What is your favorite Western movie/movies--big screen or TV. Lonesome Dove-TV and Dances With Wolves-large

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[dwp6577]

1. 3...

good, bad and ugly
the cowboys
true grit (original)

not necessarily in that order

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much, dwp6577. Very good choices

[rampartd]

86. the good bad and ugly is a masterpiece

both versions of true grit are great, and dififferent

the cowboys is good, but i might go the other direction for a third . how about "once upon a time in the west?"

or "butch cassidy and the sundance kid?"

[debm55]

88. Thank you rampartd. I agree. Thank you very much for sharing your selections.

[Glorfindel]

2. I agree with you about "Lonesome Dove." It's incomparable.

My favorite big-screen western is "Mackena's Gold."

[debm55]

6. Thank you very much, Glorifindel. Yes, both are great.

[mobeau69]

3. Lonesome Dove

[debm55]

8. Thank you mobeau69. It was terrific.

[Lunabell]

5. True Grit.

I loved that movie.

[debm55]

9. Thank you Lunabell, Was it the original or the remake. I liked the original better.

[hlthe2b]

7. Cinematography can absolutely make a western and Dances With Wolves was beautiful. Likewise John Barry's score...

I also appreciate the attempts to make it valid, in terms of language, clothing, portrayals.

I also agree on Lonesome Dove, albeit the river scene with water moccasins will never leave me (and I am not snake-phobic)...

[debm55]

12. When I traveled in ND. We got to ride horse on the land that had the buffalo hunt on. Thank you hlthe2b. I agree with

snake scene in Lonesome Dove. The second time I watched I closed my eyes.

[2naSalit]

10. The Ballad of Lefty Brown...

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13. Thank you 2naSalit. I wrote that in my notebook and will have to keep an out on it

[2naSalit]

21. It came out in 2017...

It was filmed around my area by folks from around my area. It's a true story, I think, regardless it's well done. It's the last film Peter Fonda acted in, stars Bill Pullman.

I know a few of the behind the scenes people.

[debm55]

25. Thank you 2naSalit

[EYESORE 9001]

11. Jeremiah Johnson

I feel a connection with the protagonist’s desire to live in isolation.

[debm55]

14. Thank you EYESORE 9001 Robert Redford was great in that.

[Jilly_in_VA]

15. Little Big Man

[debm55]

17. Thank you Jilly_in_VA. Dustin Hoffman was great in that.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

101. Yes!

Little Big Man and Blazing Saddles, for sure.

[rampartd]

89. absolutely

i have to look up the guy who played custer in that one.

chief dan george , as usual, magnificent.

[Squeaky41]

16. Sort of Western

Blazing Saddles

[debm55]

18. HAHAHHAHAH, Thank you Squeaky41. Yes a Western/Comedy. I watch it about once a year. There is always something new I

miss.

[Jilly_in_VA]

19. Well, if you're going to go there, how about Shanghai Noon?

That one is hysterically funny!

[debm55]

20. Thank you Jilly_in _VA. I'll have to look for it.

[TommieMommy]

22. A Million Ways to Die in the West, it's hilarious 👍

[debm55]

23. Thank you TommieMommy.

[debm55]

24. The Big Valley

[wcmagumba]

37. Me and the neighbor kids loved TBV...I had a crush on Audra..

My neighbors always called the show, "The Barkleys" and we watched it on their big console size B&W tv...good days...

[debm55]

39. Thank you very much for sharing that memory with us.

[Tarzanrock]

26. Barbara Stanwyck's westerns are terrific.

The Furies;
California;
Forty Guns;
Trooper Hook;
Cattle Queen of Montana;
The Violent Men;
The Moonlighter;
Union Pacific;
The Maverick Queen;
Annie Oakley.

[debm55]

29. Thank you Tarzanrock. They are terrific.films

[Henry203]

27. John Ford

Stagecoach

[debm55]

33. Thank you Henry203. John Ford was a great director. Stagecoach --great.

[emulatorloo]

38. Oh yes. John Ford and Howard Hawks are both my favorites.

[pdxflyboy]

28. Dances With Wolves and

Silverado.

[debm55]

51. Thank you pdxflyboy. Both are classics.

[Squaredeal]

55. Watched several times already.

Great movie.
To ad lib, I see that you were decorated. And they sent you here?

[Basso8vb]

30. Silverado

I can't believe it's 40 years old now!

[debm55]

53. Thank you Basso8vb. Yes, 40 years and still a great movie.

[Basso8vb]

84. I forgot to mention that Bruce Broughton's musical score is second to none!

I also played a Sonata of his in my college senior recital.

[debm55]

85. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Basso8vb.

[GreenWave]

31. Bonanza!

[debm55]

54. Thank you very much GreenWave. Great show and score.

[LakeArenal]

32. Last of the Mohicans.

Truly beautiful and great score.
Maugua so evil. Chingachkuk so handsome. Women beautiful.
Just tooo long.

[debm55]

57. Thank you LakeArenal. I read the book , but will write in my notebook to see.

[emulatorloo]

34. The Searchers, Once up on a time in the West, Stagecoach, The Unforgiven. I love so many!

All of these are pretty dark, the dark side of the old west. For example, the John Wayne character in The Searchers pretty much goes insane in the movie.

