“Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?”
Josey Wales
We’ve loved western movies ever since the first one was filmed. There was just something about those wide open spaces on the big screen.
What’s not to like about a great western flick? ……Good guys, bad guys, six shooters, gun fights, horses, cattle rustlers, Indians, whiskey, saloons, dance hall girls, stagecoaches, posses, marshalls, deputies and sheriffs! Western movies had it all!
Are you a fan of the “epic” western with the all-star cast? Movies like Silverado come to mind….. Or…..Do you enjoy a good Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Leone?….. Or do you prefer movies like the Magnificent 7 directed by John Sturges?
The Duke or Clint Eastwood?….. Jimmy Stewart or Gary Cooper?….. John Ford or Sam Peckinpah or Quentin Tarantino?
There are thousands of westerns out there just waiting to be screened. Some great…… Some not so great.
Which Westerns are your favorites?
The Greatest 20 Westerns of all time from IMDb
1. Unforgiven (1992)8.2
2. The Searchers (1956)7.9
3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)8.8
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)8
5. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)8.5
6. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)7.7
7. Winchester ’73 (1950)7.6
8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)8.1
9. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)7.3
10. True Grit (1969)7.4
11. Django Unchained (2012)8.4
12. Dead Man (1995)7.6
13. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)7.7
14. High Noon (1952)7.9
15. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)7.9
16. Stagecoach (1939)7.9
17. Red River (1948)7.8
18. The Wild Bunch (1969)7.9
19. Johnny Guitar (1954)7.7
20. Tombstone (1993)7.8
Calamity Jane