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During the 1960s and 1970s, Wayne starred in more Westerns, such as The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and True Grit (1969), in which his role as Rooster Cogburn earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He would reprise that role in the 1975 film Rooster Cogburn.
YearTitleRoleDirector1926Yale Football Player1926Guard1926Extra1927ExtraA personal ranking of the best Westerns starring John Wayne, from The Searchers to Rio Lobo, with comments and observations on the actor's career and legacy. Learn why Wayne is still a hero for many fans despite his controversial views and how he influenced the genre and the world.
John Wayne - Top 90 Westerns. by kishiro6 • Created 2 years ago • Modified 4 weeks ago. All the Westerns of screen-legend John Wayne ranked in order of greatness.
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- 10 'Fort Apache'
- 9 'True Grit'
- 8 'The Cowboys'
- 7 'El Dorado'
- 6 'The Shootist'
- 5 'Stagecoach'
- 4 'Red River'
- 3 'The Searchers'
- 2 'Rio Bravo'
- 1 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'
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IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
When a Civil War hero, Lt. Owen Thursday(Henry Fonda) takes command of Fort Apache in Arizona, he immediately clashes with the post's unofficial leader, Captain Kirby York (Wayne),and the other men,who are not impressed with their new superior officer. Compared to those around him, Thursday has an ignorant view of Native Americans and, despite York's warning, he attempts to bait them into fighting for his personal glory and puts the entire outpost in danger. Wayne stars in John Ford'sFort Apa...
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
After the murder of her father, 14-year-oldMattie Ross (Kim Darby), hires a hard-headed U.S. marshal, Rooster Cogburn (Wayne), to help her track down the man responsible for her father's death, Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall). As they begin their journey, they meet a Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) who is also searching for Pepper and joins them in their quest for justice. Wayne's performance as the iconic Cogburn in the Western classic, True Grit, earned him his first and only Academy Award win, and...
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
Wil Andersen (Wayne) is a rough-edged rancher who is about to set out on a large cattle drive when his crew quits on him to join the Gold Rush. With no other options, he decides to hire a group of boys and train them to become cowboys. Luckily, Andersen is able to pull the boys together, but just as they are about to start making moves, a bandit spots them and hatches a plan to steal the herd. The Cowboys co-starsfuture Oscar nominee, Bruce Dern and a young Robert Carradine, who is theson of...
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
A wealthy tycoon, Jason Bart (Ed Asner) hires a group of men to force a family off their property in order to purchase it for himself. The town's sheriff, J.P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum)has developed an excessive drinking habit and struggles to protect the family from Bart's men, but when his friend, Cole Thornton (Wayne) hears about the problem, he arrives to help Harrah get back into shape just in time for a shootout against Bart's hired guns. Howard Hawks' El Dorado is one of five movies the...
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, veteran gunfighter, J.B. Books (Wayne) travels to visit an old friend and physician in Nevada for a second opinion. He rents a room in town under an alias from a widow (Lauren Bacall) and her young son (Ron Howard)who eventually figures out Books' true identity. As Books gets to know the boy, he realizes the impact his actions have had on others and decides to right a few wrongs before leaving this world on his own terms. The Shootist was Wayne's fi...
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Stagecoach follows a group of strangers who are traveling from Arizona to New Mexico and are joined by a U.S. marshal (George Bancroft) who is searching for the Ringo Kid (Wayne), an outlaw who escaped from prison and is reportedly heading to the same destination as the stagecoach. The marshal apprehends Ringo, but during the course of their journey, he learns that there's more to the young outlaw than what meets the eye. Wayne's role as the Ringo Kid launched the actor into stardom and today...
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
After the Civil War, a cattle rancher, Thomas Dunson (Wayne), and his adopted son, Matt (Montgomery Clift) decide to move their herd from Texas to Missouri to escape the poverty-stricken South. As they make their way north, tensions grow between the father and son, and the two struggle to put aside their differences as they venture further into the dangerous and unpredictable wilderness. Red Riveris another Western directed by Hawks and also pairs Wayne with frequent co-stars, Harry Carey Jr....
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
After the end of the Civil War, Ethan Edwards (Wayne) returns home to Texas and discovers that his brother and his family have been attacked and murdered by Native Americans. When Edwards learns that his niece (Natalie Wood) is still alive and being held captive, he and his nephew (Jeffrey Hunter) venture into dangerous territory in search of her, vowing to bring her back home no matter how long it takes them. The American Film Institute named Ford's The Searchers, as one of the best Westerns...
IMDb Rating: 8/10
After a gunslinger, Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in cold blood, Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne) arrests him for murder and throws him in jail. When Burdette's brother (John Russell) hears about what happened, he demands his immediate release or else he'll take matters into his own hands. Despite the threat, Chance stands his ground and, with the help of some unlikely heroes, they fight to defend his post until reinforcements arrive. Rio Bravo is considered to be Hawks' best Western...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
When U.S. Senator, Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns home to attend the funeral of his friend Tom Doniphon (Wayne), questions begin to arise about the men's past and their involvement with a group of outlaws led by a notorious gunslinger, Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) who used to terrorize the town. Stoddard finally agrees to recall the now-local legend and reveals details that paint an entirely different picture. Even though Stewart receives top billing and appears in a majority of scen...
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