Recommend me some Westerns

[Antar Bolaeisk]

I'm looking to get some Western films for my father for Christmas but I don't know which ones.

He already has "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Magnificent Seven" so any other recommendations would be welcome.

Also, preferably older Western films as he doesn't really like the newer ones.

 

[jp_bl_68]

I'm not a big western fan but this list might help - http://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...feature&num_votes=1000,&sort=user_rating,desc

 

[Eddie]

The Shootist, great film...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075213/

 

[Cosimo]

Gunfight at the OK Corral
High Noon
Shane
The Big Country
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
How the West Was Won
The Wild Bunch
The Searchers
The Alamo
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn
Lonely Are The Brave
Little Big Man
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

 

[bledd]

Unforgiven

A modern(ish) western, but one of the greatest

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/

8.3

 

[Lysander]

High Plains Drifter.

The only Western I've ever enjoyed. It's a class above the rest.

 

[Brian8bit]

Once Upon A Time In The West. I'm not a huge Western fan, but I caught this on Film4 last night when channel flipping and was hooked from start to finish. Brilliant film.

 

[Castiel]

The sons of katie elder is excellent.

 

[scorza]

The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of Clint's best imo (and he agrees).

If you like Spaghetti Westerns and fancy something a bit obscure, check out Django.

 

[Cosimo]

Have a read of this:

http://www.filmsite.org/westernfilms.html

These two will make great presents:

The Ultimate Westerns Collection Box Set (8 Discs) - £13.39

Western Collection (Gunfight at the OK Corral, Once Upon A Time in the West, True Grit, The Sons of Katie Elder) - £8.99

 

[[J.D.C]]

Always enjoyed "Unforgiven" although as mentioned before, more a modern western.

Still one hell of a movie worth watching regardless.

 

[bledd]

-If you get Unforgiven, make sure it's the Special Edition/Anniversary Edition version, the picture quality is really really bad on the normal version, worst DVD ever

 

[MookJong]

The Wild Bunch

 

[Podmonkey]

My name is nobody
My name is still nobody
Trinity

These are quite old now and are great if you like a little bit of comedy in your western.

 

[physichull]

El Dorado! Can't beat John Wayne!

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Definitely Unforgiven although it was made in 1992 and quite modern, if your dad likes westerns I will be amazed if he doesn't like it.

The Outlaw Josey Wales is also a masterpiece as is High Plains Drifter.

 

[Judge Mental]

Soldier Blue
A Man Called Horse
Hour of the Gun

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Cheers everyone for all the recommendations and advice. Now I just need to whittle them down

 

[utajoker]

The Shootist
True Grit

 

[King85]

Once upon a time in the west
Tombstone