John Charet’s Favorite Westerns

  1. The Great Train Robbery (1903) (Dir: Edwin S. Porter)
    (Short Cinema)
  2. Hell’s Hinges (1916) (Dir: Charles Swickard)
  3. Just Pals (1920) (Dir: John Ford)
  4. The Paleface (1922) (Dir: Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)
    (Comedy Western)
    (Short Cinema)
  5. The Iron Horse (1924) (Dir: John Ford)
  6. Go West (1925) (Dir: Buster Keaton)
    (Comedy Western)
  7. 3 Bad Men (1926) (Dir: John Ford)
  8. The Wind (1928) (Dir: Victor Sjostrom)
  9. The Big Trail (1930) (Dir: Raoul Walsh)
  10. Stagecoach (1939) (Dir: John Ford)
  11. The Dark Command (1940) (Dir: Raoul Walsh)
  12. The Return of Frank James (1940) (Dir: Fritz Lang)
  13. Western Union (1941) (Dir: Fritz Lang)
  14. Canyon Passage (1946) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
  15. My Darling Clementine (1946) (Dir: John Ford)
  16. Pursued (1947) (Dir: Raoul Walsh)
  17. Ramrod (1947) (Dir: Andre DeToth)
  18. 3 Godfathers (1948) (Dir: John Ford)
  19. Fort Apache (1948) (Dir: John Ford)
  20. Red River (1948) (Dir: Howard Hawks)
  21. Colorado Territory (1949) (Dir: Raoul Walsh)
  22. I Shot Jesse James (1949) (Dir: Samuel Fuller)
  23. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) (Dir: John Ford)
  24. Annie Get Your Gun (1950) (Dir: George Sidney)
    (Musical Western)
  25. The Baron of Arizona (1950) (Dir: Samuel Fuller)
  26. Devil’s Doorway (1950) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  27. The Furies (1950) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  28. The Gunfighter (1950) (Dir: Henry King)
  29. Rio Grande (1950) (Dir: John Ford)
  30. Stars in My Crown (1950) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
  31. Wagon Master (1950) (Dir: John Ford)
  32. Winchester ’73 (1950) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  33. Man in the Saddle (1951) (Dir: Andre De Toth)
  34. Bend of the River (1952) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  35. The Big Sky (1952) (Dir: Howard Hawks)
  36. The Lusty Men (1952) (Dir: Nicholas Ray)
  37. Rancho Notorious (1952) (Dir: Fritz Lang)
  38. Ransom of Red Chief (1952) (Dir: Howard Hawks)
    (Segment of: O’ Henry’s Full House)
    (Anthology Film)
  39. Son of Paleface (1952) (Dir: Frank Tashlin)
    (Comedy Western)
  40. The Naked Spur (1953) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  41. The Far Country (1954) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  42. Johnny Guitar (1954) (Dir: Nicholas Ray)
  43. River of No Return (1954) (Dir: Otto Preminger)
  44. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (Dir: Stanley Donen)
    (Musical Western)
  45. Silver Lode (1954) (Dir: Allan Dwan)
  46. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) (Dir: Douglas Sirk)
  47. Track of the Cat (1954) (Dir: William A. Wellman)
  48. Vera Cruz (1954) (Dir: Robert Aldrich)
  49. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) (Dir: John Sturges)
    (Neo-Western)
  50. The Last Frontier (1955) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  51. The Man from Laramie (1955) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  52. The Naked Dawn (1955) (Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer)
  53. Run for Cover (1955) (Dir: Nicholas Ray)
  54. Stranger on Horseback (1955) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
  55. Wichita (1955) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
  56. Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre (1956-1961) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  57. Great Day in the Morning (1956) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
  58. The Searchers (1956) (Dir: John Ford)
  59. Seven Men from Now (1956) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  60. Decision at Sundown (1957) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  61. Forty Guns (1957) (Dir: Samuel Fuller)
  62. The Halliday Brand (1957) (Dir: Joseph H. Lewis)
  63. Man in the Shadow (1957) (Dir: Jack Arnold)
    (Neo-Western)
  64. Maverick (1957-1962) (Dir: Various)
    (Comedy Western)
    (TV Series)
  65. Run of the Arrow (1957) (Dir: Samuel Fuller)
  66. Sugarfoot (1957-1961) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  67. The Tall T (1957) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  68. 3:10 to Yuma (1957) (Dir: Delmer Daves)
  69. The Tin Star (1957) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  70. The True Story of Jesse James (1957) (Dir: Nicholas Ray)
  71. Wagon Train (1957) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  72. The Bravados (1958) (Dir: Henry King)
  73. Bronco (1958-1962) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  74. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  75. Gunman’s Walk (1958) (Dir: Phil Karlson)
  76. Lawman (1958-1962) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  77. Man of the West (1958) (Dir: Anthony Mann)
  78. The Rifleman (1958-1963) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  79. Terror in a Texas Town (1958) (Dir: Joseph H. Lewis)
  80. Bonanza (1959-1973) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  81. Day of the Outlaw (1959) (Dir: Andre De Toth)
  82. No Name on the Bullet (1959) (Dir: Jack Arnold)
  83. Rawhide (1959-1965) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  84. Ride Lonesome (1959) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  85. Rio Bravo (1959) (Dir: Howard Hawks)
  86. Westbound (1959) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  87. Comanche Station (1960) (Dir: Budd Boetticher)
