Top 10 Western Movie Gunfights

[@erics2033]

The gunfight between Frank (Henry Fonda) and Harmonica (Charles Bronson) at the end of Once Upon a Time in the West is the best ever- by a mile. The flashbacks, the music, the tying together of the plot lines. The best of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone.

[@bdjeushekel9998]

Ofc

[@bdjeushekel9998]

They dont knows what theyre talking about

[@drsoe08]

Too much romanticism.

[@jduff59]

In the beginning of "Once upon a time in the West" , when Bronson says "you brought 2 too many" I love the way Woody Strode's grin just drops, like he already knows he's dead. One of my favorite scenes, period!

[@ZoeandZacsDad]

Open Range is a very underappreciated and underrated film and by all rights should be considered a classic.

[@HawklordLI]

My favorite part was Kevin Costner's 13 shot revolver.

[@DreamyWoIf]

@@HawklordLI A totally unnecessary part in a really great gunfight.

[@ronhudale78]

I agree totally.

[@batosaikenji9447]

That is number one on my list

[@WhatTheFoock]

Yep, Open Range and Unforgiven are my two favorite Westerns, all-time.

[@areus2016]

"Once upon a time in the west" has to be my favorite western of all time. The whole story line slowly unfolds throughout the entire movie and it has everything you would want in a western. That movie is just so well made and the ending is priceless. I would highly recommend that you watch that movie.

[@peytonlucy5947]

The structure of the movie is flawless. The flashback is genius.

[@JayDee-xj9lu]

The last gunfighter was good to.

[@50peacegirl]

@@JayDee-xj9lu Plus the music is AWESOME!

[@DidoInFlames]

It's great

[@michaelmonthey5974]

One of my favorite movies.

[@arturovillalobos9068]

Shane is is one of the greatest westerns ever and the saloon gunfight is one of the best . How could you leave it out.

[@StevenBrooks346]

Agree totally, I thought it would be number 1 for sure.

[@ralpharteaga5142]

How Is Shane not even mentioned? It's the greatest gunfight of all time. The shootout at the end of "The Unforgiven" Is a close 2nd ...

[@timemechanic5055]

Try telling young folks that nowadays!

[@098chance]

Agreed, Shane ,the best Western of all time,as well as the best gunfight (s) of all Westerns.

[@chrishampton8842]

Easily leave it out

[@bunkhouse]

That opening scene in Once Upon The Time In The West is my favorite. The best part of it is how Sergio Leone built up the tension with the bad guys waiting for the train before the gunfight. And he did so just with those guys just sitting around. Master film making.

[@macbeavers6938]

Every time I hear a creaking old time wind mill it reminds me of that intro which is over ten minutes long.

[@edjagi1995]

For me, the final gunfight of "for a few dollars more" is always #1 (as is the film as a whole). A cinematic masterpiece that portrays the tension and emotion of the scene through its beautifully written music and excellent camerawork. The goosebumps induced when the second watch starts playing just in time is a plot-reveal that movies have strived to achieve countless times since, to varying degrees of success.

[@rysh0x982]

A fistful of dollars , " the heart Ramone aim for the heart or you'll never stop me" is personally my favourite . Clint at his brooding best, the build up of the pistol vs rifle, the way he used his knowledge of Ramone to trick him and get close and even the old coffin maker calling the man with no name Joe. Brilliant

[@louisbaez5802]

The Shane, final gunfight in the bar is a classic. Alan Ladd smokes them all, including the fast draw. The Allan twirls his six-shooter into his holster. Great fight a real classic Western.

[@setzkem]

yeah, how could they have left that out???

[@douglaslaturner9685]

Shane should have been included....

[@canyons1111]

that should of been number one on there list

[@arteompisarchuk8236]

Honestly "For a few dollars more". They last gun fight. They pocket watch sets up the moment and it's very tense until one man is lying on the ground.

[@donlarsen4841]

Top 3 ... all with Clint .

[@johnmarkes2038]

Mine too. It was a very unique fight as well. A few dollars more should've been on here if not number 1

[@driveman6490]

"You just shot an unarmed man"..............."Well, he should have armed himself". Classic!!

[@mrinalbhaskar3815]

driveman ঙম্পট্রল্রশ্ফ।

[@karalguidubaldi6013]

driveman yeah!

[@emptyhand777]

"You just shot an unarmed man"..............."Well, he should have armed himself if he was going to decorate his saloon with my friend."

[@tomday6150]

driveman to

[@MerlautJones]

Niccce!

[@indobleh]

3:36 Once Upon A Time In The West - every movement, every look, every second of pure gunfight tension ! Sergio Leone was a genius !

[@ojjuarez9148]

Amen to that!! Great movie!!

[@biggeorgetx]

It's a shame Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood never made a Western together. They are the baddest of the badasses.

[@vik_body_beld7294]

well they are baddest of bad but it wont work out u see coz both need to be the lead heros , not the villains, as in protagonists and not antagonists . that cant happen , so it would not have served the purpose. maybe something like butch cassidy and sundance with both being equal and all that but movies with mutliple heroes must have something different between them. Then both these guys dont want to get killed in the movie so it wont work out if they are together.

