[CondorFlight]

“They Were Expendable” — John Ford, director.

(The pathos of the US flight from the Phillippines, based on a true story.)

[BJ1]

True Grit

[be-baw]

My favorite John Wayne movie is Rio Bravo.

[TexasCajun]

The Duke is killed in 'The Cowboys'.

'Big Jake' saves grandson, Little Jake.

[RKBA Democrat]

The Fighting SEABEES.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Suggestion: start with Stagecoach, then go through the series of westerns he made with John Ford eg, she wore a yellow ribbon.

[CondorFlight]

Also, “Back to Bataan”, with Wayne and Anthony Quinn — about the guerrilla fighting in the Philippines, life under the Japanese occupation, etc. (Again, all — more loosely this time — based on fact.)

[dragnet2]

Bookmark

[FerociousRabbit]

The Searchers and Rio Bravo for westerns. Sands of Iwo Jima for the war films. You could argue with me but you would be wrong.

[RebelTex]

Rio Bravo (or the variations)
The Alamo
Angel and the Badman
McLintock
Sons of Katie Elder

[Sybeck1]

The Cowboys

[CondorFlight]

“Three Godfathers” — also directed by John Ford.

[dragnet2]

Wayne is an American icon. You could almost pic any of his films.

[nesnah]

Western - Big Jake or The Cowboys

War - Sands of Iwo Jima or In Harms Way

[Trumpinator]

When I was a kid old movies were common on broadcast TV and basic cable up until the 1980s. After that the TV landscape changed and TV stations could not easily make money on broadcasting movies and even hour dramas are a tough sell. That is when the 30 minute sitcom became king of syndication.

You don't even have old Star Trek on syndication like it used to be (ran nightly for 30 years where I was).

Maybe people git used to them finally. Also, I read modern audiences find the old shows too backwards in terms of technology - black and white is a killer to sell. We advanced so far even old Star Trek looks dated special effects wise.

With that said the early Wayne westerns he did before he became a big star are kind of simple morality tales that kids can easily grasp. They are in the public domain so you can own dozens cheap in DVD or find them here: http://publicdomainmovies.org/john-wayne-classics/

[brothers4thID]

ugh, I can’t pick. Good Luck!

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

The Cowboys (1972)

A GREAT film about 'boys becoming men' under Wayne's guidance. The true ending is not shown anymore and replaced with a more 'politically correct' ending, but still a good movie.

[TexasCajun]

The only downer in Big Jake is that ‘DOG’ is killed by bad guy with machete. ...off camera

[taxcontrol]

Green Berets
Rio Lobo

[Night Hides Not]

The Longest Day

The Alamo