10 favorite Westerns of all time

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This may have been done before... sorry if it's a re-post but....

 today, a few of us were hashing out who our favorite STAR was... Mine was the Duke always was, always will be.

But  topic turned to : "What are your 10 favorite Westerns of all time" ?

First (for me ) but not necessarily in order was....

"The Man who Shot Liberty Valance"
" Outlaw Josie Wales "
" Silverado "
"Lonesome Dove" ( the first one ! OK it's a MINI Series  ,but still great )
" Dances with Wolves "
 " She wore a Yellow Ribbon "
 " Rio Grande "
  "Ft Apache"
  "Quigley Down Under" ( it so west it's an Eastern )
  "Open Range "

Ok so that's ten ( but I'm gonna put John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy as one dang it ,    because I need room to list two more )

 "The Magnificent Seven "

and the toss up " Wild Bill " or (A modern Western) "Last of the Dog Soldiers" ...oh yeah ! "Unforgiven"


well these are mine and I'll stand by them.... what are yours ?
I'm betting by your choices ,  there will be a reason to recall "The Top 15 or ? favorite Westerns of all time

[Brigid Tanner]

This was harder than I thought it would be!

!st and always my favorite, The Cowboys
rest are in no particular order...

Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Sons of Katie Elder
Tombstone
Magnificent Seven (original movie)
Silverado
Chisolm
Cat Ballou
The Searchers
Liberty Valance

[Mogorilla]

This is a tough one, but I will chime in as well.  These are in no particular order.

Silverado
Tombstone
Rio Lobo (makes me feel comfortable)
Rio Bravo (Proof that Dean Martin could act very well)
Searchers (Proof that the Duke could act with depth (contrary to some's opinions))
Outlaw Jose Wales (Hey I am a Missouri Gorilla, required viewing)
Ride with the Devil (Hey, still a missouri gorilla)
For a few Dollars More (my favorite all time Italian Western, Van Cleef as Mortimer is classic)
Big Jake
Rooster Cogburn (the sequel, but KAtherine Hepburn was perfect opposite an aging Duke.)

Runner up (say somewhere about 38? would be The Outlaw  )

[Silver Creek Slim]

In no particular order:

The Shootist
Red River
Rio Grande
The Searchers
Stagecoach
Angel and the Bad Man
McLintock!
The Alamo
Crossfire Trail
Open Range


Slim

[litl rooster]

again in no paticlur order


Lonesome Dove, in fact all 4 but will only count as 1
The Shootist (favorite Wayne movie)
Yellow Ribbon
Geronimo (Wes Studi)
Open Range
Wild Bill (little bizarre but good watchin)
Tombstone
Long Riders
Unforgiven (favorite Eastwood movie)
True Grit   (I am the little one eyed fat man)
 

[LazyK Pejay]

She wore a yellow ribbon
Lonesome Dove
Conager
Tombstone
A fist full of dollars
Quigley Down Under
Fort Apache
For a few dollars more
The Wild Bunch
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

LazyK Pejay

[Pukin Dog]

What?? Nobody voted for "Hell to Pay"  (probably should be, "Hell, I paid??")

Just kidding with that one.  But seriously I haven't seen a vote for "Blazing Saddles" either and that should be on everyones list!!

[Yankee John]

Here are my favorites.  Most I could watch over and over- Which would drive my wife NUTS!

- Pale rider
- Outlaw Josie Wales
- Open Range
- Dances with Wolves
- Little Big Man (hilarious!)
- Gettysburg
- Glory
- Gods & Generals
- Blazing Saddles (also hilarious!)
- Unforgiven

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Here are mine:

The Outlaw Josie Wales
The Shootist
Open Range
Quigley Down Under
Tombstone
Unforgiven
The Magnificent Seven
Crossfire Trail
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Last of the Dog Soldiers

[LazyK Pejay]

One I could have added I watched on TV last night. "Bite the Bullet." The story is not bad but the scenes with some of the characters are good. It stars: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Colburn, Ben Johnson (my favorite cowboy), Ian Bannen, and Jan-Michael Vincent. Its about a horse race and some scenes and dialogs are terrific. It won an Academy Award for music and sound.

