For an, um…, social studies research project, I need to know what the greatest Westerns of all time are. You know, movies. Like High Noon or Fistful of Dollars or El Dorado or The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
But they have to have a duel in it, or something very much like it.
(And better yet if they are on Netflix.)
Thanks for your help. 
Back to the Future, part 3
Blazing Saddles 
Missy
Missy’s right. After that, Shane!
Yep. And after Shane, The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance and/or High Noon, for the classics. For a modern Western, Unforgiven was pretty darn near perfect.
OH yeah, Man who shot Liberty Valance, I had forgotten that one. Good thought, Glauber.
Tom
That’s a tough one, but I’ld have to go with “The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance” also. “My Darling Clementine”, “The Searchers”, “The Shootist”, and “Shane” all deserve honorable mentions. And though I wouldn’t rank it as one of the best, “Rio Bravo” is one of my favorites.
Spaghetti westerns are the way to go. Sparse on the dialogue, strong on the camera work, and there’s usually a whistle or two in the soundtrack!
Shogun- Oh wait, wrong type of duel, sorry.
Speaking of spaghetti westerns - anyone else a fan of “My Name is Nobody”?
Stars Henry Fonda as a gunman who wants to retire…love the scene with Henry alone against the Wild Bunch. I’m going to have to break out the VHS tapes at home and rewatch that one now!
Eric
Unforgiven.
Tell your social studies teacher that Westerns are stereotypical and extremely violent and your mother* won’t let you do that project.
*Yes, let it be known. I am Bloomfield’s mother.
Silverado!
Second for Once Upon A Time In the West. Great performances in that and the final showdown between Bronson and Fonda is memorable.
By “duel” do you mean a gunfight where two men stand at opposite ends of the street and see who has the quickest draw (like at the start of “Gunsmoke”)? If so, that would eliminate one of my favorite westerns, “The Searchers” because it’s more a cowboy/indians picture. I guess if it has to have the duel in it, then I would say either “Liberty Valance” or “My Darling Clementine.” I guess you could say I like the way that John Ford shoots a western (he directed all three of my picks).
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I’ve never forgiven John Wayne for his politics during the Vietanam fiasco (much the same way that some have not forgiven Jane Fonda), and I don’t care for him as a person. But I liked his acting in “The Searchers” and as Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit.”
Will O’Ban
Quite close Tom
Red Sun (1971)
Director: Terence Young
Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune and Ursula Andress …
Maybe not a top 10 but still a “must see”.
/MarcusR
Yes, yes: Exactly that kind of duel. The one where it’s okay to kill the other guy, because he drew first.
Cranberry: The only reason this is a worthwhile social science project is exactly the fact that Westerns are stereotypical and extremely violent. 
..Uh, but that’s what makes them so much fun.
Tom
The Gunfighter (Gregory Peck)
High Plains Drifter (great, but won’t suit if ‘classic’ archetypes are needed)
Pale Rider