A multi-media list, off the top of my head:
- Red Dead Redemption (video game)
- Lonesome Dove (book)
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (film)
- Deadwood (TV)
- Blood Meridian (book)
- Unforgiven (film)
- Dead Man (film)
- Firefly (TV - Space Western!)
- Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger (album)
- No Country For Old Men (film)
(Inspired by Jim Coudal’s list.)
What are your favorites?
This list is impressive for 1) choosing Red Dead Redemption as the top pick (arguably the best writing/voice acting in a game I’ve ever seen) and 2) somehow avoiding John Wayne completely.
Oh, and I’d throw The Searchers, Butch Cassidy, and Once Upon a Time in the West on there. And hell, Blazing Saddles, why not?
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