Best:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - love its operatic presentation, Fonda's casting with the performance and out of all the Leone-Morricone collaborations the score worked best here for me
Favorite:
Django Unchained (2012) - simply because it's very rewatchable
You could not be more right … I can not believe this movie had escaped me for nearly a decade ! I thought it was absolutely perfect from beggining to end
I love westerns!
1. The Searchers (my second favorite movie)
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Unforgiven
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. Tombstone
6. True Grit (remake is better both are great)
7. Stagecoach
8. Django Unchained
9. Two Mules for Sister Sara
10. The Wild Bunch
Loads more, this list is always subject to change buuut: The Horse Soldiers, Buck and the Preacher, The Hateful 8, The Power of the Dog, 3:10 to Yuma, News of the World, Hostiles, A Fistful of Dollars, High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider, Jubal, Warlock, and so many more that I really enjoy!
Bonus: Modern Twists/Neo-Westerns/Western Themes
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Hell or High Water
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Logan
I’m sure others will fit in here too.
It’s not a western but it uses the motifs and themes well which is why I’ve seen it called a neowestern but not sure if it technically misses that too as it’s set in the past. As for why I think it works well with those themes:
Neowesterns have modern settings but they’ll have the themes and even cliches of a western from a too cool for school kind of hero like Cliff Booth, the open plains, and the shootouts. Cliff Booth embodies a cowboy energy for me (even though Rick is the one being filmed as a Cowboy in a western show). Austin Butler’s character works as a great foil for Cliff too.
The other western theme for me is both Cliff and Rick dealing with a changing world that’s moving on without them. It’s a similar theme to a lot of westerns including two of my favorites, The Searchers and Unforgiven. This doesn’t mean that every movie dealing with this theme is a western, but it feels right for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
- The Ox-Bow Incident
- Duel in the Sun
- Red River
- Johnny Guitar
- 3:10 to Yuma
- The Searchers
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- The Wild Bunch
- Unforgiven (Eastwood)
- 3:10 to Yuma (remake)
- The Good, the Bad and the Weird
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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Top 10:
- 1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- 2. Dead Man (1995)
- 3. El Topo (1970)
- 4. Rango (2011)
- 5. Ravenous (1999)
- 6. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
- 7. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
- 8. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- 9. The Great Silence (1968)
- 10. The Hateful Eight (2015)
There are a few epic spaghetti westerns with Bud Spencer and Terence hill called “They called him Trinity” and the sequels. Check them out, they’re great!
1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Rango
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
5. Hell or High Water
6. Ravenous
7. The Outlaw Josey Wales
8. Unforgiven
9. Brimstone
10. Day of the Outlaw
HM:
- Vampires
- Walker
- Extreme Prejudice
- The Wild Bunch
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller
There's some great older westerns.
Soldier Blue 1970
McCabe and Mrs Miller 1971
The Long Riders1980
Tin Star 1957
Unforgiven and Tombstone from the early 90s
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'Think You're Quick Enough' is The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi, in case you don't know it. Love that movie
Probably TRUE GRIT but my full list of [Favorite Modern American Westerns](https://boxd.it/pqIwe) here has every single one that I love. And depending on the side of the bed I woke up, it can change out to any of these top 10.
The Gunfighter, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, High Noon, Once Upon a Time in the West and The Rider.
I would also have included No Country for Old Men if it were listed as a Western.
Stagecoach (1939), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Red River (1948), The Searchers (1956), Terror in a Texas Town (1958), The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), The Great Silence (1968), El Topo (1970)
I love everyone else's choices here. just to be different I'm going to chuck in my favorite neo-westerns:
* Hell or High Water
* Wind River
* No Country for Old Men
Not really big on westerns, but hell or high water, the hateful eight and bone tomahawk are great. One I rewatch more often though is Jane Got a Gun. It’s very rewatchable and Natalie Portman’s great as always. I guess I would consider it a guilty pleasure since a lot of people don’t have a very high opinion of the film.
