Fav Westerns

Rain

What are your thoughts? http://www.gayot.com/lifestyle/movies/top10/westerns.html

The Kid

Theres a couple on there that I wouldnt put in my top ten like Unforgiven or Butch Cassidy,, Butch cassidy was an awesome movie but somehow seems out of place,, Id ad Tombstone and another one of my favs is the Cullpepper Cattle Co, Pale Rider would be in there over two mules for sister Sarah

Luko

This list is terrible. They don't even list the best, the Outlaw Josey Wales. Tombstone should be on there, too. Plus Fistful of Dollars and the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

catfishbluezz

Uhhh....bad list really, terrible... Some great flicks on there, but some great ones left off.

Rain

Luko:

This list is terrible. They don't even list the best, the Outlaw Josey Wales. Tombstone should be on there, too. Plus Fistful of Dollars and the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Agreed.

absolutjer

I agree Tombstone needs to be in there. There were a few good films on that list, but no way does that qualify as a top 10 for best westerns. I have to put one of my fav's in there "Rio Bravo" but I am a little partial to The Duke so that pick may be biased.

wwestern

#1 Wes. That is all.

JDH

Well, it wasn't my top 10 either. My top 10 westerns would be :

The Wild Bunch
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Dances With Wolves (would have been the best western ever made IMO if they hadn't shot the horse)
The Big Country
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Tombstone
Jeremiah Johnson
Nevada Smith
The Getaway w/ Steve McQueen (I know, it's set in the mid-20th century, but it's still a western, I think)

Looks like Peckenpaw edged out the Duke in my top 10. If the list were longer, I'd have included True Grit and Red River (both with John Wane). Another favorite is the quirky Sergio Leon film "Duck You Sucker". I really like the story he was telling, and the way he told it. If he had cast Anthony Quinn and Peter O'Toole it would probably be my #1 best Western of all time, but it was badly miscast (Rod Steiger just didn't get the job done). What about your top 10?

deejmemixx

Silverado for the win followed by lonesome dove

james40

The Searchers is my personal favorite. Tombstone was good as well.

pelirrojo

I'm pretty close to some of the areas that the original True Grit was shot. There's a town about 3 hours drive north of here, Ouray, Colorado, that has True Grit days and the paddy wagon from the movie still sits in the city park. In fact, I drove through one of the scenes this past weekend. I would have to put True Grit on my list.

beatnic

Shane? Give me a break. Magnificent 7, hands down the best soundtrack. As far as Clint movies, I'd agree a spagetti should be there...GB&U would be my pick. And either Josie Wales or Pale Rider "Preacher? Preacher? We all love you Preacher... I love you!... Thank you! Good-bye!"

drpepperdude

Yeah that list is pretty damn terrible. Of all the Clint Eastwood westerns they chose Two Mules?! Shirley MacLaine?! You might as well put Smokey and the Bandit on there and have Sally Fields get top billing.

Any of the Eastwood Man with No Name films would've sufficed.

And what's with the Australian outback choice? You admit that a western should be set in the American frontier but this one was picked up anyway because...?

I realize baby boomers have a thing for Paul Newman and Robert Redford, but "Butch" was a pretty meh movie.

If 1992's Unforgiven is going to get a mention, than where's Silverado? Tombstone? Wyatt Earp? Pale Rider? Hello?

0patience

uhm.......Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the top 10??
Seriously?
I list that one as a "forgettable" movie. Mostly because I forgot about it. LOL!

There are so many Westerns with John Wayne, Audey Murphy, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper and those types, that it would be hard to come up with 10.
Silverado and Tombstone are "modern" westerns that I would consider excellent westerns and either should be in the top 50 westerns. Not sure where I would put them against a list of the classics.

That list, while it mentions some great westerns, is no way the top 10. Rio Bravo, The Searchers and The Comancheros isn't even mentioned.
Sad.

james40

I forgot to add The Sacketts. "I don't believe it, I'm gonna kill me two Sacketts in one day!!"

docbp87

The Mercenary
Once Upon a Time in the West
A Fistful of Dynamite
The Great Silence
Django
Death Rides a Horse
The Big Gundown
Run, Man, Run!
Compañeros


My preferences lean a certain way when it comes to Westerns I guess...

JDH

docbp87:

The Mercenary
Once Upon a Time in the West
A Fistful of Dynamite
The Great Silence
Django
Death Rides a Horse
The Big Gundown
Run, Man, Run!
Compañeros


My preferences lean a certain way when it comes to Westerns I guess...

