Unforgiven
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
No Country For Old Men (does this count?)
The Proposition
Once Upon A Time In The West
There Will Be Blood
A Fistful Of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More (can't remember which of the two I liked more)
The Assassination Of Jesse James
Dead Man
The Searchers
QuoteNo Country For Old Men (does this count?)
Indeed it does. A terrific modern western.
I'll compile my list tonight at work. I've only slept a few hours and I still have the flu.
One thing is certain: James Stewart and director Anthony Mann will sit prominently in my list.
Cutthroats Nine
The best Western of all time is The Wild Bunch. Other good ones are The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Proposition, Dead Man, Lone Star (if it counts), Blazing Saddles of course and . . . I'll think of more later. I just woke up.
Tombstone
Young Guns I & II
...in addition to some already listed.
QuoteTombstone
Young Guns I & II
...in addition to some already listed.
I forgot Tombstone.
Im Your Huckleberry
Lonesome Dove is one of my favorite books, and the mini-series is also excellent. Gus McCrae (played PERFECTLY by Robert Duvall in the series) is one of my all-time favorite fictional characters.
QuoteLonesome Dove is one of my favorite books, and the mini-series is also excellent. Gus McCrae (played PERFECTLY by Robert Duvall in the series) is one of my all-time favorite fictional characters.
agreed and then tombstone gets my vote as well
I urge some of you rookie western fans to seek out films featuring some of the giants of the genre: Lee Marvin, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda and James Stewart (and many more).
I find this task of compiling my best/favourite list nearly impossible, but for now, here's 22 that come to mind:
Deadwood - no real list is complete without including this series
Shane - best ever? Yes.
3:10 to Yuma (1957) - better than the remake and then some
The Far Country
The Man From Laramie
The Naked Spur, Winchester '73
Bend of The River
The Commacheros
My Darling Clemetine
Dead Man
For A Few Dollars More
High Noon
Red River
Stage Coach
The Ox-Bow Incident - I've never seen a better psychological western
The Man Who Shot Libert Valance
The Searchers
The Grey Fox
Rio Bravo
True Grit
Once Upon A Time in The West
The Magnificent Seven
The Wild Bunch
How did I forget about Magnificent Seven? It's been too long.
Everybody tells me Ox-Bow Incident is great but I still haven't seen it.
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Everybody tells me Ox-Bow Incident is great but I still haven't seen it.
It's a masterpiece, but unsettling. Gotta love seeing Harry "MASH, Dragnet" Morgan and Anthony Quinn in early career roles. Here's the AMG review, which is spot-on: http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:36976~T1
http://www.amazon.com/Sergio-Anthology-Fistful-Dollars-Sucker/dp/B000OPOAMU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1232240352&sr=8-1
That is a great boxset for a fan of westerns. I love it.
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That is a great boxset for a fan of westerns. I love it.
Too bad it doesn't include Once Upon A Time In The West.
Though most of these arent as good as those already mentioned, a few that havent been....
Silverado
Ride With The Devil :P
The Quick & The Dead (Crowe and Dicaprio version)
Broken Trail
Renegade (loved this recent one)
Geronimo: An American Legend
Last of the Dogmen
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
City Slickers
Ravenous
I dont care if anyone thinks Ravenous isnt a western, its too damn awesome not to be on here....never seen anything like it
...anyone see Appaloosa yet?? I think I might watch it tonight on the ol' puter.
what about Open Range?? or that miniseries on TNT a few years ago Into The West?? the Billy Bob one from a few years ago The Alamo??
QuoteThough most of these arent as good as those already mentioned, a few that havent been....
...anyone see Appaloosa yet?? I think I might watch it tonight on the ol' puter.
what about Open Range?? or that miniseries on TNT a few years ago Into The West?? the Billy Bob one from a few years ago The Alamo??
OPen Range is excellent. Watch the original Alamo instead of the choppy remake. John Wayne did a nice job directing the near classic and any movie with Richard Widmark in it can't be bad.
Oh, I almost forgot this gem of a show:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VP0BFB2GL._SS500_.jpg)
QuoteOh, I almost forgot this gem of a show:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VP0BFB2GL._SS500_.jpg)
Now you're speaking my language.
When is Jack of All Trades coming out on DVD?
QuoteQuoteOh, I almost forgot this gem of a show:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VP0BFB2GL._SS500_.jpg)
Now you're speaking my language.
When is Jack of All Trades coming out on DVD?
Never heard of it until just looking for a pic of AoBCJ, but apparently 2 years ago.
Mught need to check that out
Open Range is excellent! Lots of love for love Robert Duval. Like Bbill said, Lonesome Dove is near perfect.
Dances With Wolves is my favourite western & quite possibly my fav movie of all time.
Unforgiven
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
A Fistful Of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
Magnificent Seven
Wild Bunch
The Assassination Of Jesse James
The Proposition
Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale Rider
High Plains Drifter
Tombstone
Used to love Young Guns, not sure what I'd think of it today though.
Haven't seen the original 3:10 To Yuma but I was really disappointed with the remake...
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Haven't seen the original 3:10 To Yuma but I was really disappointed with the remake...
Glen Ford out-acts Russell Crowe, plain and simple. He makes his version of the character more subtly menacing and sexually creepy. The character development in the remake was full of implausibilities, which aren't there in the original.
BTW, Jack of All Trades is fucking hilarious. Bruce as a swashbuckling masked thief on a French-controlled island. Vern Troyer plays Napoleon.
Ive seen like 3 people at least list The Proposition....I didnt really like that one at all
Maybe it was because I was tired and kind of out of it, but I still dont think it was so good that id check it out again
DB - who is that dirty hippie in your avatar BTW??
QuoteDB - who is that dirty hippie in your avatar BTW??
My current obsession Robert Wyatt :)
http://www.myspace.com/robertwyatt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wyatt
Not sure if he's ever stared in any westerns but lets just say he has, for the sake of the thread!
I forgot about two terrific modern westerns:
Hud
Giant
Wild Bunch fan here.
Appaloosa
Wasnt sure what to expect exactly with this, and heard mixed reviews as well. In the end, I enjoyed it a lot. Its not quite a psychological western or a shoot 'em up, but its engaging and effective throughout. Sometimes you dont know when someone is going to raise their firearm or not, but thats part of the suspense and intrigue. I think Viggo Mortensen is 1 of the best actors going (watch Eastern Promises if you think otherwise), and he's good as usual in this, but Ed Harris (as a verbally challenged town marshall who seems sure of himself but needs reassurance) and Jeremy Irons (as a wealthy member of the community who may or may not have killed the previous marshall) are even better. I found the characters interesting and the actors engaging the whole way through, but if the viewer cant, they probably wont enjoy the movie due to limited action. Great scenery (loved 1 towards the end where theyre at some sort of pueblo-ish hotel, sharp cinematography, and I liked the music backing it. If I remember correctly it was written and directed by Ed Harris too.
Does Timothy Spall have a big/good part? He's one of my fav actors...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001758/
QuoteDoes Timothy Spall have a big/good part? He's one of my fav actors...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001758/
Pretty small part..Hes 1 of 3 wealthy guys who seem to basically run the town/say what goes. He hires Harris and Mortensen as the law the protect the town from Irons and his gang
Outlaw Josie Wales