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IGN rates the western genre, culling the best and leaving the rest. Criteria for which films made the grade? Popularity and longevity with audiences, impact on the genre, basic coolness quotient, and quotability. So go ahead, make your day. Check out the best westerns off all time, beginning with number 25. (From left: Western stars John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Henry Fonda.)
<b>25.</b> (1948, Warner Bros.)
<b>24.</b> (1970, National General Pictures)
<b>23.</b> (1985, Columbia Pictures)
<b>22. </b> (1950, 20th Century Fox)
<b>21.</b> (1964, United Artists)
<b>20.</b> (1973, Warner Bros.)
<b>19.</b> (1968, Paramount Pictures)
<b>16.</b> (1953, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
<b>17.</b> (1971, Warner Bros.)
<b>16.</b> (2007, Lionsgate)
<b>15.</b> (1966, Columbia Pictures)
<b>13.</b> (1946, 20th Century Fox)
<b>12.</b> (1976, Warner Bros.)
<b>11.</b> (1959, Warner Bros.)
<b>10.</b> (1962, Paramount Pictures)
<b>9.</b> (1960, United Artists)
<b>8.</b> (1969, 20th Century Fox)
<b>7.</b> (1966, United Artists)
<b>6.</b> (1956, Warner Bros.)
<b>5.</b> (1969, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts)
<b>4.</b> (1953, Paramount)
<b>3.</b> (1953, United Artists)
<b>2.</b> (1992, Warner Bros.)
<b>1.</b> (1968, Paramount Pictures)