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

George Schuller Agreed

[@dado380]

Except Charles Bronson was in life REAL war hero,a recipient of purple heart in ww2.

[@tordkarl]

But Charles Bronson made one with another badass, Toshiro Mifune.

[@booya7211]

Two of my favorite gunfighters

[@donnanash8920]

Lee Van Cleef one of the best actors to ever live. Miss him horribly!!

[@iuyu123]

@sgbobsg yes

[@bobby33x97]

A true menace!!!

[@MyRobertgrant]

I met him in a supermarket in Oxnard CA. I think year or two before he died. I was visiting my Aunts. I really nice nan

[@brettennals4362]

donna nash greatest villain him and YUl Brenner are a TIE FOR ALLTIME TOPS

[@davidsawyer6003]

👍

[@GrnXnham]

Shane: You're a lowdown Yankee liar Wilson: Prove it Best gunfight ever. Even the dog knew to leave the room.

[@bobby33x97]

What a great finish!

[@crunchypeanut5616]

@greenhombre Must be number 1 by a long shot!

[@777poco]

it is in the top 5 for sure

[@waltlutz9897]

"He didn't even clear the holster Shane" Great movie.

[@steveelliott77]

Shane has the best, most classic gun fight of all time. Not surprising as it is the best western of all time.

[@philobeddoe3495]

Well, the gunfight was one of the best, but Shane was not the best western of all time to me. It was up there, but not the very best.

[@Tireshredderjoe]

It was an awesome one. The way Jack Palance falls into the barrels looks so real, in fact the whole scene is exciting.

[@philobeddoe3495]

@@Tireshredderjoe Yes sir. I will watch that movie again and again just for that scene alone.

[@tonyvukusich2405]

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[@philobeddoe3495]

@@tonyvukusich2405 What does "l" mean?

[@kanizhousecleaning]

lets be honest we all wanted the good the bad and the ugly to be #1

[@khedoigmale3159]

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[@tonyjohnston1168]

Khedoi Gmale

[@khedoigmale3159]

yes Gmale not gmail...hahaha!

[@fyorbane]

I thinks it's on most peoples list.

[@shaunshepherd188]

Level 5 KZbin Hero

[@Lylo-mj8ek]

Over the years I have grown to respect Mr. Jack Elm, It seems that any role he has played has always been on spot and never ceases to impress and leave me in awe. Peace.

[@swinetrek]

Elam. yeah, great face.

[@edgaraquino2324]

​@@swinetrekYes...I understand he was an accountant before he became an actor...they didn't use his voice in this scene...also, the coats they used are called "dusters"...long, but cut high so you could wear it while on a horse...meant to keep the dust & the wet off your clothes....

[@50peacegirl]

The best western movie I ever saw was "Once upon a time in the West". It still is today.

[@ojjuarez9148]

I have to agree, mine also, never tire of seeing it!!

[@topogigios3268]

one of the best scenes ever THE WILD BUNCH, loved that final battle

[@TralfazConstruction]

My maternal grandfather had to lobby my parents for weeks for their permission to see The Wild Bunch (1969). I'd been going with my grandfather to see his "Westerns" since I was age seven or so. Those were good times.

[@carljohnson3747]

Once Upon A Time In The West has absolutely gorgeous cinematography and an amazing score my Morricone. It can still well up tears in my eyes over 50 years later.

[@cadillacslim73]

Best film ever

[@jamesjohnson5333]

I like the scene from The Outlaw Josey Whales where he is confronted by union soldiers and he says you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie. I love that whole movie.

[@atze3792]

I like "Hell is Comming for Breakfast" better.

[@duaneholcomb8408]

Yea me too . that and Shane are 2 of my,favorites,,,,

[@swaghauler8334]

His shootout in Pale Rider too.

[@gavinscott8903]

Oh yeah that's a good 1. The long riders has some good shootouts in it

[@followmyleaad]

that open range gun fight will always be burned into my memory for how abruptly it began. It was amazing.

[@bigjoesshow5648]

agreed "Are you the one who shot our friend?"...Blaaammm!!!

[@corywbartlett]

I remember we watched it in the theater and the sound effects and editing were so awesome. I remember watching it with my son and thinking "This is the future of westerns".

[@bigjoesshow5648]

Cool...

[@bobfoster687]

open range #1

[@seanbarron2890]

The most realistic for sure, it descends into chaos, people shooting and missing, people getting hit but not killed, bullets flying everywhere as it spreads throughout the whole town. It's definitely up there. For my money, they picked the wrong duel from Once Upon A Time...

[@hardingdies7811]

Tom Selleck as "Quigley" - the final shootout at the ranch of three vs one, especially since Quigley wasn't using his rifle.

[@Zak6959]

Like you said, “I haven’t had much use for one, but I didn’t say I didn’t know how to use it. “

[@bobpaikowski8500]

This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickock.

