the top three westerns from the 1950s
the searchers
high noon
the big country
I'd probably replace Big Country with Rio Bravo. Rio Bravo isn't quite as serious a movie, but it's amazingly entertaining.
share"The Searchers"
"Rio Bravo"
"Shane"
"The Big Country"
"Hondo"
"The Gunfighter"
"Cowboy"
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Seven Men from Now"
"Ride Lonesome"
"Wagon Master"
"The Bravados"
"Decision at Sundown"
"Stars in My Crown"
"Along the Great Divide"
"Wichita"
Sorry, I couldn't stop at three.
Also, "Gunsmoke" and "The Rifleman" on television.