Best Western Movie

I like some of the Clint Eastwood movies - The Outlaw and Josie Wales is my favorite. I enjoy quite a variety of Roy Rogers movies as well, and his TV series. As a kid, I used to enjoy the Lone Ranger, and the Cisco Kid along with his pal Pancho. And for some beautiful horse footage, there's nothing like The Man from Snowy River.

For some reason, I've never particularly enjoyed Gary Cooper or Jimmy Stewart in cowboy movies, although I've liked them in any number of other movies.

Chester

My favourite western of all time is The Culpepper Cattle Company. Gritty, dirty, realistic and ultimately sad. In some ways it reminded me of one of my favourite Wayne westerns - The Cowboys.

Luke Askew is my favourite western actor, albeit character actor. Trying to find info on him is bloody difficult though.

Kath

i think that "the man from snowy river" is a good movie even though it's not really a western as such but for us aussies it's as good as we get, it's based on a poem by A.B. (Banjo) Patterson published in 1890, the horsemanship is great and our brumbies are just as they are seen in the movie, have a herd living not to far from where i live. they are fast brutes and can travel at speeds of 80klm/hr, my father has raced them on a motorbike to see what speeds they could get up to. the movie is hard to get so if you find a copy grab it while you can.

and chester the snowy area is just like in the movie

cheers smokey

I really like Tombstone, I think that Val Kilmer is the best Doc Holiday ever protrayed.

I also like Silverado, I thought it was done really well.

And what is the name of the movie that Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda is about Jimmy Stewarts brother dies and leaves him a brathal (sp) ? I think that is a funny western.

7 Mules for Sister Sara

And if you would consider it a western, Dances with Wolfs.

But to be honest, if there is a western on that is either new or old I will watch it! Are t.v. if on, is usually on one of the old movie channels! And by all means, the new westerns don't hold a candle to what the old westerns were! There were just too many great actors back then, of course John Wayne being on the top of my list, but there was also Jimmy Stewart etc. I don't think you could ever replace them!

Stacy

Well,Hondo you know this is not easy since there is lot of great westerns that don`t have John Wayne but I´ll give it a try anyway.So my list looks like this(at least today I`m sure I´m forgetting many good westerns)For A Few Dollars More(best one from the Eastwood-Leone westerns)
The Outlaw Josey Wales(best one from the westerns that Eastwood has directed...I know he won academy award with The Unforgiven and that movie is great also...but not as great as Josey )
Once Upon A Time In America(Another masterpiece from Sergio Leone .Includes one of the best villain of all time in westerns:Henry Fonda`s Frank)
The Wild Bunch(I`m not sure if you consider this film as a western but I do.Peckinpah`s best film ever)
My Darling Clementine( the best John Ford western without John Wayne)

Well, I don't watch non-Duke westerns except for a few Eastwood flicks.

The only non-Duke western I like is "The Good The Bad The Ugly", although it's a low budget spaghetti western and it's a little long, but I've always liked it.

Kevin

Hey Guys,
I am John Wayne fan, just not a freakshow about it. My favorite non-duke movie is LONESOM DOVE.

Stacy, I believe the movie you mentioned with Henry Fonda and James Stewart is "Cheyenne Social Club". Directed by Gene Kelly, believe it or not.

My fave westerns are:

Tombstone-Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer

Outlaw Josey Wales-Clint Eastwood

Unforgiven-Clint Eastwood (has anyone else noticed the similarity between the kid from Unforgiven and Outlaw Josey Wales?)

Heaven's Gate-Kris Kristofferson. A flawed epic, I will admit, but strangely compelling. A look at a dark chapter of western history and another angle of the ranchers vs. the settlers battles. Makes Starrett in "Shane" look gentle.

Ride the High Country-Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott. This is a biggie. One of the very best westerns. Early Peckinpah that packs a punch. Why, oh why, is this gem not out on DVD? It was out on laserdisc and is still available on vhs. The cinematography alone begs a widescreen release for the masses. This is what gets me when it comes to the powers that be at movie studios. They will put out DVDs of dreck, direct to video tripe, yet not obvious "prestige", or classic films like this one. Whatever. I will step off the soapbox. Suffice it to say that I love this one.

I expect I'll forget a few but here goes.
Lonesome Dove
Sacketts
Pale Rider
Conagher
Paint Your Wagon
Good Ol' Boys
Dances With Wolves
Geronimo
Tombstone

Some of my favorites are;

Shenandoah
Oxbow Incident
Tombstone
Little Big Man
Will Penny
How the West was Won

Sorry Hondo it was Sherman that Duke played not Grant.

Rick

That was a hard nut to crack, because there are so many great films in that genre.
I can't possibly cut it down to five - so here are my ten favorites:

1. THE FAR COUNTRY (possibly the greatest of the Anthony Mann/Jimmy Stewart collaborations)

2. SHANE

3. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE

4. FRIENDLY PERSUASION (perfect casting, perfect directing, everything's perfect - one of Coops very best)

5. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

6. HIGH NOON (sorry, Duke - but I still like it)

7. THE MAG SEVEN (lots of fun - and it has McQueen)

8. GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL (the chemistry of Lancaster & Douglas - and the ballad of Frankie Laine)

9. WILL PENNY (something of a change)

10. COWBOY (Delmar Dave's and Glenn Ford's best work - very authentic)

so where can I put THE PROFESSIONALS, BEND OF THE RIVER, 3:10 TO YUMA, THE WESTERNER, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN, and THE GUNFIGHTER - they belong in my 10-best-list, too!

In my opinion, Lonesome Dove was the best non-Duke weastern ever made. It was more true to the real west then most and darn entertaining. The Outlaw Jose Wales comes in second. Third would be The Jack Bull Story with John Cusack. It was an HBO movie and I think was very well done. Forth would be Pale Rider with Siverado coming in fifth. dukefan1

The Western genre is rich with great movies, here are six of my favourite non John Wayne movies. In no specific order

1. Shane
2. High Noon
3. Calamity Jane (Its innocnet fun)
4. Winchester 73
5. Unforgiven
6. Good the bad and the ugly

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One of my favorite non-duke westerns is probably The Magnificent Seven. I also like some of the newer Westerns with Tom Selleck. I like that they are trying to revamp the genre. Also, it's not really a western in the classical sense, but I like Last of the Dogmen with Tom Barrenger. It has some beautiful shots in it, and a very good storyline.