TOP 10 Westerns of all time... - The Magnificent Seven (1960) Discussion

[–] DrZaat 17 years ago

Here's nine, in alphabetical order--couldn't make up my mind about the last one:

3:10 to Yuma [new]
Destry Rides Again
High Noon
The Jack Bull
The Magnificent Seven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Ox-Bow Incident
Shane
Silverado

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[–] wohara1 16 years ago

The Wild Bunch
The Magnificent Seven
The Professionals
The Searchers
Ride the High Country
Rio Conchos
Tombstone
Hour of the Gun
Duel at Diablo
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

These are not the greatest westerns ever made, but these are the ones I watch time and again and they appeal to me on a personal level. Nobody is right, nobody is wrong.

We deal in lead, friend.

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[–] mr_ghostal 16 years ago

1.Once upon a time in the West

2.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

3.Unforgiven

4.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

5.Tombstone

6.The Magnificent Seven

7.Jeremiah Johnson

8.For a few Dollars More

9.The Outlaw Josey Whales

10.A Fistful of Dollars

Duck, you sucker! would probably have been placed fairly high on the list if most purists didn't consider it not a "true" western. Blazing saddles also would probably rank considerably higher than most if I were including comedy.

This post is one step closer to me never having sex again...

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[–] whozzdat 16 years ago

Don't want to repeat any chices but I want to remind all of you to the GREAT..Terence Hill.. movies.

Starting with one of my favorites...
MY Name Is Nobody..

They Call Me Trinity..
Trinity Is Still My Name..

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[–] VehementlyVariedViewer 16 years ago

how come no one likes the new 3:10 to Yuma?

http://imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=21333983

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[–] zenbuckaroo 16 years ago

I saw My Name Is Nobody when it came out in the theatre. Loved it but have not seen it on TV since. Fonda and Hill were fabulous.

"I try to leave out the parts readers skip." Elmore Leonard

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[–] james-puder 16 years ago

Finally someone mentions Silverado, possibly the best Western ever...

Here are mine, in sort-of order:

Silverado
Magnificent Seven
3:10 to Yuma (Both versions are really good!)
High Noon
Shane
Unforgiven
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Once Upon A Time in The West

I think these movies exemplify the Western genre. And even though I am not a Clint Eastwood fan, he is featured in more of my top 10 westerns than anyone else...

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[–] mowbie 16 years ago

I first saw the Magnificent Seven at Westover AFB in 1961.
I was thunderstruck.In all my 19 years I had never seen
anything like it. The coolest movie ever! I take every
opportunity to see it when possible.

Here's the rest of my list in no particular order
Wild Bunch
Lonesome Dove
Shane
Ox Bow Incident
The Gunfighter
My Darling Clementine
Red River
Fort Apache
Outlaw Josie Wales

I've seen each of the above several times.
They never get old.

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[–] wohara1 16 years ago

Well, the 3:10 to Yuma remake is a decent western that will always be compared against the original version - which may or may not hurt it, probably depending on the age of the viewer. It's similar to the way that Magnificent Seven is usually compared unfavorably to Seven Samurai. Some people think that the original is sacrosanct and should never be tampered with or adapted. I think that more time and perspective will be necessary for the new 3:10 to find it's appropriate niche.
It's an entertaining western, but how and why did Bale's character catch a bullet in the back at the RR station that was summarily ignored afterwords?

We deal in lead, friend.

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[–] VehementlyVariedViewer 16 years ago

i don't recall the exact incident, but i would assume it missed all major organs and suspension of disbelief covered the rest. lol, well i personally really liked the new 3:10 just because it has adjusted westerns to today's atmosphere. The cuts are faster, the story, the pace, the dialogue, all faster as well. i feel this is better when watched in today's world

http://imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=21333983

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[–] Toshi51 9 years ago

Agreed that "My Darling Clementine" should be on that list.

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[–] lebiglebowski 16 years ago

1.The Searchers (1957)
2.Stagecoach (1939)
3.Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948)
4.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
5.High Noon (1952)
6.Rio Bravo (1959)
7.Shane (1953)
8.Winchester 73 (1950)
9.My Darling Clementine (1946)
10.The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Runner up: Red River

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance pretty much ended the "True" Western Genre... At least it did in my mind and in the minds of MANY MANY other film historians. Now I usually steer away from "top" lists because films are art and how can you rank something when you appreciate the entire form itself... I do understand that I enjoy some more than others, so I suppose its a ranking of enjoyment..

