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. 145 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 196 new

    The Big Sky

    1952, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 295 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 362 new

    El Dorado

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 428 new

    Rio Lobo

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;