Howard Hawks's account of the first brutal Chisholm Trail cattle drive is the filmmaker's only entry in the genre to make the list. Featuring John Wayne as a tyrant leading the charge, the film offers up a complex father-son dynamic between The Duke and heartthrob-of-the-day Montgomery Clift that resonates to this day. It features a bit of a clipped narrative that fails to build to the event you want it to, but the strength of its set-up has always kept it in the highest regard, and is perhaps why it remains a personal favorite. Wayne's performance is one of his best, with something lurking beneath the surface that isn't present in his more iconic portrayals.