What are your favorite Western Movies?

Gaer said:
As some of you know, my late husband was a buckeroo, sheriff and Federal Marshal. So, I watched his Western movies with him!
He got me hooked on "Gunsmoke", and some great Western movies! Part of my interest might be because I grew up in an ole Montana cow town.
Here are some Western movies which are my favorites! Please add yours! Thanks!

Lonesome Dove, (of course! best movie of all time)
Rough Riders (about Teddy Roosevelt)
Open Range (Kevin Costner)
The Grey Fox (Richard Farnsworth about Bill Miner)
Broken Trail Robert Duvall)
Wyatt Earp ( another Kevin Costner film)
Along came Jones ( Gary Cooper)
Ox Box Incident (Old West Justice)

Let's hear yours!
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I like westerns as well. There are a few on your list I don't think I've seen, but will start looking for them (Rough Riders, The Grey Fox, Broken Trail, Along Came Jones, and the Ox Bow Incident). My favorite of all time is/was Lonesome Dove which is not being challenged by the recent 1883, a really awesome western. I also love horror movies, not Jason, Scream, or slasher movies, but like Dracula, Blade and numerous others.
 
A very enjoyable oldie is Destry Rides Again, with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.

I also enjoyed the Coen Brothers Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and the recent Old Henry with Tim Blake Nelson.
 
Maverick with James Garner, Jodie Foster, and Mel Gibson (movie, not series)
Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner
Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt
Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman

And those mentioned already,
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"Jeremiah Johnson"
 
Lara said:
Maverick with James Garner, Jodie Foster, and Mel Gibson
Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner
Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt
Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman

And those mentioned already,
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"Jeremiah Johnson"
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Forgot about Little Big Man, that was great.

The Searchers, Red River, The Far Country, Bend in the River, all very good. Also Rio Bravo, with John Wayne and Dean Martin.
 
With @Gaer current Western thread, I noticed most posts listed relatively recent decade movies I've not seen because I have not had cable for over 2 decades. Admittedly not much a movie or tv person since my twenties but did watch endless TV while growing up and family often went to drive-in movies. Instead am OTA because it is an easy way much like not subscribing to any daily newspapers, for spending time in ways I personally consider more productive living my own life instead of watching fictional others. Note here in the SFBA, I receive 100 to 120 OTA channels though many are foreign language ethnic channels. Still, that includes all the broadcast and public channels plus channels like Grit that have lots of older westerns.

This Wikipedia link contains sub-links of all Westerns for each decade in chronological order with charts with 6 main columns of info including a Wikipedia link for each specific movie if available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Western_films

By directly changing just the numerical date in this URL, one can move between the different decade chart lists down through 1960. Below that lists 2 per decade since there were so many.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Western_films_of_the_2010s

I recognize few of those many listed under the 2010 and 2000 listings though most of those never saw. But began to see a few movies I'd watched during the 1990s and 1980s including the 1993 Tombstone film I currently began a thread about. Given so many films I've never even heard about, I guess if this senior ever becomes immobile, there will be much to be occupied over.

The 1970s, when I was in my 20's is where I recognize many Westerns, with most watched on tv while the most famous like Eastwood's films at theaters. But it is the 1960s and 1950s where I watched many including many at evening drive-ins. One of the early films my family saw at a drive-in probably inside a station wagon that left solid memory in my mind, probably because of the continuous adventurous escape, that still sometimes rises in my sleeping dreams:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Evil
snippet:

Garden of Evil is a 1954 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, about three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, played by Gary Cooper as an ex-lawman, Richard Widmark as a gambler, and Cameron Mitchell as a bounty hunter, who are randomly hired by a woman, portrayed by Susan Hayward, to rescue her husband (Hugh Marlowe). Rita Moreno appears at the beginning of the film as a Mexican cantina singer/dancer.

The New York Times reviewer wrote, "Although the story and its fireworks are interesting, they are dwarfed by the rugged mountains and lush coconut and banana-tree jungles of the film's natural settings."
 
There are TWO films with the title " The Quick and the Dead". The one I really like is the one starring Sam Elliot. (a Louis L'Amour film).
 
JimBob1952 said:
A very enjoyable oldie is Destry Rides Again, with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.

I also enjoyed the Coen Brothers Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and the recent Old Henry with Tim Blake Nelson.
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There were some films in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" I wish I could UNSEE! Too graphic for my senses.
Packerjohn said:
Gunsmoke ran for 20 years. I have just finished the 15th year which means I still have 5 more years to go. Also, watching the 5th year of Rawhide with 3 more years to go. I have seen all of Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen.