LazyK Pejay

[Spanish Marshal]

        Hi  from Spain:
   
     Here are Mine:

   The Searchers
   The Horse Soldiers      (The epic cavalry)
    Rio Grande           
    Fort Apache
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    Tombstone
    Unforgiven
    Open Range
    Major Dundee
   The Outlaw Josie Wales

                     Spanish Marshal
 

[Major 2]

Here are my favorites.  Most I could watch over and over- Which would drive my wife NUTS!

- Pale rider
- Outlaw Josie Wales
- Open Range
- Dances with Wolves
- Little Big Man (hilarious!)
- Gettysburg
- Glory
- Gods & Generals
- Blazing Saddles (also hilarious!)
- Unforgiven

Gettysburg,  Glory & Gods & Generals are not what would be call westerns , so you have three more choices coming.

But thanks for the kudos,  I worked on all three ....

[RRio]

My favorites from #10 on down to #1:

10. Wyatt Earp
 9. Heaven With a Gun (Glenn Ford)
 8. The Sacketts
 7. Quigley Down Under
 6. Dances with Wolves
 5. Johnson County War (Tom Berrenger)
 4. Goin' South
 3. Monte Walsh  (Tom Selleck)
 2. Lonesome Dove

and my all time favorite in spot number...

 1. Open Range

[Iowa Wiley Stafford]

I can't believe no one put at least one vote in for "Winchester '73"

[Major Matt Lewis]

For me, I like them all so much, that I hesitate to put them in any order...

Geronimo (An American Legend) Yes, the one with Wes Studi
The Searchers
Son of the Morning Star
Tombstone
Silverado
Open Range
Ulzana's Raid
Major Dundee
Conagher
Cross Fire Trail

[Ed Clintwood]

does anyone know the name of the movie with Charlton Heston (I think) where they do a fair amount of very long range shooting usually at people.  I think Heston is a marshall or some sort of lawman after the bad guy of course.  I only saw part of this one once a long time ago.

[Ed Clintwood]

Oops, how about Gregory Peck and some other fella who are about (not quite) equal in long range shooting

[tarheel mac]

Let's see..in no particular order...

Lonesome Dove (the original mini-series)
the Shootist
The Cowboys
Quigley Down Under
Tombstone
The Last Hunt
Support Your Local Sheriff  (hilarous)
Cat Ballou  (ditto)
Hang 'Em High
El Dorado

and several others..would be fairly easy for me to go 15 or so...

[Johnny McCrae]

My Top 10 Westerns:

1) Lonesome Dove (with Robert Duvall etc.)
2) Open Range
3) Cross Fire Trail
4) Streets of Laredo
5) Monte Walsh
6) Conagher
7) Unforgiven (with Clint Eastwood)
Quigley Down Under
9) Tombstone
10) Gettysburg

[Johnny McCrae]

Forgot "Son of the Morning Star"

[Doc Sunrise]

My favorites in no certain order are:
 
  Angel and the Badman
  My Darling Clementine
  Eldorado
  The Cowboys
  Rio Bravo
  The Shootist
  The Undefeated
  Rooster Cogburn
  Big Jake
  Rio Lobo

You could easily say that the "Duke" is my idle, he is an icon in my life!
 
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life.  Comes into us at Midnight very clean.  It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.  It hopes we've learnt something from yesterday."

[Cyrille]

Shoot! I have so many; If I took the time I think I could get to or close to 100 here goes
 Red River
 John Ford's 3 calvery westerns Rio Grande, Fort Apache, She wore a Yellow Ribbon {counts as one as it is a series}
The Shootist
Mclintock
Big Jake
Hondo
The Quick and the Dead w/Sam Elliott
The Orginal Magnificent Seven
 Lonesome Dove miniseries
Shane

[wspe61]

The Searchers
Lonesome Dove
Red River
Shane
Open Range
Unforgiven
Tombstone
John Ford Trilogy
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Cowboys

[dakotaranger]

1.  The 1957 version of 3:10 to Yuma
2.  Stagecoach
3.  Geronimo: American Legend
4.  The Man who shot Liberty Valance
5.  The Shootest
6.  McClintock.  I roar everytime I see Duke slap the donkey on it's left flank and says, "Hello Governor."
7.  Tombstone
8. My darling Climintine
9.  Big Jake
10  Red River

[Schofield]

1. Open Range
2. Lonesome Dove
3. Unforgiven
4. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (semi western you might say– great classic)
5. The Shootist
6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
7. Monte Walsh
8. The Outlaw Josie Wales
9. Shane
10. Hombre