Yoda1978 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Hi I am called Yoda1978 I am really just an average movie watcher and goer from a small town in West Virginia. I like to make lists on all type of things when it comes to movies. I will post in my opinion best westerns and I also think its a crime it is seen as a B movie things these days. Its breaks the heart the era of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood and Gary Cooper is not more respected. Hugh Jackman or Robert Downey Jr would Look Good in a Western Setting. Anyways I will start with 15 till get to my Number One Film. Anyone is welcome to post there own list or comment on some of the films listed.15 15 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 14 She Wore A Yellow Ribbon 13 Dances With Wolves 12 Chisum 11 Pale Rider 10 The Outlaw Josey Wales 09 Blazing Saddles 08 Hang Em High 07 The Wild Bunch 06 High Noon 05 How The West Was Won 04 The Good The Bad and The Ugly 03 El Dorado 02 The Searchers 01 Rio Bravo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Here's the list I compiled in another thread on the same general subject: Top 20 Favorite Westerns (pre-1970) Once Upon a Time in the West The Wild Bunch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Magnificent Seven The Searchers Stagecoach The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Red River Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid The Great Silence The Professionals My Darling Clementine Rio Bravo High Noon Shane Ride the High Country Winchester '73 Django The Westerner 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Top 20 Favorite Westerns (1970 to present) Unforgiven The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Long Riders Little Big Man High Plains Drifter The Outlaw Josey Wales Tombstone 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Dead Man McCabe & Mrs. Miller Three Amigos Blazing Saddles The Proposition Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Ravenous Pale Rider The Missouri Breaks Bone Tomahawk Appaloosa (2008) Jeremiah Johnson 2 Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Rather than repeat some of the fine films like The Searchers, High Noon, Shane, My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach, and 3:10 to Yuma, I'll pick 15 worthy films not yet mentioned: 1. Day of the Outlaw 2. Ride Lonesome 3. The Naked Spur 4. Warlock 5. The Ox-Bow Incident 6. Man of the West 7. The Big Sky 8. The Big Country 9. Westward the Women 10. Vera Cruz 11. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 12. The Hanging Tree 13. Silver River 14. Devil's Doorway 15. The Left-Handed Gun 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Here is my 15 favorite from the Studio-Era: Shane The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Magnificent Seven The Searchers Stagecoach Red River Dodge City Ride the High Country Winchester '73 The Gunfighter The Big Country El Dorado High Noon The Westerner 3:10 to Yuma Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 been thinkin about the big country last few days and I think Heston was miscast as jim leach. he's wasted because he's not nearly the main character and for him to have picked a role that puts hin in the background after starring in DeMille's greatest film The Ten Commandments I think was a mistake. I doan like the film and I doan like carroll baker and McKay made too much of an issue outta tryng to prove whatta paragon of virtue he is. Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 great lists yoda78 because you recognize that duke and clint are at the top of their genre. 353 × 450 Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said: been thinkin about the big country last few days and I think Heston was miscast as jim leach. he's wasted because he's not nearly the main character and for him to have picked a role that puts hin in the background after starring in DeMille's greatest film The Ten Commandments I think was a mistake. I doan like the film and I doan like carroll baker and McKay made too much of an issue outta tryng to prove whatta paragon of virtue he is. Nipkow, your avatar is among my favs on these forums Speaking of lee Marvin, AFI rane4d CAT BALLOU among Hollywoods Best Westerns? Loved that since i was 6 though & would actually pour water on my face to stay awake to watch it coming on tv! Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 You hit a marvelously popular tcm nerve with WESTERNS on here Just love to throw mine in as usual 1. SEARCHERS-(took decades to finally get it's due) 2. SHANE 3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (& my fav score) 4. UNFORGIVEN (l992) 5. gotta include the magnificent LONESOME DOVE (l989) even though it was a tv mini-series) 6. THE WILD BUNCH 7. RED RIVER 8. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE-(close for me & #7) 9. HIGH NOON l0th MY DARLING CLEMENTINE & RUNNER-UP> STAGECOACH (l939) ALSO RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said: great lists yoda78 because you recognize that duke and clint are at the top of their genre. 353 × 450 What about Audie Murphy & Tim Holt at RKO for awhile? Just playin of course Eastwood's A #1 idol is COOPER! Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 WAYNE-(The Duke) is the Hollywood Western 1 Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Sure we all can run into millennials,etc that never heard of him & especially Gary Cooper My mom weeks back had to explain to some person who Bob Hope was as an example, that damn pat answer comes out of people "That Was Before My Time" unquote Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 3 hours ago, kingrat said: Rather than repeat some of the fine films like The Searchers, High Noon, Shane, My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach, and 3:10 to Yuma, I'll pick 15 worthy films not yet mentioned: 1. Day of the Outlaw 2. Ride Lonesome 3. The Naked Spur 4. Warlock 5. The Ox-Bow Incident 6. Man of the West 7. The Big Sky 8. The Big Country 9. Westward the Women 10. Vera Cruz 11. