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. 43 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 138 new

    Pursued

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 189 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 199 new

    The Naked Spur

    1953, in 10 top lists Check
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    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Tall T

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
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    3:10 to Yuma

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
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    Last Train from Gun Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
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    Hang 'Em High

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Valley of Gwangi

    1969 — a.k.a. The Lost Valley, in 0 top lists Check
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    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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    Mannaja

    1977 — a.k.a. A Man Called Blade, in 1 top list Check
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    The Quick and the Dead

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Missing

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
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    Cowboys & Aliens

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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