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. 30 new

    Straight Shooting

    1917, in 1 top list Check
  2. 45 new

    The Iron Horse

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 55 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 96 new

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 98 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 131 new

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 141 new

    3 Godfathers

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 146 new

    Fort Apache

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 152 new

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 164 new

    Wagon Master

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 166 new

    Rio Grande

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 247 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  13. 296 new

    The Horse Soldiers

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 316 new

    Wagon Train: The Colter Craven Story

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 320 new

    Sergeant Rutledge

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  16. 325 new

    Two Rode Together

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 330 new

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 332 new

    How the West Was Won

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
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    Cheyenne Autumn

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;