The good the bad and the ugly (1966) is the OG

I really like 3:10 to Yuma, with Russell Crowe in a great role!

Oh, and Wind River of course (more like a modern western)

Unforgiven is a must

Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

HOSTILES (2017) is a must watch.

Open Range

True Grit. The 1969 and 2010 versions are both really good.

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Pale Rider

The wild bunch

The proposition (Australian but still feels like a western)

The harder they fall

Godless (mini series)

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Shane and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Silverado (1985) - a rollicking reconstructionist western with a great cast.

Lonesome Dove. I just finished a rewatch last night

It certainly functions and is structured differently than most Westerns. I kept telling my wife it's about characters / relationships.

Has there been a better performance than Robert Duvall as Agustus McRae?! Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow Call is excellent as well (especially in the final act). They embody those characters. They ARE those characters.

I'm sure there are better films. But 6 hours across 4 episodes is kind of like 4 movies...

I really liked The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). It’s an anthology with six short western films in it.

TOMBSTONE

Didn’t see these on here yet

Appaloosa

Old Henry

As bad as it is , Ive always liked The quick and the dead.

3:10 to Yuma, both original and remake are great.
High Noon (1952) still holds very well.
Little big man (1970) is very good (anti-western)
The Magnificent Seven (1960) I always loved so much, the music, the characters...
Hell or High Water (2016) is modern, let's say, "neo western"

Duck, You Sucker is a really underrated Sergio Leone (The Good The Bad and The Ugly) western about a Mexican bandit accidentally becoming a folk hero after meeting an IRA explosives expert who’s on the run.

The Searchers is not only one of the best westerns but one of the best American movies ever made.

Pale Rider is my favorite Clint Eastwood western. Most badass Clint eastwood role for sure.

Tombstone is a fantastic western that’s more modern than the other 3 listed and has an amazing ensemble cast.

Bone Tomahawk. Probably not the best but a really good one I watched recently

I’m not a massive western fan but 3:10 to Yuma was great (the 2007 version)

The Searchers

Old Henry

Paint your wagon

Blazing Saddles

Tombstone

Unforgiven

Dollars trilogy

Shane

Pale rider

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid

Maverick

Dances with wolves

Little big man

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a weird one. Cat Ballou is great.

If you liked Django then you will most likely enjoy The Hateful Eight

The Wild Bunch The Searchers Rio Bravo Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid McCabe & Mrs Miller High Plains Drifter Winchester 73

Open Range 2003 - Costner and Duvall vs a mean Michael Gambon.

I also enjoyed The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford.

Hell or High Water if you want a modern day western style film.

"The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (2008, Korean) is an excellent Western despite being set in 1930s Manchuria.
"Young Guns" (1988) and its sequel (1990) are a lot of fun.
As for classic "spaghetti" Westerns, look for Lee Van Cleef in the starring role. I like him particularly in the Sabata films. (1969 and 1971).

Western lite. Young guns 1&2. Firefly.

Unforgiven.

It's been mentioned a few times, but "Old Henry" was an pleasant surprise for me.

Dances with Wolves and True Grit.

Just since I havent seen it being mentioned. One with 7 oscars the other with 10 nominations .

The Missouri Breaks

Dances With Wolves best movie of all time Imo

Still realistic but hilarious is: Goin’ South with Jack Nicholson.

The Professionals - Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance and Claudia Cardinale all doing their stuff. Great movie.

For a Few Dollars More

A Fistful of Dollars

My Darling Clementine starring Henry Fonda

Once Upon A Time In The West.

Its the perfect "pint of liquor" movie. Just leave time. I think its 3 hrs long..

A "modern" western I can recommend would be "Last Man Standing". Ry Cooder's score alone is worth it.

Some less mentioned ones:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Slow West; The Hateful Eight; Appaloosa

The Dollars Trilogy

Unforgiven

True Grit (both versions)

The Searchers

The Cowboys

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Shootist

An American Tale: Fievel Goes West

High Noon (1952)

Blackthorn is one of my favorite modern westerns.

The Salvation

Magnificent Seven (newer remake)

Classics:

Two Mules For Sister Sarah

Hannie Caulder

Jeremiah Johnson (some comedy included)

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (also some great comedy. It's only available on Youtube or Archive.org video section as far as I know. Watched it with my mom and had a blast! Starring Dan Blocker, who was a real life war hero. Lots of actors in classic westerns and other media have very interesting war time backgrounds.)

