The 50 Best Western Movies Of All Time. by thatgiythosethat • Created 2 years ago • Modified 1 year ago. This list is based on how western they are. by far the most accurate western movie list out there.

1. The Searchers. 1956 1h 59m Approved. 7.8 (98K) Rate. 94 Metascore. An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Vera Miles. 2. Once Upon a Time in the West.

Our expertly curated list includes both old and new Western action movies, praised by critics and audiences alike for their compelling narratives, unforgettable performances, and stirring portrayals of life in the Wild West.

With ‘Stagecoach’ (1939), the western became an art form and box office, and Wayne would become a major star for the next forty years. Most of the films he starred in were Westerns—three are on this list—and he became the poster boy of the American Western.

These gritty films pay homage to the American cowboy and life in the Old West. Celebrated actors, like Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, and John Wayne, often portray the heroes—and you'll fall for these leading men all over again when you see them in action.

Western movies offer a grand array of sensory pleasures: grand vistas, the clomping of horse hooves, tough cowboys and tougher gunfighters. With themes including revenge and honor or love and betrayal, the 60s westerns were some of the best ever made.

The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important.

1. The Wild Bunch. 19692h 15mR. 7.9 (92K) Rate. 98Metascore. An aging group of outlaws in 1913 Texas look for one last big score, selling stolen Army rifles to a rogue Mexican general during that country's revolution, as the traditional American West is disappearing around them.