Best western movie ever?

Nevada Smith is a GREAT western that never seems to get picked. And Steve McQueen wasn't even the best actor in the movie. Karl Malden yelling "Yer YELLA! Haven't got the guts!" over and over as McQueen walks away is probably one of the best endings in movie history. Martin Landau delivered one of the dirtiest lines I've ever heard, "You fight like your momma boy!" Brian Keith probably played the best character in the movie. He was the gunsmith that taught Max Sand how to handle a six shooter, and what to expect in his quest for vengeance.
 
I'll second Nevada Smith as a true classic that gets little mention.
Also on my list are: Once Upon a Time in the West, Winchester 76, Tombstone, The Searchers, Silverado, The Unforgiven, The Shootist and a movie I've watched more than any other, The Outlaw Josie Wales.

The Outlaw Josie Wales makes the list for the sheer volume of quotable lines. "You gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie?"
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy." "Buzzards gotta eat same as worms."
 
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Back when he was Walter.

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DODGE CITY with Erroll Flynn; DESTRY RIDES AGAIN with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich; WILL PENNY with Charelton Heston; THE UNFORGIVEN (1960) John Huston's often overlooked western starring: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audi Murphy, John Saxon, Charles Bickford, Lillian Gish, and (my old pal) Doug McClure...
 
Well, there's a lot of good flicks mentioned here. I'll cast my vote with "How the West was Won". The great American saga, 5 generations of a family. I like Tombstone, but I think Kilmer's Doc is lame, it's just Kilmer being Kilmer, to me. D. Quaid's Doc seemed much more realistic. More dark, more cold and eccentric.
 
I can't pick a "favorite" because there are so many westerns that I enjoy, but at the same time, annoy me. For example, "Open Range"...I really like Robert Duval and Kevin Costner, and their interaction. However, it seriously annoys me when Kevin Costner fires a six shot revolver 14 times without reloading. That is a technical detail, but it is one that takes away the movie's credibility for me...which some may find amusing, because it is a fictional movie in the first place. That being said, I can still enjoy watching most of it, and just cringe during that scene.

If I had to choose, I would say that John Wayne is my favorite all time actor, and his westerns are my all time favorites...and that is as close as I can come to a single choice.
 
I could pick a lot of westerns that had good scenes, but for a string of memorable scenes stitched together into a whole movie, I think Tombstone has to be at or near the top.

"I'm your huckleberry."
 
Maybe it is just my age,but The Grey Fox ,staring Richard Farnsworth has been my favorite since it came out in 1982.
An old mans struggle to survive after doing many years in prison for Stage Coach robbery,getting out of prison in the early 1900`s - and there are no more Stage Coaches. A Canadian film, but a great one.
 
I can't disagree with any of the choices. Just about any western with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford, Tom Selleck or Kevin Costner would rate up high with me. They've all made their share of classics.
 
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, Outlaw Josey Wales, Open Range , Unforgiven to mention just a few.
 
Top Ten Westerns, in order

1. Lonesome Dove
2. Lonesome Dove
3. Lonesome Dove
4. Tombstone
5. Quigley down Under
6. Man from Snowy River
7. Open Range
8. John Wayne True Grit
9. Blazing Saddles
10. Lonesome Dove
 
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