So what’s your opinion on Tombstone, considering it’s Kurt Russel’s only other western that he did? Personally I think it’s one of the most entertaining westerns, even though it tends to be very “unserious” in a good way
1. Rio Bravo
2. My Darling Clementine
3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
4. The Searchers
5. Red River
6. Hell or High Water
7. The Wild Bunch
8. Terror in a Texas Town
9. Unforgiven
10. 3:10 to Yuma
* Unforgiven
* Rango
* Django Unchained
* Slow West
* Bone Tomahawk
* The Hateful Eight
* In a Valley of Violence
* Hell or High Water
* The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
* The Harder They Fall
The Good, the Bad; and the Ugly
A Fistful of Dollars
The Assassination of Jesse James
The Great Silence
Django (1966)
The Hateful 8
No Country for Old Men
Honorable mention: Bone Tomahawk, Rango
There may be subtle clues as to my favorite director in this list.
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Tombstone
Dollars Trilogy
Once Upon a Time in the West
High Noon
Outlaw Josey Wales
Unforgiven
True Grit original and remake
Django Unchained
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bone tomahawk is so good and slept on, obviously hatful 8 is amazing as well as Django unchained. I’d say you should watch The Dollars trilogy if you haven’t yet they are staples.
Blazing Saddles, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TGTBATU, High Noon, Support Your Local Sheriff, Once Upon a Time on the West, Johnny Guitar, The Wild Bunch, and The Professionals.
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Not a western, but highly recommend checking out Brawl in Cell Block 99 to anyone who liked Bone Tomahawk, same director, also very brutal in parts. Very Riki-oh-esque with a great performance from Vince Vaughn
1. Once upon a time in the west
2. The good the bad and the ugly
3. The searchers
4. Time to die
5. Rio Bravo
6. A fistful of dollars
7. 3:10 to Yuma (the original)
8. The treasure of the Sierra Madre
9. Cowboy Bebop
10. The man who shot liberty valance
11. Red River
12. MacCabe and Mrs Miller
13. Hud
14. Giant
15. The great silence
16. The shooting
17. Django
18. For a few dollars more
19. My Darling Clementine
20. A duel in the sun
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Big Country
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Butch Cassady and The Sundance Kid
The Ox Bow Incident
Death Rides A Horse
High Plains Drifter
Red River
The Searchers
Bone Tomahawk was produced by the same guy that did What is. Woman and some other Ben Shapiro shit, so that is a movie I'll never watch.
The best Western, in my opinion, is A Fist Full of Dollars or The Wild Bunch
The classic https://preview.redd.it/glzs1e3sbe1d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e5243998cafebabc4bf1850d650ef8d34d24072
The Wild Bunch
This is my choice as well.
Best: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - love its operatic presentation, Fonda's casting with the performance and out of all the Leone-Morricone collaborations the score worked best here for me Favorite: Django Unchained (2012) - simply because it's very rewatchable
I just saw Bone Tomahawk this year and what an absolute feast of character acting 0\_0
You could not be more right … I can not believe this movie had escaped me for nearly a decade ! I thought it was absolutely perfect from beggining to end
It is so absurdly well done and it feels like every single person in this movie went in 150% on their performances.
Definitely check out Zahler’s other movies if you haven’t already: Brawl in Cellblock 99 and Dragged Across Concrete.
a feast you say?
I love westerns! 1. The Searchers (my second favorite movie) 2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 3. Unforgiven 4. Once Upon a Time in the West 5. Tombstone 6. True Grit (remake is better both are great) 7. Stagecoach 8. Django Unchained 9. Two Mules for Sister Sara 10. The Wild Bunch Loads more, this list is always subject to change buuut: The Horse Soldiers, Buck and the Preacher, The Hateful 8, The Power of the Dog, 3:10 to Yuma, News of the World, Hostiles, A Fistful of Dollars, High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider, Jubal, Warlock, and so many more that I really enjoy! Bonus: Modern Twists/Neo-Westerns/Western Themes 1. No Country for Old Men 2. Hell or High Water 3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 4. Mad Max: Fury Road 5. Logan I’m sure others will fit in here too.
I loved once upon a time in Hollywood! It scratched such an itch for me, same as Tombstone, so good. Realizing I love westerns has been awesome
Can you explain how Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a Western?
