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.

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  1. The Rare Breed (1966) – directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
  2. Cimarron (1960) – directed by Anthony Mann
  3. Wyatt Earp (1994) – directed by Lawrence KasdanCA.00.15/Glass
  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 Hour-of-the-Gun
  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 maxresdefault
  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 Cheyenne Autumn 1964
  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 django
  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 Gunfight-at-the-OK-Corral-Morgan-Earp-1957
  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 🙁 Shootist_01
  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 high-plains-drifter-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 the-far-country-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 westerns-open-range-2003
  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 1950 Rio Grande - Ford

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