I think A Fistful of Dynamite (AKA Duck You Sucker) may be Sergio Leone's best film, but it was badly miscast, I think. Can you imagine if Quinn and O'Toole were in that film (even though Colburn did a pretty good job). Whenever I watch it some of the scenes stay with me for days, and the music is haunting.

fla-gypsy

The High Plains Drifter, Hang em High, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Tombstone and I cant believe no one has added this one; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, absolute classic!

JDH

fla-gypsy:

The High Plains Drifter, Hang em High, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Tombstone and I cant believe no one has added this one; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, absolute classic!

"I'm your Huckleberry......Say When!" Val Kilmer made that film.

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beatnic:

Shane? Give me a break. Magnificent 7, hands down the best soundtrack. As far as Clint movies, I'd agree a spagetti should be there...GB&U would be my pick. And either Josie Wales or Pale Rider "Preacher? Preacher? We all love you Preacher... I love you!... Thank you! Good-bye!"

Beatnic, come on man!! Shane is one of my favorite all time movies. Jack Palance absolutely defined the western bad guy in that movie. The barroom fight where Joey and the dog hid under the table - I always wondered how they got the dog and the boy to look back and forth in unison. And the exchange between Shane and Jack Palance just before the last gunfight ending with - "So what have you heard about me, Shane?" -- "I heard you're a low down yankee liar"! I might just have to send you a pack of Swisher Grapes for that Beatnic! :-)

It's tough to come up with just ten, but I think there should at least be a couple from this group in the list: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; Rooster Cogburn; Pale Rider; Outlaw Josey Wales, and The Good/Bad/Ugly. And for more 'modern' westerns I also loved Tombstone, Silverado and The Long Riders. Open Range was also pretty damn good and kind of flew under the radar.

Shane! Come back Shane!!

Rain

Johnny Ringo: [Ringo steps up to Doc] And you must be Doc Holliday. Doc Holliday: That's the rumor. Johnny Ringo: You retired too? Doc Holliday: Not me. I'm in my prime. Johnny Ringo: Yeah, you look it. Doc Holliday: And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?

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Tombstone:

I won the Movie Trivia Pass for this movie and had a discussion via PM about this scene with whomever I won it from (sorry, can't remember at the moment):

Whan Doc Holliday was lying in the bed dying at the end of the movie, he looked down and said "I'll be damned". Does anyone know what the quote was all about?

Rain

Heavy:

Tombstone:

I won the Movie Trivia Pass for this movie and had a discussion via PM about this scene with whomever I won it from (sorry, can't remember at the moment):

Whan Doc Holliday was lying in the bed dying at the end of the movie, he looked down and said "I'll be damned". Does anyone know what the quote was all about?

Doc Holliday’s last words, uttered as he died in Colorado at the age of thirty-four. It is thought that Holliday was remarking a rogue such as himself dying in bed, with his boots off.

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Rain:

Heavy:

Tombstone:

I won the Movie Trivia Pass for this movie and had a discussion via PM about this scene with whomever I won it from (sorry, can't remember at the moment):

Whan Doc Holliday was lying in the bed dying at the end of the movie, he looked down and said "I'll be damned". Does anyone know what the quote was all about?

Doc Holliday’s last words, uttered as he died in Colorado at the age of thirty-four. It is thought that Holliday was remarking a rogue such as himself dying in bed, with his boots off.

Yessir! He supposedly had always said/thought he would die with his boots on, and was shocked to know he was going to die in bed without his 'boots on'. I always thought that was so very cool that the movie included such a subtle nuance based on fact (supposedly, maybe based on legend but who knows), which makes that movie that much more of a classic to me.

bbass2

I like watching Tombstone and trying to count how many bullets they can get out of their revolvers without reloading.

JDH

I agree it's hard to come up with just 10.

One of my favorites is "The Professionals" w/ Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster. Woody Strode, Jack Palance. The dialouge in that film is terrific, and the story is perfect.

Ralph Belamy (to Lee Marvin): You Basturd!

Lee Marvin: Yes Sir. In my case, an accident of birth, but you sir, are a self made man.

JDH

bbass2:

I like watching Tombstone and trying to count how many bullets they can get out of their revolvers without reloading.

Aint it the truth. Another good one for that is Where Eagles Dare, a Clint Eastwood WWII film where they NEVER run out of ammo, and they NEVER re-load.

mmccartneydc

deejmemixx:

Silverado for the win followed by lonesome dove

+1 MILLION! My two faves for sure!