John Wayne helped define the Western — and American cinema itself. EW ranks his 15 best movies.

While John Wayne remains an iconic cinematic figure, his traditionalist ideals have resulted in some of the Duke's movies being unwatchable today.

John Wayne was originally supposed to star in the western, but he passed on the role, offering it to Gary Cooper, who also ...

John Wayne is the king of the Western, partially because he made dozens of them. That doesn't mean they're all good, and ...

FilmAffinity’s ranking of the best Westerns in the history of film ranks The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) at No. 1, ...

Director John Ford was stunned by John Wayne's performance in the film.

Although many actors are known for Westerns, few are as closely associated with them as John Wayne. Look at any list of the best Western movies of all time, and you're likely to find more than a few ...

John Wayne appeared in more than 100 films during his career, but one Western from 1936 has become something of a cinematic ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

That said, there is a surprisingly consistent approach to depicting one major real-life battle across various war movies and shows, and the success of one John Wayne epic from 1962 may explain why.

Known for a bullish reputation on set, western icon John Wayne proved especially hard to handle on one 1966 set later in his ...

Before John Wayne rejected a Western with Clint Eastwood, Eastwood had already passed on a movie with Wayne—and it became the ...