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Apr 7, 2014 · Top 10 Western Movies. They're some of the most stylish, gritty, and unforgettable movies of all time. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 weste...
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Mar 7, 2013 · This is our view of the Best Westerns Ever Made the top 20 It's an opinion not based on box office popularity, critic reviews or earnings, just the way we see it.
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Clint Eastwood talks about what makes a good Western film.CONNECT WITH AFI:http://facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitutehttp://twitter.com/AmericanFilmhttp://AFI...
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The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
- 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948) Director: John Huston. It's a big call considering he also made The Maltese Falcon, but the 1948 Western adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre could be John Huston's greatest picture.
- 'For a Few Dollars More' (1965) Director: Sergio Leone. The second film of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, For a Few Dollars More sees Clint Eastwood reprising his role as the poncho-wearing Man with No Name, while Lee Van Cleef entered the fray as his unlikely ally.
- 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (1962) Director: John Ford. The notion of Western heroes and quick-drawing cowboys has become something of a modern American myth.
- 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1969) Director: George Roy Hill. One of the best aspects of the Western genre is the interesting and complex characters it creates, whether they are fictional or, in the case of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, mythicized versions of actual people.
Jun 25, 2024 · The 100 Greatest Westerns of All Time. From classics by John Ford, Budd Boetticher, and Anthony Mann to a Korean gem, the genre has proven to be ever-elastic as a vehicle for some of cinema's...
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Jun 30, 2024 · The history of movie Westerns more or less begins with the end of the Old West itself. We run down the 50 best examples of the genre.