1. Indians mourn their murdered comrade in D. W. Griffith's The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913)
2. Lillian Gish in Griffith's The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913)
3. William S. Hart, Clara Williams, and Jack Standing in Hell's Hinges (1916)
4. George Berrell, Molly Malone, and Hoot Gibson in John Ford's Straight Shooting (1917)
5. George O'Brien and Olive Borden in John Ford's 3 Bad Men (1926)
6. Lillian Gish, Montagu Love, and Lars Hanson in Victor Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
7. Lillian Gish and Dorothy Cumming in Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
8. Letty envisions a stallion in the sky in Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
9. A distraught Letty cannot close her cabin door in Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
10. Letty points a pistol to defend herself in Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
11. Letty at the verge of madness in Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
12. Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974)
13. Charles Laughton and Charlie Ruggles in Leo McCarey's Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
15. Ruminating at the Silver Dollar Saloon in McCarey's Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
16. John Wayne in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930)
17. Frontier settlers enjoy a communal dance in Walsh's The Big Trail (1930)
18. John Wayne and Marguerite Churchill in Walsh's The Big Trail (1930)
19. Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Walter Brennan in King Vidor's Northwest Passage (1940)
20. The exciting river-fording scene in Vidor's Northwest Passage (1940)
21. Robert Young in Vidor's Northwest Passage (1940)
22. Walter Brennan in William Wyler's The Westerner (1940)
23. Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in Wyler's The Westerner (1940)
24. Gary Cooper and Doris Davenport in Wyler's The Westerner (1940)
25. Covered wagons dwarfed by a vast landscape in Howard Hawks's Red River (1948)
26. Cattle drive meets “iron horse” in Hawks's Red River (1948)
27. John Wayne, Charlene Holt, and Robert Mitchum in Hawks's El Dorado (1966)
28. John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in Hawks's El Dorado (1966)
29. Pardners again in Hawks's El Dorado (1966)
30. Henry Fonda and Cathy Downs in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946)
31. Victor McLaglen, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and George O'Brien in John Ford's Fort Apache (1948)
32. John Wayne and Ben Johnson in John Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
33. John Wayne in Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
34. Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (1946)
35. Barbara Stanwyck, Judith Anderson, and Walter Huston in Anthony Mann's The Furies (1950)
36. Barbara Stanwyck in Mann's The Furies (1950)
37. Valerie French and Glenn Ford in Delmer Daves's Jubal (1956)
38. John Wayne, Ward Bond, and Jeffrey Hunter in John Ford's The Searchers (1956)
39. John Wayne in Ford's The Searchers (1956)
40. Harry Carey Jr., John Wayne, and Hank Worden in Ford's The Searchers (1956)
41. John Wayne and Natalie Wood in Ford's The Searchers (1956)
43. John Wayne, Edmond O'Brien, and James Stewart in Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
44. John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and James Stewart in Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
47. Clint Eastwood in Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992)
48. Clint Eastwood in Eastwood's High Plains Drifter (1973)
49. Clint Eastwood in Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
50. The title character prepares to do battle in Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
51. Clint Eastwood and Bill McKinney in Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
52. Clint Eastwood and Will Sampson in Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
53. William Munny prepares to come out of retirement in Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992)
54. Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman in Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992)
55. Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood in Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992)
56. William Munny prepares to settle accounts in Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992)