Best westerns 1951 – 1960 - Charts
Best westerns 1951 – 1960
1. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen
2. The Big Country (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
5. The Rainmaker (1956)
USA, Romance / Western
Directed by: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn
6. High Noon (1952)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell
7. Westward the Women (1951)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel
8. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn
9. The Man from Laramie (1955)
USA, Western
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy
10. The Searchers (1956)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter
11. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan
14. Bend of the River (1952)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy
15. The Bravados (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins
16. The Proud Rebel (1958)
USA, Western
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland
17. The Sheepman (1958)
USA, Comedy / Western
Directed by: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine
18. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
USA, Western / Crime
Directed by: John Ford
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers
19. Saddle the Wind (1958)
USA, Western
Directed by: Robert Parrish, John Sturges
Cast: Robert Taylor, Julie London
21. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
USA, Western
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Audie Murphy, Charles Drake
22. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
USA, Western
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
23. Cimarron (1960)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters
Cast: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell
26. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire
27. The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
USA, Western
Directed by: Russell Rouse
Cast: Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain
29. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
USA, Western
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker
30. Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
USA, Western
Directed by: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot
32. Springfield Rifle (1952)
USA, War / Western
Directed by: André De Toth
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter
33. The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
USA, Western
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Lex Barker, Mara Corday
34. North to Alaska (1960)
USA, Western / Comedy
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Stewart Granger
35. The Far Country (1954)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Ruth Roman
38. The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
USA, Western
Directed by: Lee Sholem
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Alex Nicol
40. Only the Valiant (1951)
USA, Adventure / Western
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton
41. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
USA, Western
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue
42. The Big Sky (1952)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin
43. Rancho Notorious (1952)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy
45. The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
USA, Western
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark
46. The Ride Back (1957)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Allen H. Miner, Oscar Rudolph
Cast: Anthony Quinn, William Conrad
49. The Man from the Alamo (1953)
USA, Western
Directed by: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Glenn Ford, Julie Adams
52. The Last Hunt (1956)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger
55. The Hanging Tree (1959)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Delmer Daves, Karl Malden
Cast: Gary Cooper, Maria Schell
57. Kansas Pacific (1953)
USA, Western
Directed by: Ray Nazarro
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Barton MacLane
58. Along the Great Divide (1951)
USA, Western
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo
59. Saskatchewan (1954)
USA, Adventure / Western
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters
60. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot
63. Star in the Dust (1956)
USA, Western
Directed by: Charles F. Haas
Cast: John Agar, Mamie Van Doren
65. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
USA, Western / Action
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush
66. Three Violent People (1956)
USA, Western
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
Cast: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter
67. The Left Handed Gun (1958)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Paul Newman, Lita Milan
68. Track of the Cat (1954)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright
72. A Lawless Street (1955)
USA, Western
Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury
75. Strange Lady in Town (1955)
USA, Western
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Dana Andrews
76. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
USA, Western
Directed by: Michael Gordon
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney
78. The Cimarron Kid (1952)
USA, Western
Directed by: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler
79. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
USA, Western
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: James Cagney, Stephen McNally
81. Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
USA, Comedy / Western
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker
82. Drum Beat (1954)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Cast: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton
83. Last of the Comanches (1953)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: André De Toth
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale
84. Man with the Gun (1955)
USA, Western
Directed by: Richard Wilson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling
86. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
USA, Western
Directed by: George Sherman
Cast: John Lund, Jeff Chandler
87. The Bounty Hunter (1954)
USA, Western
Directed by: André De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn
89. Distant Drums (1951)
USA, Action / Romance
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon
90. Walk the Proud Land (1956)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft
91. Law and Order (1953)
USA, Western / Romance
Directed by: Nathan Juran
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone
92. Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
USA, Western
Directed by: George Sherman
Cast: Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr
93. Man from Del Rio (1956)
USA, Western / Romance
Directed by: Harry Horner
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado
94. Dakota Incident (1956)
USA, Western
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
Cast: Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson
95. Run for Cover (1955)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors
99. Blowing Wild (1953)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck