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Images Journal: 30 Great Westerns

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.

(found at: http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/infocus/)
1.
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 The Covered Wagon (1923)
by James Cruze
  
2.
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 The Iron Horse
by John Ford
  
3. Tumbleweeds (1925) (Silent)
by King Baggot
  
4. Stagecoach (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by John Ford
  
5. The Ox-Bow Incident
by William A. Wellman
  
6. My Darling Clementine
by John Ford
  
7. Pursued
by Raoul Walsh
  
8. Red River
by Howard Hawks
  
9. The Gunfighter [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
by Henry King
  
10. High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
  
11. Rancho Notorious [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
by Fritz Lang
  
12. Hondo (Special Collector's Edition)
by John Farrow
  
13. Shane  
14. Johnny Guitar [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
by Nicholas Ray
  
15. Vera Cruz
by Robert Aldrich
  
16. The Man From Laramie
by Anthony Mann
  
17. The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by John Ford
  
18. Forty Guns
by Samuel Fuller
  
19.
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 The Tall T
by Budd Boetticher
  
20. Man of the West [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
by Anthony Mann
  
21. Rio Bravo
by Howard Hawks
  
22.
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 Ride Lonesome (1959)
by Budd Boetticher
  
23. The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition)
by John Sturges
  
24. Ride the High Country  
25. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
by John Ford
  
26. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Sergio Leone
  
27. Once Upon a Time in the West
by Sergio Leone
  
28. The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
29. High Plains Drifter  
30. Unforgiven
by Clint Eastwood
  
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Created by sienel on Nov 14, 2006.