The 50 Best Westerns (The Rough Guide to Westerns)

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The top 50 western canon, as put forth in the book «The Rough Guide to Westerns» by Paul Simpson.

  2. 2.
    Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
    by John Sturges
  3. 3.
    The Beguiled
    by Don Siegel
  4. 4.
    ?
  5. 5.
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    by George Roy Hill
  7. 7.
    Destry Rides Again
    by George Marshall
  8. 8.
    ?
  9. 9.
    El Dorado
    by Howard Hawks
  11. 11.
    The Gunfighter (1950)
    by Henry King
  12. 12.
    Heller in Pink Tights
    by George Cukor
  13. 13.
    ?
    High Noon (Zinnemann, 1952)

  14. 14.
    Hud
    by Martin Ritt
  15. 15.
    Jesse James (1939)
    by Henry King
  16. 16.
    ?
  17. 17.
    ?
  18. 18.
    Lone Star

  20. 20.
    ?
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 1971
    by Robert Altman
  21. 21.
    The Magnificent Seven
    by John Sturges
  22. 22.
    Man of the West
    by Anthony Mann
  23. 23.
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  24. 24.
    Monte Walsh (1970)
    by William A. Fraker
  25. 25.
    ?
  26. 26.
    The Naked Spur
    by Anthony Mann
  27. 27.
    ?
  29. 29.
    The Ox-Bow Incident
    by William A. Wellman
  31. 31.
    ?
    Pursued (1947)
    by Raoul Walsh
  32. 32.
    Red River
    by Arthur Rosson
  34. 34.
    ?
    The Searchers - 1956

  35. 35.
    Shane

  37. 37.
    ?
    The Shooting

  38. 38.
    ?
    The Shootist - 1976 - Don Siegel

  39. 39.
    ?
    Son of Paleface (1952)
    by Frank Tashlin
  40. 40.
    Stagecoach (1939)
    by John Ford
  41. 41.
    ?
  42. 42.
    ?
    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
    by Abraham Polonsky
  43. 43.
    3:10 to Yuma
    by Delmer Daves
  44. 44.
    El Topo
    by Alejandro Jodorowsky
  45. 45.
    True Grit (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Henry Hathaway
  46. 46.
    ?
    Unforgiven - 1992

  47. 47.
    ?
    Vera Cruz

  48. 48.
    ?
    The Virginian (1929)

  49. 49.
    Warlock

  50. 50.
    The Wild Bunch
    by Sam Peckinpah
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Created by stiaandr on Mar 18, 2009.
 

Comments

kasparius

49 — 2 years ago

I added the others from the amazon.com table of contents, but it seems as though there are only 49 films.

May 25, 09:56PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

bookmason

24? — 2 years ago

Where are other 26?

Good list so far, going to have to research a couple as I can’t tell from the little info here whether I’ve seen them or not.

Apr 09, 08:31AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

mangosteen48

24? — 2 years ago

I thought there was 50.

Mar 21, 07:08PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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