Finally saw pic related and I'm probably going to watch Stagecoach tomorrow. This was actually super good. Growing up I only watched Clint Eastwood westerns so in my mind John Wayne was always a superhero type cowboy who could do no wrong but I guess this movie proved otherwise. What are other westerns starring John Wayne worth checking out? How does Stagecoach compare to The Searchers?
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Ian Turner
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Isaiah Young
Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande
Josiah Thompson
Google says this is the "Cavalry Trilogy" Is it in the same vein as the Dollars trilogy where he could be playing the same character or is it all separate?
Lincoln Moore
separate, but they're tied together by the same theme of being centered on the cavalry out west and they all star john wayne and are directed by ford.
Jeremiah Richardson
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Connor Taylor
Nice it seems like a big deal if they call it a trilogy. I'll have to check them out after Stagecoach for sure.
Carson White
You know I was literally going to ask about that because it's also directed by John Ford but I wanted to stay on the topic of John Wayne movies. I guess I have a back log cut out for me at least.
Joshua Lee
Django (1960’s)
The Great Silence (1960s)
There are some good Italian westerns besides the dollar trilogy.
Isaac Sanders
I haven't heard of The Great Silence so I'll go in blind. But I have heard the Italian version of Django is different than the American version in some ways?
Isaiah Adams
>What are other westerns starring John Wayne worth checking out?
All the Fords.
Nathaniel Flores
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. It also stars based Jimmy Stewart
Xavier Bailey
Rio Bravo/El Dorado
Evan Ortiz
Forgot all the Hawks and The Big Trail.
Gavin Richardson
Big ass backlog but that makes me super happy. I always considered myself a fan of westerns but I guess it's more accurate to say I liked westerns with Clint Eastwood in them.
Wyatt Jenkins
I second "The Big Trail". It's an underrated Wayne flick.
Asher Clark
When I looked it up apparently its the first movie where he's billed as the star? That's worth checking out on its own if anything.
Cooper Harris
Rio Bravo is western kino. It's worth watching it, especially for the singing scene.
Kayden Jones
I tried to watch Rio Bravo yesterday and it was fucking horrible, no good acting, no good dialogue, no good music, no good camera work, it was so fucking plain, so boring
Today I saw five man army wich is an spagetti western and it was much better, at least it was entertainment and the train sequence was tense
Ryder Thompson
Stagecoach was great but Searchers was better
Liberty Valance and Rio Bravo but I'd suggest you also watch...
McCabe & Miss Miller
My Darling Clementine
Xavier Scott
I rewatched the Dollars trilogy this week since I watched them when I was a kid with my dad. I always thought The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was the best, however, although it was still good, I enjoyed For a Few Dollars More a lot more. I also finished reading Blood Meridian yesterday which is slightly unrelated but is was fantastic, Judge Holden's character was unbelievably well written.
William Cook
The Sons of Katie Elder
Kayden Clark
Charles Wright
Big Jake was pretty good.
Thomas Ortiz
Stagecoach is excellent though it's not quite the masterpiece that The Searchers is, it's still a damn fine film that rightly shot Wayne to stardom. If you liked seeing Wanye in a darker and more flawed role you need to check out Red River, that one's brilliant, only saw it recently but it blew me away. If you want a lighter and more humourous Wayne try True Grit and Rio Bravo.
Other Anons have mentioned The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and I must echo this, definitely one of his best next to the The Searchers, and if you want more Stewart DEFINITELY watch Winchester 73, it's not considered the best of the traditional westerns but it's my personal favourite.
Austin James
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Jeremiah Rodriguez
I finished Blood Meridian a couple months ago and have started re-reading it already. I've never been so haunted by a book in all my life.
Logan Roberts
Blessed post.
Brandon Perez
the ending to red river still pisses me off. even hawks hated it.
Bentley Sanders
unrelated but Watch The Great Silence
William Ramirez
It didn't ruin the film for me but it did bring it down. Shadow of a Doubt had me the exact same way, such a sudden and forced resolution. Still love both.
Angel Nguyen