Just watched The Shootist, 1972, with John Wayne .. Again

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I can't possibly pick a favorite, or even a top 10; there are just TOO many awesome classics out there!!! I do watch most of the Clint Eastwood flicks once a year, plus Once Upon A Time In The West, The War Wagon, The Sons of Katie Elder, and the John Wayne cavalry trilogy. But that's only for starters. :thumbup:
 
It's really hard to pick from these Mothers Lode of Westens since the Great Train Robbery in 1901.

But if you squeeze me dry and make me yell Uncle! I would have to say the taut psychologica,l deeply moody western Shane,1953, would be #1.

It delves deep into the 3 main characters Shane, Marian and her husband and makes us think.

Jack Palance is the ultimate villain in the final scenes which are as tense as you can get.

Pro gun Director George Steven's lays it all out on the table in this ultimate tale of good verses evil.
 
Recently released and running well under the radar is ‘Old Henry’. Sparse dialogue. Raw. Exceptionally well cast and acted. Absolute out of left field plot twist will leave you saying WTH??? Are you serious?? Now in my top 5 westerns of all time.

PS: The Man who shot Liberty Valance should be mentioned whenever someone asks about the greatest western.
 
Conagher. I imagine myself as the boy growing up on the frontier with my Winchester 66.

The cowboys with John Wayne.

The shootist of course is great. You can bring your fancy pillow!

Crossfire trail was pretty good.

But the searchers, uhg. The longest three hours I ever set on the couch. And the story line was horrible. It just sucked all the way round.
 
It's hard to pick just one. It depends on when you ask, but today I'm going with the Searchers as the best JW movie. Ask me another day and I may give another answer.

But the Shootist was the perfect last movie for JW. He played the part of an aging gunfighter dying of cancer while he was an aging actor who made his career playing gunfighters who while dying of cancer in real life.
 
No argument against Red River, Magnificent Seven, Open Range, The Wild Bunch, Josey Wales…

For just plain fun, watching Paul Newman and Robert Redford play off each other in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is hard to turn off. “I can’t swim.” “What, you crazy, the fall will kill ya!”

Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea, journeyman western entertainers, bowed out with class in “Ride The High Country”. Another Peckinpah masterpiece.
 
Open Range

Godless

First two seasons of Hell On Wheels. Then it went ugly.

Outlaw Josey Whales.

Cinematography, acting, fight scenes. The current best four westerns ever made.
 
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