Ooh, so I have to just exclude the Top 20 titles, that’s the rule here. Well, I probably knew that when I posted that Alternative Top first time 4 yrs ago, but forgot about it. And I just posted this new based on the next twenty titles.
I hope I got that right this time. Now it looks a lot more like my old Alternative Top, which when I did put together I certainly knew better what the hell was I doing.
- The Silent Stranger
- The Specialists
- Long Live Your Death
- Ace High
- The Stranger Returns
- The Moment To Kill
- Sonny and Jed
- Boots Hill
- California
- Blindman
- Fistful Of Lead
- Drummer Of Vengeance
- Get Mean
- A Minute To Pray A Second To Die
- Four Of The Apocalypse
- A Stranger In Town
- El Puro
- You Are Jinxed My Friend You Met Sacramento
- A Man Who Cried For Revenge
- Return Of Sabata
All good Tomas.
I will update the spreadsheet based on your latest effort.
10,000 Dollars for a Massacre
Vengeance
El Puro
Taste of Killing
Vengeance is Mine
Death Sentence
Bandidos
Long Days of Vengeance
God Forgives… I Don’t
Sartana Does Not Forgive
I Am Sartana… Pray for your Death
Massacre Time
Kill Them All And Come Back Alone
Death Walks in Laredo
Those Dirty Dogs
The Deserter
Full House For the Devil
I Want Him Dead
A Man Called Blade
Sonny and Jed
Replacing The Genius with Death Walks in Laredo. It’s such a hard list for me. Honorable mentions are Sartana’s Here, Cowards Don’t Pray, Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears, The Genius, They Call Him Cemetery and One After Another. I thought about taking The Deserter out but it’s close enough in spirit to the macaroni combat films for me to give it spaghetti status. The top 20 seems so easy in comparison with this. It’s just ridiculously impossible to be happy with the final list.
I’ll be doing my usual update of the Alternative top 20 over the next couple of days so if you’d like to add or update yours, now’s the time.
As per usual, if you are updating please include your previous list so I can make the changes easily.
Here’s an update, seven years later (replying to my original list). It’s pretty straightforward. I didn’t throw any curveballs, like Here We Go Again, Eh Provvidenza? even if I wanted to!:
- A Pistol For Ringo
- Tepepa
- Death Sentence
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
- Ace High
- Bandidos
- Price of Power
- God Forgives, I Don’t
- Forgotten Pistolero
- El Puro
- California
- Trinity is Still My Name
- Anda Muchacho, Spara!
- And God Said to Cain
- Johnny Hamlet
- Arizona Colt
- Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
- Django, Prepare a Coffin
- Any Gun Can Play
- The Stranger Returns
Its been a while since I really rewatched all my top 20…
I just got a whole bunch of new Blu-rays, and the department at the university where I teach got an incredible film screening room last year, so I’m making this my #1 plan for the spring semester.
Finally got around to updating the Alternative Top 20.
El Puro makes a comeback at last and Dead Men Ride sneaks in for the first time I believe.
No Stranger films for the first time now and Today it’s me drops out again. All very close in numbers to be honest so we could see it all change back again next year.
My Alternative Top 20 follows below.
The first 12 SW have I rated as at least 7/10, but one or two of the lower ranked may later reach a 7/10 rating when I have watched them more times.
