One of our first posts here at FC was the special feature Pistoleers & Pioneers in which we chose 20 westerns that were split up in two parts: classics and modern films. What’s always been so cool about Westerns is the fact there are many different kinds to discover, from the B-movies to major Hollywood studio classics to the Italian re-inventions and even things like genre hybrids that might’ve added something like sci-fi to the mix. This is the main reason why I wanted to do a new list, as a way to to delve just a little bit further into the genre and highlight more of the films I consider to be nuggets of western gold.
Stagecoach (1939, Dir: John Ford)
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Dir: Sergio Leone)
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Tombstone (1993, Dir: Kurt Russell/George P. Cosmatos)
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Open Range (2003, Dir: Kevin Costner)
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Seraphim Falls (2006, Dir: David Von Ancken)
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3:10 To Yuma (1957, Dir: Delmer Daves)
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973, Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, Dir: John Ford)
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Silverado (1985, Dir: Lawrence Kasdan)
Seven Men From Now (1956, Dir: Budd Boetticher)
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Johnny Guitar (1954, Dir: Nicholas Ray)
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Hannie Caulder (1970, Dir: Burt Kennedy)
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Young Guns (1988, Dir: Christopher Cain )
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Posse (1975, Dir: Kirk Douglas)
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High Noon (1952, Dir: Fred Zinneman)
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Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957, Dir: John Sturges)
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Once Upon A Time in The West (1969, Dir: Sergio Leone)
The Wild Bunch (1969, Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
The Searchers (1955, Dir: John Ford)
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970, Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
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My Name is Nobody (1973, Dir: Tonino Valerii/Sergio Leone)
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, Dir: George Roy Hill)
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The Long Riders (1980, Dir: Walter Hill)
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The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford (2007, Dir: Andrew Dominik)
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Bad Company (1972, Dir: Robert Benton)
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High Plains Drifter (1973, Dir: Clint Eastwood)
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One Eyed Jacks (1961, Dir: Marlon Brando)
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True Grit (1969, Dir: Henry Hathaway)
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Duel in the Sun (1946, Dir: King Vidor)
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How the West Was Won (1962, Dir: John Ford/Henry Hathaway)
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Forty Guns (1957, Dir: Samuel Fuller)
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Rio Bravo (1959, Dir: Howard Hawks)
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Dances With Wolves (1990, Dir: Kevin Costner)
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The Professionals (1966, Dir: Richard Brooks)
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The Magnificent Seven (1960, Dir: John Sturges)
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The Cowboys (1972, Dir: Mark Rydell)
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Buck and The Preacher (1972, Dir: Sidney Poitier)
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Winchester 73 (1950, Dir: Anthony Mann)
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976, Dir: Clint Eastwood)
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The Shooting (1967, Dir: Monte Hellman)
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972, Dir: Sydney Pollack)
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Soldier Blue (1970, Dir: Ralph Nelson)
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Ride the High Country (1965, Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
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Little Big Man (1970, Dir: Arthur Penn)
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Nevada Smith (1966, Dir: Henry Hathaway )
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McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971, Dir: Robert Altman)
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Westworld (1973, Dir: Michael Crichton )
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Day of The Outlaw (1959, Dir: Andre DeToth)
Shane (1953, Dir: George Stevens)
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Unforgiven (1992, Dir: Clint Eastwood)
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11 thoughts on “50 FURIOUS WESTERNS”
A very nice selection, Peter. Afraid I’ve seen them all …
Thanks Simon! Happy New Year to ya, hope you’ll contribute some more to FC in 2012!
No, I haven’t! Never seen Buck and the Preacher
What about “Six Black horses” with Audie Murphy
havent seen that one yet. so many out there!
Brilliant selections. Thanks for the list.
Thanks Pras!
Would you consider My Darling Clementine (1946), Heartland (1979) and Heaven’s Gate (1980) worthy of that list?
Well, I’ve seen My Darling Clementine once, I think it would make it. Heartland I don’t know much about and Heaven’s Gate, I really didn’t like.
You left out William Wyler’s “The Big Country” (165 minutes) with Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Jean Simmons, Charles Bickford, Caroll Baker, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya, and an uncredited Roddy McDowall. It was a big production coming just before Wyler’s “Ben Hur.” A very serious omission. Another huge omission, Howard Hawks’ “Red River” with John Wayne, MOntgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr. Joanne Dru, and with a script by Borden Chase. Both films watchable on Amazon.com.
For A few dollars more. Lee Van Cleef was brilliant!