[@edgaraquino2324]

​@@Zak6959Yup!! Cold comfort for Rickman's character when he figured out too late that Q had his number...😂

[@TralfazConstruction]

The final shootout in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was choreographed to perfection. I watched the documentary on the making of the film close to forty-five years ago before the dawn of the VCR and I tried to take it all in. The added realism of Sundance stopping to reload his pistol(s) several times heightens the dramatic effect and the pulse pounding action. I was thirteen years old in 1969 and a number of the older neighborhood kids'd seen the film and exhorted everyone to see it based on how "cool" it was. I was on Cloud 9 when my mother and father took my younger brother and me out to dinner and then to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I bought the soundtrack album for my parents and it sounded great on the HiFi in the living room and they played it often enough; may God bless their precious memories.

[@jakealter5504]

I'm pretty sure that The Good, The Bad and the Ugly came out in 1966 and not 1996

[@scottknode898]

Jake Alter it was in 1966 when it came out

[@wendynadin3685]

Yes you are right Jake it did come out in 1966.☺

[@slimmeoen1081]

@@scottknode898 i see you in the comments of every western movie video i watch lol

[@11bravo86]

Good eye Jake.

[@buildawall5803]

The Mistake of Mojo

[@TheVagolfer]

The final gunfight in " Quigley Down Under." It also has one of the best lines...." I said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use it."

[@IdleDrifter]

Too many good Western Gunfights for a Top 10.

[@JamesTrentSmith]

Exactly!

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

No doubt.👍

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Right! This list should be expanded to 100!

[@ZoeTheCat]

The Mexican standoff in The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly is not only the #1 shootout, it is the greatest scene of ALL TIME.

[@DarrinSK]

with only 2 shots fired

[@CaneFu]

NO, this one didn't even deserve to make the list as it was hardly a gun fight. There were many other gunfights in other films that were much better. One that comes to mind immediately is John Wayne's gunfight against Ned Pepper and his gang near the end of the film True Grit.

[@DarrinSK]

Your opinion is shit

[@daisyflowers9334]

It's good alright, but The gunfight scene in Clint's movie "A Fist Full of Dollars" is hard to beat! That scene is totally the bomb.

[@guywhoscrollsthroughcommen7973]

Eli Wallach for potus

[@hawkeyemontgomery2136]

I like the tombstone gunfight between Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo where Kilmer is holiday

[@screamingnighthog7155]

Kilmer should have won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Doc Holiday in that movie.

[@jurgenwittmann2905]

#1: Once upon a time in the west: final gunfight between Harmonica and Frank!

[@peytonlucy5947]

Maybe the greatest scene in any movie, if you include the goodbye that follows. Perfect.

[@bransonwillis1672]

@@peytonlucy5947 Best ever!

[@ColdColdColdGround]

Yup! I do love that intro scene and once I saw that on here I knew this one was going to be missing.

[@barbarahutson8428]

I'mcvalinf

[@bransonwillis1672]

Without a doubt! And, incredible music!

[@lokezep]

Love the "Tombstone" shootout...and the fact that Doc (Kilmer) sets it off by winking at the guy. Great scene.

[@karalguidubaldi6013]

lokezep that was my pick of the greatest gunfights. BADASS

[@johnpetty7066]

Too bad it was spoiled by 3 shots from a double barrel shotgun.

[@ronaldjensen8614]

He was just too high strung...

[@cheekibreeki921]

I thought it was funny how Kilmer played Doc and had an accent more similar to that of someone from Louisiana than one from Georgia (Doc's home state)

[@nicklasandersson5606]

I miss Josey wales, "dying aint much of a living boy" epic!

[@jamestornabene985]

Good one!

[@kevinnelson198]

Hell yeah! You a bounty hunter?

[@yorkieratproductions]

"Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining"

[@williamcarter361]

Are you gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie

[@HartmutJagerArt]

GEE, You left out "SHANE" with arguably the best 'Shane versus Wilson' gunfight, with the slinking away dog, and the marvelous Jack Palance and Alan Ladd.

[@coreyshier7526]

You missed the big shootout in "The Long Riders" (1981) 3 sets of Actor Brothers play 3 sets of Outlaw Brothers: David, Keith & Robert Carridine play Cole, Jim & Bob Younger; Stacy & James Keach play Frank & Jesse James; Dennis & Randy Quaid play Ed & Clell Miller, all members of the infamous James-Younger Gang who robbed trains and banks after the Civil War until the failed Northfield, Min Raid. The big shootout with slow-motion camera work showing bullets hitting and splattering is Epic!

[@artdude2823]

"You bought two too many"!!! Favorite line! Lol

[@dLimboStick]

You cut out the best line in Unforgiven. "You just shot an unarmed man!" "He should've armed himself, if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend".

[@skynmusstash3141]

and the incredibly understated and epic exchange at the end: "I'll see you in hell, William Munny." ".......yeah."

