The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly is pretty much as close to film perfection as it gets. The final showdown is a pure masterpiece.
can lawrence of arabia be counted as a western? there is plenty of sand. No country for old men too. oh, and of course true grit the original. I never saw the new one. almost forgot, back to the future 3!
All the Sergio Leone ones + The Wild Bunch and Cobucci Spagehetti Westerns. I've never really been a fan of the John Fodn Westerns. They look great and are efficiently edited but the stories, good vs bad guy template and slight racist undertones never appealed to me.
I was kind of against the remake but it's really grown on me . Hang Em' High Joe Kidd Pale Rider Death Rides a Horse The Big Gundown A Man Called Horse Little Big Man High Noon Winchester 73' ehh I could go on and on .. love a good western For comedy I'll go with ... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HTmVLHXn3H4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Anyone know the name of that movie (maybe it's a western comedy) where a cowboy comes to cleanup the town, but instead of riding his horse, his horse drags the tarp (?) that he sleeps on for the scenes where he came into and leaves the town? I think there was also a barroom brawl scene where he used pots and pans as weapons. I saw it before I could speak a lick of English.
The Searchers is different. Ethan Edwards is one of the more complex characters in Western films. There are racist elements, but they are also brought out as a negative in Wayne's character, which was innovative for a Western at the time.
Westerns are my favorite... #1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly --- there is no debating this. It is simply the best film ever made. After that, it goes according to preference and you can make a good case for any of these films... #2. The Outlaw Josey Wales #3. For a Few Dollars More #4. Once Upon a Time in the Old West #5. Unforgiven #6. High Plains Drifter #7. Fistful of Dollars #8. Tombstone #9. The Magnificent Seven #10. The Quick and The Dead
1.Tombstone 2.The Searchers 3.High Noon 4.Once Upon a Time in the West 5.Stagecoach (1939 version) Honorable Mention Unforgiven The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
Tombstone as mentioned by others. Two others I like but don't seem to get much love are 3:10 to Yuma and The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
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Great list! Those are also my favorites in a different order: 1) Once Upon a Time in the West 2) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 3) For a Few Dollars More 4) The Magnificent Seven 5) Unforgiven 6) Tombstone 7) High Planes Drifter 8) The Outlaw Josie Wales 9) A Fistful of Dollars 10) Pale Rider 11) The Quick and the Dead
Nice ones mentioned. I'll toss in some olders that aren't about gunslinger: Giant and Big Country. I consider Giant a must see by all Texans, due to it's historical fiction similarity to the great Texan ranch. Giant stars Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean and even a young, Dennis Hopper Big Country Stars Kirk Douglass Charlton Heston Jean Simmons Burl Ives Chuck Connors (The Rifleman)
Spoiler OP, not one of your films is from the golden age of westerns. You mostly are just listing low budget Spaghetti Westerns. Nothing from James Stewart, Gary Cooper or of course John Wayne??!? Check out a film directed by John Ford.
Of the more recent ones to come out, I'd go with True Grit, the remake. I could listen to Jeff Bridges' Rooster Cogburn tell his stories all day. Among older ones, I like Silverado; grew up watching it. Sure it may pay homage to other classics, and as such loses originality points, but it's damn good fun. Open Range was also good. A bit slow at times but beautifully shot and definitely an amazing shoot out scene.
Lots of great westerns mentioned in this thread. If you are looking for some lesser known great westerns, check out Lone Star and The Claim. I guarantee in particular John Sayles' Lone Star. Watch it for yourself and check back in this thread to thank me.
Stanley Kubrick was set to direct Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jack after Pathe of Glory. Brando kinda decided to do it himself so Kubrick bowed out and took a for pay job in Spartacus. More or less, those two experiences are what drove Kubrick to make films in the UK. A Kubrick western would have been epic! Someone needs to crack Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian and make it. It has instant classic potential.
