Best Westerns of All Time

What I consider a Western: Set in North America, usually West of the Mississippi between 1750-1920 & deals with: the exploration and settlement of the frontier, US Calvary, Indians, Indian wars, settlement, Gunfighters, outlaws, cowboys, other Western historical figures, and/or based on novels that are considered "westerns".

By Decade

1930s - 03
1940s - 17
1950s - 28
1960s - 21
1970s - 07
Total 76

The 1930s and Before

1. Stagecoach (1939)
2. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
3. Destry Rides Again (1939)

The 1940s

1. Northwest Passage (1940)
2. Virginia City (1940)
3. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
4. The Westerner (1940)
5. They Died with Their Boots on (1941)
6. Ox-bow Incident (1943)
7. My darling Clementine (1946)
8. Angel and the Badman (1947)
9. The Unconquered (1947)
10. Pursued (1947)
11. Fort Apache (1948)
12. Red River (1948)
13. Three Godfathers (1948)
14. Yellow Sky (1948)
15. Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
16. Paleface (1948)
17.  She wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

The 1950s

1. Rio Grande (1950) 
2. Wagon Master (1950)
3. Winchester '73 (1950)
4. Rocky Mountain (1950)
5. Bend in the River (1952)
6. Son of Paleface (1952)
7. The Lusty Men (1952)
8. High Noon (1952)
9. Naked Spur (1953)
10. Hondo (1953)
11. Shane (1953)
12. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
13. The Far Country (1954)
14. River of No Return (1954)
15. Vera Cruz (1954)
16. Man from Laramie (1955)
17. Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, (1955)
18. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
19. Jubal (1957)
20. Seven Men From Now (1957)
21. Night Passage (1957)
22. The Searchers (1957)
23. The Tall T (1958)
24. Cowboy (1958)
25. Ride Lonesome (1959)
26. Rio Bravo (1959)
27. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
28. The Big Country (1959)

The 1960s

1. One Eyed Jacks (1960)
2. The Alamo (1960)
3. Comanche Station (1960)
4. North to Alaska (1960)
5. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
6. How the West was Won (1962)
7. The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
8. Ride the High Country (1962)
9. For a few Dollars More (1965)
10. Major Dundee (1965)
11. Nevada Smith (1966)
12. The Professionals (1966)
13. Firecreek (1966)
14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
15. El Dorado (1967)
16. Bandelero (1968)
17. Will Penny (1968)
18. Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
19. True Grit (1969)
20. The Wild Bunch (1969)
21. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)

1970s and Beyond

1. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
2. There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
3. Two Mules for Sister Sarah (1970)
4. Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
5. The Grey Fox (1982)
6. Lonesome Dove (1989)
7. Unforgiven (1992)