[@harrygreb3457]

Great scene.... "whose the fella who owns this shithole"

[@sjames304]

My fave line in Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood (Munny) speaking to kid gunfighter near tree waiting for the prostitute: Kid (regarding man he killed in outhouse) - "Well....I guess he had it coming." Munny - "We all got it coming, kid."

[@TrinidadJamesWoods]

dLimboStick "it's a helluva thing, Killin a man. you take away all he has, and all he's ever gonna have."

[@HondoTrailside]

That is one of the greatest non-BS lines in all westerns.

[@PaulHarrell]

The final scene in John Waynes last movie, "The Shootist".

[@ceretomer5987]

+Paul Harrell Or the scene near the end of True Grit where he charges 4 or 5 others on horseback.

[@TheBouh17]

+Paul Harrell And the final scene of «Shane» also !

[@MrCharlie1960]

fill your hand, you sunuvabitch.

[@ceretomer5987]

MrCharlie1960 Robert Duvall never should have said, "That's mighty bold talk for a one-eyed fat man".

[@ucctgg]

YES !!!!!

[@participantparticipant506]

Don't forget Pale Rider. An awesome tactical masterpiece.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

I love Pale Rider, but it’s apparently very similar to Shane and High Plains Drifter.

[@berkaygun9803]

The final duel in Once upon a time in the west. When Harmonica finally gets his revenge.

[@cameronbruce9650]

easily could have been no.1 the scene is so tense

[@krapfenman]

absolutely!

[@SuperDib07]

Ahem to that.

[@CaalamusTube]

+SuperDib07 Hahaha! ...does that mean you disagree?

[@melkins551]

you are correct!!!

[@StorytellerMatt]

Great list. Hard to pick just 10 great gunfights. What I missed was anything from Rio Bravo, the "Get three coffins ready" scene from A Fistful of Dollars, and maybe even the kids taking back the herd in "The Cowboys."

[@liammccarron8191]

The Wild Bunch. Best ending ever.

[@blpitts11]

Open range is such an underrated western so good

[@johnwamsley1896]

It has great style

[@mattprater7184]

the final fight in pale rider where preacher takes on the marshall and his deputies

[@slypperyfox]

@Bj D Yes. He was a "bent" sheriff who was hired to help kill the mysterious "pale man" known as Preacher. The most iconic part of that scene was Clint's use of multiple preloaded cap and ball cylinders he kept changing out on his SA revolver to take out the sheriff and his deputies. He carried these in belt pouches like we would carry a speedloader for a DA revolver today. Also, John Russell was a fairly well known western character actor back in his day. Not as well known or used as often as, say, Jack Elam, was but was easily recognizable when you saw him.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

@@slypperyfox Not to mention, he appeared alongside John Wayne in Rio Bravo, where he played the greedy rancher who tried to bust his murderous brother out of Wayne’s jail. He also appeared alongside Eastwood before in The Outlaw Josey Wales as Bloody Bill Anderson.

[@OldManPaxusYT]

Once Upon A Time In The West is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE....

[@O_Towne_Bear]

I know not everyone liked the movie but I like the final shoot out in Young Guns..."It's you and I!"

[@RealGucci]

Who doesn't like Young Guns?

[@nevik9199]

love that movie!!

[@ronaldjensen8614]

I'll make you famous...

[@andyjames8612]

“Yeah, Charlie’...

[@phillaw7952]

Shane's "Low Down Yankee Lier" has to be Number one. Shane is the best western of all time and among the top 10 films of all time.

[@attila7092]

Agreed. There was never a villain scarier than Jack Wilson

[@henry6354]

All Sergio Leone westerns are the top ones...impossible to find the best...all are the same...awesome...r.i.p. Sergio and Maestro Ennio Morricone too for his beautiful lyrics

[@karlwills3549]

1953 Shane,Jack Palance & Alan Ladd best gunfight scene ever

[@antojadox2]

+karl wills I like that one too.

[@jdolew]

completely agree. It didn't even rate a mention on this list.

[@chuckcap6878]

Prove it!

[@SuperBuckwheat11]

I agree

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

TOTALLY agree, Karl.👍

[@cloudform]

The first gunfight in "A Fistful of Dollars" should have been number #1. Awesome scene. Don't laugh at a man's horse.

[@discreditor]

Agree with that but it's his mule. There's a grittyness about the early westerns that they've polished out with the later productions and it's a backwards step.

[@ahemcoughaaargh]

Also the gunfight at the end of "A Fistful of Dollars" where he has the chunk of pot belly stove under his poncho, and the guy can't figure out why he doesn't die when he shoots him, has got to be in the top ten as well. I personally think "A Fistful of Dollars" is one of the greatest westerns ever made.

[@HustlerMitch]

The Outlaw Jose Wales too. Near the end.

[@Skerdy]

discreditor That grittyness was from the spaghetti-westerns of Sergio Leone and some other Italian directors who made westerns too after Leone opened the way. Italian directors basically broght the realism of Italian movies of the '50 into the western movie. You liked or hated it, it surely was distinctive: the "pure" American westerns have always stayed far away from that dirty, gritty style although Eastwood has tried to imitate it somewhat in his westerns... kinda logical since he grew as an actor by playing into Leone's movies.