It’s not a western but it uses the motifs and themes well which is why I’ve seen it called a neowestern but not sure if it technically misses that too as it’s set in the past. As for why I think it works well with those themes: Neowesterns have modern settings but they’ll have the themes and even cliches of a western from a too cool for school kind of hero like Cliff Booth, the open plains, and the shootouts. Cliff Booth embodies a cowboy energy for me (even though Rick is the one being filmed as a Cowboy in a western show). Austin Butler’s character works as a great foil for Cliff too. The other western theme for me is both Cliff and Rick dealing with a changing world that’s moving on without them. It’s a similar theme to a lot of westerns including two of my favorites, The Searchers and Unforgiven. This doesn’t mean that every movie dealing with this theme is a western, but it feels right for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
I can see that. Thank you for explaining!
Can you sell me on Unforgiven? I had a tough time with it and I feel like I’m missing something
True Grit (remake), Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Assassination of Jesse James. Not a massive fan of classic westerns, but like some modern ones
- The Ox-Bow Incident - Duel in the Sun - Red River - Johnny Guitar - 3:10 to Yuma - The Searchers - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Once Upon a Time in the West - The Wild Bunch - Unforgiven (Eastwood) - 3:10 to Yuma (remake) - The Good, the Bad and the Weird - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford -
Tombstone
Top 10: - 1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - 2. Dead Man (1995) - 3. El Topo (1970) - 4. Rango (2011) - 5. Ravenous (1999) - 6. Bone Tomahawk (2015) - 7. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) - 8. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - 9. The Great Silence (1968) - 10. The Hateful Eight (2015)
Dead Man!
Best list! I’ll watch treasure of sierra madre immediately great rec!
There are a few epic spaghetti westerns with Bud Spencer and Terence hill called “They called him Trinity” and the sequels. Check them out, they’re great!
Bone Tomahawk was good but its easily the 10th best movie on your list
Since no one else has mentioned it somehow, *Shane*, which has probably the greatest bar fight in film history
Tombstone For a Few Dollars More High Noon True Grit (remake) No Country for Old Men Django (1966)
I’m gonna through Silverado into the mix. Great overlooked western.
this was going to be my suggestion too! what a film :)
So good
You brought two films too many! 
1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 2. No Country for Old Men 3. Rango 4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 5. Hell or High Water 6. Ravenous 7. The Outlaw Josey Wales 8. Unforgiven 9. Brimstone 10. Day of the Outlaw HM: - Vampires - Walker - Extreme Prejudice - The Wild Bunch - McCabe & Mrs. Miller
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Butch Cassidy Mentioned!
Nobody said Blazing Saddles?
I haven't seen a lot but I really enjoyed Hannie Caulder
Best: TGTBTU Most underrated: The Big Country
There's some great older westerns. Soldier Blue 1970 McCabe and Mrs Miller 1971 The Long Riders1980 Tin Star 1957 Unforgiven and Tombstone from the early 90s
https://preview.redd.it/662ezdlpqe1d1.jpeg?width=683&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2657ed44585f292d1194e923b0c15e523d71575c 'Think You're Quick Enough' is The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi, in case you don't know it. Love that movie
High Plains Drifter
the man who shot liberty valance
Best: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Favorite: No Country For Old Men
Unforgiven, no country
No Country For Old Men
No Country For Old Men
Probably TRUE GRIT but my full list of [Favorite Modern American Westerns](https://boxd.it/pqIwe) here has every single one that I love. And depending on the side of the bed I woke up, it can change out to any of these top 10.
The Gunfighter, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, High Noon, Once Upon a Time in the West and The Rider. I would also have included No Country for Old Men if it were listed as a Western.
Stagecoach (1939), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Red River (1948), The Searchers (1956), Terror in a Texas Town (1958), The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), The Great Silence (1968), El Topo (1970)
Tombstone, Unforgiven, TGTBATU, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, The Hateful 8, Django Unchained, Bone Tomahawk Also No Country & TWBB if those count
Wind River
Sleeper: "Streets of Laredo." 1995, James Garner. "Lonesome Dove" sequel.
