Top 10 Westerns

The Western is a genre of art that may be found in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 but most are set between the end of the American Civil War (1865) and the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. There are also a number of films about Western-type characters in contemporary settings, such as Junior Bonner set in the 1970s and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada in the 21st century.

Westerns often portray how primitive and obsolete ways of life confronted modern technological or social changes. This may be depicted by showing conflict between natives and settlers or U.S. Cavalry or between cattle ranchers and farmers ("sodbusters"), or by showing ranchers being threatened by the onset of the Industrial Revolution. American Westerns of the 1940s and 1950s emphasize the values of honor and sacrifice. Westerns from the 1960s and 1970s often have a more pessimistic view, glorifying a rebellious anti-hero and highlighting the cynicism, brutality and inequality of the American West. Despite being tightly associated with a specific time and place in American history, these themes have allowed Westerns to be produced and enjoyed across the world.

10. Red River (1948) - Howard Hawks
09. Johnny Guitar (1954) - Nicholas Ray
08. My Darling Clementine (1946) - John Ford
07. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) - Clint Eastwood
06. Man Of The West (1958) - Anthony Mann
05. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) - Sergio Leone
04. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) - Robert Altman
03. The Wild Bunch (1969) - Sam Peckinpah
02. Shane (1953) - George Stevens
01. The Searchers (1956) - John Ford

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[floridafyme]

THE SEARCHERS is # 1. I would lose my mind attempting to do a top 10. I would have to do a top 1000.

[teiska123]

Good list and excellent video. Thank you for the share this, buddy. Yeee-ha! :) I link here my Top Ten Westerns as well: 1. The Magnificent Seven (1960) 2. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 3. The Wild Bunch (1969) 4. Man of the West (1958) 5. Unforgiven (1992) 6. Dances with Wolves (1990) 7. High Noon (1952) 8. Rio Bravo (1959) 9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 10. Cat Ballou (1965)

[heartman64]

uh... were's the good the bad and the ugly.

[barrygioportmorien1]

@cholulasaucehot1

Then you obviously don't win any arguments with yourself, and will remain blissful, Movies and Music are subjective we all don't like the same thing, that's why there are white cars and black cars, but your ignorance shows through when you start calling names at people who don't agree with you. Don't print lists if you can't tolerate another's opinion.

[monk22yrs]

@barrygioportmorien1 leonne re-invented the western.

the western was dead when leone came along.

EVERYBODY but you thinks that.

eastwood ripped off leone, after being in leone westerns...duh.

[barrygioportmorien1]

@cholulasaucehot1

If brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow your mind.

[monk22yrs]

@cholulasaucehot1 little kids like you who are so stupid, while thinking they know everything....way too many of YOU mental midgets on the internet.

[cholulasaucehot1]

@barrygioportmorien1 visit IMDB and look up josey wales ...its rating is no where near the Leone movies....you just make shit up as you go......i kinda like that in a strange way.....only problem is its impossible to win an arguement with a moron....fortunately for you....ignorance is bliss. So you will remain unaffected while i will only grow annoyed if i continue to try to educate you ...anyways good day to you ...sir...

[cholulasaucehot1]

@barrygioportmorien1 stop proving your ignorance...everyone worth their salt knows the 2 best westerns ever made are the GBU and once upon a time in the west...please....you bore me....your only attribute is your ability to correct my grammer and spelling...as far as ur opinion on movies go....it sucks....u best go buy the movies i mentioned and educate yourself a little ..lol the audio not matchin up ? too funny u mental midget !

[barrygioportmorien1]

@cholulasaucehot1

All crap.

[barrygioportmorien1]

@cholulasaucehot1

Sergio Leone was the worst director of westerns, he used every cliche that was ever used in the old B-Westerns of long ago. His westerns were like parodies of westerns. He is like a joke that isn't funny, in my humble opinion. The only thing he had going for him was Clint Eastwood, and Clint got out, and showed him how to make a real western.