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re: Top 3 favorite westerns excluding tombstone

Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:21 pm to
Posted by Beauw
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:21 pm to
I think they’re talking about “the assassination of Jesse James by the coward…. “

It had Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt in it if I remember right.
Posted by FreddieMac
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Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:24 pm to
Unforgiven is the greatest western of all time.
True Grit with John Wayne
Silverado is also a great one as well
Tombstone is pretty darn good, but Unforgiven is a major cut above it.
Posted by CrotchetyCowboy
Ward, AR
Member since Jul 2022
809 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

think they’re talking about “the assassination of Jesse James by the coward…. “



Thanks. I should have picked up on that. Thanks again. Always looking for good westerns. Some of the newer stuff have good ideas but the filming is horrible and looks so fake.
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
16984 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:43 pm to
1. Once Upon a Time in the West, I have stated several times that it is not only my favorite western, it is my favorite movie period of all time.

2. The Wild Bunch
2A. The Searchers

I flip flop back and forth on these two hence the numerical designations.

Bonus comments

4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
5. Tombstone
Posted by AkronTiger
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:46 pm to
Unforgiven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
High Noon
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5295 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:46 pm to
True Grit - Remake
Outaw Josey Wales
True Grit - Original
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:00 pm to
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I actually think the True Grit remake is better than the John Wayne one.
Posted by CrotchetyCowboy
Ward, AR
Member since Jul 2022
809 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:13 pm to
Agreed. A little more humor than in the original

Support your local sheriff is in my opinion funniest western I’ve seen with James garner and jack elam
Posted by THRILLHO
Old Metairie near Cleary
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:20 pm to
Once Upon a Time in the West: sometimes my GOAT of any genre
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Unforgiven

Honorable mention that no one else is going to pick: The Good, The Bad, and the Weird
Posted by udtiger
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:23 pm to
Jeremiah Johnson
Outlaw Josey Wales
McClintock!
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:13 pm to
Once Upon a time in the West
Unforgiven
Outlaw Josey Wales
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:14 pm to
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Either of the True Grits


Blasphemy to some, but I prefer True Grit 2.0 over the original.
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:14 pm to
Unforgiven
Silverado
Outlaw Josey Wales
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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70096 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:15 pm to
quote:

Maybe an unpopular opinion but I actually think the True Grit remake is better than the John Wayne one



FILL YOUR HAND YOU SON OF A BITCH.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:16 pm to
quote:

Silverado


Damn good movie. Definitely top 5 western for me.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
40952 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:20 pm to
For a Few Dollars More
Open Range
One of the John Ford Cavalry Trilogy - probably She Wore a Yellow Ribbon






(ETA: can I add Blazing Saddles?)
This post was edited on 6/5/24 at 10:22 pm
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:26 pm to
Of the ones that haven’t been mentioned much, I would nominate The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Posted by Jay Are
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Member since Nov 2014
6124 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:37 pm to

Three under-seen classics that deserve mention with all the big guns already named here:
Day of the Outlaw
The Naked Spur
The Big Country

My favorite western from this century is the Tommy Lee Jones-directed The Homesman. It's absolutely brutal.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103972 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:53 pm to
For A Few Dollars More
The Quick And The Dead
3:10 To Yuma (remake)
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103972 posts
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:55 pm to
quote:

ETA: can I add Blazing Saddles?)


I didn’t get a “Harrumph!” out of that guy!
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