[@eddymadison9655]

I love the gunfight in "A Fistful of Dollars" aspeacially before the ending. Explosion was heard, cloud of sands covering the scene, music was played and when the cloud clear up Clint Eastwood apear in the flesh. He told Ramoun to let go the oldman, Ramoun shot Eastwood 7 times with his rifle but Eastwood get back up feel like i was nothing until he reveal that he was wearing bullet proof vest(a piece of metal with ropes) Ramoun and his gang was shock and Eastwood deliver the blow by shooting Ramoun rifle from his hand and the rest of his gang and quote "when a man with a 45 meet a man with a rifle, you said a man with a pistol is a dead man, lets find out" Eastwood put down his gun, he and Ramoun pick up their gun reloading and Eastwood finish him off. Total Badass

[@brucebaum1458]

The best pre gunfight was the scene in Once Upon a Time in The West, while the gunslingers wait for Harmonica to show, nothing comes close, absolute best western ever made, will never be bested.

[@EnriqueJColl]

´´You brought two too many´´ If there is a famous line.....this one is it.

[@zorrgal]

The final duel in Once upon a time in the west. Bronson vs Fonda, a masterpiece.

[@reginaldstyles3129]

zorrgal LEGENDARY😀

[@tommyhaynes8690]

The gunfight in the original True Grit is one of my favorites

[@baburao87]

"Deserve's got nothing to do with it." Sends chills down my spine

[@silverford2005f150]

great scene

[@ronaldjensen8614]

That didn't scare little Bill did it?

[@andrewlabat9963]

It was so welled played. Like he didn't want to, be that man again, but right before he shots you see it in this eyes, William Munny's returned.

[@RamBam3000]

Harmonica vs Frank and the end of "Once Upon a Time In the West" and the duel at the end of "For a Few Dollars More" need to be here.

[@thepacino1376]

Harmonica vs Frank..really suprised that the son of bitch who made this video doesn't put in the Top 10..even the duel of "For a Few Dollars More" deserves a place there..and the Mexican Standoff not number 10 ?! This is too much. I also wonder why "Henry Fonda against the 150 Wild Bunch" from "My Name is Nobody" isn't there either..

[@jeffstratton5555]

"What have you heard, Shane?" "That you're a low down Yankee liar." "Prove it." Love that gun fight. Even the dog skulks away when Shane enters. Interesting those who mention "The Shootist.". In the book, Ron Howard's character is quite evil, he Kills Books, steals the money Books left for the mom and takes the Guns too!

[@hugoperhammer]

Switch #2 and #1 and I would be quite satisfied with this list.

[@cakeman58]

Agreed. The TGTBTU will never be outdone.

[@hugoperhammer]

cakeman58 It may be someday, but it hasn't yet.

[@chiffmonkey]

Wrong scene from Once Upon a Time in the West. Should be the final duel and revelation of Harmonica's identity.

[@davidsafely732]

both scenes were deserving, the final was clearly the best!

[@theodoremcgee334]

You got that right - Harmonica!

[@vishnujokhoo6793]

Every scene in Once Upon a Time in the West is the best :)

[@LDixon007]

Vishnu is right again!

[@neutronalchemist3241]

In a top10 Western Movie Gunfights list there is no space left for non-Leone movies.

[@alexfrenette8565]

Shane vs Jack Wilson in the movie Shane "your a low down Yankee liar"🖒

[@popvoid]

THE WILD BUNCH is still number one for me.

[@A.MCollects]

Just finished that movie it's one of my all time favorites so many people haven't heard about it from what I've seen on here

[@chuckcap6878]

TWB takes me back to 1969...Viet Nam. Was reading in a magazine about it. The writer was critical of the violence and squibs. He referenced a John Wayne WWII movie wherein they only mentioned '10,000 men' dead in Manila, and how imagination was better that seeing. Took me 3/4 years to see it.

[@ogre0177]

How about the final showdown in Quigley Down Under? "Said I never had much use for one....never said I didn't know how to use it."

[@karalguidubaldi6013]

ogre0177 love that! yeah

[@ronaldjensen8614]

I think I was born on the wrong continent...

[@alexandersteward8559]

Oh by the way your fired, this ain’t dodge city and you ain’t Bill Hickok

[@MyBlackandRedCZ]

Right?

[@bluesman3232]

This is the best...... especially when Marsden moves Quigley in front of his practice target. Tom Selleck's best movie, too!

[@64Ludwigs]

"This here's the Waco kid." "I must of killed more men than Cecil B. Demille."

[@ericstrat3579]

😆😆

[@pensiveowl7791]

Shane's last battle in the saloon has to be #1!

[@MrCharlie1960]

not a mention of Outlaw Josey Wales either... Ya'll gonna pull those hawg legs, or whistle dixie. The last gunfight in Pale Rider where he swaps out the cylinders in that 1858 Remington Army.

