A Definitive Ranking Of The Top Western Films Of All Time
In this world, there are two kinds of people, my friend: those who love John Wayne, and those who love Clint Eastwood. And whichever person you are, you probably love either Wayne’s traditionalist Westerns or Eastwood’s revisionist takes on the cowboy genre. But in a six-gun shootout, which Western is considered the best of all time? Well, pardner, you’re about to find out.
To make our definitive ranking, we compiled the Rotten Tomatoes scores, the Metacritic scores, and the IMDb scores for the world’s top-rated Westerns. We then figured out the average score for each flick and ranked them accordingly. Any ties are split by the Rotten Tomatoes score. But enough talking: let’s mount up.
40. Open Range
Year: 2003
Director: Kevin Costner
Stars: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Diego Luna
No. of Oscars: 0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79
Metacritic Score: 67
IMDb Score: 7.4
Our Ranking: 73.3
39. The Harder They Fall
Year: 2021
Director: Jeymes Samuel
Stars: Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, RJ Cyler
No. of Oscars: 0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88
Metacritic Score: 68
IMDb Score: 6.6
Our Ranking: 73.7
38. Shanghai Noon
Year: 2000
Director: Tom Dey
Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu
No. of Oscars: 0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80
Metacritic Score: 77
IMDb Score: 6.6
Our Ranking: 74.3
37. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Joheun-nom, Nabbeun-nom, Isanghan-nom)
Year: 2008
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung
No. of Oscars: 0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82
Metacritic Score: 69
IMDb Score: 7.2
Our Ranking: 74.3