Perhaps no other film genre has fallen so in and out of style over the years as the Western, with reports of its inevitable demise harkening back all the way to the mid-20th century during its brief twilight and steady decline at the close of the studio era to its subsequent resurgences and revivals.
Though wholly indebted to American iconography, sensibilities and cultural heritage, few movie genres if any at all have proven to be as universally appealing, timeless and varied as the Western. John Ford, Sergio Leone, Anthony Mann, Sergio Corbucci, and Howard Hawks are a few of the names that instantly spring to mind when considering the annals of the Western. But for the purposes of this list, we've rounded up two fistfuls of some the most approachable and unabashedly fun titles the genre has to offer — from star-studded Hollywood tentpoles to dirty-cheap spaghetti westerns and even one off-kilter South Korean spoof — that you will never grow tired of.
