Movies Who Is The Best Director In Westerns

[Highway99]

Tough to choose

 

[Sweater of AV]

Not a single vote...

For shame, Sherdog.

 

[stalehotdog]

Sergio Leone. But who is the hottie standing next to Howard Hawks?

 

[Madmick]

John Ford. He created the "myth of the West" and shaped how we see it today. Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and on and on.

I think Raoul Walsh and Delmer Daves are better than the rest on the list but Hawks, Leone, Eastwood are all great and I'd say Eastwood made the last Western masterpiece in Unforgiven. Peckinpah is solid too and the other Italian is just another Kurosawa meets John Ford rip off but doesn't do it nearly as good as Leone.

Also. Look at Angie Dickinson in that picture with Hawks. Hot damn!

This. Although I think the 2007 remake of 3:10 to Yuma has a strong case as the most recent masterpiece, and No Country for Old Men unquestionably is. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece myself, but I know most on here would consider Tombstone one, and it came after Unforgiven. Finally, both Wind River and Hell or High Water are right on the bubble. Great movies.

John Ford

• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The Searchers
• Stagecoach
• Rio Grande
• Forte Apache
• My Darling Clementine
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
• How the West Was Won
• Sergeant Rutledge
• Wagon Master

And that doesn't include the silents (I've never bothered to watch them). Nobody comes close. I've also never bothered to watch Drums Along the Mohawk.

 

[FyrFytr998]

Clint Eastwood for me.

 

[Sobek]

Leone, but Clint has a fine collection of westerns there. I didn't even know he directed all those.

 

[Plissken]

Ford, Hawks, and Leone should stand above the rest, they are in a tier of their own.

 

[ricc505]

I won't vote. The longer I think on it the more muddy it becomes. Leone with Morricone score is amazing perfect casting at the right time a lot came together right. Peckinpah has an outlaw edge. I'm a big Peckinpah fan. Ford is a standard bearer and depth of field, let's you watch his movies frequently without wearing them out. Eastwood is stark and brutal, stripped down like his production style. He is a hammer with a nail, he is built for it.
Corbucci made fun movies I didn't watch over and over as much as others on the list, feels more like a Western fans "you like westerns you need to check these out". Hawks is for the TCM fans(I'm one not a knock) I feel like it's unfair because rules dictated white hat wins black hat loses, morale high ground.

 

[fica]

Howard hawks.his westerners were almost how all elements of cowboy life is being shown el Dorado great movie

 

[Spam On Rye]

This. Although I think the 2007 remake of 3:10 to Yuma has a strong case as the most recent masterpiece, and No Country for Old Men unquestionably is. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece myself, but I know most on here would consider Tombstone one, and it came after Unforgiven. Finally, both Wind River and Hell or High Water are right on the bubble. Great movies.

John Ford

• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The Searchers
• Stagecoach
• Rio Grande
• Forte Apache
• My Darling Clementine
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
• How the West Was Won
• Sergeant Rutledge
• Wagon Master

And that doesn't include the silents (I've never bothered to watch them). Nobody comes close. I've also never bothered to watch Drums Along the Mohawk.

Great taste sir. You're right No Country may be the last great western but for some reason I can't square it as a western. I'm probably wrong but either way it's good shit. Also a big fan of Tombstone. Kilmer's best role and everybody loves Russel. I liked both Wind River and Hell or High Water as well. I particularly love both soundtracks done by Cave and Ellis. Great atmosphere.

My favorite Ford is probably My Darling Clementine then Wagon Master. Love Ward Bond. Also think Ford's dramas are better than his westerns. Young Mr. Lincoln and Grapes of Wrath are his two best imo.

His silents are solid but he wasn't great in that format imo. 3 Bad Men is worth a watch as a kind of proto-3 Godfathers.