STAGECOACH

A motley crew of passengers are making their way across the Wild West on the Overland stagecoach. Their journey is fraught with danger, with an escaped outlaw and an Apache war party on the loose.

What more can be said about John Ford’s immortal classic, when all you need to do is watch? Its DNA is everywhere from Kurosawa to Firefly, but the original rip-roaring, sharp-eyed, quick-drawing adventure is still a masterclass. And when the camera dollied in on John Wayne, a star was born.