The western is “the most all-American of film genres, filled with he-men and black hats,” said the Guardian.
These are the ten best westerns according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B00AEFYS8G&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone]
1. [amazon text=Once Upon a Time in the West&template=custom_title&asin=B00AEFYS8G&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone] (1968)
Director: [amazon text=Sergio Leone&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Sergio Leone]
Stars: [amazon text=Henry Fonda&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Henry Fonda], [amazon text=Charles Bronson&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Charles Bronson], [amazon text=Claudia Cardinale&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Claudia Cardinale]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B00AEFYS8G&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B000Q6GX90&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah]
2. [amazon text=The Wild Bunch&template=custom_title&asin=B000Q6GX90&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah] (1969)
Director: [amazon text=Sam Peckinpah&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Sam Peckinpah]
Stars: [amazon text=William Holden&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=William Holden], [amazon text=Ernest Borgnine&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Ernest Borgnine], [amazon text=Robert Ryan&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Robert Ryan]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B000Q6GX90&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B000JLSM00&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Searchers John Ford]
3. [amazon text=The Searchers&template=custom_title&asin=B000JLSM00&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Searchers John Ford] (1956)
Director: [amazon text=John Ford&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=John Ford]
Stars: [amazon text=John Wayne&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=John Wayne], [amazon text=Jeffrey Hunter&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Jeffrey Hunter], [amazon text=Vera Miles&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Vera Miles]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B000JLSM00&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Searchers John Ford]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B0014BQQYS&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill]
4. [amazon text=Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid&template=custom_title&asin=B0014BQQYS&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill] (1969)
Director: [amazon text=George Roy Hill&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=George Roy Hill]
Stars: [amazon text=Paul Newman&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Paul Newman], [amazon text=Robert Redford&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Robert Redford], [amazon text=Katharine Ross&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Katharine Ross]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B0014BQQYS&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill]
Director: Robert Altman
Stars: Warren Beatty
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Stars: Gary Cooper
Directors: Howard Hawks
Stars: John Wayne
Director: Andrew Dominik
Stars: Brad Pitt
Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Marlene Dietrich
The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.
Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 16 January 2016
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