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. 333 new

    Ride the High Country

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 350 new

    Major Dundee

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 409 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 432 new

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 458 new

    Junior Bonner

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  6. 473 new

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 476 new

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;