In 1969 the Western movie enjoyed its best year in a decade before drifting off onto a side trail of American culture. There was “True Grit,” a traditional oater showcasing an Oscar-winning ...

There's perhaps no decade in cinema that did more for a specific genre than the '60s did for Westerns. Even though there are a myriad of brilliant Westerns that came out in the classical era of ...

John Wayne wearing a bandanna around his neck looks to the side in front of buttes in The Searchers. Image via Warner Bros. The Western is an incredibly diverse and effective genre. It can tell ...