2024 Summer Movie Talk – Part 3

Westerns – Classic

I’m dividing Westerns into two categories; Classic and Modern, because they really are completely different categories.  I’ll list what I think are among the best or the most popular or the most interesting classic westerns in approximately chronological order.  I’ve reviewed a number of these movies so if you want my detailed opinion, you can do a search on the site.

1. STAGECOACH (1939)
2. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
3. THE WESTERNER (1940)
4. THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (1941)
5. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943)
6. ‘MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
7. FORT APACHE (1948)
8. WINCHESTER ‘73 (1950)
9. HIGH NOON (1952)
10. 3:10 TO YUMA (1957)
11. RIO BRAVO (1959)
12. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962)
13. EL DORADO (1966)

Now this is just my list.  Your list will be different.  I left out some classic movies that are on everyone’s list; “The Searchers,” “Shane” and some others.  That’s just my taste. Some people consider “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” a western but because it took place in the mid-twentieth century I don’t consider it a classic western.  It’s a great film but I consider it something else.

So, there it is.  Feel free to add what I have left off or disagree with what I’ve included in the comments below.