Posted on 01/10/2010 11:19:14 AM PST by JoeProBono
1 The Searchers
This John Ford Western chronicles the efforts of a Confederate veteran (Wayne) to track down the daughter of his murdered brother.
2 Rio Bravo
The Duke and Dean Martin are the pair of old friends at the heart of this Howard Hawks hit, in which the pair tussles with a local lawbreaker.
3 The Quiet Man
Wayne shows his softer side with this drama about the tempestuous affair between an Irish-American expat and an Irish woman.
4 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
In this John Ford Western, Wayne stars as a rancher who pairs up with a law school grad (James Stewart) to take down the bad guy.
5 The Shootist
The actor's last movie ever finds Wayne starring opposite Lauren Bacall and James Stewart as a gunslinger dying of cancer.
6 True Grit
Wayne's Oscar-winning turn as aging sheriff Rooster Cogburn finds him trekking into Indian territory to avenge a man's death.
7 Stagecoach
For Wayne's breakout performance, he plays good-at-heart outlaw Ringo, who wins over a group of lawmen defending an east-bound train.
8 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
This vivid, meditative Western finds Wayne portraying an aging war hero struggling with his impending retirement.
9 Red River
This early Howard Hawks Western stars Wayne as a rancher who battles mutiny among his men as he drives his cattle up the Chisholm Trail.
10 Sands of Iwo Jima
This 1949 war flick finds Wayne starring as John Stryker, a marine sergeant charged with leading his men to war.
ALL of them were/are best!
Especially, The Searchers, and the three US Cav pics!!!!!
Semper Duke Wayne!
Dick G
*****
My No.1 favorite is “The Cowboys”. I’m not a movie person, but this one is truly great.
all great movies, but it can’t believe “the cowboys” or “the quiet man” didn’t make the top 10. those are my personal favorites.
I’d go for the “Shootist” which he did while in a lot of pain.
They’ll never name an acting school after him.
WYSIWYG!
The Duke was King
The Searchers by far but I am also partial to Liberty Valance.
now hurry up and correct it “WE’RE BURNING DAYLIGHT”!!!!
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I liked TMWS Liberty Valence best. I also liked “Big Jake”. Yes, the acting of his and Mitchum’s son in Jake was horrible, but it’s a fun movie. “The Cowboys” (where he took the teenagers on a cattle drive) was a classic also. Come to think of it, I can’t think of a single bad John Wayne movie.
sorry i stand corrected. the quiet man IS there.
yeah..3 great actors in that one..probably why i like it so much. not to mention Vera Miles. But she was also in the Searchers.
everytime i watch Libierty..I gotta go get a steak afterwards.
On Parris Island in 1989, we were shown ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’ and ‘The D.I.’.
Yeah, I'm partial to the John Ford works.....
I liked the 3 Godfathers and Angel & the Badman.
Ping re: “The Duke”
My fave J W film: “The Cowboys”
Ping re: “The Duke”
My fave J W film: “The Cowboys”
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