Anyway here are a few of my favorite films that I own on dvd and watch several times a year:

-Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
-Casablanca - MichaelCurtiz(1943)
-The Third Man - Carol Reed (1949)
-Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa(1954)
-Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958)
-Rules of The Game - Jean Renoir (1939)
-Singing In The Rain - Stanley Donen (1952)
-Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
-Charade - Stanley Donen (1963)
-Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder (1944)
-Gone With The Wind - Victor Flemming/George Cukor (1939)
-Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean (1962)
-The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
-Wizard of Oz - Victor Flemming (1939)
-400 Blows - Francois Truffaut (1959)
-The Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir (1937)
-8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963)
-The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
-The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)
-The Red Shoes - Powell & Pressburger (1948)
-Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Houston (1948)
-Gaslight - George Cukor (1944)
-The Black Narcissus - Powell & Pressburger (1946)
-The Maltese Falcon - John Houston (1941)
-Now Voyager - Irving Rapper (1942)
-Sunset Blvd. - Billy Wilder (1950)
-The Big Sleep - Howard Hawks (1946)
-All About Eve - Joe Mankiewicz (1950)
-North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
-The Trial - Orson Welles (1962)
-Laura - Otto Preminger (1944)
-The Lost Weekend - Billy Wilder (1945)
-The Lady Eve - Preston Sturges (1941)
-Night of The Hunter - Charles Laughton (1955)
-The Searchers - John Ford (1956)
-On The Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954)
-Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein (1925)
-The General - Buster Keaton (1927)
-Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard (1959)
-Sweet Smell Of Success - Alexander Mackendrick (1957)
-L'Atalante - Jean Vigo (1934)
-Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927)
-Out Of The Past - Jacques Tourneur (1947)
-The Lady Vanishes - Alfred Hitchcock (1938)
-Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955)
-Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
-The Killers - Robert Siodmak (1946)
-The Lady From Shanghai - Orson Welles (1947)
-Ace In The Hole - Billy Wilder (1951)
-The Theif of Bagdad - Michael Powell (1940)

If anyone likes to talk movies then feel free to message me here on Imdb.
I would be interested to get some feedback on my 10 Favorite Westerns and on the "some of my favorite movies" list that I have posted here.

Thanks!
Lebiglebowski/Hitchcockfan/Orsonwelles1fan (screen names I use)

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[–] doowopfan 16 years ago

Shane
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Red River
High Noon
Magnificent Seven
Open Range
Silverado

Blazing Saddles...? Anyone?

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[–] stinky_pumpkin 16 years ago

10. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
9. Hondo (1953)
8. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
7. Red River (1943)
6. Destry Rides Again (1939)
5. True Grit (1969)
4. Shane (1953)
3. The Searchers (1956)
2. Stagecoach (1939)
1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1949)

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[–] warrel 16 years ago

1.Once Upon a Time in the West
2.The Good,the Bad and the Ugly
3.For a few Dollars More
4.The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(maybe my favorite of the last 2-3 years)
5.A Fistfull of Dollars
6.The Magnificent Seven
7.The Man who shot Liberty Valance
8.High Noon
9.Dances with the Wolves
10.Unforgiven

I'm not the biggest western fan,but I think that Leone's movies are all great.None of the american western that I have seen(High Noon,the Searchers and so on)is somewhere near the grandiosity of OUATITW or the realism of TGTBATU.Leone represented the real west,not fairy tales.Also I believe that Ennio Morricone's scores are the most memorable in history of cinema.The only film score that I can compare with these, are Nino Rota's in the Godfather.

Last movies seen:
The Magnificent Seven 8.5/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai 9/10
Schindler's List 10/10
Freaky Friday(Buahahahaha) 4/10

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[–] buddyboy28 11 years ago

Good,Bad and Ugly realistic.Leone represented the real west not fairy tales.You're post is a few years old but it sill made me laugh.If you like Good,Bad and Ugly fair enough but neither that or any of Leone's westerns were remotely realistic.Just because his characters were generally shadier and dirtier looking,people confuse it with realism.If anything his films were more fairytale than the likes of Howard Hawks and John Ford.

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[–] jbwood421 16 years ago

1. Once Upon a Time in the West
2. Red River
3. High Noon
4. The Gunfighter
5. Shane
6. 3:10 to Yuma (Glenn Ford, Van Heflin)
7. The Searchers
8. My Darling Clementine
9. Winchester '73
10. Unforgiven

"Do what I'm tellin' ya!" -Billie Dawn

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[–] richardkolk 16 years ago

1: The Searchers
2: Unforgiven
3: Major Dundee
4: Once Upon a Time in the West
5: The Wild Bunch
6: High Noon
7: The Shootist
8: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
9: The Magnificent Seven
10: Dances With Wolves.

Very honourable mention: Lonesome Dove ( I know it's a series, but still, wow!)

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[–] dbdumonteil 16 years ago

the searchers
the man from Laramie
the naked spur
broken arrow
broken lance
pursued
colorado's territory
run for cover
the left handed gun
unforgiven

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[–] jgiannantoni05 16 years ago

In no particular order:

Once Upon a Time in the West
The Magnificent Seven
Unforgiven
Shane
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
High Noon
High Plains Drifter
A Fistful of Dollars

And I'd say I favor the spaghetti westerns; Once Upon and Good, Bad, Ugly are probably my top 2. Seems the big dividing line for fans of westerns is whether you lean towards the spaghetti westerns or north american westerns.

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[–] bvon444 16 years ago

Im no Order

- The Searchers
- Shane
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
- High Noon
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Stagecoach
- Rio Bravo
- For a Few Dollars More
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Ox-Bow Incident

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