www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUTl8DSYUQA
But yeah, Once Upon A Time In The West is a very very good Western. One of *the* great film scores as well.
Dunno if it counts as a Western, but I thought There Will Be Blood was a brilliant film. Same kind of era anyway.
the searchers
unforgiven
stagecoach
el dorado
Hombre
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
True Grit
the magnificent seven or the seven samuri (japanese western?)
The wild bunch sam peckinpah
bad day at black rock
the man who shot liberty valance
Into the west (irish western?)
the good the bad amd the weird (not better but what a picture!)
what's that one where they portray that period of history as the genocide of the indigenous peoples of the americas..?
It has to be The Good, The Bad & The Ugly "I'm innocent of anything!"
The Treasure of The Sierre Madre is class, too - "We don't need no stinking badges!"
I agree with The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, that is an incredible film.
Need to throw The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in as well. The whole film is amazing, and the train hijack is one of the most amazing scenes, visually, that I've ever seen.
Btw, Sofaking: Is that a reference to the Dangerdoom song of the same name?
Btw, Sofaking: Is that a reference to the Dangerdoom song of the same name?
Need to throw The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in as well. The whole film is amazing, and the train hijack is one of the most amazing scenes, visually, that I've ever seen.
I thought it was dull, dull, dull. Not enough story so lets make the film 60% long pans over (admittedly beautifully shot) scenery.
Once upon a time in the West is one of my favourite films. Empire magazine put it at no.14 in their list of top 500 greatest films which was the highest placing for a western. The next highest one was The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at 25.
This is IMDB's list:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/western
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4eOK7ngGcA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pC6tyzJ2GQ&feature=related
Not the best of all time obviously, but so watchable. Lee Marvin and Paul Newman. Pocket Money.
Not that I'm suggesting it's the best western of all time, but has anyone seen Open Range?
Bloody good film. Kevin Costner in awesome movie shocker!
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searchers is very good
The Searchers was a VERY good film, but it's a real pity that they had John Wayne in there instead of an actual actor.
though if we include tv series then it would be deadwood and with a rumoured deadwood movie being made to tie up the series properly we may have a new contender!
I got bored with Deadwood. Probably because I needed subtitles to understand what anyone was mumbling.
(I have nothing to add to the main debate because all of my favourite westerns have been named.)
It definitely has the best music... The score still demolishes me.
In no particular order my fav's
The Searchers, The Shootist, Pale Rider, Shenandoah, Magnificent Seven, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Does Brokeback Mountain count? Its got cowboys and is a bloody good film.
Also as far as True Grit goes am I the only person who thinks the original is the better version?
As a lovestruck Michelle Williams fan, I am looking forward to Meek's Cutoff.
Also as far as True Grit goes am I the only person who thinks the original is the better version?
No I agree completely, you've got Robert Duvall, and a young Dennis Hopper in there, and I even liked Glen Campbell. It looked awesome in HD - the only offputting thins was the girl looked like Fernando Torres 
The big Silence is another great Spag Western, dir by Sergio Corbucci (Django) - it's totally backwards - set in the snow and the bad guys (led by a brilliant Klaus Kinski) get away with it.
But The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is the best - especially the restored version with missing scenes put back in it actually makes sense.
+1 for Open Range, especially the first shot in the final gun fight. Surprisingly marvelous film.
oh so many good ones but
Apoolasa.............ed harris and viggo mortensen ( scence where they have to choose curtains)
THe shootist is a good call
BUT after thinking
Unforgiven is the best, real characters thoughtful and great acting Gene Hackman and Richard Harrie the " Duck of Death" scene is great.
If we're talking music from westerns, then The Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly surely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PwpOmjAu1M
Still my favourite piece of music.
Has to be The Good the Bad and the Ugly...
I like big fat men like you. When they fall, they make more noise. And sometimes they never get up
"..you just shot an unarmed man!"
"Well he should have armed himself, if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend."
can't belive that no ones metioned long riders yet the shoot out at the end slowmo bullets whizzing past and into the bank robbers and riding horses through a window in slowmo sound effects and all to get away
Get three coffins ready.
My mistake. Four coffins...
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