[@fiddlesticksbessette398]

I'LL BET HE REHERSED THAT ONE FOR AWHILE.YA HAVE TO DO A LIL FILING,SAND'ING ETC.WHEN YA GET A NEW GUN,REPLACA'S HAVE TO BE BROKIN IN...

[@howardsmith9342]

There are several in Josey Wales.

[@donaldsedig7045]

" A lot of idiots, not enough bullets." - Clint Eastwood.

[@ruben1222]

'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' was a true masterpiece. It should be #1. John Wayne facing off against Robert Duvall and 3 other gunmen in 'True Grit' was one of my favorites. 'Winchester 73' ended with at terrific gun battle between two brothers.

[@karalguidubaldi6013]

Ruben Rodriguez loved that one! jimmy Stewart was oddly a great cowboy!

[@angelajohnson6659]

Jimmy was great in everything he acted in!!

[@thesoultwins72]

Ruben Rodriguez........Hmmm.....the 'Good, Bad and Ugly' WAS/IS a genuine masterpiece - but 'Once Upon a Time in the West' was Leone's pièce de résistance. It is so much better and on so many levels. [this is why it is consistently voted among the top 50 greatest films ever made - which the Good, Bad and Ugly is not]. From the opening shoot-out scene between 'Harmonica' and Frank's men at the train station to the spell-binding denouement between 'Harmonica' and Frank himself - including the development of the 4 main characters [Harmonica, Frank, Cheyenne and Jill] - the storyline is utterly riveting.

[@coinraker6497]

@@thesoultwins72 if you like OUATITW better that's fine but please don't say it's universally considered a better movie than TGTBATU which gets an 8.8 rating on IMDB to OUATINW's 8.5. The camp seems to be pretty evenly split between which is better, please don't let your personal bias interfere with this FACT. I personally think TGTBATU is so much better on so many levels. By the way, I just GOOGLED 50 greatest movies and the first list that came up had TGTBATU at #5. OUATITW wasn't even on there. Am I gonna say this is proof everybody likes it better? No, I take these lists for what they're worth, you should do the same.

[@VoxPoplicola]

The never was a man like "Shane," There would be no Clint Eastwood without the movie "Shane." The shootout with Jack Palance being the creepy black hat is unforgetable. "What have you heard about me, Shane?" "...that you're a low down Yankee liar."

[@markmorris5899]

..........Shane,s gunfight Jack Palance was AWESOME.......Best gunfight ever. Nothing really comes close......You're a low down yankee liar. Palance; Prove it...............Bang Bang, Bang!!

[@markmorris5899]

***** ME TOO!!!!!

[@markmorris5899]

tdaiy2010 I was waiting in the countdown to see that Shane was FIRST. What a letdown. Shane should have been first. A fantastic western,and a really memorable gunfight!!

[@VoxPoplicola]

tdaiy2010 Raw courage from an authentic believable character who looks like he could be an ordinary guy next door. Why hasn't hollywood been able to produce anything like it for so many years?? All we seem to get these days is long drawn out violence, sex, and politically correct garbage.

[@shelter345]

For A Few Dollars More - Final Gunfight. The musical pocketwatch scene was priceless.

[@bobby33x97]

The Wild Bunch climax tops 'em all! Greatest Western ever made!

[@jefflampert6336]

Agreed.

[@dickvarga6908]

Wild bunch bank shootout ?

[@bobby33x97]

@@dickvarga6908 Wild Bunch opening scene could be finale' for any number of movies; but listen to the writing - the script & characterizations are brilliant, it's why you remember the main characters by the names of their characters as opposed to the actors names ....Pike, Dutch, Angel, Lyle & Tector Gorch...Best western ever made & one of the best films ever made!!!

[@dickvarga6908]

@@bobby33x97 agreed, High Noon is also a favourite with some weak points , both versions of 3:10 to Yuma, Treasure of the Sierra Madre (not essentially a Western)

[@bobby33x97]

@@dickvarga6908 I think you meant "3:10", sorry to nitpick. I think HIGH NOON is a more thoughtful film but IMO Shane is a better Movie, if you see what I'm getting at. Both films were directed by two of the greatest directors of all time > Fred Zinneman and George Stevens. Check out the movies both these gentlemen Directed. Thanks!

[@emptyhand777]

Frank vs Harmonica in "Once Upon a Time in the West" With the flashback of both characters tying the entire movie together and the fact that Harmonica drew first, it is the greatest showdown in movie history.

[@andreashoppe1969]

and it's iconic movie score by Ennio Morricone!

[@jackiereynolds2888]

The Wild Bunch gets my vote. And gun-fanning and the fast draw are totally Hollywood.

[@KSFWG]

I think the list should have been the top 25 -- just for the sheer scope of great westerns to chose from.

[@careylymanjones]

WatchMojo can only count to 10.

[@bigfrank2959]

Yeah ok corral over doc holiday and johnny ringo? Magnificent seven nowhere to be found? Dont they have any shame?

[@karalguidubaldi6013]

KSFWG agree

[@michaelfrenick7773]

Yes to that

[@Troy_nov1965]

Open Range is one of the greatest ever filmed i think , but my favorite of all time is Shane between Alan Ladd and Jack Palance.

