Greatest Western Films Ever Made
What are the best western movies?If you were a kid and you’ve watched any of the John Wayne or Clint eastwood’s classic western films then i bet you would have dreamed once in your life of becoming one of them cool cowboys even if them were Outlaws. This is the beauty of western genre that even a villain is presented in such way that he is able to gain sympathy of audience, in fact become role model for some.
For those who don’t know about the ‘Western’ Genre – Western films are those that are set in the west side of America, has scenic beauty of the western deserts of America and usually follows an Outlaw or Gunslinger (bounty hunter) who either go for a gold heist or train robbery or has a duel gun fight with an evil villain and his gang. Western films portrays cowboys heroes and villains and have their own language. For example they use “Them” for the word “They”. Usually western films are set during the period of American Civil War and the characters have a very vivid fashion sense. Several western movies portrayed real life characters like Billy the Kid.
Western films were first introduced in the 1920s and the genre was quiet popular until the 1960s. But after that the popularity of western films declined and very handful of good western films were made from 1970 to til date. Many actors gained a wide fan following just because of their roles in Western movies.One Good example is Clint Eastwood. Many directors worked on several sub genres of Western films, most popular being Spaghetti Western.
Here is a list of 100 Greatest Western movies ever made:
100. Sukiyaki Western Django
99. Wild Wild West
98. Ride with the Devil
97. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man
96. The Great Silence
95. The Sons of Katie Elder
94. Quigley Down Under
93. An American Tail
92. Bandidas
91. The Alamo
90. Ned Kelly
89. Sraphim Falls
88. Bad Day at Black Rock
87. Shanghai Knights
86. Joe Kid
85. Maverick
84. Cannibal! The Musical
83. The Alamo
82. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
81. Django
80. CatBallou
79. Two Mules for Sister Sara
78. Johnny Guitar
77. The Shootist
76. Young Guns II
75. The Big Country
74. Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia
73. My name is Trinity
72. Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
71. Appaloosa
70. She wore a Yellow Ribbon
69. Rango
68. Ride the High Country
67. Shanghai Noon
66. The Cowboys
65. Wyatt Earp
64. Hidalgo
63. The Missing
62. Cowboys and Aliens
61. Winchester ‘73
60. Gun fight at the O.K. Corral
59. Mccabe and Mrs. Miller
58. The Mask of Zorro
57. The Professionals
56. Fort Apache
55. Jeremiah Johnson
54. Rio Grenade
53. How the West was Won
52. My darling Clementine
51. The Ox-Bow Incident
50. Duck You Sucker
49. El Topo
48. Silverado
47. City Slickers
46. Young Guns
45. Far and Away
44. Hang ‘Em High
43. Westworld
42. iThree Amigos
41. Last Man Standing
40. The Horse Whisperer
39. Red River
38. Pale Rider
37. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
36. The Quick and the Dead
35. Legends of the Fall
34. Dead Man
33. My name is Nobody
32. El Dorado
31. The Proposition
30. Blazzing Saddles
29. Open Range
28. Little Big Man
27. Tombstone
26. Rio Bravo
25. Giant
24. The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford
23. The Outlaw Josey Wales
22. True Grit (1969)
21. 3:10 to Yuma (2010)
20. The Gold Rush
19. Stagecoach
18. High Plains Drifter
17. Back to the Future Part III
16. Shane
15. A Fistful of Dollars
14. The Magnificent Seven
13. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
12. For a Few Dollars More
11. The Searchers
10. True Grit (2010)
9. Dances With Wolves
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
7. The Wild Bunch
6. Django Unchained
5. The Treasure of Sierra Madre
4. High Noon
3. Once Upon a Time in the West
2. Unforgiven
1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
So this was our list of 100 Most popular western films ever made. Which one is your favorite? Who was your favorite Western hero or Director? Did we missed any Good western movie? Share your views in the comment section below.
