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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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
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    Jubal

    1956, in 1 top list Check
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    7 Men from Now

    1956, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Last Wagon

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  6. 252 new

    Friendly Persuasion

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Lone Ranger

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    The King and Four Queens

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    Backlash

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 256 new

    The Last Hunt

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Fastest Gun Alive

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Proud Ones

    1956, in 1 top list Check
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    Great Day in the Morning

    1956, in 1 top list Check
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    Rebel in Town

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;