Westerns Worth Watching

These are necessarily the best westerns, but here are a few that it is worth your time to check out.

1. High Noon (1952)
A classic American western showcasing the bold heroism of a small town marshall.

2. The Searchers (1958)
Wayne's finest film, and the quintessential American western film.

3. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
The greatest spaghetti western filmed. This film's epic showdown is still the stuff of legend.

4. Stagecoach (1939)
This great western established many of the methods still used today in action films.

5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1963)
Wayne departed from his traditional campy feel for this serious and thought provoking western.

6. The Wild Bunch (1969)
Peckinpah's bloody classic created the "MTV" method of film editing that is now highly popular.

7. Unforgiven (1992)
Eastwood broke western convention with this Academy Award winning classic.

8. Django (1966)
This cult spaghetti western is a great example of the low brow action that lived in Italy during the spaghetti western movement.

9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
This new western is perhaps the greatest film to explore the legendary outlaw.

10. Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
This very strange film blends western and samurai film ideology creating a fantastic if unconventional film.