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20 must watch westerns

posted 6 years ago by Master (1494)
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I found a list online of 20 must watch westerns, but felt it was missing some of the better movies. Can fans of the western make a better 20 must watch list, might be some I don't know of.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

high noon
My darling clementine
the westerner
stagecoach
the searchers
unforgiven
the shootist
true grit
hang em high
fistful of dollars
the good the bad and the ugly
the man who shot liberty valance
red river
once upon a time in west
the wild bunch
rio bravo
the magnificent seven
how the west was won
el dorado
the professionals

[–] Master (1494) 6 years ago

this is a much better list but where is Silverado and The Quick and The Dead?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

There is a bunch I could easily add.

[–] Master (1494) 6 years ago

then do more i wouldn't mind a top 50 list lol

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

here's ten more:

tombstone
wyatt earp
open range
3:10 to yuma
winchester 73
she wore a yellow ribbon
the ox-bow incident
fort apache
the horse soldiers
the sons of katie elder

[–] captainbucky (15252) 6 years ago

Love quick and the dead !!

[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

Good list! I saw most of tem and the were great. Don't forget Blazing Saddles and Shane.

[–] Master (1494) 6 years ago

which True Grit? Al Bundy's favorite is missing.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I like the John Wayne one better. But both are good. Hondo is also good.

[–] LauraGrace (15570) 6 years ago

Once Upon A Time In The West

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

good catch. lol

[–] LauraGrace (15570) 6 years ago

well I was looking for it. Saw it at the drive-in when I was a kid. It was the first time I saw a grown woman's breasts. But what a great movie!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72568) 6 years ago

hownos nailed it
He is our resident Western movie guy

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 6 years ago

Whose beers are these??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPsc2uotAKo

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I never seen that before. very good.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 6 years ago

It's a classic, and what incredible star power: John Wayne and R Lee Ermey!

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[–] owlfy (134) 6 years ago

None. Westerns are for rednecks.

[–] twinA (4826) 6 years ago

Then I love being a redneck!

It's uplifting seeing humanity find small joys and triumphs while enduring a hard life, reminding us how much we have to live for when everything seems so fraught with danger and fear of the unknown, working towards hope in search of greener pastures.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Agreed, owlfy. There is no such thing as a “must-watch” Western (unless Clint Eastwood is in it; I’d watch that guy read the Yellow Pages)—which is a genre that plundered the legacy of Samurai cinema; so there is DEFINITELY such a thing as a must-watch EASTERN, starting with the films of Kurosawa and Mifune.

No Samurai ever chawed tabacee.