Top spaghettis by year?

Town Hall
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Would it be possible to list a top five films for each year, starting perhaps in 1964, and carrying through to 1973? That gives us a decade to work with. The Database has them nicely sorted by year[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Films[/url]. My hope is that such an exercise would give me some new off-the-beaten-path recommendations for films to watch, especially for the earlier and later years of the genre.

If this has been done before, and I just overlooked it, or didn’t use the right search terms, I apologize!

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Okay, let’s start with 1964 or rather - since in my opinion Per un pugno di dollari is separate and simply unreachable - from pre-Leone movies, 24 films from May '63 (Tres hombres buenos) until the end of December '64 (Pistoleros de Arizona/5.000 dollari sull’asso).

Within this category, that with the partial exception of Sergio Corbucci’s movie has little to do with strictly speaking Italian-style western, I think that the most important and significant films are these five:

Minnesota Clay
Duello nel Texas
Antes llega la muerte
Le pistole non discutono
El sabor de la venganza

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Just like Jonathan, my list includes all Italian and Spain westerns from 1964 and before (before they became SWs):

  1. FoD

[1,5. The Taste of Violence (but not really a western)]

  1. Minnesota Clay

3.-5. forget it …

… or with other words: none worth naming it.

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If we are combining 63 and 64 I think Jonathan’s is a pretty solid list.
If I could add another it would be Bava’s Road to Fort Alamo. Not a great film by any means but it is of interest and has its moments.

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This is not my personal top 5, this is just the five westerns I think are most representative of 1964 and doesn’t include German westerns. Criteria is historical significance and critical evaluation.

  1. Fistful of Dollars
  2. Minnesota Clay
  3. Le pistole non discutono aka Bullets Don’t Argue
  4. El sabor de la venganza
  5. Antes llega la muerte

Honorable mention goes to Due mafiosi nel Far West (Franco and Ciccio westerns were hugely popular in the Italian box office)

For pre 1964 westerns,

Duello nel Texas, and well thats about it unless you count the German films.

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1965 Should look like this:

For a Few Dollars More
Pistol for Ringo
Return of Ringo
One Silver Dollar
Adios Gringo

Honorable mention to Centomila dollari per Ringo which was a huge hit when it came out, although it hasn’t really stood the test of time.

1966
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Django
Big Gundown
Bullet for the General
Navajo Joe

Massacre Time gets honorable mention.

1967
Death Rides a Horse
God Forgives I Don’t
Day of Anger
Django Kill if You Live Shoot
Face to Face

Hellbenders gets honorable mention.

1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Great Silence
Ace High
The Mercenary

The number 5 spot is tricky for this year, Django Prepare a Coffin, Run Man Run, Today We Kill Tommorow We Die, Sartana Pray for Your Death all are reasonable candidates. If forced to choose I’d go with Run Man Run, even though I’m a Sartana fan. Hows that for being objective? lol

1969
Sabata
Five Man Army
Cemetery without Crosses
Django the Bastard
Tepepa

Honorable mention goes to Price of Power and Specialists

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I´ll go with the whole of Europe. Pickings are kind of slim in the early years. Nevertheless I rank Lemonade Joe high. Very innovative stuff.

1964

  1. Fistful of Dollars
  2. Lemonade Joe
  3. Bullets Don´t Argue
  4. Road to Fort Alamo
  5. Among Vultures

1965

  1. For a Few Dollars More
  2. Return of Ringo
  3. A Pistol for Ringo
  4. In a Colt’s Shadow
  5. The Relentless Four

1966

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  2. Django
  3. Blood at Sundown
  4. Massacre Time
  5. The Big Gundown

1967

  1. Django Kill
  2. God Forgives, I Don’t
  3. Face to Face
  4. $10.000 Blood Money
  5. Death Rides a Horse

1968

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. The Mercenary
  3. The Great Silence
  4. Black Jack
  5. If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

1969

  1. Sabata
  2. No Room to Die
  3. Five Man Army
  4. I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
  5. The Price of Power

1970

  1. Compañeros
  2. And God Said to Cain
  3. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
  4. Have a Nice Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
  5. One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!

