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The best westerns of the 1950s

The top 3 according to 44 votes from people: Winchester '73 (1950) · High Noon (1952) · Last Train from Gun Hill (1959). (Updated Mar 19, 2023.)

Westward the Women, Rio Bravo, The Big Country, Winchester '73, High Noon, Broken Arrow and The Searchers: the 1950s westerns rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

Harsh Iyer · · 15 items · 44 votes · 0 comments

Top 15

  1. 1

    Winchester '73 (1950)

    Anthony Mann.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 1

    4
  2. 2

    High Noon (1952)

    Fred Zinnemann.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

    John Sturges.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    Day of the Outlaw (1959)

    André de Toth.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Westward the Women (1951)

    William A. Wellman.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  6. 6

    The Big Sky (1952)

    Howard Hawks.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Warlock (1959)

    Edward Dmytryk.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Rancho Notorious (1952)

    Fritz Lang.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    The Horse Soldiers (1959)

    John Ford.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    The Big Country (1958)

    William Wyler.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  11. 11

    The Searchers (1956)

    John Ford.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Bend of the River (1952)

    Anthony Mann.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Johnny Guitar (1954)

    Nicholas Ray.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 3

    0
  14. 14

    Broken Arrow (1950)

    Delmer Daves.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 2

    0
  15. 15

    Rio Bravo (1959)

    Howard Hawks.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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