- Dead Men Ride/Anda Muchacho Spara (Aldo Florio)
- The Grand Duel (Giancarlo Santi)
- Sabata (Gianfranco Parolini)
- Requiem For A Gringo (Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino)
- The Forgotten Pistolero (Ferdinando Baldi)
- Ramon The Mexican ( Maurizio Pradeaux)
- Johnny Hamlet (Enzo G. Castellari)
- Requiescant (Carlo Lizzani)
- Death Sentence (Mario Lanfranchi)
- The Unholy Four (Enzo Barboni)
- No Room To Die (Sergio Garrone)
- Garringo (Rafael Romero Marchent)
- Long Days Of Vengeance (Florestano Vancini )
- A Pistol For Ringo (Duccio Tessari)
- Mannaja (Sergio Martino)
- Taste Of Killing (Tonino Valerii)
- My Name Is Pecos (Maurizio Lucidi)
- Django The Bastard (Sergio Garrone)
- The Brute And The Beast (Lucio Fulci)
- Death Walks In Laredo (Enzo Peri)
I’ve added your selections to the list now Runner
My old list:
The new one:
- I quattro dell’apocalisse, Lucio Fulci (1975)
- La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far West, Sergio Corbucci (1972)
- Tepepa, Giulio Petroni (1968)
- Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo, Giuseppe Vari (1971)
- Una pistola per Ringo, Duccio Tessari (1965)
- El Puro, Edoardo Mulargia (1969)
- California, Michele Lupo (1977)
- Réquiem para el gringo, José Luis Merino (1968)
- Arizona Colt, Michele Lupo (1966)
- Gli Specialisti, Sergio Corbucci (1969)
- Black Jack, Gianfranco Baldanello (1968)
- Blindman, Ferdinando Baldi (1971)
- C’e Sartana… vendi la pistola e comprati la bara!, Giuliano Carnimeo (1970)
- Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola, Luigi Vanzi (1967)
- Buon funerale, amigos!.. paga Sartana, Giuliano Carnimeo (1970)
- Oggi a me… domani a te!, Tonino Cervi (1968)
- Ognuno per se, Giorgio Capitani (1967)
- Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco, Paolo Bianchini (1968)
- L’ultimo killer (1967), Giuseppe Vari (1968)
- Preparati la bara!, Ferdinando Baldi (1968)
13 out of twenty different titles so not too many changes then.
Just a quick reminder to everyone that I will be doing my usual update of the Alternative Top 20 page at Christmas so if you would like to submit your list, now is the time. Also, any changes to previous lists are always welcome but don’t forget to paste in your old list too so I can make the changes easily.
Just a small change but I’ll post it just to keep it more consistent with my current official top20 list:
- God forgives I don’t
- Blindman
- Bandidos
- El Puro
- A Pistol for Ringo
- Shoot the Living Pray for the Dead
- Four of the Apocalypse
- Stranger in Town
- They call me Hallelujah
- 10.000$ Blood Money
- Sonny & Jed
- Massacre Time
- Ruthless Four
- Yankee
- Tepepa
- Bullet for Sandoval
- Fury of Johnny Kid
- Dead Men Ride
- Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
- Crazy Bunch
Old list:
Could you let me have your old list too please so I can make the adjustment?
My per Dec 2 updated Alternative Top 20 :
1 Dead Men Ride/At The End Of The Rainbow/Anda Muchacho Spara (Aldo Florio)
2 Requiem For A Gringo/Duel In Eclipse (Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino)
3 The Grand Duel (Giancarlo Santi)
4 Sabata (Gianfranco Parolini)
5 Viva Django / Django, Prepare a Coffin (Ferdinando Baldi)
6 The Forgotten Pistolero/Gunman Of Ave Maria (Ferdinando Baldi)
7 Ramon The Mexican ( Maurizio Pradeaux)
8 Johnny Hamlet/The Wild And The Dirty (Enzo G. Castellari)
9 My Name Is Pecos (Maurizio Lucidi)
10 Requiescant/Kill And Pray (Carlo Lizzani)
11 Death Sentence (Mario Lanfranchi)
12 The Unholy Four/Chuck Moll (Enzo Barboni)
13 No Room To Die/Hanging For Django/A Noose For Django (Sergio Garrone)
14 Garringo (Rafael Romero Marchent)
15 Long Days Of Vengeance (Florestano Vancini )
16 A Pistol For Ringo (Duccio Tessari)
17 Mannaja/A Man Called Blade (Sergio Martino)
18 Taste Of Killing/Lanky Fellow (Tonino Valerii)
19 Django The Bastard/The Stranger’s Gundown (Sergio Garrone)
20 The Brute And The Beast/Massacre Time (Lucio Fulci)
1.BANDIDOS
2.ARIZONA COLT
3.THE UGLY ONES
4.EL PURO
5.VENGEANCE
6.THE DIRTY OUTLAWS
7.$10 000 DOLLARS FOR A MASSACRE
8.GOD FORGIVES, I DON’T
9.MASSACRE TIME
10.THE FURY OF JOHNNY KIDD
11.DEATH SENTENCE
12.ACE HIGH
13.REQUIEM FOR GRINGO
14.A LONG RIDE FROM HELL
15.SONORA
16.PISTOLEROS
17.IF YOU MEET SARTANA, PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH
18.I WANT HIM DEAD
19.MINNESOTA CLAY
20.THE MACHINE GUN KILLERS
Man this was hard…
This is in the official top 20.
thats right, sorry