Western Recommendations

[AreaFive]

I'd never really considered myself a fan of westerns in the past. I'd seen a few in passing over the years that I liked well enough (Tombstone and The Quick and the Dead) but I'd never been particularly interested in the genre at all.

Roughly a year ago, however, I was gifted a beautiful copy of the book True Grit by Charles Portis and enjoyed it immensely. It made me think "are there westerns I could enjoy as much as this book?" and my journey began

Listed below are the films I've watched so far as I've explored the genre. I'm sure there are many essential films I'm missing, however, and would love your thoughts and recommendations. Thanks!

High Plains Drifter
No Country for Old Men
The Revenant
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Unforgiven
A Fistful of Dollars
Hang em’ High
The Proposition
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
For a Few Dollars More
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Slow West
Pale Rider
The Homesman
True Grit (2010)
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Hateful Eight
The Wild Bunch
Django Unchained
Two Mules for Sister Sara

[Mister_Kidd]

The Searchers and Red River. #1 and #2 in John Wayne’s filmography.

[SuperDevilDoctor]

Django (1966)
Day of Anger
The Big Gundown
The Mercenary
The Great Silence
Duck, You Sucker

[BaronVH]

You got good ones in there no doubt. Add Rio Bravo, Big Jake, the old 3:10 to Yuma, Stagecoach, Shane, and I have to suggest the series Deadwood and Lonesome Dove. I have a signed, first edition True Grit by the way. The author recently passed away early this year.

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

The Searchers and Red River. #1 and #2 in John Wayne’s filmography.

Originally Posted by SuperDevilDoctor

Django (1966)
Day of Anger
The Big Gundown
The Mercenary
The Great Silence
Duck, You Sucker

Originally Posted by BaronVH

You got good ones in there no doubt. Add Rio Bravo, Big Jake, the old 3:10 to Yuma, Stagecoach, Shane, and I have to suggest the series Deadwood and Lonesome Dove. I have a signed, first edition True Grit by the way. The author recently passed away early this year.

These are great, I am taking note of all of these. Thanks, it is much appreciated.

Originally Posted by BaronVH

I have a signed, first edition True Grit by the way. The author recently passed away early this year.

That is brilliant, what an item to own. I'm sorry to hear of his passing.

[Thomas Irwin]

Pale Rider is my favorite Western. These are some others I like.

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

Pale Rider is my favorite Western. These are some others I like.

I had some minor quibbles with Pale Rider but definitely enjoyed it a great deal. My favorite so far would be High Plains Drifter.

Thank you so much for these recommendations. I had not heard of this Sabata trilogy. The more I read about it, the more interested I become. Lee Van Cleef and Yul Brynner? A banjo that doubles as a weapon? Yes, I will definitely be watching these

[Jerry2345]

Of those I’ve seen, I would recommend the following westerns which are not already in your list (and I’m likely forgetting some). While I recommend all of these as I think they are all good movies, I’ve put in Italics those which I found exceptionally good.

Spaghetti Westerns:

Sergio Leone:
A Fistful of Dynamite (or: “Duck, you sucker”). Not as good as his other movies, IMHO, but still well worth a watch.
My Name is Nobody (actually only a very small part of this movie was directed by Sergio Leone, but if you love Leone’s movies, I definitely recommend this - very fun movie).

Sergio Corbucci:
The Great Silence

American Westerns:

John Ford:
Stagecoach
My Darling Clementine
Three Godfathers
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Budd Boetticher:
7 Men From Now
The Tall T
Ride Lonesome
Decision at Sundown
Buchanan Rides Alone
Comanche Station

Anthony Mann:
Winchester ‘73
Bend of the River
The Far Country
The Naked Spur
The Man from Laramie
Man of the West

Howard Hawks:
Red River
Rio Bravo
El Dorado
Rio Lobo

Henry Hathaway:
Rawhide
Garden of Evil
From Hell to Texas
True Grit

Sam Peckinpah:
Major Dundee
Ride the High Country
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Delmer Daves:
Broken Arrow
3:10 to Yuma (the original)
The Last Wagon

Henry King:
The Gunfighter

Raoul Walsh:
They Died With Their Boots On
The Tall Men

John Sturges:
Last Train from Gun Hill
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Edward Dmytryk:
Broken Lance
Warlock

William A. Wellman:
Westward the Women
Yellow Sky

Kevin Costner:
Dances With Wolves
Open Range

William Wyler:
The Big Country

George Stevens:
Shane

Fred Zinneman:
High Noon

Michael Curtiz:
Dodge City

Nicholas Ray:
Johnny Guitar

Cecil B. DeMille:
Union Pacific

Robert Altman:
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

George Roy Hill:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Arthur Penn:
Little Big Man

Clint Eastwood:
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Lawrence Kasdan:
Silverado

So you’ve got your work cut out for you

[MJD64]

Plenty of great recommendations thus far from fellow members AreaFive, but I'll add Sam Peckinpah's terrific final western PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID - unfortunately, not on Blu yet - to the mix...and for a "younger" take on the same story you may want to check out YOUNG GUNS II, the (superior) sequel to YOUNG GUNS.

[RICKBONDOO7]

Last Train From Gun Hill and The Alamo on Bluray Please ! : )

[Dunemoon]

If not previously mentioned, check out Glenn Ford's Westerns.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064409...nm_flmg_act_31

[CinemaScope]

If you want some westerns easily available on Blu-ray:

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (stunning transfer)
Little Big Man
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Life & Times Of Judge Roy Bean
One-Eyed Jacks
El Dorado
The Professionals
Tombstone
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Lone Ranger 2013 (well I really like it).

[AreaFive]

Thanks again, everyone! Much appreciated.

[filmlover22]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/100_greates...ns_blu-ray.htm

[Richard--W]

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Classic American Westerns on blu-ray

[Jobla]

THE ALAMO (1960)
HOMBRE (Paul Newman, written by Elmore Leonard)

[hagios]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

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Classic American Westerns on blu-ray

^^^ nuff said

[jms864]

I highly recommend :

1) The Professionals - directed by the great Richard Brooks, starring Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, the beautiful Claudia Cardinale and Ralph Bellamy. a mission western. a classic, period.

2) The Bravados - Gregory Peck, another classic.

3) Red Sun- Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, excellent film.

[Lope de Aguirre]

Dead Man
(by Jim Jarmusch with Johnny Depp, Lance Henriksen, Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thornton, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Crispin Glover and Gabriel Byrne. Music by Neil Young)

[Drifter]

I'll second...
*The Searchers
*Django
*The Great Silence
*Duck, You Sucker
*The Big Gundown
*Breakheart Pass
*Chato's Land
*The Big Country
*My Darling Clementine
*Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
*Ballad of Cable Hogue
*The Professionals
*The Alamo

and add in...
*The Ox-bow Incident
*Tom Horn
*Cemetery Without Crosses
*The Shootist
*Death Rides A Horse
*The Grey Fox
*Geronimo
*High Noon
*How The West Was Won
*Lonely Are The Brave
*The Long Riders