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. 202 new

    Escape from Fort Bravo

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 229 new

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 255 new

    Backlash

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 262 new

    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 281 new

    The Law and Jake Wade

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  6. 283 new

    Saddle the Wind

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 298 new

    Last Train from Gun Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  8. 313 new

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 353 new

    The Hallelujah Trail

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hour of the Gun

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;