Taylor Sheridan's 102-Minute Neo-Western Predating ‘Yellowstone’ Is Climbing Streaming Charts

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Published Feb 20, 2026, 12:48 PM EST

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Taylor Sheridan is an acclaimed scribe who has mastered the art of the neo-Western. He made his feature writing debut in 2015 on Sicario, a film that would be the peak of many writers’ filmography. While some of his other projects, like the 2018 sequel to Sicario, didn’t quite live up to Sheridan’s high standards, they still found an audience in theaters and continue to do so on streaming. Sheridan entered the TY portal in 2018 with the release of the first season of Yellowstone, the hit contemporary Western show starring Kevin Costner. It ran for five successful seasons and has aired two spin-offs with more on the way. Two years before the first season of Yellowstone, though, Sheridan wrote another neo-Western that may just be his magnum opus.

In 2016, Sheridan recruited Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges to star in Hell or High Water, the contemporary Western/police procedural following a divorced father who is trying to make a better life for himself. When his ex-con brother comes back into his life, and they plan a series of heists together, they find themselves on the radar of a local lawman who becomes obsessed with taking them down. The film earned scores of 97% from critics and 89% from audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and it grossed $37 million at the box office against a modest $12 million budget. In America, Hell or High Water is streaming exclusively on Netflix, but globally, the film has become one of the most popular purchases on Apple TV in several countries. Sheridan wrote the script for the film, but David Mackenzie stepped behind the camera to direct.

Taylor Sheridan Is Leaving Paramount

Taylor Sheridan has been working with Paramount for years now, and the only one of his shows that’s not streaming on Paramount is Yellowstone. This is due to a deal struck between the two conglomerates a few years back that allowed all episodes of Yellowstone to move to a new streaming home. Late last year, news broke that Sheridan is officially leaving Paramount for NBCUniversal, so by the time it’s all said and done, fans can expect more of his shows on Peacock. This deal won’t go into effect until the end of 2028, though, so there’s still plenty of time to enjoy his content on Paramount+.

Be sure to watch Hell or High Water on Netflix before it’s removed from the platform and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates.