Top 100 western movies

Earlier, I had a top 20 list but many western film fans asked “Why only 20?“. The question made sense. I sought suggestions and kept digging into western films for months. And wholla (well, it wasn’t that quick) ! Here’s list of top 80 western films. Many films on this list would be competing for the same rank. And top 20 movies are listed here.

1. The Rare Breed (1966) – directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
2. Cimarron (1960) – directed by Anthony Mann
3. Wyatt Earp (1994) – directed by Lawrence Kasdan
4. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) – directed by John Sturges
5. White Feather (1955) – directed by Robert D. Webb
6. Quigley Down Under (1990) – directed by Simon Wincer
7. Young Guns (1988) – directed by Christopher Cain
8. The Lonely Man (1957) – directed by Henry Levin
9. Hour of the Gun (1967) – directed by John Sturges 
10. Tom Horn (1980) – directed by William Wiard
11. Ride With the Devil (1999) – directed by Ang Lee
12. Major Dundee (1965) – directed by Sam Peckinpah
13. The War Wagon (1967) – directed by Burt Kennedy
14. The Alamo (1960) – directed by John Wayne
15. 3:10 To Yuma (2007) – directed by James Mangold 
16. Cowboy (1958) – directed by Delmer Daves
17. Virginia City (1940) – directed by Michael Curtiz
18. Lawman (1971) – directed by Michael Winner
19. Man in the Wilderness (1971) – directed by Richard C. Sarafian
20. The Plainsman (1936) – directed by Cecil B. DeMille
21. A Man Called Horse (1970) – directed by Elliot Silverstein
22. Appaloosa (2008) – directed by Ed Harris
23. Cheyenne Autumn (1964) – directed by John Ford 
24. The Stalking Moon (1968) – directed by Robert Mulligan
25. Nevada Smith (1966) – directed by Henry Hathaway
26. Red Sun (1971) – directed by Terence Young
27. Maverick (1994) – directed by Richard Donner
28. Two Mules for Sister Sarah (1970) – directed by Don Siegel
29. Sons of Katie Elder (1965) – directed by Henry Hathaway
30. The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) – directed by Russell Rouse
31. How the West was Won (1962) – directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
32. The Bravados (1958) – directed by Henry King
33. Duel In The Sun (1946) – directed by King Vidor
34. The Hired Hand (1971) – directed by Peter Fonda
35. Django (1966) – directed by Sergio Corbucci 
36. The Big Sky (1952) – directed by Howard Hawks
37. Jesse James (1939) – directed by Henry King
38. Will Penny (1968) – directed by Tom Gries
39. The Cowboys (1972) – directed by Mark Rydell
40. Silverado (1985) – directed by Lawrence Kasdan
41. Vera Cruz (1954) – directed by Robert Aldrich
42. Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957) – directed by John Sturges 
43. Dodge City (1939) – directed by Michael Curtiz
44. Viva Zapata (1952) – directed by Elia Kazan
45. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) – directed by John Ford
46. Legends of the Fall (1994) – directed by Edward Zwick
47. True Grit (1969) – directed by Henry Hathaway
48. The Misfits (1961) – directed by John Huston
49. The Shootist (1976) – directed by Don Siegel. This was John Wayne’s last western movie 🙁 
50. Ride the High Country (1962) – directed by Sam Peckinpah
51. The Great Silence (1968) – directed by Sergio Corbucci
52. Johnny Guitar (1954) – directed by Nicholas Ray
53. Jeremiah Johnson (1972) – directed by Sydney Pollack
54. The Westerner (1940) – directed by William Wyler
55. 3:10 to Yuma (1957) – directed by Delmer Daves
56. The New Land (1972) – directed by Jan Troell
57. High plains Drifter (1973) – directed by Clint Eastwood 
58. Dead Man (1965) – directed by Jim Jarmusch
59. Lonely Are the Brave (1962) – directed by David Miller
60. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) – directed by John Sturges
61. The Gunfighter (1950) – directed by Henry King
62. Magnificent Seven (1960) – directed by John Sturges
63. Blazing Saddles (1974) – directed by Mel Brooks
64. Pale Rider (1985) – directed by Clint Eastwood
65. Last Train to Gun Hill (1959) – directed by John Sturges
66. Far Country (1954) – directed by Anthony Mann 
67. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) – directed by Raoul Walsh
68. Hombre (1967) – directed by Martin Ritt
69. The Professionals (1966) – directed by Richard Brooks
70. Warlock (1959) – directed by Edward Dmytryk
71. One Eyed Jacks (1961) – directed by Marlon Brando
72. A Fistfull of Dollars (1964) – directed by Sergio Leone
73. Last of The Mohicans (1992) – directed by Michael Mann
74. Open Range (2003) – directed by Kevin Costner 
75. Assassination of Jesse James by that Coward Robert Ford (2007) – directed by Andrew Dominik
76. Fort Apache (1948) – directed by John Ford
77. For a Few Dollars More (1965) – directed by Sergio Leone
78. Tombstone (1993) – directed by George P. Cosmatos
79. Rio Bravo (1959) – directed by Howard Hawks
80. The Wind (1928) – directed by Victor Sjöström
81. Rio Grande (1950) – directed by John Ford 

And top 20 of the 100 best westerns are listed here. Go check!