We've been on vacation, but right before we left we watched The Rare Breed with James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara. I had vague memories of seeing the movie before but didn't remember much of the details. I was disappointed; the film never really comes together. Juliet Mills was the stand-out...
I just watched Cimarron last night. I liked it, but perhaps not quite as much as you did. The story seemed a bit disjointed even allowing for the fact that it covers such a broad span of time. Nevertheless, it's an impressive film. That start of the Oklahoma land rush is spectacular.
Man from Snowy River is very good. I remember seeing it in a theater and it immediately become on of my wife's favorite films. Consequently, I've seen it multiple times in multiple formats.
Genre definitions are hard which is one of the reasons we love to talk about them. I didn't have Treasure of Sierra Madre on my list at first because it doesn't really feel like western to me. Then I saw it on some other lists, realized I couldn't come up with a good reason to exclude it. I...