Claim: Jeff Bridges was in a Western film.

Hell or High Water is a 2016 American neo-Western crime thriller film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Taylor Sheridan . The script was on the 2012 Black List . The film follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch , and stars Jeff Bridges , Chris Pine , and Ben Foster .   The film premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 16 , 2016 , and was theatrically released in the United States on August 12 , 2016 . It received critical acclaim and grossed $ 37 million . The American Film Institute selected it as one of its ten Movies of the Year , and it has been nominated for numerous awards , including Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture , Best Supporting Actor for Bridges and Best Screenplay . It received four Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards : Best Picture , Best Supporting Actor -LRB- Bridges -RRB- , Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing .