The channels aren’t, no. If they’re not licensed to host and distribute the protected and copyrighted material they’re broadcasting, they could find themselves in a bit of bother. However, we as end users are okay because watching streamed content is legal as long as that’s all we’re doing. If we’re ripping the content and then copying it onto distributable discs or sharing it to Cinemageddon or other torrent site, then we’re acting illegally too because that’s copying and distribution. But just watching streamed content is the same as watching movies that have been uploaded to YouTube without permission. Eventually YouTube spot it or someone alerts them to it and the film is taken down, but the people who viewed it have done nothing wrong.
Eh…
Let’s not get there …
I’ve been meaning to update for a few weeks. Amazon Prime Instant Video has been loading up loads, and I mean LOADS, of euro-content and more with a large amount of Spaghetti Westerns and Eurowesterns and quite a lot of poliziotteschi, peplum, some gialli, Spencer & Hill non-westerns, 100s of Hong Kong, etc. I don’t know if this is only in the USA or not.
I presume that these are all licensed, or at the very least, legal to watch as Amazon is vouching for them. For what it’s worth, most of the titles have appropriate posters and correct info. Most of these spaghettis are of very good picture quality for streaming, most in true widescreen, not letterboxed 4:3, though I will note when there are differences.
Some of these are from Blue Underground and have been there for awhile. Some list a studio, such as BU, EPIX, or Wu Tang or All Channel Films (and seem legit as such), some have nebulous studio listings that only list the name of the director. Does that mean they are sketchy? I don’t know, that’s up to Amazon and the rights holders in USA for I all I can tell. Also, there’s new titles being added seemingly every day, I think 8 titles have been added in the last week.
Some are even available to purchase for $2.99, and I bought them all those just in case they leave Prime streaming. Just a warning, videos on Prime can last a short time and be gone without notice, and sometimes brought back without notice, so watch them while you can.
The Spaghetti titles, the Amazon title listed first exactly as they have them, english unless otherwise noted, I’m listing the ratio as from my tv, some of these 16x9 listings could really be 1:85. Some titles appear twice in Amazon with different posters from different studios, I will note where relevant. The dates I use are from SWDB, some are different with Amazon or missing.
3 Bullets For Ringo - 3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo - 1966, 87m, 16x9
7 Dollars on Red - 7 dollari sul rosso - 1966, 94m, note: (All Channel Films classic poster 16x9, preferred for aspect ratio) / (plain text poster, credited to EPIX studio, under title “Seven Dollars on the Red” 95m, letterboxed in 4x3 frame)
7 PISTOLS FOR A MASSACRE - Sette pistole per un massacro - 1967, 80m, 16x9
10,000 For A Massacre - 10.000 dollari per un massacro - 1967, 93m, letterboxed 2:35? in a 4:3 frame
Apache Woman - Una donna chiamata Apache - 1976, 84m, 16x9
ARIZONA COLT - Arizona Colt - 1966, 116m, 16x9
Bandidos - Bandidos - 1967, 90m, 2:35
Ben And Charlie - Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo - 1972, 107m, 16x9
BEYOND HATRED - Al di là dell’odio - 1972, 77m, 16x9, english subs
Black Jack - Black Jack - 1968, 92m, 4x3
Blood Money - Là dove non batte il sole - 1974, 2:35?, 95m (yellow poster from studio EPIX, fuscia poster from All Channel Films) Both versions seem the same.
Bullet for the General - Quien Sabe - 1966, 114m, 2:35
Carambola - Carambola - 1974, 96m, 16x9
CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES - Une corde, un colt - 1969, 87m
EL CISCO - El Cisco - 1966, 92m, 16x9
Companeros - Vamos a matar, compañeros - 1970, 114m, 2:35
Dead Men Don’t Count - ¿Quién grita venganza? - 1968, 86m, 1:85?
Django - Django - 1966, 91m, 1:66?
