Spaghetti Westerns (Tarantino Recommends)
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1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Western
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 810,381 | Gross: $6.10M
2. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
R | 132 min | Drama, Western
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp
Votes: 274,383 | Gross: $15.00M
3. Django (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Drama, Western
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, José Canalejas, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak
Votes: 30,949 | Gross: $0.03M
4. The Mercenary (1968)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Western
A greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 6,147 | Gross: $0.03M
5. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
PG-13 | 166 min | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 348,819 | Gross: $5.32M
6. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,411 | Gross: $14.50M
7. Day of Anger (1967)
M | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilla, Christa Linder
Votes: 5,557
8. Death Rides a Horse (1967)
R | 114 min | Drama, Western
A young gunfighter forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, till the surprising end.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 9,323
9. Navajo Joe (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Western
A Native American warrior seeks revenge on the gang of sadistic scalphunters-turned-bank robbers who massacred his tribe.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Aldo Sambrell, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Fernando Rey
Votes: 4,547
10. The Return of Ringo (1965)
Not Rated | 95 min | Romance, Western
A returning Union Officer discovers that his home has been overrun by Mexican bandits, and infiltrates the gang to restore order and determine if his wife has been faithful to him.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 2,031
11. The Big Gundown (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Western
An unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 7,079
12. A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Western
An 'angel-faced' gunfighter is tasked with infiltrating a ranch overrun by Mexican bandits and saving their hostages, including the fiancée of the local sheriff.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 2,293
13. The Dirty Outlaws (1967)
R | 103 min | Drama, Western
An outlaw masquerades as the son of a blind man in order to find a cache of gold located in a vacated town.
Director: Franco Rossetti | Stars: Andrea Giordana, Rosemary Dexter, Franco Giornelli, Dana Ghia
Votes: 428
14. The Great Silence (1968)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Western
A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Vonetta McGee
Votes: 18,082 | Gross: $0.05M
15. The Grand Duel (1972)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
Director: Giancarlo Santi | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Jess Hahn, Horst Frank
Votes: 3,443
16. Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971)
PG-13 | 90 min | Western
After Dan Hogan and his gang rob a bank, they hire a mysterious man to guide them across the Mexican border in return for half of the loot.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Victoria Zinny, Paolo Casella, Dino Strano
Votes: 810
17. Tepepa (1969)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Mexican revolutionary contends with a tenacious police chief, a corrupt President he helped put in power, and an English doctor who wants him dead for personal reasons.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Tomas Milian, Orson Welles, John Steiner, José Torres
Votes: 1,272
18. The Ugly Ones (1966)
Approved | 95 min | Western
An escapee Mexican outlaw returns to his hometown, where he is sheltered from a tenacious bounty killer by the townspeople - who discover too late that he is a changed man.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Richard Stapley, Tomas Milian, Halina Zalewska, Hugo Blanco
Votes: 696
19. Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western
A gunfighter forms a gang of "deceased" execution victims to get revenge on the politician and outlaw who killed his wife.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman, Bruna Simionato
Votes: 3,152
20. Gatling Gun (1968)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Richard Gatling wants to offer the machine gun he has invented to the government, but Tarpas has other ideas and kidnaps the man along with his prototype. Tanner then tries to track them down.
