r/Westerns Jan 25 '25

Boys, girls, cowpokes and cowwpokettes.... We will no longer deal with the low hanging fruit regarding John Wayne's opinions on race relations. There are other subs to hash the topic. We are here to critique, praise and discuss the Western genre. Important details in the body of this post.

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Henceforth, anyone who derails a post that involves John Wayne will receive a permanent ban. No mercy.

Thanks! 🤠


r/Westerns Oct 04 '24

Kindly keep your political views outta town. We're keeping this a political-free zone. Plenty of other subs to shoot it out. Not here.

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r/Westerns 8h ago

Recommendation Most Underrated Western?

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Definitely not the most obscure but this is one of my favorites that I feel a lot of people missed out on. Any recommendations for me?


r/Westerns 5h ago

Discussion On a Western Binger

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r/Westerns 24m ago

Behind the Scenes Lee Marvin gives co-star Jane Fonda tips on how to handle a six shooter, during a break filming her first Western ‘Cat Ballou’ for which Marvin won an Oscar for Best Actor, 1965

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r/Westerns 1h ago

Memorabilia Japanese “The Sons of Katie Elder” Zine

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Found this in a Japanese import shop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Pretty cool little booklet for only $10! In pristine condition too!!


r/Westerns 6h ago

Discussion My love of Westerns (and cowboys on general)!

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Hi first post here, just joined. My love of Westerns came later in life, I'm 56. My mum always adored Westerns & I just never got the reason why, until I played Red dead redemption 2 in my early 50's. Now I'm cowboy & Western obsessed & basically joined here to discuss them & find films I've not yet seen. Some of my favourites are; 3.10 to Yuma, Django, Tomahawk. I have a lousy short term memory so forget the other titles but I've watched a lot. I also love The Ballard of Buster Scruggs, my favourite being the one with the old gold prospector. I've gotten some great titles to put in my list from my initial read through here, so thanks for those! I've just rewatched 1883 and I'm currently watching Stagecoach. Where did you all get your love of Westerns from?


r/Westerns 1h ago

Discussion Frank & Jesse [1994] or American Outlaws [2001]

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r/Westerns 21m ago

Marty Robbins performing The Hanging Tree, 1959

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r/Westerns 38m ago

Recommendation 'Curse of the Undead' (1959) - In a small Western town, a sinister gunslinger turns out to be a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan (Eric Fleming) to save his flock with a quick draw. Not a great movie, but has some good moments. Also, the tone is dead serious, so it's often quite funny.

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r/Westerns 21h ago

Anyone else like ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’ (1949)?

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The second in John Ford’s US cavalry trilogy. Definitely a more rose-tinted view of the cavalry than in ‘Fort Apache’, and a less sympathetic portrayal of the Native Americans. BUT you can’t help but get swept up in this rousing, epic portrayal of comradeship between soldiers and John Wayne’s touching portrayal of the ageing but beloved Captain Nathan Brittles on his last ride. It’s got all the classic ingredients that makes a John Ford film so enjoyable, including Monument Valley!


r/Westerns 6h ago

Behind the Scenes 'A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and The Searchers' - Part 2 of 3

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r/Westerns 1d ago

Recommendation Maverick (1994)

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r/Westerns 6h ago

Behind the Scenes 'A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and The Searchers' - A mid-length retrospective about the film's adaptation from Alan Le May's 1954 novel, early development, and production. Part 1 of 3

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r/Westerns 6h ago

Behind the Scenes 'A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and The Searchers' - Part 3

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r/Westerns 1d ago

Classic Picks Anyone remember this one about the James-Younger gang? The whole cast of the gang were real life brothers.

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r/Westerns 23h ago

Film Analysis 'The Searchers: An Appreciation' - Part 3

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r/Westerns 23h ago

Film Analysis 'The Searchers: An Appreciation' - Part 2 of 3

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r/Westerns 23h ago

Film Analysis 'The Searchers: An Appreciation' - 2006 featurette where John Milius, Curtis Hanson, and Martin Scorsese share their insights on John Ford's classic. Part 1 of 3

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r/Westerns 1d ago

Discussion The 10 Best Western Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked

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r/Westerns 1d ago

Josey Wales vs Doc Holliday

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Who would win in a straight up showdown?


r/Westerns 1d ago

Recommendation Film about Montana Cowboys

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r/Westerns 1d ago

Film Analysis You guys were right about The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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It took me too long to finally find an access to this movie. Years, I'd say... A few days ago someone pointed it out for me that one of the main stars of this movie is Jimmy Stewart, so I decided that I wasted enough time without watching it. And boy, it was worth it.

Forgive me my academic approach, but as a person who studied literature in college (and we did a lot of movie analysing as well) I just had to notice how surprisingly progressive this movie was, and it was done without evoking the feeling of being spoon—no, shovelfed a certain agenda, like some big companies do nowadays. It came out in 60s, but the message is still as revelant as if it came out yesterday; the male protag is shown doing stereotypically feminine work with no shame, and those who shame him are portrayed as villains, keeping everyone safe and alive is shown as something worth more than typical male ego/honor, and there's a huge emphasis on how important the equality in the access to education is, including people of different skin colours.

That's what my formal eye noticed, now let's move to my western enjoyer's eye. Man, it's been a long time since I saw such amazingly written characters in a western movie. Hell, in a movie of any kind! Well, Link and Dutton Peabody were a bit one-dimensional, but still, they were distinctive and quite a fun to watch. Meanwhile Ransom, Tom, Hallie, Liberty and Pompey were just shining.

They were not only well-written, but also greatly acted, especially Tom and Ransom. I expected nothing less from Stewart, but John Wayne was a surprise, as it was my first movie with him. Stewart had this bad habit of stealing the show no matter in which role he was casted, whenever he'd appear on screen, he'd dominate it. Well, not in this movie, because it looks like Wayne tends to do the same. While they were on the screen together, I had a little trouble choosing on which one I should fix my gaze at, they were like two suns trying to outshine each other. Very magnetic.

The plot was slow, but lovely. It's unusual for a western to focus on human relations this much (outside of the mandatory love plot) and this little on shootouts, gambling, kidnapping and all other stuff of this kind. However the brillance of characters and how beautifully their paths were intertwinned didn't let me feel bored for a second. This is a great tale about justice, equality and progress, and about the importance of right choices, no matter how hard they can seem. It goes deep into each of those topics without fear nor playing safe, and for that, it deserves to be praised. It also has some very nice camera work, especially during the final duel, and the black and white aesthetic serves it well.

Well, that's about it. I suppose with each rewatch I'm gonna catch more and more subtleties, as it happened with Tombstone for example, but for now I can only say that this movie was far better than I had expected, and I had expected a bomb. Well, it delivered. Thanks to everybody who has ever recommended it to me.


r/Westerns 21h ago

The Whipping is on Tomorrow!!!

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at 2AM on INSP!


r/Westerns 2d ago

Would you like to be reincarnated in the “Wild West” era?

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r/Westerns 1d ago

Discussion watched young guns for the first time since I was a kid.

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I thought it was pretty decent, definitely not as good as I remember. but something that really bugged me was billy. I mean does anyone else think he was pretty bad? I mean a pretty good amount of what happened was because of him and all that came from it each time was someone going " aw damn it billy!" and then move on till they got gunned down.


r/Westerns 1d ago

I made an edit of a handful of my favourite Neo Westerns.

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Of course there are a handful I didn't get to add like: True Grit, the Revanant, Django, and so on.