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! - Se sei vivo spara - 1967, 116m, 2:35
DJANGO, PREPARE A COFFIN - Preparati la bara! - 1968, 91m, 16x9
Durango Is Coming, Pay Or Die - Arriva Durango, paga o muori - 1971, 87m, 16x9
Forgotten Pistolero - Il pistolero dell’Ave Maria - 1969, 80m, 16x9 (version B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l. studio) (version All Channel Films studio 80m, poster featuring horse) These two versions seemingly link and play the same copy?
Four of the Apocalypse - I quattro dell’Apocalisse - 1975, 103m, 16x9
Four Pistols For Trinity - I quattro pistoleri di Santa Trinitá - 1971, 93m, 4x3
Get Mean - Get Mean - 1975, 90m, 16x9 (plain text poster, another version with proper poster is present but unavailable?)
Halleluja for Django - La più grande rapina del west - 1967, 103m, 16x9
Hands Up Dead Man - Su le mani, cadavere! Sei in arresto - 1971, 88M, 16X9, english subs
INVINCIBLE MASKED RIDER - L’invincibile cavaliere mascherato - 1963, 89m, 16x9, english subs
Keoma - Keoma - 1976, 100m, 2:35
Killer Kid - Killer Kid - 1967, 97m, 16x9
Lone and Angry Man - Una bara per lo sceriffo - 1965, 85m, 16x9?
Lucky Luke - Lucky Luke - 1991, 86M, 1:66 ???
A Man And A Colt - Un hombre y un colt - 1967, 82m, 16x9, english subs
Man, Pride and Vengeance - L’uomo, l’orgoglio, la vendetta - 1967, 100m, 2:35
Mannaja: A Man Called Blade - Mannaja - 1977, 96m, 2:35
Massacre Time - Le colt cantarono la morte e fu… tempo di massacro - 1966, 91m, 2:35
Matalo Kill! - Mátalo - 1970, 89m, 16x9
My Name Is Pecos - Due once di piombo - 1966, 81m, 16x9
Noose for Django - Una lunga fila di croci - 1969, 97m, 2:35
One Silver Dollar - Un dollaro bucato - 1965, 91m, 1:66 ??? (EPIX studio text poster) (All Channel Films studio, classic poster, 16x9, listed 90 minutes)
A Pistol for Ringo - Una Pistola per Ringo - 1965, 94m, 2:35?
PRICE OF POWER - Il prezzo del potere - 1969, 108m, 16x9
Return of Ringo - Il ritorno di Ringo - 1965, 96m, 16x9
Return of Shanghai Joe - Il ritorno di Shanghai Joe - 1974, 87m, 16x9
Ringo Face Of Revenge - Ringo, il volto della vendetta - 1966, 97m, 16x9
Shanghai Joe - Il mio nome è Shangai Joe - 1973, 94m, 16x9
Shoot Gringo Shoot - Spara, Gringo, spara - 1968, 91m, 16x9
Silver Saddle - Sella d’argento - 1978, 98m, 16x9
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof - …e per tetto un cielo di stelle - 1968, 92m, 16x9
Son Of Django - Il figlio di Django - 1967, 87m, 16x9
Sugar Colt - Sugar Colt - 1966, 87m, 16x9
Sundance Cassidy - Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti - 1969, 97m, 4x3
A Taste Of Killing - Per il gusto di uccidere - 1966, 84m, 16x9
TASTE OF VIOLENCE - Le goût de la violence - 1961, 81m, 16x9, english subs
Texas, Adios - Texas, Addio - 1966, 92m, 2:35
They Call Him Zorro…Is He? - Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! = 1975, 89m, 16x9
They Call Me Hallelujah - Testa t’ammazzo, croce… sei morto… Mi chiamano Alleluja - 1971, 91m, 16x9
Those Dirty Dogs - Campa carogna… la taglia cresce - 1973, 86m, 2:35?
