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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Little Big Man
The professionals w/ Burt Lancaster was pretty good.
Happy New Year to you too!
not bad
The list is a good one.
Never been a huge Burt Lancaster fan. I'm not sure why.
I like some of those as great westerns as well.
Yep, both versions.
I take it you like it better than the list of hollywood babes on the other thread.....
Darn, in my list I forgot to mention "Chato's Land" with Charles Bronson. Great movie, and to me, Bronson is right up there but just a hair below John Wayne.
I like Silverado, too.
Understand... but I ilked Vera Cruz also. Only two I really liked with . I think there was one with him as an Indian also that was fair.
The Professionals is a good one to check out if ya have time .
More that I liked....
The Covered Wagon (1923)
The Iron Horse (1924)
Tumbleweeds (1925)
Stagecoach (1939)
Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Pursued (1947)
Red River (1948)
The Gunfighter (1950)
High Noon (1952)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Hondo (1953)
Shane (1953)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954)
The Man From Laramie (1955)
The Searchers (1956)
Forty Guns (1957)
The Tall T (1957)
Man of the West (1958)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Ride the High Country (1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Wild Bunch (1968)
High Plains Drifter (1972)
Unforgiven
I love westerns, but Little Big Man was definitely my favorite. The Good, Bad and Ugly would be second. True Grit was great. Stagecoach was good. Hard to choose the rest, but Little Big Man is my pick for first.
Yeah, the Hollywood babes list was weak.
How about a top 30 Hollywood skanks list?
Though not a western, The Quiet Man, in my opinion is the best John Wayne Movie ever made. (also Red River). I never get tired of watching it re-run.
Indeed.......albeit not a western what was the one where he was running from the Canadian mounties ...Lee MArvin was in it also...??
Good grief, I made need to hire you as a consultant next time I post anything about westerns. Cheers!
"How about a top 30 Hollywood skanks list?"
It would need to be a top 3000, there are so many out there.
The G,B&U is a love or hate it type. I love it. The music & Eli Wallach steal the show.
Paris Hilton x 30........there yer list.........:o)
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