Favorite Westerns

[Mike Andrew]

Outlaw Josie Wales
Unforgiven
Tombstone
The Shootist (grudgingly)

Faves that immediately pop into mind. But, there are so many great westerns that it is difficult to select just a few.
Blazing Saddles could not be made in today's PC world.

[Norm K]

In no particular order, as I've seen each one many times and will happily watch any one of them right now ...

Josie Wales
Tombstone
Blazing Saddles
Open Range
Quigley
The Cowboys
True Grit (remake)
Dances With Wolves

No older (to a guy in his sixties, anyway) movies made the cut because, frankly, most of them suck due to the horrible acting of the earlier years. Example: I'd never actually seen "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" so I put it on a couple of years ago. The acting was so bad I couldn't get halfway through it.

[berettafan]

Josie Wales
3:10 to Yuma (new version)
Searchers
El Dorado
Django---maybe not quite a western but love it

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

^^^ this. the very best musical theme evar.

[Eric 951]

Once upon a time in the west
Tom Horn--it is so bleak, one can almost feel the cold

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Norm K

No older (to a guy in his sixties, anyway) movies made the cut because, frankly, most of them suck due to the horrible acting of the earlier years. Example: I'd never actually seen "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" so I put it on a couple of years ago. The acting was so bad I couldn't get halfway through it.

That's about how I feel also. (I'm 67) I think I've seen all the classic westerns, years ago.
They were good then. Watch them now and they've turned into comedies.

[stevej37]

[QUOTE=Baz;10833730]We could spend weeks...maybe months posting our favs!


I think we have the time!

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by livi

"Where´s the white women at?"

[stevej37]

One more....my fav scene from Blazing

[KNS]

The Professionals (Baz beat me to it).

[flipper35]

James Garner had some more light hearted ones. Support your local Sheriff etc.

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by stevej37

That's about how I feel also. (I'm 67) I think I've seen all the classic westerns, years ago.
They were good then. Watch them now and they've turned into comedies.

The Dollars trilogy is fantastic and, imo, stands the test of time.

But regarding Liberty---Jimmy Stewart can take the western right out of a movie. Just a wet rag of an actor in westerns.

[gwmac]

The Rounders

[gogriz91]

No Country for Old Men

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Norm K

No older (to a guy in his sixties, anyway) movies made the cut because, frankly, most of them suck due to the horrible acting of the earlier years. Example: I'd never actually seen "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" so I put it on a couple of years ago. The acting was so bad I couldn't get halfway through it.

I get it. Sometimes the acting sucks (100% of John Wayne) and sometimes movie just sucks. There are a few that break through.

[herr_oberst]

A couple that are not classic westerns, but set in a more modern American West deserve some love here, too

(I've already mentioned Hell or High Water, these kind of fall into the same category...)

Bad Day At Black Rock (Spencer Tracey and a great cast)
Giant (Rock, Liz, JD)
Lone Star (Chris Cooper)
Hud (Paul Newman)
The Rainmaker (Burt Lancaster / Katharine Hepburn)

[tabs]

Destry Rides Again
High Noon
Oxbow incident
Water Hole #3
Hallelujah Trail
Valdez is Coming
Stalking moon
Dirty Dingus McGee
McKennas Gold
Major Dundee
Pat Garette and Billy the Kid
Return of Frank James
Union Pacific
The Westerner
The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean
Last Train From Gun Hill

[Baz]

Some more notables........

A Man Called Horse (Richard Harris)
McKenna's Gold (Gregory Peck)
The Cowboys (The Duke!)
Rooster Cogburn (The Duke!)
Young Guns (I and II) (Emilio)
The Horse Soldiers (William Holden, The Duke!)
The Undefeated (Rock Hudson, The Duke!)
The Shadow Riders (Selleck, Sam Elliott)
Cowboy (Glen Ford, Jack Lemon)
The Big Country (Peck)
Ulzana's Raid (Burt Lancaster)
The Last Hard Men (Coburn)
The Lone Ranger (Depp)

[Baz]

Watched a good one last night with Richard Widmark and directed by Don Siegel..."Death of a Gunfighter". Also starring Carol O'Connor.

Siegal also directed Clint in "Coogan's Bluff"...another good one.

[Baz]

Montgomery Clift....and The Duke!