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The Western. Even if cowboys aren't you thing, it was the inspiration for several genres. "The Searchers" alone inspired scenes in both "Star Wars" and "Taxi Driver." Meanwhile, Akira Kurosawa took his inspiration from Westerns and created "The Seven Samurai" (which in turn begat the "Magnificent Seven.")

Obviously, I couldn't include every Western ever made; if you vote "Other," leave a comment on which one is your favorite.

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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly is my favorite of the ones you've listed.

Overall, I think my favorite is A Fistfull of Dollars.

I also love Last Man Standing.
Granted, it wasn't in the "Western" time period, but it certainly follows the
"Western" format/formula.

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Blazing Saddles is the greatest Western of all time. It's a fact, there is no debating this. Just deal with it.

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Dances With Wolves. It's a very untraditional "western," and I'm not really a western fan....at all. However, my best friend was an extra in Dances With Wolves (as well as in the movie Glory--he played a Confederate soldier in both movies).

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Young Guns I thought was very good. It was exciting, so was Tombstone actually.

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My vote was a tough one between "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and "The Searchers." I ultimately went for GBU because it's the quintessential guy's film. I must've watched it 12-15 times already. It's got the cool Ennio Morricone music, the ubercool three-way Mexican standoff, and that scene where Clint lights the cannon. Gets me every time.

But I'll have to give my props to "The Searchers." I'm no John Wayne fan, but the Duke really proved himself in this movie. He was a nihilistic anti-hero before Clint Eastwood made it cool. A complex racist who hates Comanches, yet knows their language and customs better than anyone else. This film is incredible in its subtely, and if you're not paying attention you miss a good portion of the plot. I originally rented out because several directors --- Scorcese, Spielberg, Lucas, Milius --- listed this as their favorite, and after viewing the movie, it wasn't hard to see why.

(And, thanks to Lucas, I can't watch certain scenes in "The Searchers" without thinking about similar scenes from Eps II and IV; scenes that Lucas had intentionally replicated to pay homage to the film.)

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I would say it's a close tie between The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and 1939's Dodge City.

The latter is more a traditional western with the best saloon fight in film history and a pretty amazing finale aboard a flaming railway car.

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Unforgiven.
Can't beat Clint Eastwood, got 4 Academy Awards too, I think.

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