TWICE A JUDAS - Due volte Giuda - 1968, 92m, 16x9, english subs
Two Crosses at Danger Pass - Due croci a Danger Pass - 1967, 86m, 16x9?, TECHNICALLY NOT ON PRIME, THIS MOVIE IS FREE WITH ADS,
Eurowesterns:
Among Vultures - Unter Geiern - 1964, 98m, 2:35?, english subs
BULLETS OVER DALLAS - Plomo sobre Dallas - 1970, 86m, 16x9?, english subs
Get A Girl Out West - Vente a ligar al Oeste - 1972, 85m, 16x9, english subs
Who Killed Johnny Ringo - Wer kennt Jonny R.? - 1966, 86m, 16x9, english subs
Mexican Westerns:
Capulina Speedy Gonzalez - 1970, 93m, 4x3
Dead Aim - Arde baby, arde - 1971, 87m, 4x3,
MISC
God Fogives… I Don’t! [sic] - Dio perdona… Io no! - 1967, 102m - ONLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF “STARZ” add-on subscription to Prime for $8.99 a month, not for sale. Haven’t watched their version as I don’t have a sub
The Secret of Captain O’Hara - El secreto del Capitan O’Hara - 1964 eurowestern - UNAVAILABLE. Was briefly on Prime, I added it to my list, now it is unavailable for stream or purchase. Might have been up for maybe, 3 months?
Shango - Shango, la pistola infallibile - 1970, 82m, 16x9 THIS WAS ON PRIME AND FOR SALE, BUT NO LONGER ON PRIME? I paid the 2.99 for it and still have it to stream, but it looks like it might no longer be on prime streaming? As I wrote, these movies can go up and down on Prime in an instant.
Take A Hard Ride - Take A Hard Ride - 1975, also only available with the STARZ sub
Some, if not most of them, might be available without Prime but free with ads. Your mileage may vary.
Holy shit 
You think you could list some poliziotteschi? I’ve been trying to keep track of em, specifically the free with prime ones
I’ll start a list for you in the Italian Crime Films thread to list the poliziotteschi for streaming.
Back to Amazon, they’ve added several more in the past 12 hours or so.
Adios Gringo - Adios Gringo - 1965, 92m, 16x9
Arizona Colt Returns - Arizona si scatenò… e li fece fuori tutti - 1970, 87m, 16x9
Blood At Sundown - Perché uccidi ancora? - 1965, 100m, 16x9
Bounty Killer for Trinity - Un bounty killer a Trinità - 1972, 78m, 16x9
Brother Outlaw - Rimase uno solo e fu la morte per tutti! - 1971,78m, 16x9
California - California - 1977, 96m, 16x9
A Gun For 100 Graves - Una pistola per cento bare - 1968, 84m, 16x9
Hole In The Forehead - Un buco in fronte - 1968, 84m, 16x9
Holy Water Joe - Acquasanta Joe - 1971, 88m, 16x9
I Want Him Dead - Lo voglio morto - 1968, 84m, 16x9
John the Bastard - John il bastardo - 1967, 98m, 16x9
What kind of search criteria do you use to find these?
For the Westerns it’s easy
On the desktop I go on the top left to DEPARTEMENT > VIDEO > INCLUDED WITH PRIME
Then I go down to where you can choose movie genre, and select Westerns, then filter by NEWEST ADDED.
For everything else, it gets tricky. Crime films might be listed as action, or drama, or mystery, or something else entirely. Also, there’s just a lot more titles to search through than Westerns. One thing I do is just search by star or director. Clicking on Tomas Milian from the page for Run Man Run brings up his other films (filter again by Prime) and you’ll find his other spags but also:
The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - Il cinico, l’infame, il violento - haven’t watched it yet.
So I would just open up all the pages for the spags I listed and just click on the actors and directors, and find all the crime movies, but also other movies that don’t quite fit in a neat category.
Okay, here’s some updates.
Amazon Prime Video has gone global and is available in over 200 countries/markets. But their content varies by market. So some of theses titles might even be available in whatever country you are in.
