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Top Westerns

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 48
2 The Searchers 1956 John Ford 53
3 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 76
4 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah 88
5 Unforgiven 1992 Clint Eastwood 120
6 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 142
7 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 162
8 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 171
9 Stagecoach 1939 John Ford 183
10 Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks 202
11 High Noon 1952 Fred Zinnemann 206
12 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 230
13 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks 232
14 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 319
15 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman 337
16 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner 356
17 The Magnificent Seven 1960 John Sturges 388
18 Shane 1953 George Stevens 410
19 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino 411
20 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Sergio Leone 429
21 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 450
22 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 473
23 For a Few Dollars More 1965 Sergio Leone 476
24 Johnny Guitar 1954 Nicholas Ray 477
25 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 541
26 Dead Man 1995 Jim Jarmusch 679
27 Ride the High Country 1962 Sam Peckinpah 683
28 True Grit 2010 Ethan and Joel Coen 685
29 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 690
30 The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 William A. Wellman 701
31 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Andrew Dominik 713
32 The Great Train Robbery 1903 Edwin S. Porter 777
33 Winchester '73 1950 Anthony Mann 786
34 Little Big Man 1970 Arthur Penn 810
35 Giant 1956 George Stevens 829
36 The Wind 1928 Victor Sjöström 861
37 The Revenant 2015 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 879
38 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 883
39 El Topo 1970 Alejandro Jodorowsky 946
40 Westworld 1973 Michael Crichton 971
41 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Sam Peckinpah 988
42 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 John Ford 1013
43 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 1037
44 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 1042
45 The Big Country 1958 William Wyler 1098
46 Destry Rides Again 1939 George Marshall 1105
47 Heaven's Gate 1980 Michael Cimino 1107
48 Fort Apache 1948 John Ford 1118
49 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Sam Peckinpah 1128
50 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1178
51 Lone Star 1996 John Sayles 1179
52 Oklahoma! 1955 Fred Zinnemann 1191
53 3:10 to Yuma 2007 James Mangold 1195
54 Tombstone 1993 George P. Cosmatos 1213
55 The Shootist 1976 Don Siegel 1226
56 High Plains Drifter 1973 Clint Eastwood 1231
57 Jeremiah Johnson 1972 Sydney Pollack 1243
58 The Misfits 1961 John Huston 1311
59 True Grit 1969 Henry Hathaway 1343
60 The Hateful Eight 2015 Quentin Tarantino 1357
61 The Great Silence 1968 Sergio Corbucci 1366
62 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1392
63 Black God and White Devil 1964 Glauber Rocha 1397
64 Hell or High Water 2016 David Mackenzie 1432
65 Old Yeller 1957 Robert Stevenson 1450
66 3:10 to Yuma 1957 Delmer Daves 1460
67 Seven Men from Now 1956 Budd Boetticher 1462
68 The Professionals 1966 Richard Brooks 1501
69 Back to the Future Part III 1990 Robert Zemeckis 1502
70 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1507
71 How the West Was Won 1962 John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall 1519
72 Meek's Cutoff 2010 Kelly Reichardt 1536
73 Forty Guns 1957 Samuel Fuller 1561
74 Duel in the Sun 1946 King Vidor 1564
75 Legends of the Fall 1994 Edward Zwick 1607
76 The Rider 2017 Chloé Zhao 1648
77 Django 1966 Sergio Corbucci 1666
78 The Power of the Dog 2021 Jane Campion 1758
79 Open Range 2003 Kevin Costner 1776
80 Pale Rider 1985 Clint Eastwood 1825
81 Ulzana's Raid 1972 Robert Aldrich 1856
82 The Man from Laramie 1955 Anthony Mann 1858
83 Silverado 1985 Lawrence Kasdan 1881
84 The Shooting 1966 Monte Hellman 1887
85 Rio Grande 1950 John Ford 1916
86 Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski 1964
87 Sholay 1975 Ramesh Sippy 2007
88 Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher 2017
89 The Proposition 2005 John Hillcoat 2050
90 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 2057
91 Cat Ballou 1965 Elliot Silverstein 2104
92 The Tall T 1957 Budd Boetticher 2107
93 Man of the West 1958 Anthony Mann 2127
94 Vera Cruz 1954 Robert Aldrich 2159
95 Calamity Jane 1953 David Butler 2197
96 Way Out West 1937 James W. Horne 2205
97 Duck, You Sucker 1971 Sergio Leone 2234
98 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez 2235
99 The Iron Horse 1924 John Ford 2246
100 Wagon Master 1950 John Ford 2265
101 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 2403
102 Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 Martin Scorsese 2409
103 Rancho Notorious 1952 Fritz Lang 2428
104 Lonely Are the Brave 1962 David Miller 2491
105 Bend of the River 1952 Anthony Mann 2494
106 Hombre 1967 Martin Ritt 2609
107 El Dorado 1966 Howard Hawks 2643
108 The Mask of Zorro 1998 Martin Campbell 2710
109 The Long Riders 1980 Walter Hill 2722
110 Antonio das Mortes 1969 Glauber Rocha 2754
111 Dodge City 1939 Michael Curtiz 2761
112 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 Tommy Lee Jones 2781
113 Broken Arrow 1950 Delmer Daves 2807
114 The Lusty Men 1952 Nicholas Ray 2809
115 The Round-up 1966 Miklós Jancsó 2849
116 City Slickers 1991 Ron Underwood 2948
117 The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970 Sam Peckinpah 2963
118 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 3005
119 Outland 1981 Peter Hyams 3059
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