A Man Called Horse was a classic, Last of the Mohicans was another.

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Feeling a bit of movie nostaglia again, as well as a love for the American western:

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You know….there’s also “The Magnificent Seven” (Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson…), which is based upon the Kurosawa classic “The Seven Samurai”…..which in turn was inspired by American westerns. Same goes for “A Fistful of Dollars” (“Yojimbo”).

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Lots of great movies on this thread. My all time favorite would probably be “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” followed up by “Unforgiven”

High Noon and Open Range also are in my top 10.

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@Lurkin’no-mo:

In my book, the best western movie is “The Outlaw Josie Wales”. “Dying ain’t much of a living, son.”

Definitely another great movie. The line reminds me of one of the songs from Bon Jovi’s “Blaze of Glory” soundtrack. I don’t remember much of the actual movie (“Young Guns”? “Young Guns II”?), but I somehow ended up with the album and liked much of the lyrics. And he used the line, “dyin’ ain’t much of a living” on one song:

One of my favorites is “Santa Fe”:

I like the whole album. Miracle. Blood Money:

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Lonesome Dove was an awesome mini-series. Gotta renew my fix about once every six months or so.
In my book, the best western movie is “The Outlaw Josie Wales”. “Dying ain’t much of a living, son.”
Besides, Clint himself says it’s his favorite, too. Who’s to argue that?

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I did chime in before to say True Grit. But I am going to tell you, as a kind of r&r from all the more serious thoughts of the political present, y’all have provided quite a list of unfamiliar movies for me to rent over the long cold winter!

Back in the day, I actually was a teeny bopper. LOL So Cowboy Shoot ‘em Up flicks were not something I even tried, exception being True Grit. My daddy encouraged me to watch that one with the bait that Glen Campbell was in it! LOL

Daddy loved the Westerns. He watched ‘em all and checked out every single Western book at the public library.

I had no idea how much the true and right values were being expressed in much of his movie genre. So now I have a good list from all of you and am going to share them with my kids.

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I’m a little late to this one, but I tend to take weekends off from the net. Wanted to add my favorite western to the list, though: Silverado. This one is not just my fave western, but one of my fave movies of all time. Quirky humor, an all-star cast, and great visuals. Where else are you going to get Kevin Klein, Scott Glenn, and John Cleese all in the same movie?

Honorable Mention: The Cheyenne Social Club. Hank Fonda and Jimmy Stewart. Totally priceless!

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Blazing Saddles, opening scene where they sing and dance like idiots. Funny!

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… And here’s another nobody’s mentioned:

Open Range – Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner

Anybody want to start a list of the worst stinker Westerns?

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