1971

  1. Fistful of Dynamite
  2. Savage Guns
  3. Cutthroats Nine
  4. Blindman
  5. Trinity Is Still My Name

1972

  1. Sonny & Jed
  2. The Grand Duel
  3. Kill the Poker Player
  4. Thunder Over El Paso
  5. God in Heaven… Arizona on Earth

1973

  1. My Name is Nobody
  2. Charge!
  3. The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
  4. Dust in the Sun
  5. Fast Hand is Still My Name

1974

  1. The Stranger and the Gunfighter
  2. Zorro
  3. The White, the Yellow, and the Black
  4. Gunfight at OQ Corral
  5. Red Coat
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1963

  1. Tres Hombres Buenos
  2. Duello nel Texas
  3. El Sabor de la Venganza

1964

  1. Per un Pugno di Dollari
  2. Pistoleros de Arizona
  3. Antes llege la muerte

1965

  1. Per qualche Dollari in piu
  2. All’ombra di una Colt
  3. Mestizo

1966

  1. La resa dei Conti
  2. GBU
  3. Tempo di Massacro

1967

  1. Requiescant
  2. Se sei vivo Spara
  3. 10.000 Dollari per un Massacro

1968

  1. Il grande Silenzio
  2. Il Mercenario
  3. Tepepa

1969

  1. I Vigliacchi non Pregano
  2. Un Corde, un Colt
  3. L’odio e il mio Dio

1970

  1. Vamos a matar Companeros
  2. E Dio disse a Caino
  3. Indio Black

1971

  1. Anda Muchacho spara
  2. Blindman
  3. Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato… Parola di Spirito Santo
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1965

Per qualche dollaro in più
Un dollaro bucato
Il ritorno di Ringo
Una Pistola per Ringo
Perché uccidi ancora?

Other noteworthy titles:
All’ombra di una Colt, Adios Gringo, Ocaso de un pistolero, L’uomo dalla pistola d’oro, Una bara per lo sceriffo, Centomila dollari per Ringo

1966
(La resa dei conti/The Big Gundown was released in March 1967, at the same time as 10.000 dollari per un massacro)

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Django
Navajo Joe
Quien Sabe?
El precio de un hombre/The Bounty Killer

Other noteworthy titles:
Johnny Yuma, Le colt cantarono la morte e fu… tempo di massacro, Per pochi dollari ancora, Mille dollari sul nero, Texas addio, Due once di piombo/Il mio nome è Pecos, Arizona Colt, Degueyo, Django spara per primo, Per il gusto di uccidere

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Pre-64
(I’ve also included Eurowesterns, but not Le Goût de la Violence)

  1. El Sabor de la Venganza
  2. Duello nel Texas
  3. Der Schatz im Sibersee,
  4. Tierra Brutal
  5. Winnetou I
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'64

  1. Per un Pugno di Dollari
  2. Antes Llega la Muerte
  3. Minnesota Clay
  4. Der Letzte Rit nach Santa Cruz
  5. Le Pistole non Discutono
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'65

  1. Per Qualche Dollaro in Più
  2. Una pistola per Ringo
  3. Il Ritorno di Ringo
  4. Un Dollaro Bucato
  5. Gli Uomini dal Passo Pesante

4. Minnesota Clay

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'66

  1. Il Buono, il Brutto, Il Cattivo
  2. El Precio de un Hombre
  3. Quièn Sabe?
  4. Django
  5. I Lunghi Giorni della vendetta
  6. Arizona Colt
  7. Un Dollaro tra i Denti
  8. Django spara per primo
  9. Johnny Yuma
  10. Per pochi dollari ancora
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'67

  1. La Resa dei Conti
  2. Faccia a Faccia
  3. Da uomo a Uomo
  4. Bandidos
  5. Ballata per un Pistolero
  6. 10.000 Dollari per un Massacro
  7. John il Bastardo
  8. Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo
  9. Dio perdona, Io no!
  10. Sette Donne per I Macgregor
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Well for 1964 mine would also include some euro westerns:

A Fistful of Dollars.
Fury of The Apaches.
Dammed Pistols of Dallas.
Five Thousand Dollars On One Ace

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No Minnesota Clay?

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I have Minnesota Clay in '65

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But it was released in '64… ???

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!965:

  1. Per qualche dollaro in piu

  2. Il ritorno di Ringo

  3. Una pistola per Ringo

  4. Perche uccidi ancora?

  5. Un dollaro bucato

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4. Perche uccidi ancora?
That's a surprising pick, Stanton.