Uncle Tiger:
Ten years ago, I excerpted on my blog the "Top Ten Westerns List" given by French scholars themselves, who are basically experts in countless films, but the field of Westerns is large and the history is long, and the "Top Ten Westerns" program has always been difficult to reconcile, and it is impossible to satisfy all Western fans. Therefore, this program is only for everyone to choose films, collect films, and watch films for entertainment.
No classic Western in the world is perfect, because there is always another classic Western that captures something he can't.
However, the Taste of the French is indeed very tricky, and a figure like Allan Dwan, who has been forgotten by Hollywood, has become the hero of their Western pearls, while John Sturges, Richard Brooks, Arthur Penn, Clint Eastwood and others have not paid attention to them.
Jean Mitry
The famous French film theorist, who once wrote "Film Aesthetics and Psychology", he is also a fan of Westerns, his top ten (in no particular order):
1. "Guan Shan Fit"
Stagecoach, John Ford
2. "Heroic Tenderness"
My Darling Clementine, John Ford
3. "Sands Town"
Yellow Sky, William Wellmann
4. 《Harano Shinjo》
Wagon Master, John Ford
5. "The Sands of Blood"
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston
6. The Corpses of the Seven Koufu
Seven men from now, Budd Boetticher
7. The Naked Spurs
The Naked Spur, Anthony Mann
8. "The Dragon of Red Courage"
Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks
9. Desert Freaks
Johnny Guitar, Nicholas Ray
10. "Afternoon Gunshots"
Ride the High Country, Sam Peckinpah
Raymond Bellour
Professor at a French university, expert on westerns (in order):
1. The Distant Land
The Far Country, Anthony Mann
2. Wicked Ranch
Rancho Notorious, Fritz Lang
3. The Naked Spurs
4. "Tiger Thief Wild Flower"
Colorado Territory, Raoul Walsh
5. "Peaks and Flames"
The Big Sky, Howard Hawks
6. Harano Shinjo
7. Gone with the Wind
The Plainsman, De Mille
8. "Unforgivable"
The Unforgiven, John Huston
9. Forty Guns
Forty Guns, Samuel Fuller
10. Western League
Western Union, Fritz Lang
Bertrand Tavernier
The famous French director and film scholar specialized in American cinema, and his top ten (in order):
1. The Tree of Souls
The Hanging Tree, Delmer Daves
2. "Decisive Battle for Yuma Town"
3h10 to Yuma, Delmer Daves
3. Flying Arrows
Run of the arrow, Samuel Fuller
4. "Red River"
Red River, Howard Hawks
5. SilverMine
Silver Lode, Allan Dwan
6. The Searcher
The Searchers, John Ford
7. Wild Men of the Wild Mountains
Comanche Station, Budd Boetticher
8. Desert Freaks
9. The Wind and Dust Man
The Wonderful Country, Robert Parrish
10. "Treasure Gun"
Winchester 73, Anthony Mann
Roger Tailleur
The famous French film critic, who worked for the magazine "Feature Film", confronted Truffaut for many years, a Western film expert, about this person can refer to my "History of Fan Film Culture", his top ten (in order):
1. "Heroic Tenderness"
2. "Harano Shinjo"
3. "The Dragon of The Red"
4. "Peaks and Flames"
5. The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier, Anthony Mann
6. The Tree of Souls
The Hanging Tree, Dermer Daves
7. The Searcher
8. The Tennessee Partner
Tennessee’s Partner, Allan Dwan
9. "Unforgivable"
10. "The Great River Goes East"
River of no Return, Otto Preminger
Jean Wagner
French Western Scholar (in no particular order):
1. "Peaks and Flames"
2. The Last Hunt
The Last Hunt, Richard Brooks
4. "The Great River Goes East"
River of no Rerurn, Otto Preminger
5. Tazan, Son of the Chieftain
Taza, Son of Cochise, Douglas Sirk
6. Desert Freak
7. 《Men's Sardines Okay》
Man without a star, King Vidor
8. Wicked Ranch
9. Silver Mine
10. Battle of the Golden Caravan
Vera Cruz, Robert Aldrich
Complimentary
Quentin Tarantino's Western Top 3 (in order):
1. "The Dragon of The Mighty Dragon"
Ria Bravo, Howard Hawks
2. "Good Bad Ugly"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone
3. One-Eyed Dragon
One-Eyed Jacks, Marlon Brando
Text Editor: Ye Heartache; Typography Editor: Little Fish