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I thought I would add mine.

  1. For a Few Dollars More
  2. The Big Gundown
  3. The Forgetten Pistolero
  4. Cemetery Without Crosses
  5. Once Upon a Time in the West
  6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  7. Taste of Killing
  8. Vengeance
  9. The Taste of Violence
  10. Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die
  11. Return of Ringo
  12. My Name is Nobody
  13. Death Rides a Horse
  14. Nest of Vipers
  15. A Hole in the Forehead
  16. Taste of Death
  17. $10,000 for a Massacre
  18. Find a Place to Die
  19. Starblack
  20. Johnny Hamlet
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Excellent choice Gringo, in my personal top twenty as well. I find it a bit underappreciated so it’s always nice whenever someone else speaks highly of it.

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Here’s my very unrefined and very likely to change top 20:

  1. Day of Anger
  2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  3. The Big Gundown
  4. Fistful of Dollars
  5. Bandidos
  6. For a Few Dollars More
  7. Django
  8. And God Said to Cain
  9. Black Jack
  10. Return of Ringo
  11. Companeros
  12. Cemetary Without Crosses
  13. Death Rides a Horse
  14. The Great Silence
  15. The Mercenary
  16. Django Kill
  17. Sabata
  18. My Name is Pecos
  19. If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death
  20. Face to Face
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Whenever someone brings up Petroni as a director, it is typically for Death Rides a Horse and Tepepa. This one has a great story, great cast, and plenty of action yet never gets the acclaim. I think even A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof and Life is Tough, Eh Providence? may get more attention (though maybe for different reasons) than this one does.

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I wonder if the slow opening turns people off. I personally love how we only see the protagonist after about twenty minutes in, but I can understand how that would turn some people off.

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Above is my old SW Top 20 before El Puro entered my list recently after having received my first DVD-R of that film in decent quality.
My current SW Top 20 thus reads (unofficially there nowadays is a tie between number 1 and 2, obviously not allowed here) :

1 For A Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone) music Ennio Morricone 1965
2 Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone) music Ennio Morricone 1968
3 A Fistful Of Dollars (Sergio Leone) music Ennio Morricone 1964
4 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Sergio Leone) music Ennio Morricone 1966
5 My Name Is Nobody (Tonino Valerii) music Ennio Morricone 1973
6 The Big Gundown (Sergio Sollima) music Ennio Morricone 1967
7 Django Kill If You Live Shoot (Giulio Questi) music Ivan Vandor 1967
8 Cemetery Without Crosses (Robert Hossein) music André Hossein 1969
x9 Dead Men Ride/At The End Of The Rainbow (Aldo Florio) music Bruno Nicolai 1971
10 Requiem For A Gringo/Duel In Eclipse (Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
11 Johnny Yuma (Romolo Guerrieri) 1966
12 Kill The Wicked/ God Does Not Pay On Saturday (Tanio Boccia) music Angelo Lavagnino 1967
13. The Stranger Returns/A Man, A Horse, A Gun (Luigi Vanzi) music Stelvio Cipriani 1967
14 Viva Django / Django, Prepare A Coffin (Ferdinando Baldi) music Gianfranco Reverberi 1968
15 The Big Silence/The Great Silence (Sergio Corbuccio) music Ennio Morricone 1968
16 The Forgotten Pistolero/Gunman Of Ave Maria (Ferdinando Baldi) music Roberto Pregadio 1969
x17 El Puro/The Reward’s Yours… The Man’s Mine (Edoardo Mulargia) music Alessandro Alessandroni 1969
18 Death Rides A Horse (Giulio Petroni) 1967
19 Day Of Anger (Tonino Valerii) 1967
20 The Grand Duel (Giancarlo Santi) 1972

x just stands for a non-official release in my private collection

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It’s been a really good year for The Big Gundown so far. Nice to see…

Been around a year since I joined you lot here and added my list to the many that went before, barely posted since then - but I use the site all the damn time to check on details and look things up. Here’s an update before the new year with a few minor adjustments. And MERRY CHRISTMAS!

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. For a Few Dollars More
  3. The Mercenary
  4. Day of Anger
  5. My Name is Nobody
  6. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
  7. A Fistful of Dynamite
  8. Face to Face
  9. The Big Gundown
  10. A Fistful of Dollars
  11. The Great Silence
  12. A Bullet For the General
  13. Django
  14. A Pistol For Ringo
  15. The Return of Ringo
  16. Companeros
  17. Arizona Colt
  18. God Forgives … I Don’t!
  19. Death Rides a Horse
  20. A Man Called Sledge
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If anyone wants to update his list, or post a new onem before the annual update of the big list in January, now is the time …

We have 194 lists now, so maybe we crack the 200 next year.

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I’d plan to post one next week, but it seems I’ll be too late then…

No, no, take your time. It is planed for January, but if more new lists appear I will wait …

… this year it was March.

i finally rec’d this for Christmas, and unlike some movies-this was well worth the wait.Incredible story,cast,and ultimately-a TOP 10 SW flick.

I recently joined the SWDb community and this is the first time I release my Top 20!!
There are plenty of movies I still have to see or re-watch, but I like to make my votes counted in the upcoming update. And I’m curious about my list after a few years.

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  2. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
  3. Day of Anger (1967)
  4. Death Rides a Horse (1967)
  5. Blindman (1971)
  6. Big Gundown (1966)
  7. A Bullet for the General (1967)
  8. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  9. Red Sun (1971)
  10. Django (1966)
  11. Fistful of Dollars (1964)
  12. Run, man, Run (1968)
  13. California (1977)
  14. The Great Silence (1968)
  15. Take a Hard Ride (1975)
  16. Mannaja (1977)
  17. And God Said to Cain (1970)
  18. Any Gun can Play (1967)
  19. A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
  20. Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968)
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Thank you, Meceita. You just brought this film back to the official top 20 :smiley: :smiley:

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My top 20 -
1-The Good the Bad and The Ugly
2- Once Upon a time
3- Duck, you Sucker
4- For A Few Dollars More
5- Death Rides A Horse
6- The Big Gundown
7- Fistful of Dollars
8-Companeros
9 Bullet for the General
10- Mercenary
11-The Great Silence
12-Cemetary W/O Crosses
13-Sabata
14-My Name is Nobody
15-Keoma
16-And God Said to Cain
17-Mannaja
18-Django
19-Day of Anger
20-Return of Ringo

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New top 20- that will never be changed.

1-Face to Face
2-The Big Gundown
3-The Good the Bad and the Ugly
4-For A Few Dollars More
5-The Great Silence
6-Once Upon A Time in the West
7-A Fistful of Dollars
8-The Return of Ringo
9-A Bullet for the General
10-Companeros
11-A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die
12-$10.000 For a Massacre
13-El Puro
14-Cemetery Without Crosses
15-The Last Killer
16-Blood For A Silver Dollar
17-The Bounty Killer
18-The Mercenary
19-Vengeance
20-Day of Anger

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He he, good one … :wink:

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aye- saw quite a few since then and things change. Still love Bullit- in fact may see again and will change rank again lol

@stanton Are you still planning to update the Official Top 20 at the end of this month?

Just aware I need to update the Atternative Top 20 but don’t want to do that until the Official one is set

Well, I’m waiting for one more announced list, and then I’ll do it.

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