Westerns removed from Prime, as a I wrote before they can come and go quickly:
Among Vultures
Sundance Cassidy
Westerns added to Prime, some available to buy at $7.99 in SD quality:
Buddy Goes West - Occhio alla penna - 1981, 88m, 16x9
Fort Yuma Gold - Per pochi dollari ancora - 1966, 95m, 16x9
A Man Called Invincible - Lo chiamavano Tresette… giocava sempre col morto - 1973, 81m, 16x9
No Killing Without Dollars - La morte non conta i dollari - 1967, 86m, 16x9
Sabata The Killer - Arriva Sabata… - 1970, 84m, 16x9
Three Crosses Not To Die - Tre Croci Per Non Morire - 1968, 93m, 2:35 credits, 16x9 film
Train For Durango - Un treno per Durango -1968, 94m, 16x9
and this strange one:
Trinity Goes East - 1998, 88m, 16x9
This one was on the cheap SW box set, Spaghetti Western Bible Vol 1
Not a western, and has knock off Trinity & Bambino actors, and music from Alessandro Alessandroni that I’m sure was recycled from an early western. Looks terrible.
More updates:
The Dirty Outlaws - El desperado - 1967, 101m, 16x9
Johnny Oro - Johnny Oro - 1965, 86m, 16x9
One More To Hell - Uno di piu all’inferno - 1968, 88m,
Road To Fort Alamo - La strada per Fort Alamo - 1964, 75m, 16x9
Sartana In The Valley Of Death - Sartana nella valle degli avvoltoi - 1970, 78m, 16x9, opening credits are in german without subtitles, rest of film is in english
Tex And The Lords Of The Deep - Tex e il signore degli abissi - 1985, 101m, 16x9
You’re Jinxed Friend, You’ve Met Sacramento - Sei jellato amico, hai incontrato Sacramento - 1972, 86m, 16x9
and for any Gemma fans, these are also available on Prime and don’t seem to quite fit in some of the other threads about crime films or gialli:
Archer Of Fire aka Long Live Robin Hood - L’arciere di fuoco - 1971, 80m, 16x9
Corbari - 1970, 92m, 16x9
Even Angles Eat Beans [sic] - Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli - 1973, 122m, 16x9, the title is spelled wrong on Amazon, with “Angles” instead of “Angels”
Well, seeing as there’s something amiss with various descriptions on Amazon, I thought I’d recheck what’s available and what isn’t.
Added, synopsis from IMDB:
Long Days of Vengeance - I lunghi giorni della vendetta - 1966, 111m, 16x9
REMOVED
10,000 For A Massacre
Bullet for the General
Companeros
Django
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot!
KEOMA
Man, Pride and Vengeance
A Pistol for Ringo
Ringo Face Of Revenge
Silver Saddle
Just a quick look at AmazonVideo Germany shows (click this link: http://amzn.to/2j9jOyU )
- the new Winnetou TV trilogy
- some of the old Karl May movies
- the good, the bad and the ugly
- the two dollars movies
- Die Troublemaker
- “Keoma 2” (hehe)
- Onion Jack
- Django
- Der Teufel kennt kein Halleluja
- Mit Django kam der Tod
- Django der Rächer
- Django spara per primo
- Satan der Rache
- Djangos Rückkehr
- Sartana kommt
- Bandidos
- A Bullet for the President
- Django kennt kein Erbarmen
- Sartana kommt (different edition)
- Der Mann mit der Kugelpeitsche
- Fäuste, Bohnen und Karate
- Django - Ein Silberdollar für einen Toten
- Tex
- Alle für einen - Prügel für alle
- Desperados der Hauch des Todes
- Arriva Sabata!
- Sein Wechselgeld ist Blei
- Zwei schaffen alle
- Prärie des Todes
Update:
ADDED
Day of Anger - I giorni dell’ira - 1967, 86m, 2:35, HD maybe?
