Gimme some John Wayne films to add to my queue
 

Don't leave out obvious ones that you think I've probably already seen, because I probably haven't.

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The Cowboys - One of the very few movies that will bring a tear to my eye.


Hellfighters - based on real-life oil well firefighter 'Red' Adair

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Rooster Cogburn
True Grit

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The Shootist
Q my fav
True Grit
Rooster cogburn and the lady
Rio Lobo
Rio Bravo
The commencheros
flying tigers
angel and the badman

ya know what this is pointless this man has so many good movies he make tom cruise look like richard grieco

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If you see no others see
The Searchers

I hope we get some minreviews?

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Don't leave out obvious ones that you think I've probably already seen, because I probably haven't.

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If you're going to do it, do it right, and that would be to view his films in chronological order, as that will give you some idea of the growth and maturation of his unique on-screem personna.

Go here for a complete listing......

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/

FWIW, here are the films that I would pluck of that list for you in chronological order, with the "must see's" notated with an *, or an ** for definitive performances/screenplays.

*Stagecoach (1939)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Fort Apache (1948)
**Red River (1948)
3 Godfathers (1948)
*She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
*Rio Grande (1950)
**The Quiet Man (1952)
**The Searchers (1956)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
North to Alaska (1960)
The Comancheros (1961)
**The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
*Donovan's Reef (1963)
McLintock! (1963)
*The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
El Dorado (1966)
*True Grit (1969)
The Undefeated (1969)
Rio Lobo (1970)
Big Jake (1971)
The Cowboys (1972)
**The Shootist (1976)

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I hope we get some minreviews?

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That would be the least I could do.

But my "Band of Brothers" post exposes me as a terrible review writer.

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he make tom cruise look like richard grieco

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I never grow tired of the "he makes A look like B" syntax. I'll laugh every time.

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Mc Q is his best movie hands down

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My favorite John Wayne films, in no particular order:

The Quiet Man
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Stagecoach
Red River
Angel and the Badman
Searchers

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I'd give a * for Rio Bravo (directed by Howard Hawks) and Big Jake.