Vote for Our Official Top 20

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Yes, I know. I saw my Top 4 all about the same time, at a quite young, impressionable age. For reasons unknown AGCP stayed with me in a very special way. An attempt to combine GBU and The Crimson Pirate with very little money. It’s like a best friend that never leaves me.

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Yes, I was initially against differentiation even in my own first Top 20 which consisted of a few groups of SWs I thought were of the same entertainment value, but that was not aloud !

Nowadays I try to more or less constantly revise my Top list of 6/10 or higher rated SWs and that means that my preferences seem to change now and then, but these changes also appear to happen all the more seldom with time which I interpret as that the list is more and more relevant.

For most serious long term SW aficionados I think a Top 50 list would be quite manageable. All things equal, a compilation of votes should be more valid or relevant the more films each list have, and not necessarily the same number from all voters. A simple Top 20 contribution is better than none, but a Top 30 would be even better.

For example if number 1 gets 50 points down to 1 point for number 50, then such a compilation would be more fair and relevant especially for the slightly less known SWs than those familiar Top 20.

Look what happened to Any Gun Can Play which jumped the elevator from 147 to 103 just after one new voter. I guess many experienced aficionados might have included that SW in their Top 50 so it already could have a decent more relevant position.

Just to be clear, it ought to be a fair and more relevant ranking system even if far from all voters made lists with 50 or even 40 SWs. And to be clear also that it might be too impractical if the list compilation is not automatized in some way.

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Sorry for the delay, but here we are.

200 lists, that’s already quite a big number for such a voting, and as I had said before, it gives us a good and significant top 100, not marred much by chance.
If we would get 20 to 30 new lists a year, i would take one out for 2 new ones, but we get mostly less than 10 new ones.
And well, others wanted to see a list which represents the last years better, even make a new one only from more recent lists. The 200 method seems to me like a good compromise. But maybe in the future I will come back to the 1 for 2 idea.

I deleted at first only incomplete lists, and only by ex-members, whose account was deleted. In the older forum software up to 2014 these were featured as “guests”, and as such it was impossible for them to change their lists.
Btw I noticed that apart form 3 films only Spags of the ten top 30 lost points, so it was apparent that most of these lists were build around the “usual suspects”.

So, if we want to get a more dynamic list, a list wich reflects changed tastes, which reflects the discussions and recommendations from the last years, which reflects the much improved accessibility of Spags, and many of them in pristine and uncut prints instead of shitty full frame VHS versions, the only way is to get rid of older lists by and by.

But so far I do some checking before deleting.
At first I took the still incomplete ones out, most of them with 13 films instead of 20. Then the ones which I had noted coming from a deleted account, so these were no members of the forum anymore. And before choosing one I check things like how many posts did he, when was the last time he visited the forum, is there any information how much SWs he had watched. There is one who posted the list by claiming to have watched more than 350 SWs, his list is still in, or the list by Shobary, who once owned a famous SW website, another one said he had only seen 50 so far, or he names several Top 50 films he had not watched yet, these are good ones for taking out. I also will keep lists from members who were an important and knowledgable part of the forum for many years, like Reverend Danite or Romaine Fielding or El topo, even the one by the infamous SD. He was an odd troublemaker, but he doubtless loved Spags, and had seen the most of them. There are also some whose only post was the list, so I have no idea if the know shit about the genre.
And I will post the lists before deleting them, so others can object if there is one amongst them whose list should be kept.

So in the end, even if you don’t change your list anymore, it will be still there for many, many years, maybe forever.

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I still claim that the significance of a compiled Top 100 (and Top 150) rapidly decreases the more you go down under the Top 20 SWs, if there are only 20 SWs on each voter’s list. (It ought to be possible to show mathematically).There should be expected several drastic changes of positions among the, for example, 30-100, if each voter contributes with an Top 50 list, or as many as one can come up with up to that figure).

The top 150 top list :

29 Mannaja - I like Mannaja with a 6/10 rating but is not close to my Top 50. It is hardly THAT good, but obviously well known enough for several voting SW fans to even be included it in their Top 20.

93 Garringo - I also like this one, but just a little more but still with 6/10 rating.

122 The Fury of Johnny Kid - I like it more than the other two with a 7/10 rating and I believe that it could beat Mannaja in a “head to head” competition among many voters.

