The Western genre owes its staying power to its literary backbone. Unlike some painfully bad book-to-film adaptations (looking at you, other genres), many Western adaptations tend to respect their source material. Sure, there are plenty of examples out there, but only a handful actually hit the bullseye.
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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Little Big Man (1970)
1:16 - Shane (1953)
2:14 - Appaloosa (2008)
3:25 - Open Range (2003)
4:15 - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
5:13 - True Grit (2010)
6:20 - No Country For Old Men (2007)
7:24 - The Searchers (1956)
8:16 - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)
9:14 - The Revenant (2015)
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