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Love your favorites too ❤️

[debm55]

69. Thank you very much emulatorloo. I am going to add to my list. also thank you for adding the trailers. That was kind

[LogDog75]

107. Interesting take on The Searchers

Siskel and Ebert's show At the Movies did a show in which they said Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope was actually a retelling of The Searchers. At first, I was skeptical but they made a good case for it and I can agree with most of what they said.

[CanonRay]

35. Jeremiah Johnson, Man in the Wilderness, The Missing, Nevada Smith, The Magnificent Seven

[debm55]

49. Great selection CanonRay.

[Mike 03]

36. Unforgiven and the remake of True Grit

With honorable mention for The Wild Bunch.

[debm55]

50. Thank you Mike 03

[CanonRay]

59. Yup and yup

[Trellastic]

40. Nope (2022) Outer Range (2022)

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71. Thank you Trellastic.

[iscooterliberally]

41. Pale Rider followed by The Unforgiven.

Years ago when The Unforgiven first came out on VCR I went to Blockbuster and rented The Unforgiven and Pale Rider at the same time. I had seen Pale Rider before, but decided to watch that first and then watch The Unforgiven for the first time. Seeing the huge contrast in both characters played by Clint Eastwood back to back was pretty funny. I loved the scene in The Unforgiven where he was plinking at bottles with his pistol, got pissed off and went back in for his shotgun out of frustration. I'm not really a western movie fan, but I loved that in The Unforgiven they were trying to go after their bounties based on a horrible drawing of what the person might look like. It somehow seemed more realistic than other westerns including Pale Rider. Anyway, watching the two movies back to back was sort of an accident on my part, but watching the Pale Rider first made The Unforgiven even more entertaining to me. Enjoy!

[debm55]

72. Thank you very much isooterliberally for sharing your post with us. Unforgiven is great.

[displacedvermoter]

42. Missouri Breaks (Movie)

Nicholson and Brando!

Wild, Wild West (TV)

[debm55]

80. Thank you very much for your choices., displaedvermotor. Missouri Breaks-wonderful. I also enjoyed the Wild Wild West.

[Deuxcents]

43. Once Upon a Time in the West. Lots of good ones but I like this one best

[debm55]

81. Thank you for sharing with us, Deuxcents.

[CrispyQ]

44. I'm not big on westerns but I thought Pale Rider was excellent.

I do like some of the old spaghetti westerns, though, just cuz of the memories of staying up late & watching them. The theme song to The Good, the Bad & the Ugly always takes me back to hot summer nights on my Grandma's porch.

[debm55]

82. Thank you CrispyQ Pale Rider was great. I remember the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Thank you for sharing

[Onthefly]

45. How the West was Won

Quite an epic film. Huge cast and great directing by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and others.

Also, Hang ‘em High and other Eastwood movies.

On TV, The Wild, Wild West. Lots of humor.

[debm55]

77. Thank you Onthefly. I enjoyed How the West was Won and Maverick and the Wild Wild West. thank you for sharing.

[redstatebluegirl]

46. I love old westerns!

Especially John Ford movies. How The West Was Won is one of my favorites. The score is magnificent!

[debm55]

75. Thank you very redstatebluegirl. Love the oldies too.

[chowmama]

47. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Blazing Saddles

nt

[debm55]

68. Thank you very much chowmama. Two great movies.

[Aristus]

48. "Tombstone".

I grew up about an hour’s drive from the real Tombstone, so I knew the real story, the legends, and the myths inside and out.

I used to roll my eyes at all the laughable films on the subject before the 1993 film came out. There were so many things they all got wrong.

It was far superior to Kevin Costner’s “Wyatt Earp”, not least of which was because of the filming location. “Earp” was filmed on the flat plains of South Dakota, while “Tombstone” was filmed in the mountains of southern Arizona, not far from the real Tombstone.

“Tombstone”, although it did change some things for dramatic purposes, is the most accurate film ever made about the Shootout at the O. K. Corral.

[debm55]

67. Thank you, Aristus. For your choice and the background information of "Tombstone", Very interesting.

[doc03]

52. Blazing Saddels nt

[debm55]

65. Thanks doc03

[biophile]

56. I'm for Silverado and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

TV - the Lone Ranger and the Wild Wild West

[debm55]

63. Thank you biophile. Wonderful films and shows. Thank you for sharing with us. I loved the Wild Wild West.

[malthaussen]

58. In no particular order:

Rio Bravo
The Magnificent 7 (the original by Kurosawa ain't bad, either, but not a Western)
Sergio Leone's trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Wild Bunch

-- Mal

[debm55]

62. Wow, Thank you Mal, you have terrific films there. Great westerns.

[MisterG]

60. Anything with ...

... an Ennio Morricone soundtrack.