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 12. The Hanging Tree 13. Silver River 14. Devil's Doorway 15. The Left-Handed Gun I love-love-love the fact you put DAY OF THE OUTLAW at the top of your list. It's a magnificent western noir. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda1978 Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 I realized I forgot Unforgiven long after i made the thread and the post. I also loved a mini series Lonesome Dove and Lonesome Dove 2 and Dead Mans Walk. But they are considered mini series and not movies. Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 3 hours ago, spence said: What about Audie Murphy & Tim Holt at RKO for awhile? Just playin of course Eastwood's A #1 idol is COOPER! duke didn't like clint's rape scene in high plains drifter so clint kinda holds it against him a little. personally I wish duke had been a little more accommodating torwards clint since clint was respectful of him. Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I'd go.... 1. Tie Between, The Good The bad And The Ugly and Once Upon A Time In The West, (it depends on my mood) 2. The Searchers 3. Hombre 4. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 5. The Wild Bunch 6. 3:10 To Yuma (original) 7. Man Of The West 8. The Tall T 9. Red River 10. My Darling Clementine 11. For A Few Dollars More 12. Rawhide 13. The Oxbow Incident 14. Yellow Sky 15. Rio Conchos 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Kinda hard to limit this to 15 or even 20, and in some cases(like SHANE and PALE RIDER) you have two versions of the same story. But out side of those two if I HAVE to limit, I'll put--- Hell's Heroes('30) STAGECOACH('39) THE OX BOW INCIDENT('43) JESSE JAMES('39) RED RIVER( '48) FORT APACHE9'48) WINCHESTER '73('50) THE GUNFIGHTER('50) HIGH NOON('52) RIO BRAVO('59) THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN('60) ONE EYED JACKS('61) THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE('62) THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO('64) CAT BALLOU ('65) CHUKA('67) ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST('68) HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER('73) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES('74) UNFORGIVEN('92) TOMBSTONE('93) But of course, there are more that I like, it's all a matter of how much comparatively. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I can't believe I left out Hombre. Definitely one of my favorite westerns. Diane Cilento is so great in this film, and there are lot of other fine performances, too. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 The Westerner (1940) They Died With Their Boots On (1941) Red River (1948) The Gunfighter (1950) High Noon (1952) Shane (1953) Hondo (1953) The Searchers (1956) The Big Country (1958) The Hanging Tree (1959) Rio Bravo (1959) The Professionals (1966) The Wild Bunch (1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) The Shootist (1976) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I need to see The Gunfighter again. I watched it once about 15 years ago or so, and while I thought it was good, it didn't leave any kind of great impression with me. In the years since I've often seen it listed among the best westerns, though, so perhaps I undervalued it. Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 seen it about 5 times, exceptional Hollywood was raised on the genre of course Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 40 minutes ago, TomJH said: The Westerner (1940) They Died With Their Boots On (1941) Red River (1948) The Gunfighter (1950) High Noon (1952) Shane (1953) Hondo (1953) The Searchers (1956) The Big Country (1958) The Hanging Tree (1959) Rio Bravo (1959) The Professionals (1966) The Wild Bunch (1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) The Shootist (1976) Ebert & Siskel loved THE PROFESSIONALS when it 1st came out on video late '80's & to me that's the role THE DUKE shoulda won his Academy Award for THE SHOOTIST Peter Finch was brilliant in NETWORK, but more a supporting role Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1. The Searchers 2. The Magnificent Seven 3. High Noon 4. Red River 5. The Big Country 6. Little Big Man 7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 8. Shane 9. Rio Bravo 10. Ride The High Country 11. Nevada Smith 12. Forty Guns 13. The Furies 14. The Unforgiven ( Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Gish) 15. Duel In The Sun Yikes, Forgot Johnny Guitar! love that one and my boy Tyrone in Jesse James. Love The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Hang "Em High, The Naked Spur, The Wild Bunch, they'd be listed, they're also favorites. I know I'm forgetting some to add. Order depends on my mood but The Searchers will always be #1 with me. Anyone from NY remember Cimarron City in Monticello, NY ? it was an Amusement Park that was based on Cimarron and was opened when I was a kid. Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, lavenderblue19 said: 10. Ride The High Country One of my favourite lines of dialogue from any western, beautifully capturing the character of its speaker "All I want is to enter my house justified." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, TomJH said: One of my favourite lines of dialogue from any western, beautifully capturing the character its speaker "All I want is to enter my house justified." Tom, Ride The High Country is a beautiful film. Loved seeing an older Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea together. Besides being such a good western, it's a very touching film, it's a favorite Link to post Share on other sites
spence Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, TomJH said: One of my favourite lines of dialogue from any western, beautifully capturing the character its speaker "All I want is to enter my house justified." INCREDIBLE & Not as well known as most? Link to post Share on other sites
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