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What's the best western movie of all time?

For me it's FISTFULL OF DOLLARS
gotta love a classic

does Wagons East count?

I think that's not an answerable question.

My vote, though, is probably either your vote, or perhaps, Unforgiven.

There is a dark, inexorable majesty to the fall of William Munny back into his old ways.   The moment when the prostitute rides out to him to tell him that Ned was killed, and wordlessly, Eastwood turns and picks up the whiskey, starts drinking it seriously and grimly.    All the meekness and self-doubt just goes, and the old anger is all right back there, you can see it in the lines in his face -- a killer's face.       And then the last gunfight.   "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it," and Hackman's character gets the shotgun in cold blood.         Vengeance in cold rain -- Eastwood looking as old and etched as a legend.  Awesome.  There isn't and hasn't been any actor in a Western who could do a movie like that one, showing the shades of gray so well.

Once Upon a Time in the West was very good, also.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly gets my vote and it's also one of my all-time favorite films.  I've been trying to watch more westerns lately.  The only other Leone western I've seen is Once Upon a Time in the West which is also fantastic.

I've been getting more interested in Westerns too for the last year or so.  Favorite is probably The Outlaw Josey Wales, though Clint's Man With No Name trilogy is awesome as well.  Once Upon A Time In The West is another good one.  Also Pale Rider.

All those mentioned....also like...
THEY CALL ME TRINITY
TRINTY is STILL MY NAME
SHANE
Peckinpah's the WILD BUNCH
the reaaaaaaaaalllly weird EL TOPO
The gory Spainish CUT THROATS NINE! Wow...! Rented this long ago from a Mom and Pop kinda video store...SEE IT!
the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
the SONS of KATIE ELDER
Any western with Sterling Hayden,Kirk Douglas,or Dean Martin.
The original STAGECOACH
LITTLE BIG MAN
FIVE BLOODY GRAVES...directed by Al Adamson! And John Carridine is in it too!
The LONGRIDERS
TOM HORN
and Bad Movie westerns...
BILLY the KID vs. DRACULA
JESSE JAMES meets FRANKENSTIEN's DAUGHTER
CURSE of the UNDEAD (with a gunfighter vampire...Micheal Pate)
SWAMP of the LOST MONSTERS- I usta have this on tape...(Goodtimes Video). A Mexican western/horror/comedy(?). Kinda plays like the Cisco kid vs. the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Hilarious,in a Bad movie way!

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I love a good western too.....I think my favorites are High Noon and Unforgiven. 

When I saw this thread, I thought it was about the hotel chain.

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I realized that after I posted the topic. It's still funny though

Damn Ash! You beat me to it.  :bluesad:

I go there all the time. :buggedout:

My favourites are

The Wild Bunch
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Back To The Future Part 3.

My favs:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (the most epic Western ever made)
The Magnificent Seven (all-star cast, great music and story...and a remake to boot!)
The Quick and the Dead (pure popcorn western)
Gunslinger (laughably bad western with John Ireland's glowing hands and ability to teleport himself all over town)  :bouncegiggle:
High Noon (Gary Cooper, Lee Van Cleef, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges et al.  A good look at human nature, plus a cool gimick [movie is shown in near-real time])

I wish someone would make another (good) western.  Open Range (2003) was okay but not great.

The Unforgiven is the only western I've seen more than once. I hate that genre.

I'd say either "The good, the bad and the ugly" or "Once upon a time in the west". Close seconds would be "The otlaw Jossie Wales", "Unforgiven", "Ride the High Country" and even spaghetti westerns such as "Tepepa" or "The big gundown".

As a kid,I was hooked on reaaaal old Hopalong Cassidy wsterns they had on channel 46.

In no Paticular order

El Dorado
Mackenna's Gold
The Magnificent Seven
Will Penny
The War Wagon
Major Dundee

I could rattle off A ton more but these came to mind!

My Top Westerns are:

The Magnificient Seven
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Fistful Of Dynamite
My Name Is Nobody
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Dances With Wolves
Shane
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
High Plains Drifter
The Great Silence
Dead Man
Destry Rides Again
Bandolero
Tombstone
One Eyed Jacks
Django
Open Range
The Cowboys
The Shootist
The Outlaw
The Oxbow Incident
The Wild Bunch
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
100 Rifles
Little Big Man
The Ballad Of Cable Hogue

Mmm... those two are great, although a bit flawed. "Major Dundee" has finally been restored in a special edition that tries to solve the continuity problems and provide a more satisfying experience. I hope somebody ends up doing the same for "McKenna's Gold", they say the original cut was around three hours long.

These are the only westerns I own (and the majority of what I've seen):

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly--As I've mentioned, this is the best!
Once Upon a Time in the West--A pretty remarkable film.
The Ox-Bow Incident--Very fine movie.
Unforgiven--Harsh and wonderful.
Django--Good fun!
My Darling Clementine--Excellent, excellent movie! 
The Wild Bunch--Not my favorite, but it's a very good film.
The Great Silence--A bleak movie, but worthwhile.
God's Gun/Kid Dynamite (crappy Digiview DVD)--God's Gun is horrible!  But it has some funny bits.  I haven't watched Kid Dynamite
High Plains Drifter--A bit odd but good.
My Name is Nobody--Not everything in it works, but it's still a great movie.
Rio Bravo (actually, I haven't watched this yet)

Others I've seen that qualify as westerns:

Dances With Wolves--Decent film from what I remember.
Old Yeller--Tragic!
The Terror of Tiny Town-- :teddyr:

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY is by far my favorite, but I would also put the following in my top 10:

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
THEY CALL ME NOBODY
THEY CALL ME TRINITY
TRUE GRIT
RED RIVER
DJANGO
UNFORGIVEN

I could never seem to get into Westerns as a genre although the names in some B-movie Westerns do pique my interest a bit. The only Western I own (on VHS) is HIGH NOON. Have to admit to enjoying WESTWORLD if one could really call that a Western and the Twilight Zone episode set in the Old West.

My top favorites are:
The Shootist
Big Jake
Shane
Little Big Man
Rustler's Rhapsody

"The Shootist" is a great one. I've always considered a precedent of "Unforgiven", because it was directed by one of EEastwood's mentors, Don Siegel.