John Wayne defined the American Western across a fifty-year career, but these ten films represent the absolute pinnacle of his work in the genre. From his star-making breakthrough in Stagecoach to his swan song in The Shootist, this definitive ranking draws from AFI polls, critical consensus, box of
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