Top 5 Cowboy Movies - What are your favorites?

[Joewisc]

OK, here goes with my top 5 not necessarily in order. Bound to start some spirited debate:

1. High Noon (Gary Cooper was the man).
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (Spaghetti Westerns set the standard).
3. Shane (We never really know if he survived)
4. The Magnificent Seven (for the Boot Hill scene if nothing else)
5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Bogie at his best).

Your turns.

 

[Sprefix]

Lonesome Dove, El Dorado, Monte Walsh(both), The Shootist, and The Outlaw Josey Wales.

 

[LedFowl]

My top westerns:
Stagecoach
The Searchers
One-Eyed Jacks
The Westerner
Yellow Sky

 

[mc5aw]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Shane
The Magnificent Seven
The Wild Bunch
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

So many to choose from, but those are my Top 5.

 

[sophie]

OK here are my top 5 favorite westerns not necessarily in order.
1. Outlaw Josey Wales
2. Once Upon A Time In The West
3. Lonesome Dove (the original)
4. Hombre
5. The Commancheros

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James

 

[Straightshooter2]

In no particular order:
The Ox-bow Incident
The Shootist
The Searchers
Stagecoach
Silverado

The problem is there are 5 to 10 others I could name that I like just as much.

CW

 

[LTC]

Lonesome Dove
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Fort Appache
High Noon
Open Range
McClintock
Big Jake
Reo Bravo
The Sons of Katey Elder

Yea, I know you only asked for 5.

LTC

 

[cellllman]

1. Hondo
2. Lonesome Dove
3. The Searchers
4. Dances with Wolves
5. McClintock
6. Cheyenne Social Club....couldn't leave it out!

 

[Sprefix]

hahahahaahhahhaa

1. Hondo
2. Lonesome Dove
3. The Searchers
4. Dances with Wolves
5. McClintock
6. Cheyenne Social Club....couldn't leave it out!

Gotta love Jimmy Stewart in that one........-----#6 for those that may not have seen it.

 

[jspick]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm I don't think I can limit it to just 5 but---

The Cowboys- the boys passage to manhood
Big Jake- integrity and honor
Lonesome Dove- the epic western frontier spirit
Rio Grande- A truely western frontier love story
Conagher- Integrity, family life in the west
Last Stand At Saber River- Rebuilding a family after the civil war- true grit
True Grit- a bravado western at its best
Cross Fire Trail- Honor and virtrue
Monte Walsh-(Tom Selleck version) A cowboys last hurrah at the close of the frontier era.
Springfield Rifle- The dedication of a man to what is right

OK it is more than 5 but I have a dozen more I like.

John

 

[Cyrano]

Not in any order:

Stagecoach (the John Wayne version).
High Noon.
Shane.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
Rooster Cogburn.
Treasure of Sierra Madre.

 

[aphelion]

Winchester '73
Ride the High Country
The Professionals
The Far Country
Red River

 

[bigchuck83]

shane
last stand at saber river
the shadow riders
the good, the bad, and the ugly
open range
just too many more to list

 

[RightArm]

For a Few Dollars More
Magnificent Seven
The Palamino (Brando, I don't even remember the new one)
The Quick and the Dead
True Grit (Wayne and Cambel, but the new one was good also)

Honorable Mentions:Siverado, Unforgiven, Hombre, and the new 3:10 to Yuma, I could go on for days, but I'm sure everyone else could, too.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Pick five top Westerns? Good luck. Tougher than picking one knife. But here goes. Just don't compare my picks with my picks from the last time we did this:

Rancho Deluxe
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Unforgiven
True Grit

Now, if you rule out Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, that opens the field considerably.

Once Upon a Time in the West
One Eyed Jacks
Legends of the Fall
Lonesome Dove
The Wild Bunch

As I look back, I see I have nothing with John Wayne, nothing based on an Elmore Leonard western, and I have left out The Professionals and The Sheepman. Something's wrong here.

 

[breakingbad]

Culpepper Cattle Company
Unforgiven
3:10 to Yuma (Russell Crowe)
Wild Bunch
The Outlaw Josey Wales

 

[blujax01]

Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles

 

[brucev]

OK, here goes with my top 5 not necessarily in order. Bound to start some spirited debate:

1. High Noon (Gary Cooper was the man).
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (Spaghetti Westerns set the standard).
3. Shane (We never really know if he survived)
4. The Magnificent Seven (for the Boot Hill scene if nothing else)
5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Bogie at his best).

Your turns.

Once Upon a Time in The West.
Unforgiven.
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
The Searchers.
Conagher

 

[4"wheels]

Not in Order
Pat Garret & Billy the Kid
The Long Riders
Hombre
Unforgiven
The Wild Bunch
tommorow would be a different five too many to choose from

 

[DWalt]

Most anything by John Wayne, but two more I haven't seen listed. Glen Ford in "The Fastest Gun Alive." Also Charlton Heston in "Arrowhead."