[debm55]

61. Thank you very much MisterG. I agree.

[Luciferous]

64. Tombstone for movies, Godless for

TV

[debm55]

66. Thank you Luciferous. Great choices.

[Niagara]

70. Are you Lounger's ready for my list?

Hud (1963)

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)


Bad Company (1972)


Tombstone (1993)


Dances with Wolves (1990)


The Shootist (1976)


Young Guns (1988)


A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) If you're new to westerns, I recommend this one since it's also a comedy.


Sommersby (1993) Some consider this movie under other genres and not a Western and that's okay with me. Still a favorite of mine. I recently listed this under Romance as well.

[debm55]

73. Wow, Niagara. What a great list of films. thank you for sharing with us.

[Niagara]

74. Thank you, Debbie. You're welcome!

[ProfessorGAC]

76. Siverado

El Dorado is up there, along with Pale Rider, & Unforgiven
Bit, all the parallel storylines in Siverado are interesting, the cast is awesome, & the scenery is fantastic.

[debm55]

79. Thank you very much ProfessorGAC. Silverado was great. I like your other choices also. Thank you for sharing.

[YoshidaYui]

78. This!!! The Red Sun, starring Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mufune

[debm55]

83. Thank you very much. YoshidaYui

[malthaussen]

92. I thought that was a pretty funny flick.

The initial fight between the characters when they meet is priceless.

-- Mal

[sakabatou]

87. I'm not that big into Westerns

but if we're talking about films in the style of Westerns, then I'd go with "Logan".

[debm55]

90. Thank you sakabatou

[Tarzanrock]

91. Here's another listing:

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre;
The Ox Bow Incident;
The Misfits;
Ride, Vaquero!
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid;
The Westerner;
Man from Del Rio;
Blood on the Moon;
The Furies;
My Darling Clementine;
Bad Day at Blackrock;
Johnny Guitar;
High Noon;
Once Upon a Time in the West;
The Man who shot Liberty Valance.

[debm55]

93. Thank you Tarzanrock for sharing your wonderful list with us.

[LakeVermilion]

106. Yes!

The Ox Bow Incident and Johnny Guitar!

The Ox Bow Incident is kind of like 12 Angry Men.

Johnny Guitar: Joan Crawford vs Mercedes McCambridge!

[LoisB]

94. The Magnificent Seven

[debm55]

96. Thank you LoisB. That was a great movie.

[Wiz Imp]

95. 2 Western Comedies starring James Garner, Harry Morgan & Jack Elam

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

[debm55]

97. Thank you Wiz Imp. Loved the actor James Garner. Thank you for sharing your selections.

[Sequoia]

98. The Big Country

Excellent cast, great story. I really like the opening theme music with the horses pulling the stage coach. Hooves pounding, wheel spokes flashing in the sun.

[debm55]

99. Sounds wonderful. Thank you Sequoia.

[debm55]

100. Oh forgot. High Noon.

[Bobstandard]

102. Treasure of the Sierra Madre

A story Aeschylus might have written. Touches all the immortal themes.

[debm55]

103. Thank you very much for your selection. Bobstandard Classic

[Tactical Peek]

104. Day of Anger (1967) - Lee Van Cleef

Day of Anger (1967)

Lee Van Cleef

Original title: I giorni dell'ira

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061709/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Anger

[debm55]

105. Thank you Tactical Peek for your selection.

[LogDog75]

108. Support Your Local Gunfighter, Big Jake, The Way West

[debm55]

109. Thank you very much LogDog75

[Ilsa]

110. Yellowstone, Lonesome Dove mini-series with

Tommy Lee Jones, et al, Jeremiah Johnson.

[debm55]

112. Thank you lisa. I agree with your choices

[Paladin]

111. "Red River" (1948)

Hollywood story that's probably too good to be true: After seeing Howard Hawks' masterpiece "Red River" and the astounding performance Hawks got out of John Wayne, fellow Hollywood director John Ford (who directed Wayne in more movies than anybody else) supposedly said "I didn't know the big son-of-a-bitch could act!"

Like I say, it's probably too good to be true, but it's a worthy story, nonetheless...

[debm55]

113. Thank you very much Paladin.

[electric_blue68]

114. As a Kid: Bonanza. Adult: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

Brisoc was a Western w a touch of Science Fiction. Very funny.

[debm55]

116. Thank you very much electric_blue68. Both great choices.

[KitFox]

115. TV: Maverick, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne rotation

As I remember I liked Maverick best of those three. A couple of movies not mentioned:
Shane and Cat Ballou.

[debm55]

117. Thank you KitFox. I really enjoyed Maverick. because of James Garner. Shane and Cat Ballou are good choices also. I

haven't seen them mentioned.

[justaprogressive]

118. A trio of not-mentioned movies off the beaten trail...

The Hallelujah Trail With Burt Lancaster

Waterhole #3 with James Coburn

Zachariah with Don Johnson (songs by the NY Rock'n'roll Ensemble, Doug Kershaw and
Joe Walsh's James Gang.

[debm55]

119. Thank you justaprogressive.

[Emile]

120. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs movie / Deadwood HBO tv

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[debm55]

121. Thank you very much, They both look interesting.

[liberaltrucker]

122. The Virginian - TV

Rio Bravo - Cinema.

Yeah, I'm old!