the 10 best movie gunfights of all time

Wouldn't put nine of them in the top 100. You can go to the old westerns and find much better examples. Heck several of the gunfights in the Magnificent 7 would hit my top 10

Last gunfight in "Appaloosa" is one of my top 10.

And this one in "Open Range" is another one

La Femme Nikita, the Professional, Fifth Element, Unforgiven, Three Kings, Die Hard and of course, Hard Boiled.

Yes! I like the Matrix movies, lot's of cool gun moments and shootouts.

The final shootout of The Wild Bunch was a good one.
Open Range, The Magnificent Seven,Dirty Harry, and the scene with the Thomson in Miller's Crossing come to mind as well.

No Country for old men, Heat, thanks for the video. And ofcourse Shane.

I like the opening scene (the intro for the tv version, every episode) of "Gunsmoke" where in one well placed shot, Sheriff Dillon incapicates a notorious villain in a scenario that probably NEVER occurred anywhere in the Old West in any semblance as depicted. Still looks cool though.

For comics... Those scenes in Clint Eastwood's first "spaghetti western" (which name escapes me) where he does things like shoot signs hanging from brackets to accomplish something. Also, not really a gunfight, in El Dorado, starring John Wayne, he has to teach someone (James Caan) how to shoot. After very impatiently trying to teach him to point-shoot, he finds him a very short shotgun. Caan fires a shot at a fleeing villain and misses, but hits a swinging sign which then hits the villain. Absolutely hilarious movie, for my very dry sense of humor.

Different focus in my picks than most people's, but I think these are the best, in my opinion. Realism is moot, because most just aren't really. Hilarity is good, in my estimation of movies. I am generally at an extreme lack of entertainment while watching movies, but if it strikes my odd funny bone, I'll probably like it.

Well, I would say the old westerns. They use those revolvers never released to the public that hold 83 rounds.

My favorite movie gunfight. Not a shot fired.

+1 on Heat and The Wild Bunch
I don't think we should leave out Outlaw Josie Wales or Quigley Down Under though.

No arguments with the above suggestions, just adding one more...

"The Good, The Bad, The Weird" is a Korean adaptation of a spaghetti western whose title you can guess. It's funny even with subtitles, and has several great gunfights. It may have a greater variety of guns than any other movie I've seen, so those who enjoy identifying different guns in movies will have a ball with this one.

A sample:

John Wick

The 12+ shot "six shooter" in the open range clip around 25 seconds in was pretty funny.

They don't even make those mistakes is dumb movies.

This has always been #1 for me. Shane, 1953

"...on a 50" flatscreen, with an 800 Watt Sony surround sound with 6 surround sound speakers & two 12" subs..." There can be only one. The finale charge in 'Zulu'.
"...NEVER occurred anywhere in the Old West..." That'd be any TV/movie gunfight.

Who are these people who come up with such bogus lists. None were top ten material.

Ronin, another DiNero appearance.

Sunray said:

That'd be any TV/movie gunfight.

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That's why I said it! ;-)

Ah, for comedy, I forgot Indy! That one was pretty good. What was that guy thinking? I'll just take on Indy in an epic sparring/slashing match in a human arena? I don't think so.

The gunfight in Nepal from Raiders is epic.

The final fight in "Quigley Down Under".

If movie gunfights are your thing, "VICTORY AT SEA", a true reality show with everything from small arms to battleships and ending with Hiroshima.


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