top 5 western

once upon a time in the west
outlaw josey wales
unforgiven
the good the bad and the ugly
dances with wolfes

just because all of them are great films i´ve watched over and over again

open range is a very good one but will never be a "classic"

I also enjoy these "nobody" flims of leone.
And I DO NOT LIKE ANY JOHN WAYNE MOVIE!

kurosawa and his seven samurais
and
jim jarmushs dead man play in a different league of style and horizon

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I'm so glad to see a lot of Rio Bravos listed! Yay! I grew up on that film.

1. Deadwood (it counts, right?)
2. Tombstone
3. Rio Bravo
4. Open Range
5. Three Amigos (classy, huh?)

I also really love Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

I find that I don't love the classics as much as I should. I just think these are fun and completely re-watchable.

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Its too hard to single out 5 films, but here's my list of 5 favorite Western directors (with my favprites of each in parenthesis):

1. John Ford (The Searchers, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande)
2. Sergio Leone (For a Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West)
3. Howard Hawks (Red River, Rio Bravo)
4. Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country)
5. Clint Eastwood (High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven)

Everyone has idfferent favorites, but these five directors are essential for anyone wishing to experience the very best the genre has to offer. They are also significant in that they are still known mainly for their Westerns despite directing non-Westerns as well.

While there are many other fine Westerns like Shane and High Noon, their directors did not specialize in the genre and (for me) this puts them at a disadvantage compared to the films of the men listed above. Once Upon a Time in the West gains its power and stature by not only being a prime example of the Western at its best, but also as a culmination of its director's career in the genre. The same can be said of The Searchers for Ford, The Wild Bunch for Peckinpah, and Unforgiven for Eastwood.

Hawks could do anything, but his triumphs in other genres shouldn't take away from the supreme accomplishment that is Red River. His Rio Bravo was also enormously influential, leading John Carpenter to modernize it as Assault on Precinct 13. Together, Red River and Rio Bravo (one in love with wide open expanses of the countryside, the other entirely confined to the saloons and jail houses of a Western town) perfectly encapsulate the two main aspects of life in the West, and Hawks (despite the fact that his reputation would remain intact had he never directed a single Western) deserves inclusion for this fact alone.

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Lots of great lists!

1) The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
2) Once Upon A Time In The West
3) For A Few Dollars More
4) High Noon
5) Open Range

Honorable Mention: The Searchers, The Quick And The Dead (Sam Elliott, NOT Sharon Stone!), Silverado, Dances With Wolves, The Gunfighter, Tombstone, Blazing Saddles, They Call Me Trinity.

I haven't seen Wyatt Earp. Update: I finally saw Tombstone and added it to the HM list. I also saw Unforgiven again and removed it from the HM list.

Good Westerns rule, and Open Range was most definitely the best one made in several years. Beautiful scenery, great revenge story, good action sequence, and a little love story on the side - all the essentials.

That is just so fetch!

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1. Pale Rider
2. Wyatt Earp
3. Dances with Wolves
4. Open Range
5. Crossfire Trail

Not enough room for the other Tom Selleck movies. Quiqley, Montey Walsh, Sabre River. They were all awesome, but Crossfire was my favorite.

Two movies I couldn't squeeze in, Silverado and Unforgiven. Great movies.

I wasn't a fan of the old Spagetti westerns or John Wayne movies. To me, the 80's and 90's spawned some of the best westerns. Gritty gritty stuff.

How bout... Jerimiah Johnson? It has horses...it has guns.... it has Indians ( Native Americans ) it has love.. it has death... need more?

You guys are shortsighted and only site AFI imposed classics of the mainstream colorized on TNT. Try this one on for size:


1. Once Upon A Time In The West

2. Johnny Guitar

3. Red River

4. Wild Bunch

5. Dances With Wolves