Top 10 Best Westerns of All Time:

clinteastwood.org ^ | 9/11/04 | staff

[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?

[IoCaster]

"I'm not a Shane fan for some reason....."

I've always had an attraction to Jean Arthur.

By the same token, "The Angel and the Badman", wasn't a great flick, but Gail Russell sure was pretty.

[fish hawk]

I guess because I am Indian: Little Big Man and Dances with Wolves but also love Red River with John Wayne and Jeramiah Johnson with Rober Redford.

[MotleyGirl70]

Two of my favorites are

Unforgiven, I'm a big Gene Hackman fan and this one Tombstone

"I'm your huckleberry".

Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, and the brother from Weird Science, I forget his name at the moment.

[IoCaster]

what on earth is Four for Texas??

Heh....you gotta be kiddin'. The ultimate "Rat Pack" western filmgasm. Check it out some time for a laugh. It even had a cameo by the Three Stooges. Charles Bronsen, Victor Buono and Ursula Andress were in it. Throw in Anita Ekberg for more eye candy and it was actually a fun flick.

[MotleyGirl70]

You beat me to it!

[BreitbartSentMe]

The Magnificent Seven!!!

[IoCaster]

Hehe....Mix a little Four Feathers, a little Gunga Din and the Rat Pack. Voila, an instant Hollywood trivia question.

:o)

[McGarrett]

Although you call them no-names, Red Sun starred Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mfune (spelling?). We all know Bronson, but Mfune was probably the most famous Japanese actor of the twentieth century. I believe he starred in lots of Korosawa's greatest movies.

[dakine]

Number 1, by far...

[the invisib1e hand]

I've never stayed at a Best Western, so how can I know which one's best?

[mlmr]

Second on the Searchers. I did like his movie the Cowboys because I am a sucker for poignant endings

[IoCaster]

Oops....sorry 'bout that. Thought you were referring to another post of mine.

[mlmr]

Though, like in NY, you're surrounded by liberals.



If you are surrounded by liberals you are in a hellhole...whether you know it or not.

[bert]

Although I am a Clint fan, the list is Clint heavy. I would add "The Magnificant Seven."

[MotleyGirl70]

I don't get it.

What's a Four Feather and Gunga Din? I know the Rat Pack, is Sammy, Dean, Frank and some other guys.

[HairOfTheDog]

I hated "Shane" and the hopelessly wimpy townsfolk that cowered outside again and again and let Shane do their fighting for them.

I kept yelling for him to ride out of town and keep going! What the heck was in it for Shane?

[MeekOneGOP]

Click here or on the pic !!
The Good, the bad, and the Ugly

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You've got to ask
yourself one question:
"Do I Feel Lucky ??"
Well do you, punk ?!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I've never been impressed with Best Westerns, am more of a Holiday Inn Express kind of guy...

[A knight without armor]

My favorite is True Grit.

And I like a more violent one, I think it is called The Wild Bunch.

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