Duel in the Sun – King Vidor (1946) Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones

My Darling Clementine – John Ford (1946) Henry Fonda, Victor Mature

Red River – Howard Hawks (1948) John Wayne, Montgomery Clift

Broken Arrow – Delmer Daves (1950) James Stewart, Jeff Chandler

The Gunfighter – Henry King (1950) Gregory Peck

Stars in My Crown – Jacques Tourneur (1950) Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew

Winchester ‘73 – Anthony Mann (1950) James Stewart, Stephen McNally

High Noon – Fred Zinnemann (1952) Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly

The Naked Spur – Anthony Mann (1953) James Stewart, Robert Ryan

Shane – George Stevens (1953) Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jack Palance

Johnny Guitar – Nicholas Ray (1954) Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden

Vera Cruz – Robert Aldrich (1954) Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster

The Man from Laramie – Anthony Mann (1955) James Stewart

The Searchers – John Ford (1956) John Wayne

Seven Men from Now – Budd Boetticher (1956) Randolph Scott

Forty Guns – Samuel Fuller (1957) Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan

The Tall T – Budd Boetticher (1957) Randolph Scott

The Big Country – William Wyler (1958) Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons

The Bravados – Henry King (1958) Gregory Peck

Man of the West – Anthony Mann (1958) Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb

The Hanging Tree – Delmer Daves (1959) Gary Cooper, Karl Malden

Rio Bravo – Howard Hawks (1959) John Wayne, Dean Martin

The Magnificent 7 – John Sturges (1960) Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen

One Eyed Jacks – Marlon Brando (1961) Brando, Karl Malden

Lonely Are the Brave – David Miller (1962) Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – John Ford (1962) Wayne & Stewart

Ride the High Country – Sam Peckinpah (1962) Scott & McCrea

For a Few Dollars More – Sergio Leone (1965) Clint Eastwood

Good, the Bad & the Ugly – Sergio Leone (1966) Eastwood, Eli Wallach

The Professionals – Richard Brooks (1966) Lancaster, Marvin, Ryan

El Dorado – Howard Hawks (1967) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum

Hour of the Gun – John Sturges (1967) James Garner, Jason Robards

Once Upon a Time in the West – Leone (1968) Bronson, Fonda, Robards

Mackenna’s Gold – J. Lee Thompson (1969) Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif

True Grit – Henry Hathaway (1969) John Wayne, Dennis Hopper

The Wild Bunch – Sam Peckinpah (1969) William Holden, Robert Ryan

The Ballad of Cable Hogue – Sam Peckinpah (1970) Jason Robards

The Hired Hand – Peter Fonda (1971) Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom

High Plains Drifter – Clint Eastwood (1973) Clint Eastwood

My Name Is Nobody – Tonino Valerii, Leone (1973) Fonda, Terence Hill

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid – Peckinpah (1973) Kristofferson & Coburn

Bite the Bullet – Richard Brooks (1975) Gene Hackman, James Coburn

The Outlaw Josey Wales – Clint Eastwood (1976) Chief Dan George

The Shootist – Don Siegel (1976) John Wayne, James Stewart

Pale Rider – Clint Eastwood (1985)

Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner (1990)

Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood (1992) Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman

Tombstone – George P. Cosmatos (1995) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer

Open Range – Kevin Costner (2003) Robert Duvall, Annette Bening

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Pursued – Raoul Walsh (1947) Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright

3 Godfathers – John Ford (1948) Wayne, Pedro Armend‡riz, Ward Bond

Colorado Territory – Raoul Walsh (1949) Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo

The Furies – Anthony Mann (1950) Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston

Viva Zapata! – Elia Kazan (1952) Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn

Hondo – John Farrow (1953) John Wayne, Geraldine Page

Garden of Evil – Henry Hathaway (1954) Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark

Silver Lode – Allan Dwan (1954) John Payne, Dan Duryea, Lizabeth Scott

Track of the Cat – William A. Wellman (1954) Robert Mitchum

Run for Cover – Nicholas Ray (1955) James Cagney, John Derek

The Violent Men – Rudolph MatŽ (1955) Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck

Bandido – Richard Fleischer (1956) Robert Mitchum, Gilbert Roland

The Fastest Gun Alive – Russell Rouse (1956) Glenn Ford

The Last Hunt – Richard Brooks (1956) Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger

Decision at Sundown – Budd Boetticher (1957) Randolph Scott

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – John Sturges (1957) Lancaster & Douglas

Night Passage – James Neilson (1957) James Stewart, Audie Murphy

The Ride Back – Allen H. Miner (1957) Anthony Quinn, William Conrad

3:10 to Yuma – Delmer Daves (1957) Glenn Ford, Van Heflin

The Tin Star – Anthony Mann (1957) Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins

The Badlanders – Delmer Daves (1958) Alan Ladd, Ernest Brognine

Buchanan Rides Alone – Budd Boetticher (1958) Randolph Scott

Cowboy – Delmer Daves (1958) Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon

The Left Handed Gun – Arthur Penn (1958) Paul Newman, John Dehner

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