfeld with braids looks deeply into the distance for her Oscar-nominated role in True Grit (2010). Image via Paramount Pictures Ed Lee Corbin as the Bear Man in True Grit (2010) Image via Paramount Pictures Domhnall Gleeson with long hair and a dirty face talking to someone who is off-camera in True Grit. Image via Paramount Pictures Matt Damon as Texas Ranger LaBoeuf looking to the distance in the film True Grit Image via Paramount Pictures Based on the novel by Charles Portis, the original True Grit first hit theaters back in 1969 and was another hit for John Wayne . In fact, this is the film that won Wayne his only Academy Award for acting, though many have argued that it was one of those victories that was more about a full body of work rather than just one perfo…