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- THE SEARCHERS (1956) Directed by John Ford. Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, based on the novel by Alan Le May. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Wad Bond, Natalie Wood.
- RED RIVER (1948) Directed by Howard Hawks. Screenplay by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee, based on ‘The Saturday Evening Post’ story ‘The Chisholm Trail’ by Chase.
- TRUE GRIT (1969) Directed by Henry Hathaway. Screenplay by Marguerite Roberts, based on the novel by Charles Portis. Starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, Jeff Corey, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, John Fiedler.
- RIO BRAVO (1959) Directed by Howard Hawks. Screenplay by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, based on the short story by B. H. McCampbell. Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell.
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- The Searchers (1956) Stream now on Max. The fact that iconic director Steven Spielberg watches this John Wayne Western before making a movie speaks to its brilliance and influence.
- True Grit (1969) Stream now on Prime Video, Fubo, Paramount+, MGM+, and DirecTV. The 1969 film True Grit is undeniably one of the best John Wayne movies and one of the most memorable films to come out of his entire career.
- Stagecoach (1939) Stream now on Prime Video, Max, Roku, Tubi, and DirecTV. In the 1930s, Wayne mostly worked as an extra or had small roles in films. In 1939, he finally got his big break in Stagecoach, where he played Ringo Kid, a young outlaw who was seeking revenge for his father and brother’s deaths.
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Stream now on Prime Video, Fubo, Paramount+, MGM+, and DirecTV. The 1962 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance has everything fans want in a good Western: gang members, violence, and John Wayne.
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Nobody ever did and never will compare to John WAYNE. Here is the list of DUKE's best movies !
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- 'Red River' (1948) Red River is about an older man (John Wayne) and a younger one, his adopted son (Montgomery Clift) making a difficult journey from Texas to Missouri, herding cattle.
- 'The Longest Day' (1962) A top-quality 1960s movie about one particularly intense event that took place during World War II, The Longest Day earns its 178-minute runtime and holds up excellently as an epic war movie.
- 'The Quiet Man' (1952) John Ford and John Wayne demonstrated they had what it took to make something of a classic romantic comedy when they collaborated on 1952's The Quiet Man.
- 'El Dorado' (1966) El Dorado provided a young James Caan with one of his earliest film roles, though the two top-billed stars here were the more well-established duo of John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.
- 10 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'
- 9 'Rio Bravo'
- 8 'El Dorado'
- 7 'Stagecoach'
- 6 'The Long Voyage Home'
- 5 'Fort Apache'
- 4 'Red River'
- 3 'Sands of Iwo Jima'
- 2 'The Comancheros'
- 1 'The Sons of Katie Elder'
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
When Senator Ransom Stoaddard (James Stewart) returns home to attend the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphon (Wayne), questions arise about the two men's past and their involvement with a ruthless outlaw, Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) who used to terrorize the town. Stoddard recalls when he first arrived in town as a young lawyer and the events leading up to his showdown with Valance, revealing that there's much more to the now-local legend. John Ford's classic Western, The Man Who Shot Libert...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
When Sheriff John Chance arrests the son of a wealthy ranch owner, Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), for murder, his brother (John Russell) and his men are prepared to break Joe out of jail. With the help of a recovering alcoholic (Dean Martin), a young cowboy (Ricky Nelson), and an elderly spitfire (Walter Brennan), Chance defends his post and fights the outlaws off long enough until reinforcements arrive. Regarded as one of director Howard Hawks' finest films,Rio Bravo is a slow-burning Western...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
Land tycoon, Bart Jason (Edward Asner) recruits a group of men to force the MacDonald family out of town to claim their land. The local sheriff, J.P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum), is too deep in a bottle to help the family, and when word about the incident reaches his friend and gunslinger, Cole Thornton, Thornton and his partner, Mississippi (James Caan) travel to El Dorado to help Harrah shape up in time to fight Jason's group of thugs. Film critic Roger Ebert gave Hawks' El Dorado three-and-a-h...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
A group of strangers in Arizona board a stagecoach headed to New Mexico when a notorious outlaw known as the Ringo Kid escapes from prison. With a dangerous criminal on the run, U.S. Marshal Curly Wilcox (George Bancroft) accompanies the stagecoach. Along the way, he finds Ringo, but instead of finding a ruthless gunslinger, he discovers a man who is worthy of a second chance when he helps the marshal protect the stagecoach and its passengers. Wayne delivers his riveting breakthrough performa...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
During World War II, the crew (Wayne, Ian Hunter, Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald) of an English cargo ship are on a voyage from the West Indies to Baltimore where they are instructed to pick up a load of dynamite. While the dangerous cargo and the treacherous sea puts some of the men on edge, their concerns worsen when they learn that a Nazi spy is potentially among them. The Long Voyage Home marked the second collaboration between Wayne and Ford and features several stars from the directo...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
After the Civil War, Kirby York and his men think he will replace the outgoing commander of Fort Apache, but to their surprise, his replacement is a former general and an arrogant West Point graduate, Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda). Thursday arrives at the fort with his daughter (Shirley Temple), but his ignorance towards the American Indians and desire to reclaim his former glory days cause him to clash with Kirby and his new company. Fort Apache is another top-tier Western directed by Ford and...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
Thomas Dunson owns a cattle ranch in Texas, and when he needs money after the Civil War, he plans to take his cattle to Missouri, where he can get a better price. With the help of his faithful ranch hand, Groot (Brennan), and his young protégé, Matt (Montgomery Clift), they lead the cattle to their destination, but the strenuous and exhausting journey starts to take a toll on them. Red River is another Western directed by Hawks, who made a total of five movies with Wayne. While Ford directed...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
During World War II, a group of Marines stationed in the Pacific resent their commanding officer, Sergeant John Stryker (Wayne), and his brutal training methods and coarse attitude. As the fighting progresses, the Marines realize Stryker has been preparing them for the terrifying reality of combat and if they expect to survive what would become one of the war's worst battles, they must follow Stryker and his strategic battle tactics. Wayne gives an intense performance in the historical war dr...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
Texas Ranger, Jake Cutter (Wayne), is tasked with finding a gambler, Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman), who manages to escape a date at the gallows and return him to Louisiana. Cutter can track Regret down and take him into custody, but along the way, they cross paths with a group of outlaws known as the Comancheros forcing Cutter and Regret to work together to stop the lawless gunslingers. Directed by Michael Curtiz,The Comancheros is based on the 1952 novel by Paul Wellman and features Wayne in...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
Four brothers (Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson Jr.) return home to attend their mother's funeral and discover that their father had gambled away the family's ranch. The brothers agree to avenge their father and win back their home, but the situation quickly takes a deadly turn into serious trouble with the local sheriff and a rival family, The Hastings. Wayne reunited with Martin six years after Rio Bravo for The Sons of Katie Elder, which also stars Dennis Hopper, Geo...
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Feb 19, 2022 · With more than 160 films to choose from, here's a look back at John Wayne's 25 best movies, ranked from least to finest.
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Jun 20, 2024 · John Wayne's prolific career includes fantastic movies like Howard Hawks' Red River, Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail and John Ford's Stagecoach.
