John Wayne starred in many acclaimed movies across his prestigious career, but out of all his roles, his 1952 non-Western, The Quiet Man, is the one I can't help but watch repeatedly. With a career that lasted more than five decades, John Wayne is greatly remembered as one of the most celebrated actors of the Hollywood Golden Age, establishing himself as a leading man across the western and war movie genres. Throughout his career, John Wayne starred in over 80 Western movies, with his best Westerns including The Searchers (1956) and True Grit (1969), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.