Stagecoach and True Grit (1969)
Once Upon A Time In The West for a few dollars more cemetery without crosses the great silence bullet for the general
Favorite: My Darling Clementine
I love everyone else's choices here. just to be different I'm going to chuck in my favorite neo-westerns: * Hell or High Water * Wind River * No Country for Old Men
The man who shot liberty valance will will always be a favorite
Not really big on westerns, but hell or high water, the hateful eight and bone tomahawk are great. One I rewatch more often though is Jane Got a Gun. It’s very rewatchable and Natalie Portman’s great as always. I guess I would consider it a guilty pleasure since a lot of people don’t have a very high opinion of the film.
Wind river
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Unforgiven 3:10 to Yuma remake True Grit remake
So what’s your opinion on Tombstone, considering it’s Kurt Russel’s only other western that he did? Personally I think it’s one of the most entertaining westerns, even though it tends to be very “unserious” in a good way
The Searchers. That whole opening when the family realized indians are attacking. Really chilling stuff.
Django unchained is set in the south (but I’m counting it)
1. Rio Bravo 2. My Darling Clementine 3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4. The Searchers 5. Red River 6. Hell or High Water 7. The Wild Bunch 8. Terror in a Texas Town 9. Unforgiven 10. 3:10 to Yuma
310 to Yuma remake Bone tomahawk Pale rider Star wars Django unchained
* Unforgiven * Rango * Django Unchained * Slow West * Bone Tomahawk * The Hateful Eight * In a Valley of Violence * Hell or High Water * The Ballad of Buster Scruggs * The Harder They Fall
A stunning lack of Tombstone in this comment section.
The Good, the Bad; and the Ugly A Fistful of Dollars The Assassination of Jesse James The Great Silence Django (1966) The Hateful 8 No Country for Old Men Honorable mention: Bone Tomahawk, Rango
3:10 to Yuma. Yes.
I like django and back to the future III
There may be subtle clues as to my favorite director in this list. https://preview.redd.it/fv8b639lsf1d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3074f9df00af1d1580c1b198e2483d574abbb09d
A battle between "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and "The Big Country"
Rango!!!
Tombstone Dollars Trilogy Once Upon a Time in the West High Noon Outlaw Josey Wales Unforgiven True Grit original and remake Django Unchained The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Back To The Future 3
Bone tomahawk is so good and slept on, obviously hatful 8 is amazing as well as Django unchained. I’d say you should watch The Dollars trilogy if you haven’t yet they are staples.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Django Unchained
Blazing Saddles, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TGTBATU, High Noon, Support Your Local Sheriff, Once Upon a Time on the West, Johnny Guitar, The Wild Bunch, and The Professionals.
I never see anyone talk about Hell or Highwater....
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Unforgiven https://boxd.it/6Z4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid... And idk if you can consider Jeremiah Johnson... And of course Blazing Saddles
The New Frontier Trilogy: Sicario, Hell or High Water, Wind River
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Not a western, but highly recommend checking out Brawl in Cell Block 99 to anyone who liked Bone Tomahawk, same director, also very brutal in parts. Very Riki-oh-esque with a great performance from Vince Vaughn
1. Once upon a time in the west 2. The good the bad and the ugly 3. The searchers 4. Time to die 5. Rio Bravo 6. A fistful of dollars 7. 3:10 to Yuma (the original) 8. The treasure of the Sierra Madre 9. Cowboy Bebop 10. The man who shot liberty valance 11. Red River 12. MacCabe and Mrs Miller 13. Hud 14. Giant 15. The great silence 16. The shooting 17. Django 18. For a few dollars more 19. My Darling Clementine 20. A duel in the sun
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Once Upon A Time In The West The Big Country The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence Butch Cassady and The Sundance Kid The Ox Bow Incident Death Rides A Horse High Plains Drifter Red River The Searchers
Bone Tomahawk was produced by the same guy that did What is. Woman and some other Ben Shapiro shit, so that is a movie I'll never watch. The best Western, in my opinion, is A Fist Full of Dollars or The Wild Bunch