Top 100
Western Movies

Do you like western movies?

Then you’ll want to check out the movies on the Western Classic Movies Top 100 list.

This list contains the names of what we consider to be the best western movies ever made. If you're a western movie fan, we're sure that you'll agree with most, if not all, of the western movies on the Top 100 Western Movies List.

Moreover, we purposely picked westerns that are also available on DVD. Thus, you don't have to worry about finding a great western movie DVD.

Since we’re still preparing summaries for these great western films, the names of all of the Top 100 classic westerns are not yet available.  However, you can get a sneak peek at some of the names by using the link below.

Click here to get a sneak peek at some of the Top 100 Western Classic Movies.

The Great Train
Robbery

The First Western movie

In December, 1903 when “The Great Train Robbery” was shown after a vaudeville act, no one knew what to expect.  Would the audience like it?  Would they even pay attention? 

The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’!  After watching the movie the first time, the audience shouted “Play It Again” and “The Great Train Robbery” was played three more times before the theatre owners finally turned on the lights and made the patrons leave.

The Western film was born!  Movie history was made.

“The Great Train Robbery” became America’s first blockbuster film and was a giant step forward for the newly emerging film industry.  People everywhere flocked to see “The Great Train Robbery”  and, almost immediately, other movie makers tried to copy it. 

But no one could repeat the history that was made that small, quiet night in a theatre in New York.  “The Great Train Robbery” became America’s first western movie and film fans have been enjoying western movies ever since.

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"McLintock"
Movie Trailer

"McLintock" stars John Wayne, Maureen O' Hara, Patrick Wayne and a host of other great western movie stars.
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about "McLintock" that also
has information about the DVD for this great western film.

Broncho Billy

The First Western Movie Star

On January 6, 1914, The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper crowned him “The King of the Movies.”  He was the most famous movie star of the time and his weekly Western films were enormously popular.  His name? Broncho Billy.  And from 1908 to 1915, he dominated the movie screen.

Every week, an estimated 11 million people watched him in nickelodeon theatres across America.  With every new film, his popularity grew.  In total, he made 148 Broncho Billy films and became the first Western movie star in America.

Who was Broncho Billy and how did he become a legendary western movie star? 

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The John Wayne -
John Ford
Film Collection

Actor John Wayne and Director John Ford are one of the most legendary actor-director teams in movie history.  Together they made twelve films, many of them classics.  Now you can get eight of this famous duo’s movies in the “John Wayne - John Ford Film Collection.”

The collection contains five westerns and three war movies.  John Wayne stars in each of them. The set contains two of John Wayne’s most famous westerns – “The Searchers” and “Stagecoach.”  

Offering over 15 hours of great movie entertainment, the “John Wayne – John Ford Film Collection” is a desirable DVD set for any movie fan, especially John Wayne film lovers. 

You can’t get these eight handpicked films in any other John Wayne DVD set.

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Question:  John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for which one of the following movies?

       a. True Grit
       b. The Alamo
       c. The Searchers
       d. Rooster Cogburn

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