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Name your favorite westerns.......NOBODY under 50 need answer!


I'm waiting........

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I loved Journey to Shiloh but it is never on anywhere
I also loved The Cowboys.

There are so many others that I have enjoyed through the years hard to pick out even just a few.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
The Magnificent Seven
Red River
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Wild Bunch
High Noon
Stagecoach
For a Few Dollars More
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Shane
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Three Godfathers

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I'm 21, hopefully it's okay if I respond.

True Grit
The Shootist
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Wild Bunch
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Rio Bravo
Seven Men from Now
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp


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Of course you can respond. I was pretty much just joking. Although, I can pretty accurately guess the ages of most of the people who have responded, by looking at their lists. The only ones on your list which I really like are The Shootist and Seven Men From Now ( I can pretty much watch anything that Randolph Scott is in ). I can also watch Tombstone. It's not bad for a modern day production. I can also watch The Wild Bunch once in a while. But, mainly because Robert Ryan is in it. He's my favorite actor of all time. I own about 35 of his films. I'll watch anything he's in, just to see him work. The rest of the list, I pretty much have no use for. Thanks for responding to my post.


P.S. If you're interested in some suggestions, just ask. But only if you plan on checking some of them out.

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1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
2. The Wild Bunch
3. The Sons of Katie Elder
4. Rio Bravo
5. Unforgiven
6. The Shootist
7. True Grit (1969 Of Course)
8. A Fistful of Dollars
9. Rio Lobo
10. The Searchers

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I am under 50,in fact I am only 25, but I am still going to answer. Some of my choices will seem odd, but I am an odd person.

1. Dead Man
2. Wild Bunch
3. The Good The Bad and The Ugly
4. For A Few Dollars More
5. Little Big Man
6. Jeremiah Johnson
7. The Shootist
8. The Outlaw Jose Wales
9. Tombstone
10. Back To The Future 3
11. True Grit (2010)
12. 3:10 To Yuma (2007)

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Nobody under 50? That's a chauvenistic remark if ever I heard one. (You can apologize later, as there are quite a few of us under 50 who can grind you into dust when it comes to Western Film Trivia.)

In no particular order:

1. 3:10 to Yuma
2. Straight Shooting
3. The Sheepman
4. The Plainsman
5. Texas
6. The Last Outlaw (1937)
7. Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
8. 3 Bad Men (1926)
9. Tension At Table Rock
10. The Jayhawkers!
11. The Hangman
12. Blood On the Moon
13. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
14. The Shootist
15. Lonely Are the Brave
16. The Magnificent Seven
17. Shane
18. The Wild Bunch
19. Union Pacific
20. The Desperadoes
21. Ramrod
22. How the West Was Won
23. Cimarron (both versions)
24. My Darling Clemintine
25. Hour of the Gun

A short list.

"Be sure you're right, then go ahead."
Davy Crockett

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I'm 28 years old, but I think I'll answer anyway. Favorite westerns -

The Searchers
The Shootist
Once Upon A Time In The West
Rio Bravo
Tombstone
Silverado
El Dorado
Stagecoach
The Outlaw Josey Wales
For A Few Dollars More

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I'm 45. Order does not indicate preference.

1.She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
2.The Outlaw Josey Wales
3.Unforgiven
4.Fort Apache
5.Tombstone
6.The Shootist
7.Rio Bravo
8.Rio Lobo
9.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
10.The Wild Bunch
11.My Name is Nobody
12.The Searchers
13.Big Jake
14.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
15.Two Mules for Sister Sara
16.Once Upon a Time in the West.

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I'll hit the big 5-0 in August, and like that there are young people who appreciate Westerns. My list, in no especial order and for what it's worth:
1. Tombstone
2. The Professionals
3. The Searchers
4. Red River
5. For a Few Dollars More
6. The Magnificent Seven
7. The Shootist
8. El Dorado
9. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
10.Wyatt Earp
11.The Alamo (John Wayne)
12.Unforgiven
13.The Naked Spur
14.High Noon
15.Welcome to Hard Times
16.The Proud Ones
17.She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
18.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
19.Open Range
20.Little Big Horn.

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At The time this question was posted i was to young i now qualify

For a few Dollars More...Clint Eastwood
Big Jake...John Wayne
Pale Rider...Clint Eastwood
Ulzana's Raid...Burt Lancaster
Lawman...Burt Lancaster
Hombre...Paul Newman
Tombstone...Kurt Russell Val Kilmer
The Professionals...Lee Marvin Burt Lancaster
Quigley Down Under...Tom Selleck
The Wild Bunch...William Holden
Valdez Is Coming...Burt Lancaster
The Magnificent Seven...Yul Brynner
The Alamo...John Wayne
Breakheart Pass...Charles Bronson
Jeremiah Johnson...Robert Redford
White Buffalo...Charles Bronson
Chato's Land...Charles Bronson
Blazing Saddles...Mel Brooks
Alias Smith And Jones (not a movie but my fav)...Pete Duel Ben Murphy


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Without a doubt, Blazing Saddles. It's twuu.

This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

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I'd classify it as a comedy, before I'd call it a western.

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Be that as it may, it has cowboys, horses, six guns, good guys, bad guys and is set in the old west. An oater by any other name is still a western. :)

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IN ORDER:

1. Shane
2. The Searchers
3. My Darling Clementine
4. Red River
5. El Dorado
6. The Three Godfathers
7. True Grit
8. The Outlaw Josey Wales
9. Gunfight at the OK Corral
10. Bend Of the River
11.Westward the Women
12.The Tin Star
13.Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell)

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Pretty good list.

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Stagecoach- simply a well-wrought story with sharply detailed characters.

The Ox-Bow Incident- Dana Andrews was great, and I vastly preferred the film version to the book. The resolution makes me angry every time I watch it, so it must work.

Unforgiven- the definitive anti-western.

Destry- I didn't see this on any of the lists. That boggles the mind. I like Jimmy Stewart, but Audie nailed this one. It turns the western tropes upside down.

Guns of Fort Petticoat- quite funny, serious when appropriate, and had some cracking good dialogue.

No Name on the Bullet- the last of my triple bill of Audie Murphy westerns. Like the others, it's a horse of a different color among westerns; very philosophical.

The Magnificent Seven- Immense cast, including one Steve McQueen, the man.

Tombstone- OK story, but amazing cast and dialogue, plus one of the best, most quotable performances in film history by Kilmer.

Open Range- hey look! someone's still making westerns! Really good story, and Robert Duvall is worth the price of admission.

The Long Riders- violence as art. Great stunt casting, and the plate glass window stunt was a stunner.

Probably more that I can't think of. Great westerns not in a western setting include Star Wars, Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13.

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I'm under 50

- The Man Who Shoot Liberty Valance
- True Grit (John Wayne)
- Unforgiven
- Hondo
- Pale Rider
- Hombre
- High Noon
- Lonesome Dove
- Blazing Saddles
- The Good The Bad And The Ugly
- The Assaination Of Jessie James By The Coward Robert Ford
- Three Godfathers
- Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (Paul Newman and Robert Redford)
- Tombstone
- 3:10 to Yuma(either)
- Little Big Man
- The Shootist
- Shane
- Wyatt Earp
- The Outlaw Jose Wales
- Open Range

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Just saw ' Hondo ' the other day, for the first time. Pretty good.

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