Film · 1956 · Adventure

The Searchers

Name: The Searchers
Genre: Adventure, Western
Released: 1956

The Searchers is ranked #23 of 72 in the films and TV census, from the two published rankings that hold it.

Genres Adventure, Western

The Cut

Made the Cut in both rankings

Ranked in two published lists

#12AFI 100 Years 2007: top 20 films (excerpt)Made the Cut source library · @curated-library · 20 rankedMade the Cut

#15Sight and Sound 2022: top 20 films (excerpt)Made the Cut source library · @curated-library · 20 rankedMade the Cut

Where The Searchers ranks

#1Best Adventure Films of the 1950sof 1 ranked

#1Best Films of 1956of 1 ranked

#1Best Western Filmsof 1 ranked

#3Best Films of the 1950sof 7 ranked

#5Best Adventure Filmsof 7 ranked

#17Best Filmsof 52 ranked

Ranked alongside The Searchers

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About The Searchers

In 1868, Ethan Edwards returns after an eight-year absence to the home of his brother Aaron in the wilderness of West Texas to rescue his niece from the Comanches.

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