Destry Rides Again.
Second place, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Here’s how the Top Ten are stacking up:
View Poll Results: What is the Best Western Ever?
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" 21 17.80%
"The Outlaw Josey Wales" 17 14.41%
"Unforgiven" 11 9.32%
"The Searchers" 7 5.93%
"The Magnificent Seven" 7 5.93%
"Once Upon a Time in the West" 6 5.08%
"The Wild Bunch" 5 4.24%
"Tombstone" 5 4.24%
The best western was made for TV ("Lonesome Dove", "Deadwood") 5 4.24%
"Silverado" 4 3.39%
Voters: 118
Stagecoach. (Not the remake.)
Although I like some of the others quite a bit…
Torn between The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. Went with the epic just due to its epicness.
Unforgiven is the greatest Western, so I voted for that.
My favourite western though, thats High Plains Drifter.
I also have a soft spot for The Quick and the Dead!
This, word for word.
I have a theory that movie genres are like a sign wave… at least I hope so; because I feel like it’s about time for westerns to come back in vogue.
Before I realized this was a zombie thread; I read the thread title, and immediately thought “Unforgiven.” I’m glad to see I have changed my opinion much.
Having appeared in three mentioned or on the list…I feel good. Granted I was just an extra who could ride a horse or handle a wagon, still, it’s a nice association. I might mention one other (my arm is visible in this one).
“How the West Was Won”
One more - not great, but fun (my mother was in this one )
“McClintock”
I went with Little Big Man, but there were so many great movies on that list. My favorite, Big Jake, was not there. Not a great film, miserable performances from Patrick Wayne and Chris Mitchum, but Richard Boone was GREAT.
The Man from Snowy River had some truly great riding.
I went with Josey Wales because it has the best line ever uttered in a western.
“Dying ain’t much of living boy.”