The Best Westerns You Probably Haven't Seen According to 24/7 Tempo
"For decades, the Western was one of the most popular of motion-picture genres. Some of filmdom's most memorable movies fit the bill; Every big star of the era made a Western. As prevalent as Westerns were, there are probably some worthwhile "horse opera" films that you may have missed. To determine the best Western films you may not have seen, 24/7 Tempo developed an index using average ratings on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, and a combination of audience scores and Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, as of Sept. 13, 2023, weighing all ratings equally. Only Westerns with fewer than 40,000 user reviews on both IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes were included. Documentaries were not considered. In all, 17 Westerns on our list have Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer scores of 100%. Even though critics appreciated the genre, that did not necessarily translate into Oscar recognition. Just six movies here received Academy Awards." - 247tempo.co
avg. score: 12 of 40 (31%)
required scores: 1, 2, 5, 14, 24
