Red Rock West (1993)

A broke drifter rolls into a Wyoming town looking for work, gets mistaken for a hired killer, and takes the money. John Dahl turns that misunderstanding into a tight, darkly funny noir where every road out of town seems to loop back to the same bar. Nicolas Cage plays the decent man in over his head, Dennis Hopper is the real hitman, and J.T. Walsh is the bar owner who started it all. The film aired on HBO before it reached theaters, and a San Francisco distributor's limited release in 1994 gave it the cult following it still has. Watch it for twists and dry humor in a small-town West.