[@mjhzen8313]

It boggles the mind that the final gunfight in "Shane" (Alan Ladd) is not on this list. The only thing I look at these lists for is to see where they eff up. And this one did, big time.

[@johnwamsley1896]

The kid is fabulous too

[@johnottr]

That gunfight in Shane is the best five minutes in Western movie history.

[@amilton2128]

The whole movie is a cinematic masterpiece. 6 oscars.

[@russellalmond2631]

Shane, the shootout between Alan Ladd and Jack Palance, surely this should be in the top 10

[@Phillipkpickett]

for a few dollars more???? pocket watch fight.....#1

[@themanfromphoto]

Yup this list sucks. You're right. FAFDM is #1. The whole standoff and him counting the bounty. Classic.

[@scandibalt]

the best

[@justmelaughin]

How was that not on here?!

[@graveloss4209]

That’s my top

[@jolankaschoppers1319]

Phil Pickett beautiful

[@ramoneanderson872]

Wild bunch! Best western shooting scene ever!

[@alejandroceppi3707]

The final gunfight in Appaloosa (when Viggo Mortesen confronts the bad guy). Just one against one but it is a very convincing gunfight. Also the final one in Quigley Down Under (Tom Selleck against Alan Rickman an others).

[@swdist68]

The Gunfight between Shane and Wilson in the movie "Shane" is my favorite.

[@swdist68]

Close second would be Holliday vs Ringo in Tombstone.

[@HartmutJagerArt]

swdist68 Yes, it is unbelievable that 'Mojo' forgot to include Shane in at least the top three.

[@Johnodog]

Love that you included Open Range. COSTNERS best western. Love that shoot out

[@RobbinsJoe]

The Shootist ends with John Waynes last gunfight and he went out with style.

[@ItsTjWilliams]

Joe Robbins we

[@jacobsabin2039]

True Grit (the John Wayne True Grit) came to my mind after reading this as well. I would put The Shootist over it, just saying

[@legendsofruneterralegend3577]

Cowbpy was his final film

[@38503frank]

Alan Ladd in the final showdown with Jack Palance in Shane. Classic. Absolutely Classic.

[@karthikaanand3963]

Ennio's music outdoes all of them.

[@Trommel57]

In my opinion it was Ennio who managed to save those films. Also Clint, of course. I cannot stand Sergio Leone, I wonder what the hell is wrong with me.

[@gregkerr725]

Lee Marvin and Jimmy Stewart were pretty awesome adversaries in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

[@karalguidubaldi6013]

Greg Kerr one of the best! love both wayne and Stewart ( well lee marvin too)

[@yunaidawan2490]

John wayne killed lee marvin not jimmy

[@VidkunQL]

No, *Tom Doniphon* killed *Liberty Valence.* That shootout was one of the best. Three of the great forces of the West, in the form of three men, go into a fight three different ways, and come out three different ways.

[@howardsmith9342]

Lee Van Cleef was in that one, too, as one of Liberty's buddies. He didn't shoot anyone, though.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

@@VidkunQL directed by John Ford And don't forget Hondo and Stagecoach

[@icarus8471]

I would add the final gunfight in Shane, the final gunfight in A Few Dollars More, the duel between Bronson and Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West.

[@yogistanu55]

Shane :"Your a Low down Yankee Liar....Jack Wilson:"Prove it"...Boom, Boom, Boom...still the loudest report from a colt 45 on screen! Bad Ass!!

[@peterjpuleo4133]

I agree. Also, the final shoot out in Hombre with Paul Newman and Richard Boone. Lean and mean.

[@MrShobar]

Agree.

[@Tikki-cy1wk]

Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson in OUATITW. The music, the scenery, Fonda and Bronson circling each other as Fonda checks the sun to make sure it's at his back. And, of course, the final reveal. It all builds to Bronson finally getting his revenge. Henry Fonda realizing who Bronson is "at the point of dyin'" is classic. It doesn't always have to be super bloody. Sometimes, less is more.

[@colinc4542]

This. And this again!

[@jasonkane6156]

The final gunfight in Shane.

[@floydteter4323]

Would have found a spot for the gunfight between John Wayne and Robert Duvall's gang from "True Grit".

[@Ignatz71]

I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.

[@colliric]

I dunno, the remake was also a great western.

[@josephclark4999]

@@Ignatz71 Fill your hands you son of a bitch. Great line!!!

[@Ignatz71]

@@josephclark4999 One of my all time favorite deliveries by John Wayne. Reminded me of my grandpa the way he said "sunuvabitch".

[@floydteter4323]

@Jerry Reynolds Overall, I'd probably agree. But the John Wayne shootout scene is better than anything in the latter version.

[@billgedeon1857]

#1. Alan Ladd & Jack Palance,"Shane"..

[@donjoe72]

+Bill Gedeon you are right on target.

[@vancity6757]

exactly right. Alan Ladd & Jack Palance in Shane is the ultimate western gunfight and the others aren't even close.

