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* ''[[The Matrix]]'', in the subway station. It even had newspaper tumbleweed. Of course, given the fact that both combatants could dodge bullets like crazy, it quickly turned into a [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|kung fu showdown]] rather than a gunfight.
* ''[[Yojimbo]]'' (1961), the [[No Name Given|ronin with no name]] prepares for a [[Jidai Geki]] version of the showdown—problem is, his opponent has the ''only'' revolver in town.
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' spoofed this with {{spoiler|Angel and most of the villains at once}} in an idyllic English village. {{spoiler|It quickly turned into a action move shoot-out.}}
* ''[[Tombstone]]'': The duel between Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo. They stand an arm's length from one another, circle slowly, and draw.
* Played with in Sam Peckinpah's ''[[Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid]]''. Billy, finding one of his friends had been badged by Garrett, ends up doing the [[Ten Paces and Turn]] version. Once his opponent starts counting off steps, Billy simply turns and waits, gun drawn for his opponent to turn. [[Rash Equilibrium|Of course, Elam's character didn't exactly wait until ten to turn around]].
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* ''[[The Guns of Navarone]]''. While in a firefight in some ruins, Spyros Pappadimos and a German officer find themselves facing off, each armed with a machine gun. They advance slowly toward each other and eventually start firing. {{spoiler|Both are killed in the gun battle}}.
* The film ''[[Posse (film)|Posse]]'' had a scene where the two combatants advanced slowly, attacking with [[Throw-Away Guns]].
* ''[[Three O'Clock High]]'' transports the trope into a high school, replacing the gunfight with a fistfight scheduled for after school at 3:00. The name of the film is a riff on "high noon" and "high school."
* Inverted in ''[[
* ''[[Once Upon a Texas Train]]'' climaxes with a showdown between Cotton's gang of [[Young Gun]]s and the combined team of retired outlaws and retired Rangers in a ghost town.
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