The best and worst western movies:

[Shawlerbrook]

Anything John Wayne . Also a fan of Randolph Scott, Audie Murphy, Henry Fonda and Jimmie Stewart.

[markiver54]

Oh I finally made it through the movie (more or less) at a later time. Never been a Costner fan is part of it.

I understand,

[Vaquero]

the Ballad of Buster Scruggs didn't get voted as one of the worst to come out of Hollyweird.
It's surely got to be a close second.

This is good enough for me not to even waste my time on it.
It's a Coen Bros. directed movie which speaks volumes about it also.

You saying you don’t like the Coen brothers work? No Country For Old Men and TheBig Lebowski are two amazing movies. I do however agree that Buster was a bit of a bust. I’ve found that almost every “made for Netflix” movie I have high hopes for has turned out to be a turd.

No Country for Old Men was pretty good.
Never saw TBL, but I'm pretty sure it ain't a Western.

RP

[Vaquero]

Man, love westerns. Would be so hard to choose. A top three?
Top five maybe... Top ten... In no particular order.

Quigley
Pale Rider
The Cowboys
Any of the Sackett movies with Selleck and Elliot
Outlaw Josey Wales
Big Jake
High Plains Drifter
Hondo
El Dorado
Tombstone
Open Range
Deadwood

Oops, even Dozen.

I have watched all of these at least s half dozen times...

Pretty darn good list right there.

RP

[RanchRoper]

Although a little long and drawn out in parts, I like How the West was Won too. My parents took me to the show as a kid and saw it.

Also saw The Plainsmen at the show when I was about 6 yrs old and had a big crush on Abby Dalton as Calamity Jane. Well, as big a crush as a 6 year old can have. Maybe I just liked the buckskins....

[Mistered]

I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet - 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. Basically Sergio Leones last 'Spaghetti Western' - but produced and filmed in the U.S. with Charles Bronson in the 'Man with no Name' role as opposed to Clint Eastwood.
Henry Fonda shines in his one and only 'bad guy' role with great performances by Jason Robards and Jack Elam.
If you haven't ever seen it check it out sometime. Kind of long and drawn out with a lot of twists and turns but overall a good movie.

[Redthies]

No Country for Old Men was pretty good.
Never saw TBL, but I'm pretty sure it ain't a Western.

RP

It wasn’t exactly a western, but Sam Elliot drinks a sarsasparilla in it!

[BrokenolMarine]

I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet - 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. Basically Sergio Leones last 'Spaghetti Western' - but produced and filmed in the U.S. with Charles Bronson in the 'Man with no Name' role as opposed to Clint Eastwood.
Henry Fonda shines in his one and only 'bad guy' role with great performances by Jason Robards and Jack Elam.
If you haven't ever seen it check it out sometime. Kind of long and drawn out with a lot of twists and turns but overall a good movie.

The opening is awesome, and the scene with Fonda and the small kid at the wedding shocked audiences everywhere when it hit theatres. Fonda didn't want to do it, but Leone convinced him to for the shock value of seeing good guy Fonda ... OMG is a bad man. Love the harmonica all thru the movie.

[CT_Shooter]

I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet - 'Once Upon A Time In The West'.

Love that film.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 686#p77819

[North Country Gal]

I consider Once Upon a Time in the West as a must have for any western movie collection. It was the apex of the spaghetti western genre.