Gentleman Killer - Gentleman Jo… uccidi - 1967, 93m, 16x9
God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth - Una bala marcada - 1972, 84m, 16x9
Hate Thy Neighbor - Odia il prossimo tuo - 1968, 85m, 4x3
I am Sartana…Your Angel Of Death - Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino - 1969, 94m, 16x9
Kill the Wicked! - Dio non paga il sabato - 1967, 88m, 16x9
Kill Them All And Come Back Alone - Ammazzali tutti e torna solo - 1968, 96m, 16x9
Last Of The Badmen - Il tempo degli avvoltoi - 1967, 91m, 16x9
Pecos Cleans Up - Pecos è qui: prega e muori - 167, 87m, 16x9
The Ruthless Four - Ognuno per sé - 101m, 1968, 101m, 16x9
Sheriff Of Rock Springs - Lo sceriffo di Rockspring - 1971, 76m, 4x3
Taste of Vengeance - I vigliacchi non pregano - 1968, 113m, 16x9
Why Go On Killing - Perché uccidi ancora? - 1965, 88m, 16x9
MISC
The Magnificent Daredevil - Gemma and Navarro together again for a Luciano Ercoli film
Update:
Returning to Prime after absense:
10,000 For A Massacre
Bullet for the General
Companeros
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot!
Man, Pride and Vengeance
A Pistol for Ringo
Ringo Face Of Revenge
Shango might be back on Prime, it has the label, but as I had already bought it, I can’t tell
Silver Saddle
New to Prime
7 Guns For The MacGregors - Sette pistole per i MacGregor - 1966, 91m, 16x9
Apocalypse Joe Clifford - Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe - 1970, 90m, 16x9
Awkward Hands - Manos torpes - 1969, 89m, 16x9
Ballad Of Django - Giù le mani… Carogna! (Django Story) - 1971, 80m, 16x9
Bastard, Go and Kill Chaco - Bastardo, vamos a matar - 1971, 81m, 16x9
Black Killer - Black Killer - 1971, 91m, 16x9
Django Shoots First - Django spara per primo - 1966, 83m, 16x9
The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe - Il mio nome è Shangai Joe - 1973, 92m, 2:35 (there is also the same movie available under the title “Shanghai Joe” but that version is stretched out 16x9)
God Made Them,I Kill Them - Dio li crea… io li ammazzo! - 1968, 86m, 16x9
Return Of Clint The Stranger - Il ritorno di Clint il solitario - 1972, 79m, 16x9, quality not as good as most Amazon prime SWs, somewhat pixelated
A Stranger In Paso Bravo - Uno straniero a Paso Bravo - 1968, 83m, 16x9
Tequilla Joe - …e venne il tempo di uccidere - 1968, 91m, 16x9, Title is mispelled on Amazon with 2 letter 'L’
They Call Him Graveyard (Bullet for a Stranger, A) - Gli fumavano le Colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto - 1971, 89m, 2:35? (the poster is plaintext but has title as “They Call Him Cemetary”, title on Amazon is as I listed it with the Bullet for a Stranger paranthetical)
New Eurowesterns:
The Black Eagle Of Santa Fe - Die schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe - 1964, 80m, 16x9
UNAVAILABLE
Beyond The Law - Al di là della legge - This one was available briefly, maybe 1 month, but now is unavailable.
MISC
Charleston & Trinity - A Gemma prohibition gangster comedy from Barboni
I know i’m very late but here’s a list of all (I think so) SWs on amazon prime Canada right now if anybody’s interested
https://letterboxd.com/lespecialiste/list/spaghetti-westerns-on-amazon-prime-canada/
Arriving on Netflix Germany this week: VENDO CARA LA PELLE / I’ll sell my skin dearly
Una Nuvola di Polvere… Un Grido di Morte… Arriva Sartana
May 19th on Dutch Netflix
Also German Netflix
Starblack is also coming soon