Best western?

[Peter]

I like the Terence Hill/Bud Spencer ones! (Call Me Trinity/Trinity is Still My Same)

Not really a big fan of westerns, so I can only offer the usual suspects like the Spaghetti westerns.

My parents love the things, would watch them 24/7 if possible.

[beutelwolf]

I like spaghetti Westerns:

Once upon a time in the west
Il grande silencio

[frankthring]

Now the fascinating thing about this question, apart from a couple of
answers, is that it reveals the age of the people replying. Westerns are
hardly ever made anymore so, unless you are a huge fan, or watch every
single cowboy film you can find on the telly, its unlikely that you have seen
much of the golden age of 30s,40s and 50s westerns. The replies seem to
relate to relatively recent ones ("The Unforgiven") or the oft-televised
spaghettis especially the Dollars trilogy.
I loved `em growing up in the 1950s, saw 100s at the movies and even
enjoyed silent ones like "The Covered Wagon". The spaghettis came as a
fresh slant and I loved them too. "Heaven`s Gate" was the kiss of death to
the genre.
The answer - for me at least - is easy. "The Searchers" is not just the best
western ever made but my personal favourite out of 62 years and thousands
of flicks. Every frame is so beautifully composed, Wayne at his best, a great
story, thrills, human emotion and comedy.
As an elergy on the passing of the West I adore also the very violent "The
Wild Bunch". A neighbour of mine in L.A. when I lived there was Ernest
Borgnine who died recently. He is superb in it and Emilio Fernandez the
slimiest villain of all time.

[Ken Shabby]

You're right Frank, the Duke was great in "The Searchers", but for me his performance in "True Grit" was even better.

I'm glad to see "Tombstone" mentioned here. It was overlooked on it's release, but it has grown quite a following over the years. As with "Tombstone", I saw "Unforgiven" on the weekend of it's release over here. I never really got it. A lot of people love it though, so what do I know? I loved "Tombstone" though.

[welkram]

So glad there were more posts on this subject, it made me realise that like other prople l should have also included:

The Unforgiven (best CE western)

True Grit (the original)

Lonesome Dove (TV series)

Silverado (loved it, but no classic)

Dances with Wolves (no, no, no, no - never)

[RoddersUK]

I don't think that they are that good Liz !!

[RoddersUK]

The Wild Bunch for blood and gore and Butch Cassidy followed by Blazing Saddles for comedy.
I am afraid that though I have seen most of Waynes films he does tend to bore the shit out of me.

[mark cremona]

The Shootist.

I believe he (John Wayne) was already suffering from Cancer when he made this film so there was this double Irony going on, a truly great film.

[Dick Moby]

High Plains Drifter must get a mention and surely we're not forgetting Bonanza or the High Chaparral (not films I know but I grew up with them)

[Phil Phee]

Concur with Jonone with 'Once Upon a Time in the West'. Claudia Cardinale - phew!

Am I talking out of my a*se, or was Victor McLagen born in Commercial Road, Stepney, E1? I'm sure there's a blue plaque...?