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Best Westerns in the history of film

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Filmaffinity's Ranking of the best Westerns in the history of film with +1000 votes

1

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

John Ford

John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien ...

8.3

35,960
2

Unforgiven Unforgiven

1992

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett ...

8.2

97,418
3

Once Upon a Time in the West Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

Sergio Leone

Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Wolff ...

8.2

27,527
4

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966

Sergio Leone

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach, Aldo Giuffrè, Rada Rassimov ...

8.2

68,885
5

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

John Huston

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane ...

8.1

16,523
6

The Wind The Wind

1928

Victor Sjöström

Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Margaret Mann ...

8.1

2,629
7

High Noon High Noon

1952

Fred Zinnemann

Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado ...

8.0

28,852
8

For a Few Dollars More For a Few Dollars More

1965

Sergio Leone

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli ...

8.0

37,501
9

The Big Country The Big Country

1958

William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker ...

8.0

13,694
10

Stagecoach Stagecoach

1939

John Ford

John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, Andy Devine, George Bancroft ...

8.0

28,914
11

The Searchers The Searchers

1956

John Ford

John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Vera Miles ...

8.0

34,103
12

The Wild Bunch The Wild Bunch

1969

Sam Peckinpah

William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates ...

8.0

26,878
13

My Darling Clementine My Darling Clementine

1946

John Ford

Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt ...

8.0

9,701
14

Rio Bravo Rio Bravo

1959

Howard Hawks

John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan ...

8.0

23,674
15

The Ox-Bow Incident The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

William A. Wellman

Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe ...

7.9

4,782
16

Django Unchained Django Unchained

2012

Quentin Tarantino

Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson ...

7.9

120,206
17

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

George Roy Hill

Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey ...

7.8

39,182
18

Red River Red River

1948

Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson

John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, John Ireland ...

7.8

13,225
19

Johnny Guitar Johnny Guitar

1954

Nicholas Ray

Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Scott Brady, Mercedes McCambridge, Ward Bond ...

7.8

14,633
20

Winchester '73 Winchester '73

1950

Anthony Mann

James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Charles Drake ...

7.7

7,240
21

El Dorado El Dorado

1966

Howard Hawks

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix ...

7.7

14,287
22

Shane Shane

1953

George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance ...

7.7

11,944
23

Fort Apache Fort Apache

1948

John Ford

Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, John Agar ...

7.7

8,652
24

Colorado Territory Colorado Territory

1949

Raoul Walsh

Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull, John Archer ...

7.6

1,887
25

Bend of the River Bend of the River

1952

Anthony Mann

James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Lori Nelson ...

7.6

8,336
26

Jeremiah Johnson Jeremiah Johnson

1972

Sydney Pollack

Robert Redford, Will Geer, Allyn Ann McLerie, Stefan Gierasch, Matt Clark ...

7.6

12,391
27

The Horse Soldiers The Horse Soldiers

1959

John Ford

John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Althea Gibson, Hoot Gibson ...

7.6

5,193
28

A Fistful of Dollars A Fistful of Dollars

1964

Sergio Leone

Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp ...

7.6

30,885
29

Ride the High Country Ride the High Country

1962

Sam Peckinpah

Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan ...

7.5

6,028
30

Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid

1973

Sam Peckinpah

James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Jason Robards, L.Q. Jones, Bob Dylan ...

7.5

9,466

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