Alternative Top 20

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My alternate top 20:

  1. Bandidos
  2. And God Said to Cain
  3. Sabata
  4. My Name is Pecos
  5. If you meet Sartana…pray for your death
  6. Black Jack
  7. Light the fuse…Sartana is coming
  8. Django Kill…If you live, shoot
  9. Run, Man, Run
  10. Sonny & Jed
  11. 7 Guns for the MacGregors
  12. California
  13. Vengeance is Mine
  14. I am Sartana your angel of death
  15. Killer Calibre 32
  16. $1,000 on the Black
  17. They Call Him Cemetery
  18. Mannaja
  19. A Pistol for Ringo
  20. The Grand Duel
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OK fellas. All updated

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You have a wise way to view the matter, I’m more of a calculation freak. But the current draft is actually my genuine alternative favorites, which just happened to be an almost even mix of established and not-so-established minor classics. Changes that may happen with the list might split that partition, which would annoy the statistics-loving, (not so) slightly diagnostic side of my brain.

But it was chiefly a tongue-in-cheek comment upon the dramatic movement of the list, so don’t worry, there will be no changes because the list is altered. I’m not that statistics-geeky. Not quite.

By the way, the poster for The Specialists looks remarkably reminiscent of the one for The Big Gundown.

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Fixed.
I’m glad someone’s paying attention :grin:

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I thought I would add mine:

  1. The Forgotten Pistolero – Baldi (1969)
  2. Taste of Killing – Valerii (1966)
  3. Vengeance – Margheriti (1968)
  4. The Taste of Violence – Hossein (1961)
  5. Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die – Cervi (1968)
  6. Nest of Vipers – Petroni (1969)
  7. A Hole in the Forehead – Vari (1968)
  8. Taste of Death – Merolle (1968)
  9. $10,000 for a Massacre – Guerrieri (1967)
  10. Find A Place to Die – Carnimeo (1968)
  11. Starblack – Grimaldi (1966)
  12. Johnny Hamlet – Castellari (1968)
  13. The Specialists – Corbucci (1969)
  14. And God Said to Cain – Margheriti (1970)
  15. Ride for a Massacre – Puccini (1967)
  16. Death Knows No Time – Klimovsky (1968)
  17. El Puro – Mulargia (1969)
  18. The Deserter – Kennedy and Fulgosi (1970)
  19. Four of the Apocalypse – Fulci (1975)
  20. Awkward Hands – Marchent (1970)
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Correct!

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While all three are good films, there is no way I’d consider any of them a spaghetti at all.

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I’m taking the liberty of not applying the strictest definition :wink: if it has some pasta in it, I take it

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They’re still great westerns though.

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Here is my Alternative Top 20:

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) d: Sergio Leone

  2. Run Man Run (1968) d: Sergio Sollima

  3. Companeros (1970) d: Sergio Corbucci

  4. Mannaja (1977) d: Sergio Martino

  5. Minnesota Clay (1964) d: Sergio Corbucci

  6. A Pistol for Ringo (1965) d: Duccio Tessari

  7. Sabata (1969) d: Gianfranco Parolini

  8. Massacre Time (1966) d: Lucio Fulci

  9. Day of Anger (1967) d: Tonino Valerii

  10. They Call Me Trinity (1973) d: Ferdinando Merighi

  11. For the Taste of Killing (1966) d: Tonino Valerii

  12. Price of Power (1969) d: Tonino Valerii

  13. If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death (1968) d: Gianfranco Parolini

  14. Johnny Hamlet (1968) d: Enzo Castellari

  15. And God Said to Cain (1970) d: Antonio Margheriti

  16. My Name is Pecos (1966) d: Maurizio Lucidi

  17. The Grand Duel (1972) d: Giancarlo Santi

  18. Cut-Throats Nine (1971) d: Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent

  19. A Town Called Hell (1971) d: Robert Parrish

  20. A Stranger in Town (1967) d: Luigi Vanzi

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Seriously?

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Just a reminder that you can’t have anything from this list on your Alt Top 20 as they are on the Official Top 20 (18)
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
For a Few Dollars More
The Great Silence
The Big Gundown
Django
A Fistful of Dollars
The Mercenary
Companeros
Death Rides a Horse
Face to Face
Duck, You Sucker!
A Bullet for the General
Day of Anger
Keoma
Cemetery Without Crosses
The Return of Ringo
My Name is Nobody

So, your Alternative Top 20 cannot include: Once Upon a Time in the West or Companeros or Day of Anger

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Sorry. I got confused with the directions. Can I redo the list?

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Of course. :+1:

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Thanks! I mistook that when I couldn’t use 18 movies from the Top 20, I thought it meant MY Top 20 and not THE Top 20.

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I made the same mistake when I took my first stab at this thread, too! Everyone has. Phil has been patiently explaining how it works to new members for longer than I’ve been here. Don’t worry, he enjoys it. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Ha ha. Good to know :grinning:.

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Here’s my updated Alternative Top 20:

  1. Mannaja (1977) d: Sergio Martino

  2. Run Man Run (1968) d: Sergio Sollima

  3. Minnesota Clay (1964) d: Sergio Corbucci

  4. Sabata (1969) d: Gianfranco Parolini

  5. A Pistol for Ringo (1965) d: Duccio Tessari

  6. Price of Power (1969) d: Tonino Valerii

  7. Massacre Time (1966) d: Lucio Fulci

  8. They Call Me Trinity (1973) d: Ferdinando Merighi

  9. Django the Bastard (1969) d: Sergio Garrone

  10. Cut Throats Nine (1971) d: Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent

  11. If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death (1968) d: Gianfranco Parolini

  12. Johnny Hamlet (1968) d: Enzo Castellari

  13. And God Said to Cain (1970) d: Antonio Margheriti

  14. My Name is Pecos (1966) d: Maurizio Lucidi

  15. The Grand Duel (1972) d: Giancarlo Santi

  16. For the Taste of Killing (1966) d: Tonino Valerii

  17. A Town Called Hell (1971) d: Robert Parrish

  18. A Stranger in Town (1967) d: Luigi Vanzi

  19. The Ruthless Four (1968) d: Giorgio Capitani

  20. The Hills Run Red (1966) d: Carlo Lizzani

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Duly added. Cheers

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Here’s my annual call for new lists to be added to our Alternative Top 20.
Updates on previous lists always welcome of course.
I’ll be updating the official list in the new year as usual. :slightly_smiling_face:

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