In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.

John Wayne wearing a bandanna around his neck looks to the side in front of buttes in The Searchers. Image via Warner Bros. The Western is an incredibly diverse and effective genre. It can tell ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

Movies reflect their time, challenge it, change it, and sometimes signal the end of it. The films on this list all marked the end of an era, whether that was a particular cultural mood fading away, a ...