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This will take longer than William Wyler because John Ford made more films, but that also means he made more fair-to-average films. I go well against the grain by calling The Quiet Man his best, but it's an easy pick for me. Then, I'd go with The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley. Yeah, I know, you don't like the last one but I love it. Maybe I'll come back with a big old list with ratings which nobody wants to see.
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I go with one of his lesser known movies, The Lost Patrol.
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The Searchers. It's possibly the best John Wayne film, outside of McLintock.
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McClintock is John Wayne's best western???

Wouldn't even be in my top ten list.



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No, McLintock is nowhere near his best western, I just enjoy it quite a bit. It could be considered a guilty pleasure, but I just love that movie.



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The Iron Horse (24)

Lightnin' (25)

Four Sons (28)

Riley the Cop (28)

Salute (29)

Men Without Women (30)
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Up the River (30)
- Bogart's and Spencer Tracy's first film
Arrowsmith (31)

Air Mail (32)
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Doctor Bull (33)

The Lost Patrol (34)

The World Moves On (34)

Judge Priest (34)
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The Whole Town's Talking (35)

The Informer (35)

Steamboat 'Round the Bend (35)
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The Prisoner of Shark Island (36)

Mary of Scotland (36)

Wee Willie Winkie (37)

The Hurricane (37)

Submarine Patrol (38)

Stagecoach (39)

Young Mr. Lincoln (39)

Drums Along the Mohawk (39)

The Grapes of Wrath (40)

The Long Voyage Home (40)

Tobacco Road (41)

How Green Was My Valley (41)

December 7th (43)

They Were Expendable (45)
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My Darling Clementine (46)

The Fugitive (47)

Fort Apache (48)

3 Godfathers (48)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (49)

When Willie Comes Marching Home (50)

Wagon Master (50)

Rio Grande (50)

This Is Korea! (51)
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The Quiet Man (52)

What Price Glory? (52)

The Sun Shines Bright (53)

Mogambo (53)

The Long Gray Line (55)

Mister Roberts (55)
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The Searchers (56)

The Wings of Eagles (57)

The Rising of the Moon (57)

Gideon of Scotland Yard (58)

The Last Hurrah (58)

The Horse Soldiers (59)

Sergeant Rutledge (60)

Two Rode Together (61)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (62)
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How the West Was Won (62, Civil War segment)

Donovan's Reef (63)

Cheyenne Autumn (64)

7 Women (66)



I've seen The Searchers and Liberty Valence. They were both really good especially Valence
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I've seen Grapes of Wratch.Didn't really like it.
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I'm an ignorant arthouse bulb, so I haven't seen any John Ford film yet. I assume you more or less know my movie taste. What movie do you think would be the best one to watch for me? I'm not even asking about your favorite, just Ford film you think I would enjoy the most.
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My favorites are Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but there's still a lot I've yet to see.