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. 10 new

    From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies

    1906, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 12 new

    The Story of the Kelly Gang

    1906, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 75 new

    Honor of the Range

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 99 new

    Jesse James

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 108 new

    The Return of Frank James

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 143 new

    Yellow Sky

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 161 new

    Lust for Gold

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 229 new

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 244 new

    The Naked Dawn

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 266 new

    The True Story of Jesse James

    1957 — a.k.a. The James Brothers, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 278 new

    The Left Handed Gun

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  12. 320 new

    Sergeant Rutledge

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  13. 344 new

    Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol

    1964 — a.k.a. Black God, White Devil, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 392 new

    Hang 'Em High

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 396 new

    Bandolero!

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 408 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 418 new

    O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro

    1969 — a.k.a. Antonio das Mortes, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 437 new

    Ned Kelly

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 442 new

    Big Jake

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 445 new

    Hannie Caulder

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 476 new

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 501 new

    Tom Horn

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 510 new

    Silverado

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 514 new

    Young Guns

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  25. 522 new

    El patrullero

    1991 — a.k.a. Highway Patrolman, in 1 top list Check
  26. 533 new

    The Newton Boys

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 544 new

    Deadwood: Deadwood

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 546 new

    The Proposition

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  29. 548 new

    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 551 new

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 552 new

    3:10 to Yuma

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  32. 554 new

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
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    Appaloosa

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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