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Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry - a eulogy to the early days of the expansive American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring genres with very recognizable plots, elements, and characters (six-guns, horses, dusty towns and trails, cowboys, Indians, etc.). Over time, westerns have been re-defined, re-invented and expanded, dismissed, re-discovered, and spoofed.

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  1. 3 -

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 6 +1

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 9 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 11 -

    The Revenant

    2015, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 12 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 15 -1

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 17 -1

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 18 +1

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 19 -1

    Nybyggarna

    1972 — a.k.a. The New Land, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 20 -

    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 22 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 23 -

    Tombstone

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 25 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 28 -

    Hud

    1963, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 33 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 34 +1

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 36 -

    The Gunfighter

    1950, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 39 -

    Hell or High Water

    2016, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 40 -

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 41 +1

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 42 -1

    3:10 to Yuma

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  23. 43 +6

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 44 -

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 45 -2

    Jeremiah Johnson

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 47 +1

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 48 new

    El infierno

    2010 — a.k.a. Hell, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 49 -3

    The Shootist

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
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