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. 6 new

    Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

    1899, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 9 new

    The Life of a Cowboy

    1906, in 0 top lists Check
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    From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies

    1906, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 13 new

    His Last Game

    1909, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 15 new

    The Sergeant

    1910, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 18 new

    The Last Drop of Water

    1911, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 19 new

    Fighting Blood

    1911, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 20 new

    Custer's Last Fight

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Heart of an Indian

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 23 new

    The Battle of Elderbush Gulch

    1913, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 24 new

    The Massacre

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 26 new

    The Bargain

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  14. 28 new

    The Pilgrim

    1916, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 29 new

    Hell's Hinges

    1916, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 30 new

    Straight Shooting

    1917, in 1 top list Check
  17. 31 new

    Wild and Woolly

    1917, in 1 top list Check
  18. 32 new

    Out West

    1918, in 1 top list Check
  19. 33 new

    Scarlet Days

    1919, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 35 new

    The Toll Gate

    1920, in 1 top list Check
  21. 36 new

    The Mark of Zorro

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 38 new

    The Paleface

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Ropin' Fool

    1922, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 44 new

    Thundering Hoofs

    1924, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Iron Horse

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
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    Clash of the Wolves

    1925, in 1 top list Check
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    The Pony Express

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
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    Go West

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
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    Riders of the Purple Sage

    1925, in 1 top list Check
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    The Vanishing American

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
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    Tumbleweeds

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
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    Wild Horse Mesa

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
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    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 57 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Great K & A Train Robbery

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 60 new

    White Gold

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  38. 61 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 63 new

    In Old Arizona

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  40. 64 new

    Redskin

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 65 new

    Hell's Heroes

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 66 new

    The Virginian

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 68 new

    The Big Trail

    1930, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 70 new

    Cimarron

    1931, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 71 new

    Law and Order

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 73 new

    The Gold Ghost

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 78 new

    Annie Oakley

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 80 new

    The Phantom Empire

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 81 new

    Hop-a-long Cassidy

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 82 new

    Horses' Collars

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
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