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100 best John Wayne movies


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100 best John Wayne movies



Universal Pictures

#100. California Straight Ahead! (1937)



Republic Pictures

#99. Wyoming Outlaw (1939)



Columbia Pictures Corporation

#98. Texas Cyclone (1932)



Republic Pictures

#97. A Man Betrayed (1941)



Republic Pictures

#96. Dakota (1945)



Fox Film Corporation

#95. Girls Demand Excitement (1931)



Universal Pictures

#94. Adventure’s End (1937)



Universal Pictures

#93. I Cover the War! (1937)



Republic Pictures

#92. King of the Pecos (1936)



Republic Pictures

#91. Lady for a Night (1942)



Republic Pictures

#90. Winds of the Wasteland (1936)



Universal Pictures

#89. Conflict (1936)



Republic Pictures

#88. Three Faces West (1940)



RKO Radio Pictures

#87. Tycoon (1947)



Samuel Bronston Productions

#86. Circus World (1964)



Batjac Productions

#85. Legend of the Lost (1957)



Wellborn

#84. Brannigan (1975)



Universal Pictures

#83. Sea Spoilers (1936)



Universal Pictures

#82. Idol of the Crowds (1937)



Republic Pictures

#81. Santa Fe Stampede (1938)



Republic Pictures

#80. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)



Warner Bros.

#79. Blood Alley (1955)



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#78. McQ (1974)



Lew Seiler Productions

#77. The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#76. Annie Laurie (1927)



First National Pictures

#75. Central Airport (1933)



Frank Ross Productions

#74. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)



Republic Pictures

#73. In Old California (1942)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#72. Brown of Harvard (1926)



RKO Radio Pictures

#71. Allegheny Uprising (1939)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#70. Reunion in France (1942)



Batjac Productions

#69. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)



RKO Radio Pictures

#68. Flying Leathernecks (1951)



Republic Pictures

#67. In Old Oklahoma (1943)



Charles K. Feldman Group,

#66. Pittsburgh (1942)



Warner Bros.

#65. The Sea Chase (1955)



John Wayne Productions

#64. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)



Republic Pictures

#63. The Fighting Seabees (1944)



Batjac Productions

#62. The Train Robbers (1973)



Warner Bros.

#61. Cahill: U.S. Marshal (1973)



RKO Radio Pictures

#60. Without Reservations (1946)



Republic Pictures

#59. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)



Universal Pictures

#58. Hellfighters (1968)



George Stevens Productions

#57. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)



Fox Film Corporation

#56. Hangman’s House (1928)



Universal Pictures

#55. Seven Sinners (1940)



Warner Bros.

#54. Operation Pacific (1951)



RKO Radio Pictures

#53. Back to Bataan (1945)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#52. The Wings of Eagles (1957)



Twentieth Century Fox

#51. The Undefeated (1969)



Warner Bros.

#50. Noah’s Ark (1928)



Universal Pictures

#49. The Spoilers (1942)



Paramount Pictures

#48. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)



Republic Pictures

#47. Flying Tigers (1942)



Warner Bros.

#46. The High and the Mighty (1954)



John Ford Productions

#45. Donovan’s Reef (1963)



Cinema Center Films

#44. Rio Lobo (1970)



Warner Bros.

#43. The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)



Warner Bros.

#42. Trouble Along the Way (1953)



Republic Pictures

#41. Dark Command (1940)



Warner Bros.

#40. Island in the Sky (1953)



John Wayne Productions

#39. Angel and the Badman (1947)



Twentieth Century Fox

#38. The Comancheros (1961)



Universal Picture

#37. The War Wagon (1967)



Warner Bros

#36. Chisum (1970)



Universal Pictures

#35. Rooster Cogburn (1975)



Batjac Productions

#34. The Alamo (1960)



Paramount Pictures

#33. The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)



RKO Radio Pictures

#32. Tall in the Saddle (1944)



Argosy Picture

#31. The Long Voyage Home (1940)



Twentieth Century Fox

#30. North to Alaska (1960)



Republic Pictures

#29. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)



Warner Bros.

#28. Hondo (1953)



Republic Pictures

#27. Rio Grande (1950)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#26. How the West Was Won (1962)



Fox Film Corporation

#25. Four Sons (1928)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#24. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)



Fox Film Corporation

#23. The Big Trail (1930)



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

#22. They Were Expendable (1945)



Argosy Pictures

#21. 3 Godfathers (1948)



Mirisch Corporatio

#20. The Horse Soldiers (1959)



Cinema Center Films

#19. Big Jake (1971)



Malabar

#18. Hatari! (1962)



Batjac Productions

#17. McLintock! (1963)



Wallis-Hazen

#16. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)



Otto Preminger Films

#15. In Harm’s Way (1965)



Argosy Pictures

#14. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)



Warner Bros.

#13. The Cowboys (1972)



Argosy Pictures

#12. Fort Apache (1948)



Wallis-Hazen

#11. True Grit (1969)



Warner Bros.

#10. Baby Face (1933)



Paramount Pictures

#9. El Dorado (1966)



Paramount Pictures

#8. The Shootist (1976)



Republic Pictures

#7. The Quiet Man (1952)



Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

#6. The Longest Day (1962)



Monterey Productions

#5. Red River (1948)



Twentieth Century Fox

#4. Stagecoach (1939)



C.V. Whitney Pictures

#3. The Searchers (1956)



Warner Bros.

#2. Rio Bravo (1959)



Paramount Pictures

#1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)


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