# What are your Top Five John Wayne Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770 "2015-07-21T13:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/1 "2015-07-21T13:56:27Z")
See [Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With John Wayne](http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?explore=title_type&role=nm0000078&ref_=filmo_ref_job_typ&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&job_type=actor&title_type=movie) for the first 1 to 50 of 167 titles, which I have copied here: ============================ 1. Brown of Harvard (1926) 2. Rio Bravo (1959) 3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 4. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) 5. The Searchers (1956) 6. The Quiet Man (1952) 7. Stagecoach (1939) 8. The Longest Day (1962) 9. Red River (1948) 10. The Shootist (1976) 11. El Dorado (1966) 12. Baby Face (1933) 13. Annie Laurie (1927) 14. Fort Apache (1948) 15. In Harm’s Way (1965) 16. True Grit (1969) 17. The Cowboys (1972) 18. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 19. McLintock! (1963) 20. Hatari! (1962) 21. Rio Grande (1950) 22. They Were Expendable (1945) 23. The Big Trail (1930) 24. Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976) 25. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) 26. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) 27. Big Jake (1971) 28. The Horse Soldiers (1959) 29. 3 Godfathers (1948) 30. The Long Voyage Home (1940) 31. How the West Was Won (1962) 32. Hondo (1953) 33. Tall in the Saddle (1944) 34. The Drop Kick (1927) 35. North to Alaska (1960) 36. The High and the Mighty (1954) 37. Angel and the Badman (1947) 38. Island in the Sky (1953) 39. The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) 40. Four Sons (1928) 41. Chisum (1970) 42. Donovan’s Reef (1963) 43. Rooster Cogburn (1975) 44. The Alamo (1960) 45. The War Wagon (1967) 46. The Comancheros (1961) 47. Dark Command (1940) 48. Seven Sinners (1940) 49. Rio Lobo (1970) 50. Flying Tigers (1942) 1 to 50 of 167 titles ============================ **Pick your Top Five and post them here.** ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/2 "2015-07-21T14:08:09Z")
Not necessarily in priority order: 1. The Quiet Man 2. True Grit 3. Donovan’s Reef - Can’t beat the Duke and Lee Marvin in a brawl 4. Big Jake 5. McLintock! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/3 "2015-07-21T14:15:57Z")
True Grit The Searchers The Shootist The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Hatari! ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/4 "2015-07-21T14:31:36Z")
The Fighting Seabees The Sons of Katie Elder McLintok! The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance El Dorado ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/5 "2015-07-21T15:38:32Z")
Not being a John Wayne fan I’m sort of surprised at the number of movies I like; The Shootist True Grit Sands of Iwo Jima The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (that “my boy Pompey” line still pisses me off) Big Jake those are my favorites, there are others I like though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/6 "2015-07-21T15:42:47Z")
Just five?!?!?! 1. The Quiet Man 2. Harm’s Way 3. The Horse Soldiers 4. McLintock 5. The US Cavarly series (Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/7 "2015-07-21T16:06:38Z")
_**The Quiet Man Fort Apache Red River The Searchers Stagecoach**_ A little tough because Wayne’s best performances don’t always coincide with this best movies. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/8 "2015-07-21T16:37:05Z")
My favorites: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon Donovan’s Reef The Quiet Man McClintock! The War Wagon ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/9 "2015-07-21T16:57:17Z")
The Searchers The Quiet Man The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence She Wore a Yellow Ribbon The Shootist ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/10 "2015-07-21T17:16:57Z")
1. Rio Bravo 2. They Were Expendable 3. Red River 4. The Searchers 5. The Quiet Man ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/11 "2015-07-21T18:32:23Z")
Rio Bravo (1959) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) The Searchers (1956) True Grit (1969) They Were Expendable (1945) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/12 "2015-07-21T18:51:58Z")
1. The Searchers (1956) 2. The Quiet Man (1952) 3. Stagecoach (1939) 4. In Harm’s Way (1965) 5. True Grit (1969) While I am under no misapprehension that is in any way a “great” movie, I have a certain love for: 1. Hatari! (1962) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/13 "2015-07-21T18:52:34Z")
[ol] [li]Rio Bravo[/li][li]The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance[/li][li]True Grit[/li][li]The Shootist[/li][li]The Searchers[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/14 "2015-07-21T19:51:35Z")
3, 8, 10, 16 and 22 Tough choices. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/15 "2015-07-21T19:57:05Z")
The Longest Day The Quiet Man The Shootist In Harms Way She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/16 "2015-07-21T22:29:37Z")
1. The Searchers (1956) 2. The Shootist (1976) 3. El Dorado (1966) 4. True Grit (1969) 5. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/17 "2015-07-21T22:36:49Z")
The Shootist Cahill, US Marshall Big Jake The Cowboys The Green Berets ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/18 "2015-07-21T23:25:32Z")
1. The Shootist (1976) 2. In Harm’s Way (1965) 3. The Cowboys (1972) 4. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 5. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/19 "2015-07-22T15:56:15Z")
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon True Grit Stagecoach Fort Apache Hatari! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770/20 "2015-07-22T18:04:24Z")
Big Jake True Grit The Searchers The Cowboys The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-john-wayne-movies/725770.md?page=2)