149 My Name Is Pecos - It is better than any of the above IMO and my rating is 7/10

I doubt that the relative ranking above of these SWs is even close to be representative of all voters views that have watched 2-4 of these. SWs…

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Stanton, thanks for the very detailed and clear explanation! It gives me a different insight into the creation of the list. It’s logical that incomplete lists are replaced by new lists. It’s good to hear that your decision is well thought out and that you’re not just looking at how old a list is. You know more about the history of SWDb and the forum, so it sounds like you can judge that well too. I’m planning to be active on SWDb for a long time, so I think my list will be save :slight_smile:

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You can click on a member name, and then you can check some basic data, like the registration date, the last post, the last visit to the forum, the amount of posts one has made.
You can even check every post that member made in the forum, if you like.
And at least you can check easily all the posts this member made in the top 20 thread.

But, yes, I try to do this forum top 20 list as accurate as possible.

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Interesting discussion which in part has been covered before but which is still worth revisiting from time to time.

In terms of the Alternative Top 20, it was always meant to be a way of showcasing the best of the rest which would not be shown in the Official list unless it was expanded to be a top 40 or 50.

I also decided to adopt a 1 point for 1 vote system as opposed to the ranked system of the Official list because, as mentioned by others here, once you get past 20 the difference in preference becomes difficult and pretty arbitrary.

We still struggle with folk not fully understanding how they should compile a list and I believe a number of people over the years have voted for random films just to sound interesting but, on the whole, I think the outcome has been valid and a pretty good suggestion for newcomers as to where to go next after watching the famous ones. The differences in position for some films between their place in the official list and in the Alternative list I think can be explained by the different point setting systems.

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I still think it would be a more valid, simple and maybe even more practical list(s) if everyone try to pick their Top 50 or 40, or as many as they can up to 40 or 50 instead of that double list system, which not everyone contribute to (and I guess maybe a lot fewer contributions to the Alternate SW Top list) .:slight_smile:

My experience is just 6 years as an aficionado and I easily manage to create such a list :slight_smile:

10/10
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

9/10
3 Dead Men Ride/At The End Of The Rainbow (Aldo Florio) music Bruno Nicolai 1971
4 Django Kill If You Live Shoot (Giulio Questi) music Ivan Vandor 1967
5 A Fistful Of Dollars (Sergio Leone) music Ennio Morricone 1964
6 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Sergio Leone) music Ennio Morricone 1966

8 /10
7 The Big Gundown (Sergio Sollima) music Ennio Morricone 1967
8 My Name Is Nobody (Tonino Valerii) music Ennio Morricone 1973
9 Cemetery Without Crosses (Robert Hossein) music André Hossein 1969
10 Requiem For A Gringo/Duel In Eclipse (Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
11 Johnny Yuma (Romolo Guerrieri) music Nora Orlandi 1966
12 The Forgotten Pistolero/Gunman Of Ave Maria (Ferdinando Baldi) music Roberto Pregadio 1969
13 Kill The Wicked/ God Does Not Pay On Saturday (Tanio Boccia) music Angelo Lavagnino 1967
14 The Stranger Returns/A Man, A Horse, A Gun (Luigi Vanzi) music Stelvio Cipriani 1967
15 El Puro/The Reward’s Yours… The Man’s Mine (Edoardo Mulargia) music Alessandro Alessandroni 1969
16 Viva Django / Django, Prepare A Coffin (Ferdinando Baldi) music Gianfranco Reverberi 1968
17 The Big Silence/The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci) music Ennio Morricone 1968

