Maverikk Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I love me a good Western. The Western used to be what today's superhero movie is to the marketplace, only TV also was Western heavy. My top 3 are:1. Tombstone2. Unforgiven3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Great choices. I'm going to select three that aren't on your list.1. The Good the Bad and the Ugly2. The Searchers3. The Wild Bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Hmm The Good The Bad and The Ugly is obviously there Once Upon a Time in West and ... in respect to John Wayne Searchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoplant Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 1. The Good The Bad And The Ugly2. For A Few Dollars Movie3. Once Upon A Time In The West 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 In Alphabetical Order:The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe Good, The Bad, and The UglyThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DussyMob Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceThe Good, The Bad, And The UglyTombStone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndustriousAngel Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 1. The Good The Bad And The Ugly2. For A Few Dollars Movie3. Once Upon A Time In The WestThat's an impressive list ... I was thinking along the same lines but a Top-3-list is useless anyway because you have to leave so many brilliant films out. "Rio Bravo" and "High Noon" should be on such lists, and "Little Big Man", and "Butch Cassidy ..." or even "Dances with Wolves" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoplant Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I also really like the remake of 3:10 To Yuma. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Blazing Saddles takes the top three places for me. I haven't seen many westerns though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverikk Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 That's an impressive list ... I was thinking along the same lines but a Top-3-list is useless anyway because you have to leave so many brilliant films out. "Rio Bravo" and "High Noon" should be on such lists, and "Little Big Man", and "Butch Cassidy ..." or even "Dances with Wolves" ...A top 3 list makes coming up with the best 3 a challenge, not easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I've probably only SEEN 3 westerns :lol:It's weird though, I always say "I'm not into Westerns", but every one that I've seen, I've loved. Then again I haven't seen any of the classics, just the ones that have come out this decade... Jesse James/Robert Ford, 3:10 to Yuma, and True Grit. I think they're all excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinocchio Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That's really tough to answer. Right now I would say my top 3 are:ShaneThe SearchersRio BravoFollowed by Leones big three western movies andLittle Big ManThe Big SkyThe Hallelujah TrailDjangoDuel in the Sun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinocchio Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Blazing Saddles takes the top three places for me. I haven't seen many westerns though.Blazing Saddles was a spoof and Mel Brooks biggest hit ever... Made 120 mio USD in 74 domestic which adjusts to something like 500 mio USD today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinocchio Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 By the way, the 5 biggest western movies in terms of admissions domestic have been:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- 68 mio admissions (same level as TDK)Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks spoof -- 60 mio admissionsHow the West was Won -- 50 mio admissionsDuel in the Sun -- 49 mio admissionsDancing with Wolfes -- 41 mio admissions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 1. Jonah Hex2. Cowboys & Aliens3. Wild Wild West 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb007 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly2. High Plains Drifter3. Dances With Wolves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 1. Once Upon The Time In The West2. The Searchers3. Dollars trilogy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I've probably only SEEN 3 westerns :lol:It's weird though, I always say "I'm not into Westerns", but every one that I've seen, I've loved.Pretty much the same here. I've seen very few, but I really like them. I remember having a sleepover when I was younger and staying up all night with my friend and we watched this really old western. I can't remember what it was, but that was the first one I can remember watching. Anyway, from what I've seen it'd have to be:Butch Cassidy3:10 to YumaAssassination of Jesse JamesI really need to watch more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 1. Jonah Hex 2. Cowboys & Aliens 3. Wild Wild West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 If you're seriously trying to consider the three best of all time you need to look at how they influenced the genre, movies at large, and perhaps even culture outside of the movies. Possibilities: The Searchers (highly influential for many directors and writers, plus it's one of John Wayne's most famous performances and it was one of the first Westerns to start taking a nuanced approach to the genre) Stagecoach (one of the first movies that's essentially one big chase scene, plus it put John Wayne on the map) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (immensely popular in its day, still holds up well today, and essentially set the template for all the thousands of "buddy" movies that followed) The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah's masterpiece, which ushered in a new era of realistic violence, gore, nihilism and stripped away the hero worship that westerns so typically had. Basically, UNFORGIVEN a couple of decades earlier). The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Sergio Leone's great culmination of the "Man With No Name" trilogy, which has been a huge influence on Tarantino and Peter Jackson, among others). TG,TB,&TU is also head and shoulders (IMO) above the first two films in the trilogy). But if you want to single out a stand-alone Leone movie, it would have to be: Once Upon a Time in the West (just a stunning and elegiac vision of the Cinematic West, both highly stylized and very natural). Unforgiven (which doesn't really tread on new ground but essentially re-vitalized the Western as a modern genre and gave it new energy and gravitas). Essentially, any modern western is drawing heavily from at least one of these movies, and often several of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
