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

[Autodidactic]

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.

Hell on Wheels was great.

Yes to Outlaw Josey Whales.

 

[King Medallion]

Catlow, The Professionals are a couple I like watching too.

 

[Rubone]

I always enjoy the odd ones like "The Missouri Breaks", Aliens vs Cowboys, The Harder They Fall, The Quick and The Dead, The Hateful Eight, etc....

 

[doubleh]

I found Hateful Eight to be hilarious and loved it. Russell's "dommer- goo" and who knew Samuel Jackson could scream like that. I wonder how many rests to catch his breath he had to take to complete that scene?

I'll confess to being a Russell fan ever since watching him play Elvis way back when. Completely off subject but I really enjoyed his two Christmas movies too. Number two great grand daughter that is 10 years old and I curled up in my recliner and watched them back to back last Christmas. I'll never forget when the first one came out and while we were watching it when he did the chimney thing she said, "So that's how he does it". Priceless to me.

Bone Tomahawk is considered a western and I found it be in the weird department but an OK flick.

 

[KyJim]

I remember watching the outer space remake of High Noon---the 1981 movie Outland with Sean Connery. But I had to first sit through a pre-release, sneak peek of a movie I had never heard of --- Raiders of the Lost Ark. After all the action in Raiders, Outland lost some of my attention because a lot of it is build-up and tension as lawman Connery waits for an assassination team coming in on the next shuttle.

 

[Alte Schule]

Two Steve McQeen westerns worth mentioning. Tom Horn and Nevada Smith. Though not a movie I really liked "Wanted Dead or Alive" back in the day and occasionally watch it on one of my streaming channels.

 

[Jeff62]

Blazing Saddles

 

[IJ1981]

Another good one that slips under the radar is the Gun Fighter with Gregory Peck. 1950.

 

[Jeff62]

Is anyone else watching to see who mentions “Brokeback Mountain”?
Because, whoever does you can bet that they're probably....... wait a minute, did I just mention it first? Dang it.

 

[IJ1981]

Here is the ultimate sleeper. James Stewart and Audie Murphy together in Night Passage.

They are brothers, one a outlaw one a Lawman battling together on the railroad.. Great fun!

 

[Howland937]

Here is the ultimate sleeper. James Stewart and Audie Murphy together in Night Passage.

They are brothers, one a outlaw one a Lawman battling together on the railroad.. Great fun!

Definitely one of Audie Murphy's best.

 

[geim druth]

You know what? After reading this thread I realized there are not too many Westerns I don't like.

Two I don't think have been mentioned are the Support Your Local Sheriff and Your Local Gunfighter movies, but I might as well just say 'anything with Jack Elam'.

 

[SwampWolf]

Lonesome Dove-best ever; no real contenders imo. The sequel to Lonesome Dove? One of the worst ever.

 

[Rubone]

Lonesome Dove-best ever; no real contenders imo. The sequel to Lonesome Dove? One of the worst ever.

The books are better though!!

 

[SwampWolf]

The books are better though!!

Impossible to compare utterly different venues. Apples and oranges. For instance, which are better, movies filmed in black and white or in color?

 

[d2wing]

The Searchers. No contest. Honorable mention, Tombstone. The Man who shot Liberty Valance, High Noon. Anything with Jimmy Stewart or John Wayne is a good flick. Also liked Unforgiven. Then there are hundreds of old westerns with great actors that are a joy to watch. Also dozens that are ruined by Hollywood like just about every Jesse James movie except The Northfield Raid was good. My dearly departed BIL watched the Western Channel for hours when I visited.

 

[Rubone]

Impossible to compare utterly different venues. Apples and oranges. For instance, which are better, movies filmed in black and white or in color?

Not venues, mediums. But you are right, no movie ever bested the book it was stolen from...

 

[tygranch]

Blazing Saddles is a tradition at deer camp. The bride's favorite is Two Mules for Sister Sarah.

 

[Scrapiron45]

The Undefeated.
Windage and elevation...

 

[SwampWolf]

But you are right, no movie ever bested the book it was stolen from...

Many, if not most, movies of serious import found their way from books. But to say, for instance, that Jaws the movie as compared to Benchley's book is "better" or "worse" is pure folly. You might like the book better than the movie or vice-versa but the two venues (oops, mediums) are simply not comparable when it comes to their intrinsic "worths". And, for the record, after having read the book (once) and watched the movie (several times), I much prefer the Lonesome Dove movie format. Each to there own.

 

[SDDAVE56]

 

[lemaymiami]

You had to mention Blazing Saddles... Mel Brooks has always been a hoot - no matter what genre he was sending up....

 

[Appalachiannative]

I never saw any of the real old westerns till I got married. My wife grew up on John Wayne I grew up watching cheesy 1980's action movies so my favorite westerns where always tombstone and unforgiven. But then I saw The Cowboys with John Wayne and Bruce Dern and Big Jake. I like the Cowboys the best.

 

[Ironicaintit]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Young Guns. was it that bad? I liked it.

There's lots out there I like, but I think I'm more of a Clint Eastwood fan.

And Blazing Saddles is the top of my list

 

[Choctaw]

Gotta put Tombstone in there.

If nothing else for the wide variety of firearms and gunleather used in the production. Not really a western but Ride With The Devil is very good.