7 /10
18 Death Rides A Horse (Giulio Petroni) 1967
19 Day Of Anger (Tonino Valerii) 1967
20 Sabata (Gianfranco Parolini) music Marcello Giombini 1969
21 My Name Is Pecos (Maurizio Lucidi) music Coriolano Gori 1966
22 Blood River/Ten White Men and One Little Indian (Gianfranco Baldanello) music Piero Umiliani 1974
23 Awkward Hands (Rafael Romero Marchent) music Antón García Abril 1970
24 Pistoleros/Ballad Of A Gunman (Alfio Caltabiano) music Marcello Giombini 1967
25 The Return Of Ringo (Duccio Tessari) music Ennio Morricone 1965
26 A Stranger In Town/A Dollar Between The Teeth (Luigi Vanzi) 1967
27 Django (Sergio Corbucci) music Luis Bacalov 1966
28 Vengeance Is Mine/$100,000 for a Killing (Giovanni Fago) music Nora Orlandi 1967
29 Challenge Of The Mackennas/Badlands Drifter/Amen/A Dollar and a Grave (León Klimovsky) music Francesco De Masi 1970
30 The Dirty Outlaws / El desperado (Franco Rossetti) music Gianni Ferrio 1967
31 Johnny Hamlet/The Wild And The Dirty (Enzo G. Castellari) 1968
32 Vengeance For Vengeance/Revenge For Revenge (Mario Colucci) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
33 Ramon The Mexican (Maurizio Pradeaux) music Felice Di Stefano 1966
34 Death Sentence (Mario Lanfranchi) 1968
35 No Room To Die/Hanging For Django/A Noose For Django (Sergio Garrone) music Vasili Kojucharov and Elsio Mancuso 1969
36 Requiescant/Kill And Pray (Carlo Lizzani) 1967
37 A Hole In The ForeHead/ A Hole Between The Eyes (Giuseppe Vari) music Roberto Pregadio 1968
38 Garter Colt (Gian Rocco) music Giovanni Fusco and Gianfranco Plenizio 1968
39 A Gun For 100 Graves/Pistol For A Hundred Coffins (Umberto Lenzi) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
40 Fury Of Johnny Kid/Ride For A Massacre/Ultimate Gunfighter (Gianni Puccini) music Gino Peguri 1967
41 Blood At Sundown/One Thousand Dollars on the Black (Alberto Cardone) music Michele Lacerenza 1966
42 One After Another/Day After Tomorrow (Nick Nostro) music Fred Bongusto, Berto Pisano 1968
43 Hate Thy Neighbor (Ferdinando Baldi) music Robby Poitevin 1968
44 Tequila Joe/Time And Place For Killing (Enzo Dell’Aquila) music Francesco De Masi 1968
45 Long Days Of Vengeance (Florestano Vancini ) music Armando Trovajoli/Ennio Morricone 1967
46 Two Faces Of The Dollar (Roberto Bianchi Montero) music Giosy Capuano, Mario Capuano 1967
47 Don’t Wait Django… Shoot! (Edoardo Mulargia) music Felice Di Stefano 1967
48 Go With God, Gringo (Edoardo Mulargia) music Felice Di Stefano 1966
49 Black Killer (Carlo Croccolo) music Daniele Patucchi 1971
50 The Grand Duel/Storm Rider/The Big Showdown (Giancarlo Santi) 1972

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Here’s my latest update below.

Old Top 20

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. For a Few Dollars More
  3. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
  4. A Fistful of Dollars
  5. The Great Silence
  6. Face to Face
  7. Duck You Sucker!
  8. The Big Gundown
  9. No Room To Die
  10. Black Jack
  11. Sonny and Jed
  12. The Forgotten Pistolero
  13. Django the Bastard
  14. El Puro
  15. Companeros
  16. Death Sentence
  17. The Mercenary
  18. A Bullet for the General
  19. My Name is Nobody
  20. Run Man Run

New Top 20

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. For a Few Dollars More
  3. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
  4. A Fistful of Dollars
  5. The Great Silence
  6. Face to Face
  7. No Room To Die
  8. Black Jack
  9. Sonny and Jed
  10. El Puro
  11. Duck You Sucker!
  12. The Big Gundown
  13. The Forgotten Pistolero
  14. Django the Bastard
  15. Death Sentence
  16. $10,000 Blood Money
  17. A Hole in the Forehead
  18. The Mercenary
  19. Sabata
  20. A Bullet for the General

Out go Companeros, My Name is Nobody and Run Man Run and in come $10,000 Blood Money, A Hole in the Forehead and Sabata. A few changes to the order as well.

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Good to hear from you again, Michael! :cowboy_hat_face:

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Thanks. Once a gunslinger, always a gunslinger! :cowboy_hat_face:

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Additional to the ranked list here is the list sorted by directors.
The ranking is from my complete excel list, which means the films with one vote are included, and there are also several films which at present have zero points. So you can easily check how many Fidanis and how many Leones made it.

