Best/Favorite Westerns

[ManNamedTruth]

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

[Jaimoe]

No 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.

[Isobella]

Cutthroats Nine

[xmascriminal]

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.

[Bob Loblaw]

Tombstone
Young Guns I & II

...in addition to some already listed.

[ManNamedTruth]

Tombstone
Young Guns I & II

...in addition to some already listed.

I forgot Tombstone.

[capt. scotty]

Im Your Huckleberry

[pawpaw]

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.

[bearass]

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.

agreed and then tombstone gets my vote as well

[Jaimoe]

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

[xmascriminal]

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.

[Jaimoe]

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

[ritchiem4812]

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.

[Jaimoe]

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.

Too bad it doesn't include Once Upon A Time In The West.

[capt. scotty]

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??

[Jaimoe]

Though 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.

[capt. scotty]

Oh, I almost forgot this gem of a show:

[Jaimoe]

Oh, I almost forgot this gem of a show:

Now you're speaking my language.

When is Jack of All Trades coming out on DVD?

[capt. scotty]

Oh, I almost forgot this gem of a show:

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

[dragonboy]

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...