1) Lonesome Dove- well you did not say mini series don’t count
2) True Grit (2010)
3) Rio Bravo
4) The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
5) Red River or the Ox Bow Incident
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West, My Darling Clementine, The Wild Bunch, and it’s hard to decide on 5 but it’ll be one of John Ford’s. Maybe Liberty Valance, maybe The Searchers, maybe Wagon Master as a dark horse.
In no particular order:
Unforgiven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Good The Bad and the Ugly
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (if that counts)
Deadwood
Edit to add Red Dead Redemption 2. If I can count a tv show, I can count a video game, imo.
No order:
McCabe & Mrs Miller
Dead Man
Meek's Cutoff
Deadwood
& I suppose High Noon for something more traditional (I'm not a huge fan of the genre so my tastes in it run more revisionist . . .)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Blazing Saddles
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
If we are talking tv shows too Deadwood is in contention for my favorite drama ever
1. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (save it for last)
2. The Searchers
3. The Wild Bunch
4. The Man who shot Liberty Valance
5. Once upon a time in the West
In no particular order.
These are all great choices but incomplete without The Outlaw Josie Wales and For a Few Dollars More (for Gian Maria Volonte's performance and Lee Van Cleef striking a match...).
Johnny Guitar
Meek’s Cuttoff
Ulzana’s Raid (I wanna marry you for mentioning that one OP)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
My Darling Clementine
Honorable Mentions: Once Upon a time in the West; Unforgiven; Red River; Rio Bravo; Canyon Passage (another underseen one, alongside Ulzana’s Raid).
[On not hating the Apache and their violence] ”It would be like hating the desert because there ain't no water in it. For now I can get by being plenty scared of 'em.”
Practically every McIntosh line in the film is gold.
Savage intense love/hate relationship with weaponry:
When James sees his brother in the bar and frantically grabs for the gun that aint there... brilliant.
Anthony Mann at his best is quite a treat indeed. Very controlled. (Of course I haven't seen them all but Manny Farber probably did and for "Mann's inhumanity against man" he also recommends....Raliroaded!...Border Incident...Reign of Terror... and.... The Tall Target ...All those I have studied and are awesome (none of which are Westerns btw))
EDIT: Took out T-Men (was thinking of William Keighley's G-Men yes so good)
I’ve seen all the Anthony Mann westerns. They are sort of like the Randolph Scott movies. They ride this fine line of Mcarthy era America and also 70s anti hero cinema which was yet to come. The fact that they all star jimmy Stewart is icing on the cake
Yeah Jimmy really wanted more darkness so it was a perfect match. As was Randolph Scott ("Randolph Scott"! the crowd murmurs) and Boetichelli.
If someone said the above era was the sweet spot before Peckinpah blew everything to hell with his scattergun I wouldn't argue.
Haha what a perfect analogy!!! Ya, one western I despise but can’t deny is also great is pat G and billy the kid. It’s not my cup of tea but it is genre changing. Recently saw good bad and the ugly in theaters (vista in LA) and the audience reaction was awesome. They laughed at jokes and awwwed at action. Must be all that RC cola.
- Johnny Guitar (1954)
- The Big Country (1958)
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
- The Big Country (1958)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)
- One-Eyed Jack (1961)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
I love the Western genre
In no particular order because it's too hard to choose:
* Once Upon a Time in the West
* The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
* High Noon
* The Ox-Bow Incident
* 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Others I love:
* Five Card Stud
* Into the West
* Ravenous
* The Secret of Convict Lake
* The Naked Spur
* The Burrowers
* Flaming Star
* Day of the Outlaw
* Red Sun
* Young Guns
* City Slickers (yes, I'm counting it!)
* Tombstone
1) Lonesome Dove- well you did not say mini series don’t count 2) True Grit (2010) 3) Rio Bravo 4) The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 5) Red River or the Ox Bow Incident
True Grit 🥰
The Searchers Rio Bravo Once upon a time in the west El Topo The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
Yeah, El Topo is something.
I was going to say “those poor frogs” but that’s The Holy Mountain innit
Yeah. But El Topo also has some dead critters.
Stagecoach The Magnificent Seven Once Upon a Time in the West The Quick and the Dead Hell or High Water
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly McCabe and Mrs. Miller Rio Bravo The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance Yojimbo (It counts don’t @me)
I'm skipping the usual suspects: Dead Man Firecreek Track the Cat Meek's Cutoff Open Range
Kudos on Open Range. Fantastic.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West, My Darling Clementine, The Wild Bunch, and it’s hard to decide on 5 but it’ll be one of John Ford’s. Maybe Liberty Valance, maybe The Searchers, maybe Wagon Master as a dark horse.
Slow West (2015) The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Jeremiah Johnson (1972) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Johnny Guitar (1954)
1. Rio Bravo 2. My Darling Clementine 3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 5. The Searchers
Oh I love this list.
In no particular order: Unforgiven The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Good The Bad and the Ugly The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (if that counts) Deadwood Edit to add Red Dead Redemption 2. If I can count a tv show, I can count a video game, imo.
It's just *Unforgiven*.
It’s just Unforgiven *plus* the Japanese samurai remake starring Ken Watanabe and also called Unforgiven.
If these count Dead man Bone tomahawk Assassination of jesse james No country for old men Deadwood lol
(I’m very fond of Deadwood indeed)
Dead Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Johnny Guitar, The Hateful Eight, The Good The Bad The Weird
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
High Noon Johnny Guitar Blazing Saddles Yellow Sky Forty Guns
The Searchers Stagecoach Jonny Guitar Unforgiven Buck and the Preacher But there are far too many to pick just five.
