I made a file of all the movies chosen so far and have pasted them down below my list as a reference. I thought it would be fun to see everyone's choices all together. You will find that my lists are different than most people's lists for many different reasons. I will have an extremely hard time narrowing it down to just the top ten, so I probably won't try right now. This is going to mean I have to watch all my favorites over about a month period and make notes and then do a more in-depth judging. Darn! I have to watch Western movies!!! I hate when that happens. :o)
As you can guess, I'm just kidding. I'll watch Western movies at the drop of a hat, till the cows come home, or till the fat dance hall girl sings.
I am including a bunch of John Wayne movies at the end that I like mostly because of John Wayne and the rest of the cast. There are reasons they didn't make it to the top of the list, but because of JW I can't leave them completely out.
My list of favorites off the top of my head, in no particular order, not narrowed down yet: (And I'm sure I'm still missing a few)
1 Hombre (Paul Newman)
2 The Stalking Moon (Gregory Peck)
3 Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford)
4 Shootout (Gregory Peck)
5 The Shootist (John Wayne)
6 The Cowboys (John Wayne)
7 True Grit (John Wayne)
8 The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)
9 Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood)
10 The Bravados (Gregory Peck)
11 Conagher (Sam Elliot)
12 Monte Walsh (the Lee Marvin/Jack Palance version)
13 Quigley Down Under
14 Tombstone
15 Chuka (Rod Taylor)
16 Rio Bravo (John Wayne)
17 Eldorado (John Wayne)
18 Rio Lobo (John Wayne)
19 Big Jake (John Wayne)
20 War Wagon (John Wayne)
21 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
22 Dances with Wolves
23 Silverado
24 3:10 to Yuma (the original)
25 Last Train from Gun Hill
26 Showndown at Boothill
27 My Name is Nobody (Terrence Hill)
28 They Call Me Trinity (Terrence Hill)
29 Trinity is Still my Name (Terrence Hill)
30 The Naked Spur (James Stewart)
31 The Professionals (Lee Marvin/Burt Lancaster)
32 Vengeance Valley (Burt Lancaster)
33 Hallelujah Trail (Burt Lancaster)
34 Ulzana's Raid (Burt Lancaster)
35 Night Passage (James Stewart)
36 The Cheyenne Club (James Stewart/Henry Fonda)
37 Warlock (Henry Fonda)
38 Firecreek (James Stewart/Henry Fonda)
39 The Far Country (James Stewart)
40 Bandolero (James Stewart/Dean Martin)
41 The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (James Stewart/John Wayne)
42 The Man from Laramie (James Stewart)
43 Bend of the River (James Stewart)
44 Broken Arrow (James Stewart)
45 Winchester '73 (James Stewart)
OOPS--Am I over ten yet?!?!
BUDDY:
1. The Searchers
2. Red River
3. Open Range
4. Miracle at Sage Creek
5. Dances With Wolves
6. My Darling Clementine
7. The Sacketts
8. Conagher
9. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
10. Major Dundee
CASEY:
1. Tombstone
2. Jeremiah Johnson
3. The Young Guns series (probably not very authentic, but the characters were awesome, also lots of sweet one-liners)
4. Open Range
5. Lonesome Dove
6. Broken Trail
7. The Sacketts
8. Quigley Down Under
9. An Unfinished LIfe (very modern, but a good story with Redford and Freeman)
10. 3:10 to Yuma
MULE:
1. Quigly down under
2. Conager
3. The Sackets
4. ROOSTER COGBURN.....
5. The Shootest
6. Open Range
Tombstone
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Open Range
Dances With Wolfs
Quigley Down Under
The Good, The Bad The Ugly
Fastest Gun in the West (Glenn Ford)
Shane (Alan Ladd)
Support Your Locaal Sherrif (James Garner)
Jeremia Johnson
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (Burt Reynolds) but the book was better
anything with Sam Elliott
Gina, I know you're ribbing me, but actually you were right. Linda had at least three in her list that I would put in my list and forgot. I knew that would happen! The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing was one. A great Burt Reynolds movie. And who can forget Support Your Local Sheriff, one of James Garner's best roles. Then there's Shane. I don't know how you could forget one of the most highly thought of Westerns of all-time.
Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
The Wild Bunch William Holden
Pale Rider Clint Eastwood
Hangem High Clint Eastwood
The Sacketts Tom Selleck
Alvarez Kelly William Holden
The Horse Soldiers John Wayne
Open Range Kevin costner
High Noon Gary Cooper
Just a few I didnt see listed above but are on my list.