The Searchers

This John Ford directed movie is one of the transitional westerns filmed in the 1950's. It's a serious movie with adult themes, but still has humorous characters found in older kid oriented westerns. It has an underling theme of rape and... Full review

John Wayne fans are always thrilled with this one, and those that are not fans of his are weird :-). What a fabulous western!... Full review

All time greatest movie! Visually stunning.John Waynes best acting,should have won the oscar for this one. can't wait untill the special edition dvd comes out. would love to see this one on a big screen.... Full review

One of the best westerns ever filmed, certainly John Wayne's best(and he's my favorite Western star). As a matter of fact, other than "Lonesome Dove", this is my all- time favorite. SEE IT!... Full review

This movie was remade in the late 70's and early 80's, by George Lucas. He called it Star Wars. It took him 3 movies to tell the story that John Ford told in one.... Full review

The best!! John Wayne's towering no holds barred performance is unforgettable. John Ford's vistas, his brilliant direction is in a class by itself. Max Steiner's music score stays with you long after the film is over. The supporting cast including members... Full review

This film has everything! Outstanding performances from a great cast (John Wayne, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter, and the regular Ford repertoire), a gripping plot, an excellent musical score, and John Ford's classic direction. The film explores the depth of... Full review

John Wayne fans are always thrilled with this one, and those that are not fans of his are weird :-). What a fabulous western!... Full review

The best John wayne flick ever! I loved this film aboove all others of this genru it wa smad for johnny to do his thing!... Full review

I was in my youth when the Searchers came out. I had one brother and one sister and we barely had a TV but somehow when the Searchers was scheduled to play, we never had any problems with that TV. It... Full review

If John Ford is the greatest Western director, The Searchers is arguably his greatest film, at once a grand outdoor spectacle like such Ford classics as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950) and a film about one man's troubling moral codes, a big-screen adventure of the 1950s that anticipated the complex themes and characters that would dominate the 1970s. ... Full Review

Since propinquity asserts considerable influence on critics' and ticket-buyers' evaluations of films, sizable segments of both groups will hail this initial venture by C.V. Whitney Pictures as the best western ever made. Penned by S. Nugent from a novel by Alan LeMay, the plot is replete in suspense, excitement and spectacle, while physical appurtenances were unstintingly supplied by Merian C. Cooper, who produced with Patrick Ford, son of director John Ford, as his associate. ... Full Review

Far more complex and thought provoking than your usual Western, "The Searchers" is regarded as one of the best and most influential of all films ever made, consistently ranked near the top of every "best of" list since its release in 1956. Listed among many prestigious rankings including the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" and the "Entertainment Weekly Greatest Films" of all time, "The Searchers" is more than a necessary viewing experience for the classic film enthusiast; it's a prime example of ... Full Review

Ford may have been America's greatest ever filmmaker and repeated viewings of his work reveals insights into our psyche that have never been expressed better. For me it's an extremely personal song and it was a magical take that night in the studio. ... Full Review

It is a beautifully filmed movie that was directed by the great John Ford....it features John Wayne in what may very well have been his greatest onscreen performance as Ethan Edwards, a Civil War soldier coming home to a tenuous welcome.....As a result, he later named a son of his Ethan in respectful homage to the picture.....John Wayne has said that of all the roles he has played in movies, he considered Ethan Edwards from "The Searchers" to be his best..... ... Full Review

What's that? The world's longest film. How long is it? One hundred and fifty hours. That's six days. Or, if you prefer, six economy-size bags of Revels, three furtive bottles of gin, at least 12 trips to the loo, two... ... Full Article

"A rip-snorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come." So said New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther in his May 31, 1956, review of The Searchers . ... Full Article

Hollywood films, making the realism of the Western frontier somewhat questionable, especially when the film is based on a violent period in history and the violence is left out. ... Full Article

When we reported last week that Cam Gigandet would be playing a vampire in the adaptation of the TokyoPop graphic novel series Priest , the story seemed like a pretty simple twist on John Ford's The Searchers , substituting vampires... ... Full Article

Mi-jin (Seo Young-hee) is exhausted. She's also sick, laid low by a cold, her face drained and her cough wracking. Her seven-year-old daughter (Kim Yu-jeong) does her best to look after her mother, bringing medicine to her bedside. ... Full Article

King Of Kings (Nicholas Ray, 1961) Before Jesus: John Wayne's pretty-boy sidekick in classic Western The Searchers (1956). Jesus: 'I was a teenage Jesus', anyone? ... Full Article