Essential Top 20 Films
From The Spaghetti Western Database
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Almost unchallenged at the top of the list, Sergio Leone's masterpiece epic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a film everyone should have seen in his life. Click here to read a review. |
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| Click here to listen to a sample audio file from the soundtrack to The Mercenary (currently on #10) by Ennio Morricone. |
Compiled from meanwhile 91 user Top-20-lists (post yours!), The SWDB proudly presents The Top 20 Essential Italian Westerns, a dynamically changing list of the most important Spaghetti Westerns as rated by our community. (This list on Amazon.com)
- The points system: The top 20 films from each list were scored using the following formula: #1=25 points; #2=21 points; #3=19 points; #4= 17 points and then down to #20=1 point (We also included those who didn't make it into the top 20 at the bottom of this page)
- READ ALSO: Our Staff's favorites | Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 | Alex Cox's Top 20 | The Alternative Top 20
01. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly | Sergio Leone (1966) | (1.837 points)
02. Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone (1968) | (1.585 points)
03. For a Few Dollars More | Sergio Leone (1965) | (1.575 points)
04. The Great Silence | Sergio Corbucci (1968) | (1.168 points)
05. A Fistful of Dollars | Sergio Leone (1964) | (1.075 points)
06. Django | Sergio Corbucci (1966) | (1.041 points)
07. The Big Gundown | Sergio Sollima (1966) | (859 points)
08. Death Rides a Horse/Man to Man | Giulio Petroni (1967) | (662 points)
09. Companeros | Sergio Corbucci (1970) | (632 points)
10. The Mercenary/A Professional Gun | Sergio Corbucci (1968) | (631 points)
11. Face to Face | Sergio Sollima (1967) | (534 points)
12. A Fistful of Dynamite/Duck, You Sucker! | Sergio Leone (1971) | (527 points)
13. A Bullet for the General | Damiano Damiani (1966) | (492 points)
14. Day of Anger | Tonino Valerii (1967) | (345 points)
15. My Name is Nobody | S. Leone;T.Valerii (1973) | (343 points)
16. Keoma | Enzo G. Castellari (1976) | (327 points)
17. Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! | Giulio Questi (1967) | (322 points)
18. Cemetery without Crosses | Robert Hossein (1968) | (312 points)
19. Run, Man, Run | Sergio Sollima (1968) | (253 points)
20. Blindman | Ferdinando Baldi (1971) | (232 points)
And hot on their trail...
21. Sabata G. Parolini 69 (230 points); 22. If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death G. Parolini 68 (220 points); 23. Return of Ringo D. Tessari 65 (200 points); 24. Mannaja S. Martino 77 (170 points); 25. Navajo Joe S. Corbucci 66 (151 points); 26. God Forgives, I Don't G. Colizzi 67 (130 points); 27. $10,000 Blood Money R. Guerrieri 67 (132 points); 28. Tepepa G. Petroni 68 (115 points); 29. And God Said to Cain A. Margheriti 69 (114 points); 30. Light the Fuse ... Sartana is Coming G. Carnimeo 70 (108 points);
31. The Grand Duel G. Santi 72 (96 points); 32. The Forgotten Pistolero F. Baldi 69 (92 points); 33. Bandidos M. Dallamano 67 (86 points); 34. Johnny Hamlet E.G. Castellari 68 (84 points); 35. Vengeance A. Margheriti 68 (84 points); 36. Four of the Apocalypse L. Fulci 75 (83 points); 37. A Pistol for Ringo D.Tessari 65 (78 points); 38. Matalo! C. Canevari 70 (77 points); 39. Massacre Time L. Fulci 66 (75 points); 40. The Hellbenders S. Corbucci 66 (68 points);
41. Django, Prepare a Coffin F. Baldi 68 (60 points); 42. Django the Bastard S. Garrone 69 (58 points); 43. Ace High G. Colizzi 68 (57 points); 44. El puro E. Mulargia 69 (56 points); 45. I Want Him Dead P. Bianchini 69 (53 points); 46. California M. Lupo 77 (52 points); 47. Arizona Colt M. Lupo 66 (52 points); 48. The Specialists S. Corbucci 70 (51 points); 49. Kill and Pray C. Lizzani 67 (49 points); 50. Cut-Throats Nine J.L.R. Marchent 72 (48 points);
The complete list containing meanwhile 148 Spagies: http://www.spaghetti-western.net/forum/index.php/topic,190.msg56636.html#new