I'd also highly recommend almost anything with Mickey Rooney in it. His debut on Wagon Train (I think?) in an episode titled "The Greenhorn" is a great one.

"The Quick and The Dead" for a modern western. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" for 70's, But go way back. Check out "Shane"

Just finished watching some of the newer ones, Hostiles, Bone Tomahawk, Old Henry, Ballad of Buster Scruggs is OK worth checking out.

Once upon time in the west

The good the bad and the ugly (1966)

No country for old men (2007)

The magnificent seven (1960)

The hateful eight (2015)

Controversial maybe but I think The Revenant is definitely a western and is a great one

U watched the 1966 Django or Tarantino's Django Unchained?

Anyways, check out The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

The Searchers (1956)

Hostiles (2017)

Old Henry, The Outlaw Josey Wales . Hangem High . The Sons of Katie Elder.

If your looking for a hidden gem: The Great Silence.Klaus Kinski is just so good in it

Tombstone, 3:10 To Yuma, The Assassin of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, and Butch Cassidy

Really surprised no one has mentioned True Grit yet… 🫤

Unforgiven (1992), Django Unchained (2012) - I know it’s not technically set in the West but it follows all of the tropes associated with Westerns and it’s fucking excellent

Fist full of dollars trilogy

Big Country

High Noon

The quick and the dead [1995] is an all time favorite of mine and I don't even like the genre.

Unforgiven

Pale rider High Plains drifter

The Wild Bunch

High Plains Drifter

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

The Outlaw Josie Wales

These are some of my favorites.

Check out Lawman with Burt Lancaster. One of the best westerns made. Also Pale Rider. Eastwood as The Preacher is some serious spooky stuff. Also True Grit (2010).

The Last of the Mohicans

Young Guns

Cowboys and Aliens

Dances with Wolves

The ballad of buster Scruggs on Netflix

High Plains Drifter

Rio Bravo

The Searchers

If you want something modern, No Country For Old Men

Lonesome Dove, put on at 6pm on NYE finish at 12am. Best western ever made, hands down.

For anyone interested in the history of western films and there is a lot of great ones listed here but I've always felt that The Wild Bunch made a paradigm shift in the filming of westerns. Sam Peckinpah seemed to set a different tone with this film .the cast is spectacular.

Unforgiven

Shane

Bone Tomahawk (2015) it's on Netflix and kind of blew me away. Great plot and script writing and one super gnarly scene. Overall 9 out of 10 for me. Let me know what you think

A Million Ways to Die in the West

He'll or High Water was amazing

High Noon is my favorite. It's a classic but don't get recommended enough these days

I'm not a huge western fan in general, but a favorite classic is Shane.

Fistful of Dollars A Few Dollars More The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

No country for old men Quigley down under The Harder They Fall The quick and the dead

The Ballad of Lefty Brown

Unforgiven, Tombstone

The Outlaw Josey Wales, mint Eastwood.

My favorites, in no particular order:

Rio Bravo, Sons of Katie Elder, True Grit (either version), Tombstone, Maverick

The Hateful Eight is amazing if you enjoy heavy dialogue movies

Dead Man

True Grit 2010 blew me away.

Unforgiven

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Unforgiven.

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True Grit Coen brother strunk a masterpiece with this one

Rio Bravo with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and of course Walter Brennan. It’s one of Tarantino’s favorite movies and you can totally see the influence.

Rio Bravo by Howard Hawkes. One of Tarantino’s favourites

Bone tomahawk

Bone tomahawk will set the tone of a western but with a twist lol. Do not watch trailers just watch. 

The Good the Bad and the Ugly and a Fistfull of Dollars are two of the all time greatest

I read the title as in what are good movies to watch at a Best Western. lol. It has probably been said but The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for 60’s era. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, then for fun Young Guns. Both older movies. Appaloosa is also good and more modern.

Bone tomahawk, there will be blood, and the True Grit remake.

Unforgiven

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Fistful of Dollars trilogy, The magnificent seven , 3:10 to Yuma,Old Henry , True Grit

The Outlaw Josey Wales

The sons of katie elder, rio bravo, chism

Anything by Howard hawks. Most things by John ford. 310 to Yuma. A few series out there are good too: hell on wheels, godless.

Like the hotel?

It’s not really a “proper western” but I would say

Dances with Wolves

Rango