How the West Was Shot: The Evolution of the Western Genre

How the West Was Shot: The Evolution of the Western Genre's icon

Created by Kasparius.

Favorited 32 times, disliked 0 times, added to 32 watchlists.

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...

Remove ads
  1. 12 new

    The Story of the Kelly Gang

    1906, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 14 new

    White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe...

    1910, in 1 top list Check
  3. 16 new

    Ramona

    1910, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 17 new

    The Lonedale Operator

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  5. 25 new

    The Squaw Man

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  6. 27 new

    The Pitch o' Chance

    1915, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 34 new

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 40 new

    Sky High

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  9. 43 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 46 new

    Roaring Rails

    1924, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 48 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 56 new

    Po zakonu

    1926 — a.k.a. By the Law, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 57 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 59 new

    The Kid Brother

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 61 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 62 new

    The Trail of '98

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  17. 64 new

    Redskin

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 65 new

    Hell's Heroes

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 69 new

    Billy the Kid

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 70 new

    Cimarron

    1931, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 75 new

    Honor of the Range

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 76 new

    Sunset Range

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 78 new

    Annie Oakley

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 79 new

    The Call of the Wild

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 83 new

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1936, in 1 top list Check
  26. 93 new

    The Cowboy and the Lady

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 95 new

    Union Pacific

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 96 new

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 99 new

    Jesse James

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 104 new

    Virginia City

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 109 new

    'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 110 new

    The Westerner

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 111 new

    North West Mounted Police

    1940 — a.k.a. Northwest Mounted Police, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 112 new

    Santa Fe Trail

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 118 new

    They Died with Their Boots On

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  36. 121 new

    The Spoilers

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 131 new

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 133 new

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 136 new

    Unconquered

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 138 new

    Pursued

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 141 new

    3 Godfathers

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 147 new

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 148 new

    Blood on the Moon

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 151 new

    Silver River

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 152 new

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 154 new

    I Shot Jesse James

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  47. 156 new

    Riders in the Sky

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 167 new

    The Gunfighter

    1950, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 168 new

    Broken Arrow

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  50. 171 new

    Stars in My Crown

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 565 movies

Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;