500 Top Western Movies

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A list for the die-hard western fan! This long and diverse list of great western movies is largely derived from a list found on Cinemacom.com entitled "500 & More - A Western Lover's List". However, Cinemacom's list is heavily slanted toward the traditional western and admittedly excludes all western comedies and many good spaghetti westerns. I wanted to create a more balanced list and so I cross referenced Cinemacom's list against IMDB user ratings in the western genre and made some thoughtful modifications which add some diversity. If you love westerns I hope this list will help you explore the genre.

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    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
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    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
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    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
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    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
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    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
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    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
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    Per qualche dollaro in più

    1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check
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    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
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    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
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    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
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    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
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    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check
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    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
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    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
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    El topo

    1970 — a.k.a. El Topo, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Naked Spur

    1953, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
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    Winchester '73

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
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    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
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    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
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    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
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    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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    Il grande silenzio

    1968 — a.k.a. The Great Silence, in 8 top lists Check
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    Ride the High Country

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Gunfighter

    1950, in 8 top lists Check
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    High Plains Drifter

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
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    Man of the West

    1958, in 8 top lists Check
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    Destry Rides Again

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
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    Meek's Cutoff

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
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    3:10 to Yuma

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
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    3:10 to Yuma

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    The Man from Laramie

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
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    Fort Apache

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
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    Django

    1966, in 5 top lists Check
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    Tombstone

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
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