The American Film Institute’s official 50 nominees for the Top 10 Westerns of All-Time (to be announced June 17, 2008) "AFI defines “western” as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier." "Brimming with subtext and mythology, westerns offer iconic images of a time gone by and perhaps a time that never was. A man of action with an unspoken code of honor, the western hero faces gun-toting opponents, hostile natives, lawless towns, the harsh forces of nature, and the encroachment of civilization. But the westerner keeps going, drawn to the freedom of the open plains and the promise of a new life." Check out all the entries from "AFI’s Top 10" here: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55322/tagged_as?name=afi+top+10 In alphabetical order. (found at: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/10top10.aspx)
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Bend Of The River
by Anthony Mann
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The Big Country
by William Wyler
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Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
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Broken Arrow
by Delmer Daves
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Special Edition)
by George Roy Hill
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Cat Ballou
by Elliot Silverstein
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Cheyenne Autumn - Authentic Region 1 DVD from Warner Brothers starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson & Directed by JOHN FORD
by John Ford
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Dances with Wolves
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Destry Rides Again
by George Marshall
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Duel in the Sun
by King Vidor
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Fort Apache
by John Ford
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Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Keepcase)
by George Stevens
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The Gunfighter (1950)
by Henry King
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High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
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High Plains Drifter
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How the West Was Won
by Henry Hathaway
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The Iron Horse (The Ford at Fox Collection)
by John Ford
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Jeremiah Johnson
by Sydney Pollack
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Johnny Guitar - 1954 (Import, ALL Regions)
by Nicholas Ray
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The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)
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Little Big Man
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Lone Star
by John Sayles
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Lonely Are the Brave
by David Miller
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The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition)
by John Sturges
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Major Dundee (The Extended Version)
by Sam Peckinpah
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
by John Ford
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
by Robert Altman
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My Darling Clementine
by John Ford
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
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The Ox-Bow Incident
by William A. Wellman
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Pale Rider
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The Plainsman
by Cecil B. DeMille
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Red River
by Howard Hawks
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Ride the High Country
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Rio Bravo
by Howard Hawks
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Rio Grande
by John Ford
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The Searchers (John Wayne Collection)
by John Ford
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Shane
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
by John Ford
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The Shootist
by Don Siegel
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Silverado
by Lawrence Kasdan
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Stagecoach
by John Ford
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The Tall T
by Budd Boetticher
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True Grit (Special Collector's Edition)
by Henry Hathaway
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Tumbleweeds (1925) (Silent)
by King Baggot
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Unforgiven
by Clint Eastwood
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Union Pacific (1939)
by Cecil B. DeMille
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The Westerner
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The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Will Penny (Ws Sub)
by Tom Gries
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