Favorite Westerns?
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joekiddlouischama — 2 years ago(July 01, 2023 04:55 AM)
It was classified as one, and I didn't want people to think I didn't like it, but yeah, if the classification process was up to me, I wouldn't consider it one.
Midnight Cowboy
(John Schlesinger, 1969) would be a "modern urban Western (Eastern)" in the same way as
Coogan's Bluff
(Don Siegel, 1968), starring Clint Eastwood … only less so in the case of
Midnight Cowboy
.
Personally, I would not quite consider
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(John Huston, 1948) a Western, either, although it could fit underneath the "modern Western" label. Either way, it is certainly a great film.
Your list is certainly worth perusing, and some of the titles (
Noon Wine
,
Zandy's Bride
,
Rachel and the Stranger
,
The New Land
) are new to me. -
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Burt Macklin — 6 years ago(November 15, 2019 08:17 PM)
little big man
tombstone
dances with wolves
blazing saddles
Pale rider
Bone Tomahawk
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Support your local sherrif!
There will be blood
deadwood
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Bo — 6 years ago(November 15, 2019 08:38 PM)
Tombstone, American Tail, Once upon a Time in the West, Quiet Man, High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven, From Dusk Til Dawn: The Hangmans Daughter, Raw Hide, Lone Ranger, Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons, Lassie, Wizard of Oz, Back to the Future 3, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, Ned Kelly, Mad Max, A handfull of Dollars, Dances With Wolves, Bad Girls, 3 Musketeers(1993), the traitor and Billy the Kid, Young Guns(both), Bone Tomahawk, Apocalypto, Far and away are a few that come to mind
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MortSahlFan — 6 years ago(November 16, 2019 01:28 PM)
I love "There Will Be Blood", but it wasn't considered a Western by IMDB standards, so I didn't include it.
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phantomparticle — 5 years ago(May 29, 2020 09:54 PM)
I was never a big western fan, even as a kid, although I must have seen a zillion of them in the theatre between 1953 and 1965.
Lately, I've been watching a lot on YouTube. Must be something in my aging DNA
So, favorites:- Lonesome Dove
Yes, it was a tv movie, but I consider it the greatest western epic ever made; no offense to John Ford. - Little Big Man
Dustin Hoffman's tour de force performance, the excellent supporting cast, a brilliant script and the remarkable Chief Dan George (Man! How I miss him) should put this somewhere on everyone's favorite list. - The Westerner
It's Walter Brennan's movie all the way. He and Gary Cooper are the Abbott Costello of The Old West in this enjoyable romp. Still, there is enough drama to keep it from crumbling into farce. Brennan has a memorable exit. - Man of the West
Cooper again, nine years later, as a world weary ex-gunfighter who crosses the path of his old outlaw gang. One of the most brutal westerns ever committed to film. If anyone thinks Cooper was a wooden actor, look up The Westerner and then watch Man of the West, both played in his natural style and as different as our blue Earth and the gray dust of the moon. - Open Range
The great Robert Duval and the not so great Kevin Costner working perfectly well together. The final gun battle is one of the most realistic I have ever seen in a movie where everyone blasting away at each other look like they really are professionals with guns.
I wish I had more time to elaborate on my choices but, as Groucho once sang, "Hello, I must be going". Maybe a post sometime down the line.
And This, Too, Shall Pass Away
- Lonesome Dove
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(May 29, 2020 10:39 PM)
Well, here's a reminder, because I'd like to read more.
I like Gary Cooper, so I'll add those two movies to my watch-list. Thanks!
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️ Christina 1986-05-20 
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