We all love John Wayne. He is still one of the most popular movie stars of all time and he passed away on this date in 1979. He has been gone for 36 years yet his popularity is as strong as ever. He left us with some of the greatest movies ever made. I could spend days watching nothing but John Wayne movies.

Since it is the anniversary of his passing I am going to watch a few John movies today. I tried to come up a list of my favorite John movies and the list went on and on. I did my best to get it down to my five all time favorites. I know there will be many who disagree with my list but these are MY five top ones. Thanks for all the memories John. You will live on forever.

The Shootist

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Green Berets

True Grit

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