Rank English Title Director Points
207 * Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar * Antel, Franz * 2
196 * The Tramplers * Antonini, Alfredo * 4
121 * Sartana Does Not Forgive * Balcazar, Alfonso * 19
* There’s a Noose Waiting for You… Trinity! * Balcazar, Alfonso * 0
60 * Black Jack * Baldanello, Gianfranco * 99
216 * This Man Can’t Die * Baldanello, Gianfranco * 1
* Ten White Victims of the Litlle Indian * Baldanello, Gianfranco * 0
22 * Blindman * Baldi, Ferdinando * 370
37 * The Forgotten Pistolero * Baldi, Ferdinando * 190
58 * Django, Prepare a Coffin * Baldi, Ferdinando * 100
73 * Texas Adios * Baldi, Ferdinando * 70
123 * Comin’ at Ya! * Baldi, Ferdinando * 19
181 * Hate Thy Neighbour * Baldi, Ferdinando * 5
186 * Rita of the West * Baldi, Ferdinando * 5
209 * Get Mean * Baldi, Ferdinando * 1
49 * Trinity is Still My Name * Barboni, Enzo * 127
57 * They Call Me Trinity * Barboni, Enzo * 101
114 * The Unholy Four / Chuck Mool * Barboni, Enzo * 22
* Man of the East * Barboni, Enzo * 0
157 * Ringo from Nebraska * Bava, Mario * 10
139 * Man, Pride, Vengeance * Bazzoni, Luigi * 15
201 * Fasthand Is Still My Name * Bianchi, Mario * 3
54 * I Want Him Dead * Bianchini, Paolo * 112
126 * God Made Them… I Kill Them / God Forgives … His Life is Mine * Bianchini, Paolo * 18
137 * Machine Gun Killers * Bianchini, Paolo * 16
* Gunfight at Red Sands * Blasco, Ricardo * 0
107 * God Does Not Pay on Saturday / Kill the Wicked * Boccia, Tanio * 26
167 * Too Much Gold for One Gringo * Bosch, Juan * 9
63 * Yankee * Brass, Tinto * 94
146 * Killer Caliber .32 * Brescia, Alfonso * 13
185 * Days of Violence * Brescia, Alfonso * 5
70 * A Bullet for Sandoval * Buchs, Julio * 78
92 * Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe * Caiano, Mario * 42
110 * Bullets Don’t Argue * Caiano, Mario * 25
161 * Train for Durango * Caiano, Mario * 9
195 * Ringo, the Face of Revenge * Caiano, Mario * 4
* A Coffin for the Sheriff * Caiano, Mario * 0
* A Name That Cried Revenge * Caiano, Mario * 0
109 * Pistoleros * Caltabiano, Alfio * 25
149 * Trinity Sees Red / The Color of the Wind * Camus, Mario * 12
42 * Matalo! * Canevari, Cesare * 154
52 * The Ruthless Four / Each One for His Own * Capitani, Giorgio * 115
99 * Blood at Sundown / 1 000 Dollars on the Black * Cardone, Alberto * 34
148 * Seven Dollars on the Red * Cardone, Alberto * 12
34 * Light the Fuse…Sartana is Coming * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 218
56 * I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 108
62 * They Call Him Cemetery * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 94
69 * The Moment to Kill * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 80
72 * Have a Good Funeral, My Friend…Sartana Will Pay * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 74
102 * I am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin / A Fistful of Lead * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 30
104 * They Call Me Hallelujah / Heads I Kill You, Tails You Die * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 27
143 * Forewarned, Half Killed … the Word of the Holy Ghost / They Call Him Holy Ghost * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 14
160 * Return of Halleluja * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 10
208 * Find a Place to Die * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 1
* The Crazy Bunch * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 0
* The Man Called Invincible * Carnimeo, Giuliano * 0
16 * Keoma * Castellari, Enzo G. * 849
38 * Johnny Hamlet * Castellari, Enzo G. * 179
85 * Kill Them All and Come Back Alone * Castellari, Enzo G. * 46
153 * A Few Dollars for Django * Castellari, Enzo G. * 12
180 * Any Gun Can Play * Castellari, Enzo G. * 5
