Wild west for me.

"Deadwood" is one of my favorites, too. Too bad Ricky Jay didn't get to show off anything on the series. I read recently that HBO is limiting the show to three seasons instead of the four that the creator originally envisioned -- that sucks..

I will be very saddened when it ends. Darn them for cutting off my fix.

My all time favorite western is My Name is Nobody cause I just love watching horses explode

It isn't a classic, and probably not that well-known, but I loved "Lightning Jack." This comedy is a western for people who don't like westerns. It's really funny and the acting is great!

"Lonesome Dove" starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Angelica Houston (and a host of other good actors) is one of my alltime favorites. "The Shootist" with John Wayne and Ron Howard is also a favorite of mine. I'm a baby boomer and westerns on the boob tube and cinema where a part of my youth as I was growing up. Any movies starring John Wayne or Clint Eastwood are considered favorites with me.
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Lonesome Dove is my favorite western. It seems to be the most realistic of the bunch.
Iven

I love the Searchers as well. Classic! Also;

Unforgiven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Hang em High
High Plains Drifter
They call me Trinity
Trinity is Still My Name
The Wild Bunch
High Noon
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Shane
One Eyed Jacks
Pale Rider
The Shootist
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Hud
True Grit
The Magnificent Seven
The Frisco Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
Fist of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
My Darling Clementine
Rustlers Rhapsody
A Man Called Horse

There's a few to keep you busy!! Everyone of them a good film.

WOW Vandy!
Excellent list!

I forgot about "A Man Called Horse". powerful stuff there as I recall.
"The Magnificent Seven" was a favorite when I was a kid.

I have only liked one western in my life...and it was a TV show.
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Bruce Campbell is my hero.
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Gwyd

Thanks, I love Westerns. Yes, a man called horse is a very good movie, and powerful. Especially when he takes his "Sun Vow" OUCH!!

LITTLE BIG MAN would also have to go on that often over-looked list.

I remember "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."! I was pretty young at the time, so I don't know if I'd like it today, but I remember thinking it was pretty cool at the time.

I must admit I have a soft spot for westerns.

I only recently saw “The Searchers” and I agree, it’s one of the very best!

Wasn’t The Shootist Wayne’s last movie? If that’s the case, what a way to go!

High Noon & Shane is usually hailed as the best westerns ever, and Eastwood remade Shane as Pale Rider.

Jeremiah Johnson, Oh yes!

The Wild Bunch , my favourite Sam Peckinpah western!

Little Big Man is an epic!
And while we’re talking Indians (or is native Americans more PC?) what about Dances with wolves?

Lonesome Dove, another masterpiece.

Of course, Open Range and Unforgiven are both great.

The Long Riders, anyone?

Bjørn

How about the WORST western ever?

My vote? Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

My vote is definitely for "Matalo !"( Kill him in spanish ), a Italian production : imagine a unwilling parody of Sergio Leone with no dialogues, unpleasant actors, nonsensical plot line. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, not only western.

Paint Your Wagon.

WHAT! You didn't love an all-signing, all-dancing Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin? !!!

Worst western ever...Hmmm... The Quick and The Dead. Sharone Stone and Leonardo Decaprio try to out-pretty each other in the old west.

Oh Man, good call. The Quick and the Dead was Bruuuuuuuuutal!! Terrible, terrible movie.

I'm sorry, but Paint Your Wagon still makes me laugh my a** off! The bad singing by Eastwood just makes it funnier. And I thought Marvin's growling/singing fit his character perfectly.

Was Little Big Man mentioned by anyone? I loved that movie.