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The CinemaBlend staff compiled the best Western films we could wrangle up.

There are moments in Straight Shooting (1917), the first feature directed by John (then "Jack") Ford, when its star Harry Carey (1878-1947) exudes a naturalism that the famous Western actors who followed him, most notably John Wayne, strove to emulate. There are moments in Straight Shooting (1917), the first feature directed by John (then "Jack") Ford, when its star Harry Carey (1878-1947) exudes a naturalism that the famous Western actors who followed him, most notably John Wayne, strove to emulate. When Carey's character Cheyenne Harry is looking confidingly at the camera, his surly almos...

The Western genre is supremely adaptable – in the hands of such great directors as Ford, Hawks, Peckinpah and Leone, it has transcended simple stories of gunslingers, homesteaders and bandits, holding a mirror up to the present. Finding plenty of shades of grey between stalwart heroes and scheming villains, Westerns can be both epic and intimate, filled with memorable characters. If you've always wanted to dive in, but just weren't sure where to start, allow us to offer some prime choices from among the six-shooters, ten-gallon hats, 12 gauges and five-card tricks. And to make it clear, the...