10 Iconic Westerns You’ve Probably Never Seen
For every High Noon, Unforgiven, or Once Upon a Time in the West, there are many other lesser-known Westerns that warrant dusting off and rediscovery. The 12-minute 1903 film The Great Train Robbery is considered one of the first Westerns ever made, but it wasn’t until the 1923 silent film The Covered Wagon that all of the trademarks of the Western genre began to coalesce: horses, cowboys, Native Americans, covered wagons, gunfights, and a home where the buffalo roam. Although the popularity of Westerns ebbs and flows, every decade since the 1920s has yielded at least one standout movie that elevates the genre. The American Film Institute defines a Western as a “genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier.” Whether the following lesser-seen Westerns are traditional, revisionist, or bend the AFI definition of the genre, Western fans will still want to lasso them up.
2024-08-16T16:22:06Z
100 Best TV Shows of All Time
From classic sitcoms of the '60s and '70s to must-watch modern streaming series, the best TV shows of all time are all right here. The post 100 Best TV Shows of All Time appeared first on Reader's Digest. Today, we have so many different ways to find and watch good television. It seems there’s a new channel added to our cable lineup every week, not to mention a new streaming service producing original programming. With so many television series to choose from, the best TV shows of all time can be hotly debated. That debate ends now. To pull together our list of the best TV shows, we looked at the series that had huge impacts on pop culture and their genres, won big at awards shows, were critics’ darlings, and are still talked about today. We’ve included classic TV shows, sitcoms, crime shows, and yes, even cartoon shows. Check out our picks—presented in random order—to find out if your favorites made the cut.
2021-12-16T00:00:43Z