No order: McCabe & Mrs Miller Dead Man Meek's Cutoff Deadwood & I suppose High Noon for something more traditional (I'm not a huge fan of the genre so my tastes in it run more revisionist . . .)
- The Wild Bunch - Once Upon a Time in the West - Heaven’s Gate - The Proposition - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Not one Appaloosa mention 😞
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Blazing Saddles For a Few Dollars More The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly McCabe and Mrs. Miller If we are talking tv shows too Deadwood is in contention for my favorite drama ever
The Wild Bunch Once Upon a Time in the West The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Rio Bravo Unforgiven The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Tombstone
Unforgiven Rio Bravo The Searchers Shane Jauja
- The Searchers - Once Upon a Time in the West - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - True Grit - The Cowboys
No particular order: The Searchers Once Upon A Time in the West The Man Who Shot Liberty Vance The Big Country The Magnificent Seven
1. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (save it for last) 2. The Searchers 3. The Wild Bunch 4. The Man who shot Liberty Valance 5. Once upon a time in the West In no particular order.
Yurusarezaru Mono (Unforgiven) The Good, The Bad, The Weird Sukiyaki Western Django Tampopo Let the Bullets Fly
Unforgiven The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Once Upon a Time in the West High Noon Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Rio Bravo The Ox-Bow Incident The Great Silence One-Eyed Jacks The Naked Spur
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Django Unchained, Rango, True Grit, Blazing Saddles
No Country for Old Men, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, My Darling Clementine
These are all great choices but incomplete without The Outlaw Josie Wales and For a Few Dollars More (for Gian Maria Volonte's performance and Lee Van Cleef striking a match...).
The Searchers Once upon a time in the West Red River True Grit(Coen’s) Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Johnny Guitar Meek’s Cuttoff Ulzana’s Raid (I wanna marry you for mentioning that one OP) McCabe & Mrs. Miller My Darling Clementine Honorable Mentions: Once Upon a time in the West; Unforgiven; Red River; Rio Bravo; Canyon Passage (another underseen one, alongside Ulzana’s Raid).
Remember the rules, lieutenant. First one to make a mistake gets to bury some people.
[On not hating the Apache and their violence] ”It would be like hating the desert because there ain't no water in it. For now I can get by being plenty scared of 'em.” Practically every McIntosh line in the film is gold.
The Oxbow Incident Rio Lobo The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Unforgiven Open Range
No Country for Old Men First Cow Brokeback Mountain There Will Be Blood The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Winchester ‘73 Red River Rio Bravo The Man who shot Liberty Valance And the only one on the list I saw in theaters Back to the Future 3
Winchester ‘73 😘
One of my all time favorites. It has that 50s vibe but is also dark and brooding. I feel like it sort of predicts the way westerns would soon be made.
Savage intense love/hate relationship with weaponry: When James sees his brother in the bar and frantically grabs for the gun that aint there... brilliant.
Rewatching it now and totally forgot that Rock Hudson plays a Native American! The levels of subtext in this movie. What a film!
Anthony Mann at his best is quite a treat indeed. Very controlled. (Of course I haven't seen them all but Manny Farber probably did and for "Mann's inhumanity against man" he also recommends....Raliroaded!...Border Incident...Reign of Terror... and.... The Tall Target ...All those I have studied and are awesome (none of which are Westerns btw)) EDIT: Took out T-Men (was thinking of William Keighley's G-Men yes so good)
I’ve seen all the Anthony Mann westerns. They are sort of like the Randolph Scott movies. They ride this fine line of Mcarthy era America and also 70s anti hero cinema which was yet to come. The fact that they all star jimmy Stewart is icing on the cake
Awesome to talk to someone who appreciates this
Yeah Jimmy really wanted more darkness so it was a perfect match. As was Randolph Scott ("Randolph Scott"! the crowd murmurs) and Boetichelli. If someone said the above era was the sweet spot before Peckinpah blew everything to hell with his scattergun I wouldn't argue.
Haha what a perfect analogy!!! Ya, one western I despise but can’t deny is also great is pat G and billy the kid. It’s not my cup of tea but it is genre changing. Recently saw good bad and the ugly in theaters (vista in LA) and the audience reaction was awesome. They laughed at jokes and awwwed at action. Must be all that RC cola.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly The Searchers The Wild Bunch McCabe & Mrs. Miller Greaser’s Palace
wow how has no one mentioned The Shooting? my fav and it's even in the collection
- Johnny Guitar (1954) - The Big Country (1958) - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966) - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
It’s impossible for me to pick but I love both versions of 3:10 To Yuma and Django Unchained.
- 3:10 to Yuma (1957) - The Big Country (1958) - Rio Bravo (1959) - Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) - One-Eyed Jack (1961) - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) I love the Western genre
In no particular order because it's too hard to choose: * Once Upon a Time in the West * The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance * High Noon * The Ox-Bow Incident * 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Others I love: * Five Card Stud * Into the West * Ravenous * The Secret of Convict Lake * The Naked Spur * The Burrowers * Flaming Star * Day of the Outlaw * Red Sun * Young Guns * City Slickers (yes, I'm counting it!) * Tombstone
The Naked Spur 😍 (Yeah Tombstone got the drop on all of us!)
In no particular order: 1) Silverado 2) Blazing Saddles 3) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4) Three Amigos 5) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Unforgiven. The good the bad and the ugly. Once upon a time in the west. The great silence. Tombstone.
Shane The Wild Bunch High Noon The Good, the Bad and the Ugly And The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Bend In The River Searchers McCabe & Mrs Miller First Cow One Eyed Jacks