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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  1. 360 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  2. 554 new

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  3. 553 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 391 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 564 new

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 247 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 523 new

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 409 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 408 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 147 new

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 48 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 547 new

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 189 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 98 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 295 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 447 new

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 330 new

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 517 new

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 443 new

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 348 new

    Per qualche dollaro in più

    1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 215 new

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 145 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 475 new

    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 529 new

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 341 new

    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 131 new

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 43 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 551 new

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 198 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 559 new

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 519 new

    Back to the Future Part III

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 248 new

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 425 new

    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
  36. 535 new

    The Straight Story

    1999, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 485 new

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 61 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 229 new

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
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    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 199 new

    The Naked Spur

    1953, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 476 new

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 8 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 524 new

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
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    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 473 new

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 165 new

    Winchester '73

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 424 new

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 339 new

    Hud

    1963, in 10 top lists Check
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    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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