Western's - can you recommend some?

[ANDYBALLINA]

Hey guys and gals, I'm wanting to some Western's to my collection (as its one genre I'm yet to explore) and am wanting your recommendations on some awesome western's on Blu ray.

I currently only own 1 Western (Unforgiven), which I havn't seen yet, some an open to suggestions. I'm planning to get How The West Was Won and 3:10 to Yuma, but thats all I really know off.

Cheers.

[Rusty100]

Going to post the obvious, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

[Sharpie]

Open Range
Pale Rider
Lonesome Dove
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Quigley Down Under
Wyatt Earp
Young Guns
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Quick and the Dead

I do not know if all the titles listed are in BluRay

enjoy!

[TwelveMind]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

Going to post the obvious, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

+1 (The Man with No Name trilogy)

I'll also recommend "The Searchers" which is probably one of the quintessential Westerns ever made. Criterion's "Stagecoach" is also quite excellent. One of my favourites is "The Wild Bunch," and if you don't mind what was essentially a remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai then there's "The Magnificent Seven." If you're wanting something a bit more modern, then the remake of "3:10 to Yuma" with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale ain't half bad. Good that it's already on your list. Also, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" might be worth a look.

As for venturing into foreign territory then "The Good, the bad, the weird" is a kimchi western high on action and plenty of fun. Not much by way of plot though as it hangs on a MacGuffin.

Oh, I have to mention "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" but I've heard the blu-ray transfer is piss poor. One from your neck of the woods is "The Proposition," which features Guy Pearce. How is that guy not in more films I'll never know.

[Supernaut]

A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Searchers
Hang em High

[menaceuk]

Tombstone
Unforgiven ( Watch it now)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ( best film i have seen in an extremely log time)

Those are the only more current Westerns i liked and all are on blu-ray.


The Quick and the dead is OK too.

[bingtau]

I would reccomend the Proposition w/Guy Pearce. Also would love to see the Great Silence on Blu.

[Ray_Rogers]

Seraphim Falls.

[crazyBLUE]

3:10 to Yuma is a great movie to have as well.

[retablo]

The Professionals is easily one of the best westerns out on blu, along with The Wild Bunch.

Also, there's no apostrophe (') in westerns.

[Lope de Aguirre]

Already on BD:
- For a Few Dollars More
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Hope these will be released soon:
- The Great Silence
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Keoma

[octagon]

+1 on both The Assassination of Jesse James and The Proposition. Both are excellent, thoughful westerns (fair warning: a lot of people would replace 'thoughtful' with 'slow') and both are loaded with absolutely fantastic camera work and outstanding performances. Highly recommend both.

The Criterion release of Stagecoach is also well worth a look. It's a great film and the restoration is as good as they get.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madres isn't quite a western but it's awfully close. It's a really good film, a very good transfer and Amazon has it on sale now for $14.99.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is not yet available on BD (thanks, Paramount) but the last DVD release was very well done and it's a great movie.

This one will seem like a bit of a stretch but it's not as crazy as it sounds: Seven Samurai. Sure, the cowboys all have ponytails and swords but it was the (practically scene-by-scene) inspiration for The Magnificent Seven and features many familiar themes and character types from traditional westerns.

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by octagon

+1 on both The Assassination of Jesse James and The Proposition. Both are excellent, thoughful westerns (fair warning: a lot of people would replace 'thoughtful' with 'slow') and both are loaded with absolutely fantastic camera work and outstanding performances. Highly recommend both.

The Criterion release of Stagecoach is also well worth a look. It's a great film and the restoration is as good as they get.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madres isn't quite a western but it's awfully close. It's a really good film, a very good transfer and Amazon has it on sale now for $14.99.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is not yet available on BD (thanks, Paramount) but the last DVD release was very well done and it's a great movie.

This one will seem like a bit of a stretch but it's not as crazy as it sounds: Seven Samurai. Sure, the cowboys all have ponytails and swords but it was the (practically scene-by-scene) inspiration for The Magnificent Seven and features many familiar themes and character types from traditional westerns.

Assassination of Jesse James has some of the best cinematography ever and it has some awesome performances from Brad pitt and sam rockwell but Casey Affleck for me is the star of that film.

Utter Brilliance

[MarkWM]

The Searchers.
One the the prettiest westerns ever shot.

[ANDYBALLINA]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the recommendations and have decided to give the following movies a go.

The Proposition
Quick & the Dead
The Searchers
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp (mostly for Kevin Costner)
Wild Bunch
Assassination of Jesse James
How the West was Won
3:10 to Yuma

[Brad1963]

The Searchers is a must. I have a fondness for The Cowboys. The Magnificent Seven is another one, but you could only get it in a collector's set (for now).

[X12Celtics3]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Highly recommended.

3:10 to Yuma was also good. I haven't really seen any of the old classic westerns, so I can't recommend anything like that.

[jediwarrior1984]

true grit is a good classic and north to alaska and just about anything with john wayne and clint eastwood

[bgmat58]

What about Rio Bravo and the original True Grit?

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

Going to post the obvious, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Get the trilogy box-set.All the movies are good man Also,will lend my vote to The quick and the dead.