I’m looking for Westerns to buy. This excludes Spaghetti Westerns - although you can mention a few mentionables if you want. Thought it would be interesting getting the opinion of tarantino fans.
Eastwood:
- High Plains Drifter
- Hang 'Em High
- Unforgiven
Costner:
- Dances with wolves
- Open Range
Ford:
- Fort Apache
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Rio Bravo
Others:
- The Wild Bunch
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Noteworthy Spaghetti Western that needs to be on a non-Spaghetti list nonetheless:
- Once Upon a Time in the West
Btw here’s a ranking of SW in case you should change your mind:
<LINK_TEXT text=“http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index. … p_20_Films”>Essential Top 20 Films - The Spaghetti Western Database</LINK_TEXT>
Some to start:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (one of my most favorites)
Seven Men From Now
Ride The High Country
Red River
The Searchers
The Professionals
Forty Guns
Johnny Guitar
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
Bad Company (1972)
Silverado
Tombstone
Leone
Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Duck, You Sucker
Once Upon A Time In the West
Ford/Wayne/other
The Searchers
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Alamo (1960)
Rio Grande
The Shootist
Hawks
Rio Bravo
Rio Lobo
El Dorado
Eastwood
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Unforgiven
Pekinpah
The Wild Bunch
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
George Roy Hill
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Revisionist/Modern Westerns
Open Range
The Proposition
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
- Seraphim Falls
excellent movie
Yeah, I thought about including that, but I don’t think it affected me as much as the other ones I mentioned.
1. Once Upon a Time in the West
2. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
3. Unforgiven
4. Pale Rider
5. The Shootist
6. Fistfull of Dollars
7. Big Jake
8. High Plains Drifter
9. Hang 'em High
10. Tombstone - one of my sinful pleasures
Everyone talks about Eastwood and Leone’s movies…I had to throw some John Wayne in there.
Then there’s a new western that I found to be as good as any of the classics:
3:10 to Yuma
A few more:
The Magnificent Seven
True Grit
One Eyed Jacks
Shane
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A few more:
The Magnificent Seven
True Grit
One Eyed Jacks
Shane
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yes…Shane - I forgot that one
does Old Yeller count as a western?
Shaaaaannnnnnneeee!
thanks for the help. Incidently - who were the best western directors ?
Leone,
Ford,
Hawks,
pekinpah,
Hill,
Fuller.
anymore?
Budd Boetticher
William Witney
Anthony Mann
i like Leone and Hawks the best.
Rio Bravo is my favourite Western of all time.
I highly recommend:
Buck & The Preacher-1972, Starring Sidney Poitier, Directed by Joseph Sargent.
Duck, You Sucker!-1972, Starring James Coburn, Directed by Sergio Leone.
A Fistful of Dollars-1964, Starring Clint Eastwood, Directed by Sergio Leone.
For A Few Dollars More-1965, Starring Clint Eastwood, Directed by Sergio Leone.
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly-1966, Starring Clint Eastwood, Directed by Sergio Leone.
The Great Silence-1968, Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Heaven’s Gate-1980, Starring Kris Kristofferson, Directed by Michael Cimino.
High Noon-1952, Starring Gary Cooper, Directed by Fred Zinnermann.
Hour of The Gun-1967, Starring James Garner, Directed by John Sturges.
The Magnificent Seven-1960, Starring Yul Brynner, Directed by John Sturges.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller-1971, Starring Warren Beatty, Directed by Robert Altman.
Once Upon A Time In The West-1968, Starring Charles Bronson, Directed by Sergio Leone.
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid-1973, Starring James Coburn, Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
The Professionals-1966, Starring Burt Lancaster, Directed by Richard Brooks.
Ride The High Country-1962, Starring Randolph Scott, Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Rio Bravo-1959, Starring John Wayne, Directed by Howard Hawks.
Shane-1953, Starring Alan Ladd, Directed by George Stevens.
Unforgiven-1992, Starring & Directed by Clint Eastwood.
The Wild Bunch-1969, Starring William Holden, Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance-1962, Starring Jimmy Stewart, Directed by John Ford.
High Noon is Rio Bravo for pussies.
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High Noon is Rio Bravo for pussies.
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Gee. That’s quite eloqent. No really. Did you think that up all by yourself?
Aren’t you smart. Yes you are.
Who’s smart? You are.
That’s right. You are.
I’m sorry, that’s incorrect. The right answer to my post would have been " ;D"
Maybe you take things a liiiiittle to serious.
I never knew you can turn into a pussy just by watching a movie. Why don’t I get notified of these things?
To eleborate on Crazy Kenneths statement:
Howard Hawks and John Wayne went to see High Noon and neither of them liked it. They thought Gary Cooper was a wimp and the story sucked. Rio Bravo was their answer to that film. And before I knew that story Rio Bravo was one of my favorite westerns and High Noon wasnt.
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To eleborate on Crazy Kenneths statement:
Howard Hawks and John Wayne went to see High Noon and neither of them liked it. They thought Gary Cooper was a wimp and the story sucked. Rio Bravo was their answer to that film. And before I knew that story Rio Bravo was one of my favorite westerns and High Noon wasnt.
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right. so i was making sort of an movie buff inside joke.
well whatever, I like how High Noon is made and the people that are in it, but it does not have the same impact for me as many other great Westerns.
I find Duck, You Sucker! confusing - or rather to put it in a better way - awkward…I have to watch movies in a certain order because i have a sort of OCD tendancy to do so i guess - so for instance, I’ve just watched all film noir films in a row - back to back - and before that sydney poitier’s movies - and the same goes for the back catalogue for certain director, actors, genre etc
But with Duck, You Sucker!
A) It can be viewed as it’s alternative name A Fistful of Dynamite and viewed along with the Eastwood’s Fistful of Dollars films to make a quadrilogy (and it’s actually sold as so in a ‘Sergeo Leone Anthology’ Boxset)
B) Another of it’s alternative names is Once Upon A Time…Revolution, so in that context it could be viewed in the following list order - Once Upon A Time in the West, Once Upon A Time…Revolution, Once Upon A Time in America, Once Upon A Time in China, Once Upon A Time in Mexico (Plus it’s a shame Tarantino hasn’t infact called his film ‘Inglorious Bastards; Once Upon A Time…In Nazi Occupied France’).
C) or I could view it as a stand alone spaghetti western as Duck, You Sucker!