Some good westerns? (1 Viewer)

[StephenA]

I haven't seen a western before(unless you count Blazing Saddles), and was wondering what some good westerns are.

 

[Frank Doorhof]

Depends on what you like:

I like the more modern westerns, real good ones are:

Tombstone

The Quick and the Death

Wyatt Earp

Quickly down under

If you like the older ones:

Wild Bunch

Once upon a time in the west

The good, the bad and the ugly

(and all other Clint Eastwoods)

There are ALOT of decent westerns but above mentioned are very good.

Greetings from Holland,

Frank

 

[Harry W]

Don't forget the Duke.

 

[Jeff_A]

If you haven't seen a western before, why not start with the best one ever made?
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

 

[David Lambert]

Here's the ones I own so far (you'll see that I'm pretty liberal with some of the things I include, but it's all in good fun for the most part):

• [*]Blazing Saddles[*]Cat Ballou[*]City Slickers[*]El Dorado[*]Hang 'Em High[*]High Noon[*]How the West Was Won[*]The Magnificent Seven[*]Man with No Name Trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars[*]Man with No Name Trilogy: For a Few Dollars More[*]Man with No Name Trilogy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly[*]McLintock![*]Red River[*]Rio Bravo[*]Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady)[*]Three Amigos[*]Tombstone[*]True Grit[*]Unforgiven[*]Westworld[*]Young Guns II

Get Rio Bravo...it's my favorite with the Duke. As for Clint, I enjoyed Fistful more than Good/Bad/Ugly.
There are plenty I don't own yet, and desperately want. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for starters.
I hope this helps. Enjoy!!

 

[george kaplan]

This is a genre with a lot of different styles. It really depends on your taste. I personally don't care for any of the Wayne westerns, nor the singing cowboy (Gene Autry) variety. I do love the following though:

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

The Good, The Bad & the Ugly

High Noon

The Magnificent Seven

Unforgiven

A Fistful of Dollars

For A Few Dollars More

My Darling Clementine

As well as the following which are psuedo-westerns:

Son of Paleface

Support Your Local Sheriff

Support Your Local Gunfighter

City Slickers

Westworld

Blazing Saddles

 

[Steve Enemark]

Don't forget:
High Plains Drifter
Pale Rider
The Searchers
Stagecoach
in addition to the numerous good suggestions above.

 

[Neil Joseph]

My favourites are For A Few Dollars More, Tombstone and The Quick And The Dead.

 

[Terry H]

Several of those already mentioned are excellent but for my money, the quintessential western is Shane.

 

[SteveGon]

Don't forget The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck - excellent flick! I also recommend The Oklahoma Kid starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. It's not especially memorable but I believe it's their only film together so it's definitely worth a look.

 

[Michael Were]

Silverado

 

[Blu]

The Searchers is simply amazing! The DVD transfer is very clean and crisp with bright colors! The story is pure legend!

 

[Ben_S]

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly made me wet my pants. It's the first and only western I've ever seen (impulse buy at Wal-Mart for 9.46). Easily better than 90% of the movies out there. Trust me on this one.

 

[Michael P]

Wa wa wa, wa wa waaaaaa! Wa wa wa wa wa waaaaa!!!

Gotta love The good the bad and the ugly!!!! Also The Searchers, and Silverado!!!

 

[KevinA]

any spaghetti western kicks arse! (such as Good/Bad and the Ugly)

 

[Robert Crawford]

Don't forget The Gunfighter starring Gregory Peck - excellent flick! I also recommend The Oklahoma Kid starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. It's not especially memorable but I believe it's their only film together so it's definitely worth a look.

Steve,
First off "The Gunfighter" is perhaps one of the most underappreciated Westerns ever made. This is the film besides "Shane" that truly represents the genre in the classic sense of a gunman trying to forget his past and reputation and start over in life again. That successful portrayal of the lone gunman caused Gregory Peck to make a very bad career decision when he turned the role of Will Kane in a little film called "High Noon".
Now in regard to Cagney and Bogart, they starred in three films together during their Warner days. At that time, Cagney was the star and Bogie the supporting player until he struck gold in 1941 with "High Sierra" and "The Maltese Falcon". Anyhow, the following are the Cagney/Bogart films:

• Angels With Dirty Faces
• The Oklahoma Kid
• The Roaring Twenties

Crawdaddy

 

[Gary W. Graley]

My Name is Trinity, the whole Trinity bunch of spagetti westerns were pretty funny, not award winning but worth a look.

Favourite is Quigley Down Under and The Quick and The Dead, both versions!

G2

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

In addition to the Clints and some of the Waynes mentioned, you might also try Django with Franco Nero. Great spaghetti western.

Pale Rider is probably my favorite, but High Plains Drifter is up there too, as is Outlaw Josey Wales.

 

[StephenA]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to make a list of ones to rent. If I like any of them, I'll buy the. I can't define my taste in movies, because it ranges from the Adventures of Milo and Otis to Hellraiser to Me Myself and Irene to Star Wars to Akira to Beaches to Enter the Dragon, so I guess I'll have to check out some of the ones mentioned.

 

[SteveGon]

"The Gunfighter" is perhaps one of the most underappreciated Westerns ever made.

That it is. The Gunfighter ranks as one of my favorite westerns. Peck is just superb and I also like Karl Malden's performance as the sycophantic bartender - until I saw this film, I knew him only for his tough guy roles.

Thanks for the Bogart/Cagney info. I completely forgot about Angels With Dirty Faces! :b I haven't seen The Roaring Twenties though.