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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    Tall in the Saddle

    1944, in 1 top list Check
  2. 254 new

    The King and Four Queens

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 255 new

    Backlash

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    7 Faces of Dr. Lao

    1964 — a.k.a. The Secret World of Dr. Lao, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 30, 2013;