I'm a big fan of genre films and Western just happens to be among my favorite genres. One of the greatest things about the genre is that it's thematically flexible. There are family friendly Westerns that are good vs. evil with little to no shades of grey. Comedic westerns (Blazing Saddles), politically charged Westerns (The Searchers), morally ambiguous westerns (Hombre), romantic Westerns (Brokeback Mountain) and now, science fiction westerns (I don't care what you say, I liked Cowboys & Aliens.)

This thread may or may not have been inspired by commentary in the Feud thread, but it's kind of sad that this genre I grew up with is one that's falling by the wayside. We get maybe one or two Westerns a decade now, and nothing that comes close to even the early 90's Westerns (Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, The Quick and the Dead and, yes, City Slickers.)

So come on. Think really hard and tell me your favorite Western. If you don't have one, get one and then tell me about it.