  88. Sergeant Rutledge (1960) (Dir: John Ford)
  89. The Westerner (1960) (Dir: Various)
    (TV Series)
  90. The Deadly Companions (1961) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
  91. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) (Dir: Marlon Brando)
  92. Two Rode Together (1961) (Dir: John Ford)
  93. The Civil War (1861-1865) (1962) (Dir: John Ford)
    (Segment of: How the West Was Won)
    (Anthology Film)
  94. Lonely Are the Brave (1962) (Dir: David Miller)
    (Neo-Western)
  95. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (Dir: John Ford)
  96. Ride the High Country (1962) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
  97. Cheyenne Autumn (1964) (Dir: John Ford)
  98. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (Dir: Sergio Leone)
  99. Lemonade Joe (1964) (Dir: Oldrich Lipsky)
    (Satirical Western)
  100. For a Few Dollars More (1965) (Dir: Sergio Leone)
  101. Major Dundee (1965) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
  102. A Pistol for Ringo (1965) (Dir: Duccio Tessari)
  103. The Return of Ringo (1965) (Dir: Duccio Tessari)
  104. The Big Gundown (1966) (Dir: Sergio Sollima)
  105. Django (1966) (Dir: Sergio Corbucci)
  106. El Dorado (1966/67) (Dir: Howard Hawks)
  107. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (Dir: Sergio Leone)
  108. Massacre Time (1966) (Dir: Lucio Fulci)
  109. Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) (Dir: Monte Hellman)
  110. The Shooting (1966) (Dir: Monte Hellman)
  111. A Bullet for the General (1967) (Dir: Damiano Damiani)
  112. Day of Anger (1967) (Dir: Tonino Valerii)
  113. Death Rides a Horse (1967) (Dir: Giulio Petroni)
  114. Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! (1967) (Dir: Giulio Questi)
  115. Face to Face (1967) (Dir: Sergio Sollima)
  116. The Hellbenders (1967) (Dir: Sergio Corbucci)
  117. Requiescant (1967) (Dir: Carlo Lizzani)
  118. The Great Silence (1968) (Dir: Sergio Corbucci)
  119. The Mercenary (1968) (Dir: Sergio Corbucci)
  120. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) (Dir: Sergio Leone)
  121. Run, Man, Run (1968) (Dir: Sergio Sollima)
  122. The Price of Power (1969) (Dir: Tonino Valerii)
  123. The Specialists (1969) (Dir: Sergio Corbucci)
  124. The Wild Bunch (1969) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
  125. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
  126. Companeroes (1970) (Dir: Sergio Corbucci)
  127. Rio Lobo (1970) (Dir: Howard Hawks)
  128. Duck, You Sucker (1971) (Dir: Sergio Leone)
    (a.k.a. A Fistful of Dynamite)
  129. The Hired Hand (1971) (Dir: Peter Fonda)
  130. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) (Dir: Robert Altman)
  131. Whity (1971) (Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
  132. Junior Bonner (1972) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
    (Neo-Western)
  133. Ulzana’s Raid (1972) (Dir: Robert Aldrich)
  134. High Plains Drifter (1973) (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
  135. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
  136. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) (Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
    (Neo-Western)
  137. Four of the Apocalypse (1975) (Dir: Lucio Fulci)
  138. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976) (Dir: Robert Altman)
  139. Keoma (1976) (Dir: Enzo G. Castellari)
  140. The Missouri Breaks (1976) (Dir: Arthur Penn)
  141. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
  142. The Shootist (1976) (Dir: Don Siegel)
  143. A Man Called Blade (1977) (Dir: Sergio Martino)
  144. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) (Dir: Fred Schepisi)
  145. China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) (Dir: Monte Hellman)
  146. Bronco Billy (1980) (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
    (Neo-Western)
  147. Heaven’s Gate (1980) (Dir: Michael Cimino)
  148. The Long Riders (1980) (Dir: Walter Hill)
  149. Pale Rider (1985) (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
  150. Near Dark (1987) (Dir: Kathryn Bigelow)
    (Horror Neo-Western)
  151. Walker (1987) (Dir: Alex Cox)
  152. Unforgiven (1992) (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
  153. Dead Man (1995) (Dir: Jim Jarmusch)
  154. A Fistful of Fingers (1995) (Dir: Edgar Wright)
    (Comedy Western)
  155. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (Dir: Robert Rodriguez)
    (Horror Neo-Western)
  156. Vampires (1998) (Dir: John Carpenter)
    (Horror Neo-Western)
  157. Ravenous (1999) (Dir: Antonia Bird)
    (Horror Western)
  158. Deadwood (2004-2006) (Dir: Various)
    (Cable Series)
  159. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) (Dir: Andrew Dominik)
  160. No Country for Old Men (2007) (Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen)
    (Neo-Western)
  161. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) (Dir: Kelly Reichardt)
  162. True Grit (2010) (Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen)
  163. Rango (2011) (Dir: Gore Verbinski)
    (Neo-Western)
    (Animated Film)
  164. Django Unchained (2012) (Dir: Quentin Tarantino)
  165. Bone Tomahawk (2015) (Dir: S. Craig Zahler)
    (Horror Western)
  166. The Hateful Eight (2015) (Dir: Quentin Tarantino)
  167. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) (Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen)
    (Anthology Film)
  168. Deadwood: The Movie (2019) (Dir: David Minahan)
    (Cable Film)

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