Images Journal: 30 Great Westerns

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These are the Westerns that any fan of the genre should know. These are some of the most influential and important Westerns ever made. We don’t necessarily claim these are the 30 "best" Westerns. The Covered Wagon (1923), for example, hasn’t aged very well, but it helped change attitudes toward Westerns and allowed for serious, feature-length Westerns to follow in its wake.

In chronological order.

  1. 1.
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    The Covered Wagon (1923)
    by James Cruze

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  2. 2.
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    The Iron Horse
    by John Ford

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  3. 3.
    Tumbleweeds (1925) (Silent)
    by King Baggot

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  4. 4.
    Stagecoach (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by John Ford

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  5. 5.
    The Ox-Bow Incident
    by William A. Wellman

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  6. 6.
    My Darling Clementine
    by John Ford

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  7. 7.
    Pursued
    by Raoul Walsh

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  8. 8.
    Red River
    by Howard Hawks

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  9. 9.
    The Gunfighter [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by Henry King

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  10. 10.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  12. 12.
    Hondo (Special Collector's Edition)
    by John Farrow

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  13. 13.
    Shane

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  14. 15.
    Vera Cruz
    by Robert Aldrich

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  15. 16.
    The Man From Laramie
    by Anthony Mann

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  16. 17.
    The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by John Ford

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  17. 18.
    Forty Guns
    by Samuel Fuller

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  18. 19.
    The Tall T
    by Budd Boetticher

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  19. 20.
    Man of the West [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by Anthony Mann

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  20. 21.
    Rio Bravo
    by Howard Hawks

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  21. 22.
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    Ride Lonesome
    by Budd Boetticher

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  22. 23.
    The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition)
    by John Sturges

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  23. 24.
    Ride the High Country

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  24. 25.
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
    by John Ford

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  25. 27.
    Once Upon a Time in the West
    by Sergio Leone

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  26. 29.
    High Plains Drifter

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  27. 30.
    Unforgiven
    by Clint Eastwood

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Created by sienel on Nov 14, 2006.
 

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