Don't know why I never got into Bonanza? I like Cheyenne but the DVDs are so darn expensive to buy. Really dislike the "modern" western due to constant swearing, constant senseless shooting and those long heavy coats they wear are a big disappointment. Reckon, I like my cowboys with a bit of class. Wyatt Earp, Bat Matterson and Marshall Dillon all had class.
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Bonanza was TOO CLEAN! The terrain looked like someone took a broom to it. No tumbleweeds, no weeds, It was too perfect! I did cry when Dan Blocker died though!
Loved, loved, LOVED "Gunsmoke"!

About the old movies, I never liked Randolph Scott, or Audie Murphy, Even Steve McQueen didn't "fit in" the Old West, to me!
and, "High Noon"? Nope!
 
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JimBob1952 said:
Very good "small" western called The Tin Star with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins.

Also,

Shane
Winchester '73
The Naked Spur
Hondo
Stagecoach
The Long Riders (with three sets of brothers as the Millers, Youngers and James Brothers)
Hombre
The Professionals (Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster)
High Noon
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
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Oh yes McCabe and Mrs.Miller
That I watch recently
Sure was different
There will be blood
Not sure it should be a western
Probably not
 
Gaer said:
As some of you know, my late husband was a buckeroo, sheriff and Federal Marshal. So, I watched his Western movies with him!
He got me hooked on "Gunsmoke", and some great Western movies! Part of my interest might be because I grew up in an ole Montana cow town.
Here are some Western movies which are my favorites! Please add yours! Thanks!

Lonesome Dove, (of course! best movie of all time)
Rough Riders (about Teddy Roosevelt)
Open Range (Kevin Costner)
The Grey Fox (Richard Farnsworth about Bill Miner)
Broken Trail Robert Duvall)
Wyatt Earp ( another Kevin Costner film)
Along came Jones ( Gary Cooper)
Ox Box Incident (Old West Justice)

Let's hear yours!
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very sorry for your loss. Sounds like he was a strong and wonderful man. Take care.
 
JonSR77 said:
very sorry for your loss. Sounds like he was a strong and wonderful man. Take care.
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Wow! Wasn't expecting that! Thank you! He was a REAL MAN! he had to kill 11 men in his life. (as a sheriff and in the war)
Not that that makes a man! But he was brave and tender, humorous and kind. Here's his picture. But, THANKS!
 

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Well, since I love comedy...have to go with "Blazing Saddles," of course. But I don't know that really is a Western.

I think Clint Eastwood's movie, "Unforgiven" was pretty amazing.

But I love all the classic Westerns. Love anything with John Wayne.

Loved "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly."

Open Culture is a nice website, they list all kinds of free things you can find online...


John Wayne: 26 Free Western Films Online​

https://www.openculture.com/2011/01/john_wayne_25_free_western_films_online.html
 
Gaer said:
Wow! Wasn't expecting that! Thank you! He was a REAL MAN! he had to kill 11 men in his life. (as a sheriff and in the war)
Not that that makes a man! But he was brave and tender, humorous and kind. Here's his picture. But, THANKS!
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For every life he took, I am sure he saved ten others. Honorable man, giving honorable service. I will say some prayers for his soul.
 
Gaer said:
There were some films in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" I wish I could UNSEE! Too graphic for my senses.

Bonanza was TOO CLEAN! The terrain looked like someone took a broom to it. No tumbleweeds, no weeds, It was too perfect! I did cry when Dan Blocker died though!
Loved, loved, LOVED "Gunsmoke"!

About the old movies, I never liked Randolph Scott, or Audie Murphy, Even Steve McQueen didn't "fit in" the Old West, to me!
and, "High Noon"? Nope!
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I don't know about Randolph Scott but I read some place about Audie Murphy. Of course, he was a war hero but apparently he was a pretty short little guy. It seems that in his movies, when he stood next to a woman, he had to stand on a little wooden box to give him some height. Guess Hollywood had a taboo of filming short men standing next to tall women. Strange!

You are right about Bonanza. Three grown up men living with "daddy" does seem rather strange in today's way of thinking. Lorne Green was born in Canada and I do have a copy of that great western song he recorded called, "Ringo." I also have a 45 record of the tune "Bonanza" recorded by Johnny Cash way back in the 60s I believe.
 
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