Director: Paolo Bianchini | Stars: John Ireland, Robert Woods, Ida Galli, Claudie Lange
Votes: 397
21. The Hellbenders (1967)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Southern Colonel, his three sons and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julián Mateos, Gino Pernice
Votes: 2,031
22. ... If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death. (1968)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A cabal of dignitaries hire Mexican and American gangsters to steal their bank's shipment of gold as part of an insurance scam, but master gunfighter Sartana interferes with their plans.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Gianni Garko, William Berger, Sydney Chaplin, Gianni Rizzo
Votes: 1,924
23. God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
PG-13 | 97 min | Western
After a train is robbed of its payroll, an insurance agent and a card-shark team-up to retrieve the loot from the bandits who guard it at a secret location near the Mexican border.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Frank Wolff, Bud Spencer, Gina Rovere
Votes: 5,377
24. Compañeros (1970)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben
Votes: 4,971 | Gross: $0.02M
25. The Four of the Apocalypse... (1975)
Unrated | 87 min | Fantasy, Western
In 1873, four petty criminals - three men and a pregnant woman - wander through the trackless terrain of Utah, where they are hounded by a sadistic bandit.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Fabio Testi, Lynne Frederick, Michael J. Pollard, Harry Baird
Votes: 2,941
26. Ace High (1968)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Western
A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach, Brock Peters
Votes: 4,791
27. Boot Hill (1969)
GP | 87 min | Comedy, Western
Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Woody Strode, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 3,792 | Gross: $0.32M
28. Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
PG | 138 min | Drama, War, Western
A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti
Votes: 37,468 | Gross: $0.70M
29. Minnesota Clay (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. The catch: he is going blind.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Georges Rivière, Ethel Rojo, Diana Martín
Votes: 929
30. Arizona Colt (1966)
M | 104 min | Drama, Western
After getting sprung from prison by a Mexican bandit, a bounty hunter is hired to protect a town by the father of a saloon girl killed by a member of the bandit's gang.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Corinne Marchand, Nello Pazzafini
Votes: 714
31. Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966)
87 min | Western
A Mexican bandit teams up with a band of renegade Native Americans to avenge his older brothers when they are killed by a prankster, gold-obsessed bounty hunter.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Mark Damon, Valeria Fabrizi, Franco De Rosa, Giulia Rubini
Votes: 675
32. Adiós gringo (1965)
100 min | Drama, Western
A cowboy attempts to clear his name by hunting the rustlers who tricked him into buying stolen cattle, and are also responsible for the rape of a young woman he is helping recuperate.
Director: Giorgio Stegani | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Roberto Camardiel, Jesús Puente
Votes: 529
33. Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Romance, Western
After the Civil War, ex-Confederate officer returns home where he gets embroiled in local feuds involving an unscrupulous strongman and his hired henchmen.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Pierre Cressoy, Giuseppe Addobbati
Votes: 1,247
34. Fort Yuma Gold (1966)
96 min | Drama, War, Western
Captured Confederate raider Gary Diamond agrees to work with the Yankees to prevent any further bloodshed by warning a Confederate regiment against attacking heavily defended Yankee Fort Yuma.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Dan Vadis, José Calvo, Ángel del Pozo
Votes: 626
35. Wanted (1967)
107 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Germán Cobos, Teresa Gimpera, Serge Marquand
Votes: 445
36. They Call Me Trinity (1970)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Western
A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie
Votes: 24,976
37. Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
G | 117 min | Comedy, Western
Bambino tries to teach his brother Trinity how to become an outlaw, but the two wind up saving a pioneer family and breaking up an arms ring instead.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 17,385
38. Long Days of Hate (1968)
M/PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A bounty, Benson is hunting down a vicious outlaw gang, who killed his parents, brother and sisters, except for one sister, Susy, who he wants for himself!
Director: Gianfranco Baldanello | Stars: Guy Madison, Lucienne Bridou, Rik Battaglia, Anna Liotti
Votes: 442
39. The Devil's Backbone (1970)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Western
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Directors: Burt Kennedy, Niksa Fulgosi | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 520
40. The 5-Man Army (1969)
M/PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Western
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.
Directors: Don Taylor, Italo Zingarelli | Stars: Bud Spencer, Peter Graves, James Daly, Nino Castelnuovo
Votes: 1,771
41. Chino (1973)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.
Directors: John Sturges, Duilio Coletti | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vincent Van Patten
Votes: 2,750
42. Requiescant (1967)
Not Rated | 106 min | Western
A preacher's adopted son comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged ex-Confederate officer who, among other things, is stealing land from the locals with phony land grants.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Lou Castel, Mark Damon, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Barbara Frey
Votes: 1,124
43. Red Sun (1971)
PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Western
In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress
Votes: 10,696 | Gross: $4.84M
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