The quintessential Western. In many ways this is John Ford's best film, a story about a little stagecoach and its passengers. Marvelous setting, rousing music, great acting, and wonderful characters

Howard Hawks' best Western is the tale of a cattle drive gone wrong. John Wayne and Montgomery Clift are excellent, and the music and direction are top notch as well.

Ethan Edwards was John Wayne's favorite character he ever played, and this is one of John Ford's most beloved works. All the praise is really true. It's a masterful Western.

Clint Eastwood's greatest Western. It's the story of an evil man, cured by his late wife, who goes on one last mission to support his children. And the demons of his past come back to haunt him.

This is one of only two films where Peckinpah had full control over the final cut. The result is a brilliant, nostalgiac piece of character driven Western cinema.