* Cry Onion * Castellari, Enzo G. * 0
* Jonathan of the Bears * Castellari, Enzo G. * 0
* Seven Winchesters for a Massacre * Castellari, Enzo G. * 0
* Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears * Cavara, Paolo * 0
76 * Today it’s Me…Tomorrow You * Cervi, Tonino * 66
125 * Red Blood, Yellow Gold * Cicero, Fernando * 19
142 * Twice a Judas * Cicero, Fernando * 0
31 * God Forgives…I Don’t * Colizzi, Giuseppe * 229
43 * Ace High / 4 for an Ave Maria * Colizzi, Giuseppe * 147
96 * Boot Hill * Colizzi, Giuseppe * 35
166 * A Man Called Noon * Collinson, Peter * 9
103 * Revenge for Revenge * Colucci, Mario * 28
97 * Shoot, Gringo…Shoot! * Corbucci, Bruno * 35
4 * The Great Silence * Corbucci, Sergio * 2553
6 * Django * Corbucci, Sergio * 2048
8 * The Mercenary * Corbucci, Sergio * 1488
10 * Companeros * Corbucci, Sergio * 1241
25 * Navajo Joe * Corbucci, Sergio * 333
44 * The Hellbenders * Corbucci, Sergio * 146
51 * The Specialists * Corbucci, Sergio * 116
88 * Sonny and Jed * Corbucci, Sergio * 45
112 * Minnesota Clay * Corbucci, Sergio * 24
150 * What am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? * Corbucci, Sergio * 12
154 * Ringo and his Golden Pistol * Corbucci, Sergio * 11
215 * The White, the Yellow and the Black * Corbucci, Sergio * 1
* Massacre at Grand Canyon * Corbucci, Sergio/Antonini, A. * 0
202 * The Beast * Costa, Mario * 2
118 * Law of Violence * Crea, Gianni * 21
98 * John the Bastard * Crispino, Armando * 35
165 * Black Killer * Croccolo, Carlo * 9
30 * Bandidos * Dallamano, Massimo * 240
13 * A Bullet for the General * Damiani, Damiano * 1113
115 * A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe / Nobody’s the Greatest * Damiani, Damiano * 22
182 * Boldest Job in the West * De La Loma, José Antonio * 5
170 * Tequila Joe * Dell’Aquila, Vincenzo * 7
200 * Sabata the Killer * Demicheli, Tulio * 3
64 * For 100 000 Dollars per Killing * Fago, Giovanni * 90
113 * Viva Cangaceiro * Fago, Giovanni * 24
214 * Don’t Touch the White Woman * Ferreri, Marco * 1
79 * One Silver Dollar * Ferroni, Giorgio * 56
136 * Fort Yuma Gold * Ferroni, Giorgio * 16
177 * Wanted * Ferroni, Giorgio * 6
119 * Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows * Fidani, Demofilo * 20
128 * A Barrel Full of Dollars * Fidani, Demofilo * 17
131 * Django and Sartana Are Coming… It’s the End * Fidani, Demofilo * 17
179 * I’ll Sell My Skin Dearly * Fizzarotti, Ettore Maria * 6
50 * Dead Men Ride * Florio, Aldo * 120
199 * Five Giants From Texas / Five for Revenge * Florio, Aldo * 3
32 * Massacre Time * Fulci, Lucio * 223
41 * Four of the Apocalypse * Fulci, Lucio * 164
106 * Silver Saddle * Fulci, Lucio * 27
130 * Drummer of Vengeance * Gariazzo, Mario * 17
39 * Django the Bastard * Garrone, Sergio * 171
71 * No Room to Die / A Long File of Crosses * Garrone, Sergio * 77
147 * No Graves on Boot Hill * Garrone, Sergio * 13
211 * Vendetta at Dawn / Terrible Day of the Big Gundown * Garrone, Sergio * 1
67 * A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die * Giraldi, Franco * 83
135 * Seven Guns for the MacGregors * Giraldi, Franco * 16
164 * Up the MacGregors! * Giraldi, Franco * 9
198 * Sugar Colt * Giraldi, Franco * 3
178 * Between God, the Devil and a Winchester * Girolami, Marino * 6
213 * For a Book of Dollars * Girolami, Renzo * 1
23 * 10,000 Dollars Blood Money * Girolami, Romolo * 354
61 * Johnny Yuma * Girolami, Romolo * 96
* Seven Magnificent Pistols * Girolami, Romolo * 0
101 * Hate Is My God * Gora,Claudio * 33
203 * Starblack * Grimaldi, Giovanni * 2
15 * Cemetery Without Crosses * Hossein, Robert * 852
77 * Taste of Violence * Hossein, Robert * 60
188 * Death Knows No Time * Klimovsky, Léon * 5
206 * Quinto: Fighting Proud * Klimovsky, Léon * 2
