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After spending 2023 on a Spaghetti Western marathon I would like to respectfully submit my top 20. I have seen about 80 total, including all of the top 49 in the current ranking, though I still look forward to reading others’ lists and making new discoveries!

  1. The Big Gundown
  2. For A Few Dollars More
  3. The Great Silence
  4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  5. Django
  6. Damned Hot Day of Fire aka Gatling Gun aka Machine Gun Killers
  7. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
  8. Navajo Joe
  9. Django, Prepare a Coffin
  10. God Forgives, I Don’t
  11. Taste of Killing
  12. Death Rides A Horse
  13. I Want Him Dead
  14. The Grand Duel
  15. Keoma
  16. Bandidos
  17. Django the Bastard
  18. Face to Face
  19. The Ruthless Four
  20. Find a Place to Die
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3241

I have made a couple of minor adjustments to my prior list.

  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. Death Knows No Time
  17. Taste of Death
  18. $10,000 for a Massacre
  19. Starblack
  20. Johnny Hamlet

The only change is that Find a Place to Die has dropped out of the Top 20 and Death Knows No Time makes its debut at #16, dropping the two below it, A Taste of Death and $10,000 For a Massacre, down a spot.

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3242

Yes, or even better… placing that film in all 20 spots. Can’t get a fairer deal than that.

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3243

Thanks amigo, i’ll sneak in a few more viewings of Shoot the Living before the year is out.

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3244

Sounds reasonably, unfortunately for the next 10 years the new rules will only allow lists which have either El puro, Boot Hill, They Call Me Halleluja, Hate Is My God or Matalo on it …

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3245

Very discerning. Hopefully this new rule will make filmArt get their shit together and give us the supposed Hate is my God blu-ray.

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3246

I hope that too, but I fear only God himself may be able to give us a release of this one …

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3247

Yes in German. In 1976 I didn’t know anything about SW that came in the early 1980’s.

3248

My Top 20 List for 2023 is as follows:

  1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  2. The Great Silence
  3. Django
  4. The Big Gundown
  5. Duck, You Sucker!
  6. Death Rides a Horse
  7. A Bullet for the General
  8. Django Kill…If You Live, Shoot!
  9. Keoma
  10. Mannaja
    11.Tepepa
  11. Matalo!
  12. My Name is Nobody
  13. The Forgotten Pistolero
  14. Vengeance
  15. The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
  16. Price of Power
  17. For the Taste of Killing
  18. Requiem for a Gringo
  19. The Return of Ringo
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3249

I’ll have to check out Nest of Vipers. What a great title!

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3250

It is also known as Night of the Serpent. It is a bit of a slow burn but U.S. character actor Luke Askew is really great in the lead and it is an entry in the genre that is, imho, well worth the time.

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3251

I’ve seen it under the title, Night of the Serpent! As soon as you mentioned Luke Askew I remembered the movie. He is/was (I’m not sure if he’s still alive) such a great yet under-appreciated actor that he always stands out to me in movies that he’s in. I liked that thr movie delves into the subconscious psyche of Askew’s character in the movie, and get a little psychedelic with it in the process. I’m guessing it was the film’s channeling of the era’s acid/drug-fuelled vibes.

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3252

Unfortunately, he passed away about ten years ago or so. Like you, I agree that he is under appreciated.

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3253

Thanks for the Suggestion. Unfortunately, I don’t have this movie.
On Youtube I only found the killcount in English, which really whets my appetite for the movie. Unfortunately, the whole movie is only available in Italian (and I don’t understand everything).

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3254

Ok, then, new year, new update of the forum’s Top 20 (or 50 or 100) list, anybody here intending to update his list?
Or to make his first one?

Remember, every new list kicks also an older one out, like these 2:

Itfor Vote for Our Official Top 20 - #265 by ITFOR
Yohannes Vote for Our Official Top 20 - #273 by Yohanes

Both from 2006, the year the voting started.

3255

I have a final, updated version of my list Top 20 list for 2023. It’s as follows:

  1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  2. The Big Gundown
  3. The Great Silence
  4. Django
  5. A Bullet for the General
  6. Duck, You Sucker!
  7. Death Rides a Horse
  8. A Fistful of Dollars
  9. The Mercenary
  10. Mannaja
  11. Django Kill…If You Live, Shoot!
  12. Tepepa
  13. My Name is Nobody
  14. The Forgotten Pistolero
  15. Price of Power
  16. For the Taste of Killing
  17. Adios, Sabata/Indio Black
  18. Keoma
  19. Bandidos
  20. And God Said to Cain
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3256

I happened to be watching an old episode of The High Chaparral this morning and Luke Askew was on there playing Johnny Ringo (the real-life one from Tombstone not the Gemma version :wink:). He gave such a cool minimalist performance but every time he was on the screen, he was the only person you noticed. Once again, under appreciated.

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3257

Not by we character actor connoisseurs ! :wink:

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3258

As I jokingly like to say, he’s treated like he’s all askew, lol :wink:.

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3259

If only I had a drum set, I would be happy to provide a “ba-dum dum” rim shot for that one. :laughing:

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