I’d like to give this top 20 a try, I might have to include films I haven’t seen yet, but am planning to.
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Il Bouno, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) (1966), Dir: Sergio Leone
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C’era una Volta nel West (Once Upon a Time in the West) (1968), Dir: Sergio Leone
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Une Corde, un Colt…(Cimitero Senza Croce, The Rope and the Colt, Cemetery Without Crosses) (1969), Dir: Robert Hossein
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La Resa dei Conti (The Settling of Accounts/The Big Gundown) (1966) Dir: Sergio Sollima
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Django (1966) Dir: Sergio Corbucci
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Una Pistola per Ringo (A Pistol for Ringo) (1965) Dir: Duccio Tessari
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Gli Specialisti (The Specialist) (1969) Dir: Sergio Corbucci
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Se Incontri Sartana Prega per la Tua Morte (If You Meet Sartana…Pray for Your Death) (1968) Dir: Gianfranco Parolini (as Frank Kramer)
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I Giorni dell’Ira (Day of Anger) (1967) Dir: Tonino Valeri
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Vamos a Matar, Companeros (Companeros) (1970) Dir: Sergio Corbucci
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Sono Sartana, Il Vostro Becchino (I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death) (1969), Dir: Giuliano Carnimeo
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Il Ritorno di Ringo The Return of Ringo) (1965), Dir: Duccio Tessari
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C’e Sartana…Vendi la Pistola e Comprati la Bara! (I Am Sartana, Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin) (1970) Dir: Giuliano Carnimeo
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Per Un Pugni di Dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) (1964), Dir: Sergio Leone
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Il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence) (1968), Dir: Sergio Corbucci *
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Da Uomo a Uomo (From Man to Man/Death Rides a Horse) (1967) Dir: Giulio Petroni
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Un Dollaro Tra i Denti (A Dollar Between the Teeth/A Stranger in Town) (1967) Dir: Luigi Vanzi
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Il Mercenario (The Mercenary) (1969), Dir. Sergio Corbucci
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Requiem para el Gringo (Requiem per un Gringo, Requiem for a Gringo, Duel in the Eclipse) (1968) Dir: Jose Luis Merino (J.L. Merino)
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Prega il Morto e Ammazza il Vivo (Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead) (1971) Dir: Giuseppe Vari (as Joseph Warren)
- I still need to re-watch Il Grande Silenzio, as my first go around with it left a cynical impression. I’m hoping years away from it will give me a better perspective
Honorable Mention:
Buon Funerale Amigos…Paga Sartana (Have a Good Funeral my Friend, Sartana Will Pay) (1970), Dir: Giuliano Carnimeo
Garringo (1969) Dir: Rafael Romero Marchent
Corri Uomo Corri (Run Man Run) (1968), Dir: Sergio Sollima
Al’Ultimo Sangue (To the Last Drop/Bury Them Deep) (1968), Dir: Paolo Moffa (as John Byrd)
Minnesota Clay (1964), Dir: Sergio Corbucci
Preparati la Bara! (Django, Prepare a Coffin) (1967), Dir: Ferdinando Baldi
Requiscant (Kill and Pray) (1967), Dir: Carlo Lizzani
Ehi Amico…C’e Sabata, Hai Chiuso! (Sabata) (1969) Dir: Gianfranco Parolini
Future Hopefuls
1000 Dollari sul Nero ($1000 on the Black) (1966), Dir: Alberto Cardone
Tepepa (1969), Dir: Giulio Petroni
Il Pistolero dell’Ave Maria (The Gunman of Ave Maria/The Forgotten Pistolero) (1970) Dir: Ferdinando Baldi
Quella Sporca, Storia nel West (The Dirtiest Story of the West/Johnny Hamlet) (1968), Dir: Enzo G. Castellari
E Dio Disse a Caino…(And God Said to Cain) (1970), Dir: Antonio Marghariti (as Anthony Dawson)
Jonathan Delgi Orsi (Jonathan of the Bears) (1991), Dir: Enzo G. Castellari
There are probably thousands I could’ve mentioned, but I tried to stick with ones I like, and ones I would like to see that are unique. Hope everyone finds my choices interesting/