The Quiet Man is one of my favorite overall films as well.What about “The Angel and the Badman”? It’s my favorite of all of Wayne’s western flicks, surprised no one mentioned it. Gail Russell is terrific in it. It was also the inspiration for “Witness”, Peter Hyams film starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. My favorite Wayne flick period is “The Quiet Man”, also a John Ford production.
The Quiet Man is one of my favorite overall films as well.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen The Angel and the Badman. I had no idea it was the inspiration for witness, which is a good movie. I will keep an eye out for it.
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I would agree with you, but sometimes your favorite film is not the best, and you know it. I was always a Gail Russell fan, she made some great flicks besides Angel and the Bad Man (The Univited, and The Unseen which was a sequel). She died tragically at age 36, some would say self inflicted.I saw The Angel and the Bad Man for the first time this past year. I would watch it again, but there are a number of John Wayne westerns that I think that are better. Still, it is a good movie.
I would agree with you, but sometimes your favorite film is not the best, and you know it. I was always a Gail Russell fan, she made some great flicks besides Angel and the Bad Man (The Univited, and The Unseen which was a sequel). She died tragically at age 36, some would say self inflicted.
Yes, as in all list of “best”, it is a matter of taste. I happen to not be fond of John Wayne Westerns. I love almost all of Eastwood’s.I agree, a favorite movie is a matter of taste among other things. You mentioned The Uninvited. That is a horror/ghost film that my wife and I quite enjoy, it is very good. We have seen it several times.
RawhideThere are a lot of westerns out there. Which ones do you have in your top five western list? For me, I’d go with:
Unforgiven - A well written movie that expresses multiple points of view of the same horrific event. Clint Eastwood’s character is possibly the toughest man ever at the end of this movie.
True Grit - The original. Though the remake has a lot of good characteristics, it made me appreciate just how good the original was. John Wayne, well, is John Wayne. He does a great job making and unlikable character likable, and even charming. Kim Darby seemed miscast playing a 15 year old girl, but she does a great job with the dialogue that comes right out of the excellent Charles Porter book. Even Glen Campbell does a good job with the difficult dialogue and the comedic elements of his character.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - This movie pretty much has it all. Shoot outs, A town bully, a man taking a stand when he could run, a man doing the right thing even when he knows it’s to his detriment, and the perils of hero worship. John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin in a John Ford film. You’d expect it to be excellent, and it is.
High Noon - Gary Cooper does an incredible job as a man who feels duty-bound to take on a gang of killers (alone) on the last day before he retires. Grace Kelly never looked love Lieier as his Quaker wife who does not believe in violence.
Stagecoach (1939) - There are a lot of movies that I could slot into the number five position but I’m going with another John Ford and John Wayne film. while stagecoach certainly has a lot of action, a good piece of the dramatic tension is generated by combining dissimilar characters in a small space.
There are plenty of others that would be equally good choices. What’s your top five?
I agree with Woody:There are a lot of westerns out there. Which ones do you have in your top five western list? For me, I’d go with:
Unforgiven - A well written movie that expresses multiple points of view of the same horrific event. Clint Eastwood’s character is possibly the toughest man ever at the end of this movie.
True Grit - The original. Though the remake has a lot of good characteristics, it made me appreciate just how good the original was. John Wayne, well, is John Wayne. He does a great job making and unlikable character likable, and even charming. Kim Darby seemed miscast playing a 15 year old girl, but she does a great job with the dialogue that comes right out of the excellent Charles Porter book. Even Glen Campbell does a good job with the difficult dialogue and the comedic elements of his character.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - This movie pretty much has it all. Shoot outs, A town bully, a man taking a stand when he could run, a man doing the right thing even when he knows it’s to his detriment, and the perils of hero worship. John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin in a John Ford film. You’d expect it to be excellent, and it is.
High Noon - Gary Cooper does an incredible job as a man who feels duty-bound to take on a gang of killers (alone) on the last day before he retires. Grace Kelly never looked love Lieier as his Quaker wife who does not believe in violence.
Stagecoach (1939) - There are a lot of movies that I could slot into the number five position but I’m going with another John Ford and John Wayne film. while stagecoach certainly has a lot of action, a good piece of the dramatic tension is generated by combining dissimilar characters in a small space.
There are plenty of others that would be equally good choices. What’s your top five?
That’s the beauty of these threads. You hear other peoples ideas and they make you think “oh that’s a good one too”. (Both Jeremiah Johnson and Revenant were mentioned.)Nobody mentioning Leonardo DiCaprio’ Oscar winning performance in Revenant? Not one of my favorites either
A Man Called Horse and Jeremiah Johnson didn’t pop right into my mind on first thought.
Clark Gable??????????clint eastwood
james stewart
james garner
clark gable
henry fonda.
if its a 'western,' and one of these guys has a big role in it, i'd watch it.
and brad pitt. always. legends of the fall, a river runs thru it? that's old timey Montana, which is in the west, which makes them westerns, to me.
Clark Gable??????????
The Misfits, San Francisco, Honky Tonk, Boomtown, a couple others.Clark Gable??????????
whelp, based on the last few posts (movie names, like song names, are mostly a mystery to me. except one-worders like 'up' or 'misfits'),Clark Gable??????????
jeremiah johnson is a 'cult classic' to this very day.Nobody mentioning Leonardo DiCaprio’ Oscar winning performance in Revenant? Not one of my favorites either
A Man Called Horse and Jeremiah Johnson didn’t pop right into my mind on first thought.
1. Searchers
2. Shane
3. My Darling Clementine
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. Big Country
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7. Pick any one of the Jimmy Stewart/Anthony Mann westerns---Bend of the River, Man from Laramie, Winchester 73, but my fav Anthony Mann oater was with Henry Fonda, Tin Star