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. 68 new

    The Big Trail

    1930, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 107 new

    Dark Command

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 118 new

    They Died with Their Boots On

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  4. 138 new

    Pursued

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
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    Silver River

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
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    Colorado Territory

    1949, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 182 new

    Along the Great Divide

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 183 new

    Distant Drums

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Saskatchewan

    1954 — a.k.a. O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Tall Men

    1955, in 1 top list Check
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    The King and Four Queens

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Distant Trumpet

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;