How the West Was Shot: The Evolution of the Western Genre

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This list is a chronological look at the western as a genre. A genre as old as movies themselves, it has gone through many transformations and evolutions.

It aspires to showcase these many variations, starting from the silent era and ending with the Neo-Western, by choosing key films for each venture: Singing Cowboy, Acid Westerns, Ostern, Spaghetti Westerns, Meat Pie Westerns, Revisionist Westerns, Hybrid Westerns, Western Comedies, Superwesterns, etc...

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  1. 360 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 391 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 348 new

    Per qualche dollaro in più

    1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 523 new

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 564 new

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 341 new

    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 408 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 475 new

    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 517 new

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 247 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 559 new

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 147 new

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 409 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 295 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 330 new

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 189 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 313 new

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 98 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 485 new

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 131 new

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 529 new

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 470 new

    High Plains Drifter

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 198 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 443 new

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 123 new

    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 361 new

    Django

    1966, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 332 new

    How the West Was Won

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 215 new

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 440 new

    Giù la testa

    1971 — a.k.a. Duck, You Sucker, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 509 new

    Pale Rider

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  31. 546 new

    The Proposition

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  32. 263 new

    3:10 to Yuma

    1957, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 38 new

    The Paleface

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 425 new

    El topo

    1970 — a.k.a. El Topo, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 542 new

    Open Range

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 165 new

    Winchester '73

    1950, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 146 new

    Fort Apache

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 473 new

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 410 new

    True Grit

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 166 new

    Rio Grande

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 97 new

    Destry Rides Again

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 232 new

    The Man from Laramie

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 228 new

    Oklahoma!

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 394 new

    Il grande silenzio

    1968 — a.k.a. The Great Silence, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 324 new

    One-Eyed Jacks

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 261 new

    The Tall T

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 275 new

    Man of the West

    1958, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 188 new

    Bend of the River

    1952 — a.k.a. Where the River Bends, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
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    El Dorado

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
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