The Greatest Western Movie Ever

[buckhorn]

Another worth mentioning that seems to be largely overlooked:

The Gunfighter

Gregory Peck as the Ringo Kid is much more effective than one might initially suspect.

 

[SL_Horn]

Agree on the Budd Boetticher films listed above. In fact they released a 5 disc boxset a few months ago that includes the Tall T.

Anyone seen "The Gunfighter" with Gregory Peck? Also "The Furies", an Anthony Mann pic. Both were also released on DVD recently.

I'll also cast another vote for Once Upon A Time in the West.

 

[TX-EX_98]

Searchers & Unforgiven, then the rest.

"I shot him. I guess he had it coming, uh Will?"

"We all got it coming kid"

&

"Well, sir, you just shot an unarmed man."

"He should've armed himself if he was going to decorate his saloon with friend."

Need to go watch Searchers again. Thanks for thread, even though I was late to the game.

 

[WorsterMan]

My top 5:

1. Outlaw Josey Wales (agree with OP)
2. 3:10 to Yuma (original version)
3. The Good the Bad & the sooner
4. The Sons of Kate Elder
5. GIANT

 

[83Horn]

Can't believe I forgot about this one. Anyone remember Barbarosa with Willie Nelson and Gary Busey? Great flick. The story, dialogue, acting, locations and cinematography are all top notch.

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

...and my favorite line from the best western movie of all time:

Josey: "Every time I get to likin' somebody, they ain't around long."

Chief: "I noticed when you get to dislikin' somebody, they ain't around long neither."

 

[ACuriae]

Agree with 83horn on Sondra Locke. I'd put a lot of movies above Josey Wales solely because of that crackwhore-looking zombie.

My $0.02:

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. The Searchers
3. High Noon
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
5. The Magnificent Seven
6. Once Upon a Time in the West
7. How the West Was Won
8. Unforgiven
9. The Big Country
10. The Wild Bunch

Honorable Mention:
Stagecoach
The Sons of Katie Elder
Red River
My Darling Clementine
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Rio Bravo
Dances With Wolves
Shane
The Proposition
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Silverado

 

[A. BETTIK]

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre appears to be not mentioned yet.

I thought the beginning was really good. In general, I enjoy any western where Anglo or Hispanic cultures mix and clash in an arid alpine setting.

Paint Your Wagon, although a comedy and musical, had a good plot, a hot chick and two of the most unlikely actors to have ever have sung in a movie, sung in the same movie and to have pulled it off pretty well. Lee Marvin's off key singing "I was born under a Wand'rin Star" is much appreciated by any fan of Jerry Jeff Walker's songs from the 70's.

I can live with Joes Wales at the top though.