Posted on 12/29/2004 3:00:15 PM PST by pissant
Top 10 Best Westerns of All Time:
1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Sergio Leone's quintessential Western epic made Clint Eastwood the torchbearer in the genre and cemented Lee Van Cleef as one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
2. Shane - The archetypal Western plotline of the stranger who befriends a family and saves them from evil set the tone for all that swam in it’s wake, including The Unforgiven, the most blatant (and best) Shane knockoff.
3. High Noon - A case study in movie making, High Noon is among the first films to take place in real time.
4. The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah's ultra-violent epic still packs quite a punch.
5. High Plains Drifter - The most badass revenge flick ever made. Clint's The Man With No Name could kick Dirty Harry's ass.
6. The Unforgiven - There would be no Unforgiven without Shane.
7. Outlaw Josey Wales - Practically a remake of High Plains Drifter but with more backstory, sub-plots and fully developed characters. You can still feel the sting of that darned whip!
8. Treasure of the Sierra Madre - A later-era Western to be sure, but a terrific character study in greed and trust, and a fine example of why we are still talking about Bogart to this day. The man oozes star power.
9. A Fistful of Dollars - The beginning of Sergio and Clint's Dollars series, this is the best of the bunch.
10. Once Upon a Time in the West - Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson lead this all-star cast. Never in cinematic history has a harmonica been the source of so much tension.
Do ya'll agree or disagree?
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Missouri Breaks
An awesome film.
"Missouri Breaks"
Don't know that one
Red River
Outlaw Josie Wales
High Noon
The Searchers
Shane
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
True Grit
The Horse Soldiers - more civil war than true western, but a great flick.
El Dorado
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Tombstone
Magnificent Seven
Oh damn, there are just too many to list.
What provoked us to see it was seeing (and greatly enjoying) the more recent Hero. Have you?
Dan
Another great western like that is the Henry Fonda/Joanne Woodward film, "A Big Hand for The Little Lady". Classic stuff.
"IMO, The Outlaw Josey Wales should be much higher on the list...best antihero ever with an exceptionally strong supporting cast..*now spits*"
When his young sidekick wants to bury the dead bad guys, Clint deadpans, "the buzzards gotta eat too". Then lays a pint of snoose on the cadaver's forehead. Classic
I'm not much of a fan of westerns, but I loved "Silverado".
I'm not a Shane fan for some reason; too mushy for my tastes. Though I do like the Gregory Peck movie where his son has a pet dear.
C'mon, nearly 27,000 voters can't be wrong when they ranked it the #19 movie of all time in any genre. (See the rankings.) But honestly, I love The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I think it has suffered from years and years of holiday repeats on television, or distaste for Clint Eastwood's politics, or something. But it is by far the best western on that list, one of my favorites, and one of the better movies ever made.
FT. Apache
Or Chief Dan George during the Comanchero showdown "Now spit."
Wait a minute....it's not a western...it's a baseball film.
I can't believe there has been no mention of "The Professionals." Come on, Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan and a young Claudia Cardinale. Not the best western ever, definately a top tenner.
Any guy can figure out why... LOL!
"I love The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Eli Wallach makes the film, IMO.
what on earth is Four for Texas??
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http://pro.lookingat.us/Mag7.mid
http://pro.lookingat.us/GoodBadUgly.mid
I was going to say that!
BLAZING SADDLES!!!
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