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. 16 new

    Ramona

    1910, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 17 new

    The Lonedale Operator

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  3. 22 new

    Algie, the Miner

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Squaw Man

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  5. 29 new

    Hell's Hinges

    1916, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 31 new

    Wild and Woolly

    1917, in 1 top list Check
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    Scarlet Days

    1919, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sky High

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  9. 41 new

    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
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    Clash of the Wolves

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  11. 55 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 57 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 61 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 63 new

    In Old Arizona

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  15. 68 new

    The Big Trail

    1930, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 69 new

    Billy the Kid

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 77 new

    Ruggles of Red Gap

    1935, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 84 new

    Oh, Susanna!

    1936, in 1 top list Check
  19. 86 new

    The Plainsman

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Cowboy and the Lady

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
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    Drums Along the Mohawk

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dark Command

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Westerner

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Mark of Zorro

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 118 new

    They Died with Their Boots On

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  26. 124 new

    Tall in the Saddle

    1944, in 1 top list Check
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    Along Came Jones

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
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    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 133 new

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 137 new

    Angel and the Badman

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 138 new

    Pursued

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 139 new

    Ramrod

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
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    Thunder Mountain

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
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    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Man from Colorado

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
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    Silver River

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
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    I Shot Jesse James

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  38. 166 new

    Rio Grande

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
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    Broken Arrow

    1950, in 1 top list Check
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    The Furies

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Baron of Arizona

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  42. 179 new

    Across the Wide Missouri

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  43. 181 new

    Rawhide

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  44. 182 new

    Along the Great Divide

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Carson City

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 198 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 200 new

    Hondo

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
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    Thunder Over the Plains

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Far Country

    1954, in 1 top list Check
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    Taza, Son of Cochise

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
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