What are your favorite westerns?

**Colonels_Wear_Blue** · Jan 14, 10, 12:44 PM

Top Five:

5) The Outlaw Josey Wales In my opinion, Eastwood gives one of his most versatile outlaw performances in Josey Wales, supported by a comical & poignant performance by Chief Dan George.

4) Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid This is among the most classic of antihero movies, set to a western backdrop. Some of Newman & Redford's best work.

3) The Magnificent Seven A great re-telling of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai - one of film's most classic plot lines. Great characters, great performaces, great action.

2) Unforgiven This movie almost single-handedly brought back the western genre in 1992. The story twists the classic western themes of glorified violence, robbery and vice and puts them in a light where their ugly truths stand out.

1) The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah at his best. This may be even more "classic" than The Magnificent Seven. This movie shows the struggle of classic "old west" bad boys as they fight to survive in the onset of the 20th century.

Also worth mentioning: Jeremiah Johnson wasn't exactly a "western" in the truest of senses, but is still one of my favorite western style movies. Additionally, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and The Proposition are both well worth watching if you appreciate the genre.

**jvdfc** · Jan 14, 10, 01:40 PM

Great list. I would add The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and High Plains Drifter.

**Log Mountain Boy** · Jan 14, 10, 01:47 PM

The Searchers, Tombstone, Lonesome Dove, and Big Jake are some other great ones.

**spindoc** · Jan 14, 10, 01:48 PM

Not sure if it totally meets the criteria of a "western" but I like Jeremiah Johnson.
Fist full of Dollars is another fave of mine.

**formerkywrestler** · Jan 14, 10, 01:51 PM

Unforgiven is my favorite. I also really like The Outlaw Josey Wales, True Grit, and The Searchers. The whole "Man With No Name" trilogy is excellent as well.

**spindoc** · Jan 14, 10, 01:54 PM

Sons of Katie Elder is probably my all time favorite now that I've had time to reflect.

**formerkywrestler** · Jan 14, 10, 01:57 PM

I should add Once Upon a Time in the West to my list.

**Colonels_Wear_Blue** · Jan 14, 10, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by spindoc

Sons of Katie Elder is probably my all time favorite now that I've had time to reflect.

...I've never even heard of that one

**spindoc** · Jan 14, 10, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Colonels_Wear_Blue

...I've never even heard of that one

Dude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sons_of_Katie_Elder

**spindoc** · Jan 14, 10, 02:04 PM

And on the cheesy side, I liked Quigley Down Under.

**Colonels_Wear_Blue** · Jan 14, 10, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by spindoc

Dude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sons_of_Katie_Elder

Doesn't look bad at all.

I believe I'll update my Netflix queue.

**spindoc** · Jan 14, 10, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Colonels_Wear_Blue

Doesn't look bad at all.

I believe I'll update my Netflix queue.

Classic

**bugatti** · Jan 14, 10, 02:21 PM

Shane
Two Mules for Sister Sara

**Mack The Knife** · Jan 14, 10, 02:37 PM

Rio Bravo
My Darling Clementine
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Shane
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
True Grit
Winchester '73
Unforgiven
The Searchers
Stagecoach

...to name a few.

**Colonels_Wear_Blue** · Jan 14, 10, 02:45 PM

Any thoughts on the 3:10 To Yuma remake from a couple years back? I've got to admit, I'm yet to see the original, but I thought it was pretty solid overall.

**owsleyking** · Jan 14, 10, 02:49 PM

Tombstone
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Hang 'em High
Magnificent Seven
High Noon

**Colonels_Wear_Blue** · Jan 14, 10, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by owsleyking

Tombstone
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Hang 'em High
Magnificent Seven
High Noon

"You gonna do somethin', or just stand there and bleed?"

**KyTmcNcc** · Jan 14, 10, 05:38 PM

" Magnificent Seven " , " The Searchers " , " Winchester '73 " , " The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance " , " Destry Rides Again " , " Blazing Saddles " .