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What's the best film by John Ford?

The Iron Horse
0 (0%)
3 Bad Men
0 (0%)
Four Sons
0 (0%)
Up the River
0 (0%)
Pilgrimage
0 (0%)
Judge Priest
0 (0%)
The Informer
0 (0%)
Steamboat Round the Bend
0 (0%)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
0 (0%)
Wee Willie Winkie
0 (0%)
Stagecoach
3 (6.4%)
Young Mr. Lincoln
5 (10.6%)
Drums Along the Mohawk
0 (0%)
Grapes of Wrath
4 (8.5%)
The Long Voyage Home
0 (0%)
How Green Was My Valley
5 (10.6%)
The Battle of Midway
0 (0%)
They Were Expendable
0 (0%)
My Darling Clementine
5 (10.6%)
The Fugitive
0 (0%)
Fort Apache
1 (2.1%)
3 Godfathers
0 (0%)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1 (2.1%)
Wagon Master
1 (2.1%)
Rio Grande
0 (0%)
The Quiet Man
1 (2.1%)
The Sun Shines Bright
0 (0%)
Mogambo
0 (0%)
The Long Gray Line
0 (0%)
The Searchers
13 (27.7%)
The Wings of Eagles
0 (0%)
The Last Hurrah
0 (0%)
The Horse Soldiers
0 (0%)
Sergeant Rutledge
0 (0%)
Two Rode Together
0 (0%)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
6 (12.8%)
Donovan's Reef
0 (0%)
Cheyenne Autumn
0 (0%)
7 Women
0 (0%)
haven't seen any
0 (0%)
don't like any
2 (4.3%)
other
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 46

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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2010, 05:32:08 PM »
A lot I still need to see. Should probably revisit The Searchers too.

1. Young Mr. Lincoln     

2. My Darling Clementine
3. The Grapes of Wrath    



4. The Searchers
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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2010, 11:58:54 AM »
where's the haven't seen any option?

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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2010, 12:45:39 PM »
Booo!
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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2010, 12:54:29 PM »
I still haven't seen half of your top 10, Sean. So excited.

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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2010, 01:29:31 PM »
Something like

1. The Searchers
2. My Darling Clementine
3. The Quiet Man
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
5. Grapes of Wrath
6. Judge Priest
7. The Sun Shines Bright
8. How Green was my Valley
9. Wee Willy Winkie
10. Steamboat Round the Bend
11. They Were Expendable
12. Fort Apache
13. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

I like everything but the last two a lot. The last two I just like.
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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2010, 02:18:08 PM »
So many great films, but went with Liberty Valance. Still could have picked The Searchers, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Quiet Man or Cheyenne Autumn.

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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2010, 04:01:33 PM »
Grapes of Wrath
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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2010, 11:26:38 PM »
1. Young Mr. Lincoln
2. How Green Was My Valley

3. Stagecoach




4. The Searchers

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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2010, 11:31:02 PM »
tsk tsk

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Re: Director's Best: John Ford
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2010, 11:39:41 PM »
Unpopular opinion, I know.  ;D