[@Troy_nov1965]

+Bill Gedeon I could not agree more . The best western of all time with the greatest gunfight.

[@sdafasdfasdfsda]

"so you're Jack Wilson" "What's that mean to you Shane" "I heard about you" "what've you heard Shane" steps away from saloon, prepares to draw... "I heard you're a low down yankee liar" "prove it" The movie has a whole hasn't aged well but that scene is a classic. Jack Palance was a scary mofo!

[@bdpopeye]

The greatest line in the history of western films triggers the gunfight as Shane, Alan Ladd, says to hired gun Jack Wilson, Jack Palance, I quote.." I heard you was a low down Yankee liar"...next is gunshots and Jack Wilson is dead. Shane is the greatest western ever made...period.

[@hughquigley5337]

My dad has been watching Westerns (and sometimes kinda forcing me to watch them with him) my entire life. So many classics and memorable movies, with a mix of new and old movies. The video started with the movie "3:10 to Yuma" and I already knew that this was gonna be great.

[@wingates277]

How can you leave out the final gunfight in Shane?!

[@DireHammer]

The escape in Young Guns deserves to be #3 on this list.

[@patrickmccafferty4027]

That was a great seen.

[@Necrøcrusher1]

3:09 low key tombstone is the best western town to visit and the movie is awesome knowing how the ok corral gunfight is the most famous gunfight in arizona history

[@pkonolan]

Come on! What about the meadow scene from “True Grit” (the original, of course). How can you beat a hero gunslinger riding a horse full gallop with the reins in his teeth, cocking his carbine by flipping it 360 degrees. Now that’s a shoot out.

[@rayaguirre2084]

How did John Wayne say it fill your hands you son of a bitch. Don't call John Wayne fat.

[@chrishampton8842]

It was 11

[@Flo8Jack]

Im surprised SHANE was not mentioned the shoot out at the end was excellent

[@HartmutJagerArt]

Jackie Lambros Yea, Mojo either did not see 'Shane' or he has amnesia.

[@bailey9r]

Probably had too much tension for the Mo

[@kevinquinn3763]

Yes indeed Jackie. The film Shane going against Jack Walter Palance as Jack Wilson. And Shane as Alan Ladd. This is my favorite gunfight. It was good vs. Evil. So real so surreal. Can't be beat. Such revenge.

[@liammccarron8191]

Wild bunch. Best western ever.

[@hisredrighthand]

I think the only reason they didn't include the brilliant "Get three coffins ready"/"My mule don't like people laughing" scene from "Fistful of Dollars" is that it's too long and the shoot-out is just part of it's beauty. You know the scene where the four hired guns are laughing and Eastwood's eyes are in the shade of his hat and he lifts his head a notch, exposing his eyes and there's death written all over them, steel blue, no mercy. That scene is film history. Overall I like Kurosawa's 'Jojimbo' better but that one scene has no equivalent or I've yet to see it.

[@secretagentmanstumpy]

The beauty of that scene isnt in the actual gunfight. Its all in the dialog before it. It is an amazing scene alltogether.

[@lordeden2732]

MY MISTAKE ~~~~FOUR!

[@phantomshadow1981]

The fact that it's more dialogue and overall acting vs gunfight is why I'm not complaining about A Few Dollars More not being on the list. The last fight in it was one of the best dramatic scenes in all of the realm of westerns.

[@andreatomassini202]

***** absolutely

[@reg7000]

Could not have described that scene in Fist Full of Dollars any better. The blazing speed displayed in the gunfight did overshadow the dialogue that lead up to the moment. Clint's best moments with handling a pistol(s) in movies were that scene and the Trading Post scene in Josey Wales where he flips the guns back around in a split second to nail the two would be bounty hunters.

[@ted1546]

"Shane...come home Shane"...the best final shootout scene.

[@HartmutJagerArt]

ted1546 Right! Forgetting Shane proves that Mojo lacks movie knowledge.

[@nievesdluis]

Wasn't looking for spoilers so I greatly appreciate the list of movies the video contains. 👍

[@nevinthomas7231]

John Wayne, True Grit.... Riding that horse with those rifles, I was just a kid when that was out and the was sooooo bad ass then.

[@53rdAndThird]

"Fill your hands you son of a bitch!" I was just a kid too, and I remember it being controversial at the time that John Wayne said a 'dirty' word!

[@nevinthomas7231]

Funny how back in the day one word could carry more punch than all the full blown vulgarity that hits the screens now. They saved that "bad word" for just the right moment .... then boom, Oooooh he said a bad word! Hahaha my how times have changed lol

[@HartmutJagerArt]

Nevin Thomas Pilgrim, he would not have been able to shoot anything ridding at that speed, ...and being one-eyed too.

[@nevinthomas7231]

True. but it was sooooo coooool!

[@danielfronc4304]

And True Grit's antagonist, Ned Pepper, is played by a young Robert Duvall, who plays Costner's protagonist cattle man boss Bluebonnet Spearman in Open Range.