55 * Death Sentence * Lanfranchi, Mario * 109
159 * A Pistol for 100 Coffins * Lenzi, Umberto * 10
1 * The Good, the Bad, the Ugly * Leone, Sergio * 3900
2 * Once Upon a Time in the West * Leone, Sergio * 3416
3 * For a Few Dollars More * Leone, Sergio * 3314
7 * A Fistful of Dollars * Leone, Sergio * 2045
11 * Duck, You Sucker! * Leone, Sergio * 1216
18 * My Name is Nobody * Leone, Sergio/Valerii, T. * 745
36 * Kill and Pray / Requiescant * Lizzani, Carlo * 214
105 * The Hills Run Red / A River of Dollars * Lizzani, Carlo * 27
158 * The Greatest Robbery in the West * Lucidi, Maurizio * 10
189 * My Name is Pecos * Lucidi, Maurizio * 4
190 * It Can Be Done, Amigo! * Lucidi, Maurizio * 4
35 * California * Lupo, Michele * 216
45 * Arizona Colt * Lupo, Michele * 145
94 * Ben and Charlie * Lupo, Michele * 40
* Buddy Goes West * Lupo, Michele * 0
173 * 15 Scaffolds for a Killer * Malasomma, Nunzio * 7
172 * Viva Maria * Malle, Louis * 7
75 * Cut Throats Nine * Marchent, Joaquin Luis Rom. * 69
176 * 7 Guns from Texas * Marchent, Joaquin Luis Rom. * 7
93 * Garringo * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 40
124 * Ringo: The Lone Rider * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 19
132 * Awkward Hands / Clumsy Hands * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 17
141 * Two Crosses at Danger Pass * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 14
142 * Dead Men Don’t Count / Cry for Revenge * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 14
168 * Sartana Kills Them All * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 8
183 * Revenge of the Resurrected * Marchent, Rafael Romero * 5
26 * And God Said to Cain * Margheriti, Antonio * 312
40 * Vengeance * Margheriti, Antonio * 169
192 * Take a Hard Ride * Margheriti, Antonio * 4
205 * The Stranger and the Gunfighter * Margheriti, Antonio * 2
122 * Apache Woman * Mariuzzo, Giorgio * 19
48 * The Bounty Killer * Martin, Eugenio * 134
* Bad Man’s River * Martín, Eugenio * 0
29 * Mannaja / A Man Called Blade * Martino, Sergio * 261
* Arizona Colt Returns * Martino, Sergio * 0
163 * A Bounty Killer for Trinity * Massaccesi, Aristide * 9
* Scalps * Mattei, Bruno * 0
155 * Shotgun * Mauri, Roberto * 11
204 * Sartana in the Valley of Death * Mauri, Roberto * 2
175 * His Colt, Himself, His Revenge * Merighi, Ferdinando * 7
53 * Duel in the Eclipse / Requiem for a Gringo * Merino, José Luis * 115
210 * More Dollars for the MacGregors * Merino, José Luis * 1
78 * Cost of Dying / Taste of Death * Merolle, Sergio * 57
193 * Born to Kill * Mollica, Antonio * 4
100 * A Man Called Sledge * Morrow, Vic * 34
33 * El Puro * Mulargia, Edoardo * 221
162 * Shango * Mulargia, Edoardo * 9
194 * Cjamango * Mulargia, Edoardo * 4
116 * W Django * Mulargia, Eduardo * 21
197 * May God Forgive You… But I Won’t * Musolino, Vincenzo * 3
87 * One after Another * Nostro, Nick * 46
134 * The Price of Death * Palli, Enzo Gicca * 16
111 * Death Played the Flute * Panaccio, Angelo * 25
117 * Hate for Hate * Paolella, Domenico * 21
140 * Execution * Paolella, Domenico * 14
21 * If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death * Parolini, Gianfranco * 390
27 * Sabata * Parolini, Gianfranco * 311
66 * Adios Sabata * Parolini, Gianfranco * 84
144 * The Return of Sabata * Parolini, Gianfranco * 13
203 * God’s Gun * Parolini, Gianfranco * 2
145 * Death Walks in Laredo * Pero, Enzi * 13
9 * Death Rides a Horse / Man to Man * Petroni, Giulio * 1338
24 * Tepepa * Petroni, Giulio * 350
83 * Night of the Serpent * Petroni, Giulio * 49
133 * Life is Tough, Eh Providence? * Petroni, Giulio * 16
171 * And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars * Petroni, Giulio * 7
* Ramon the Mexican * Pradeaux, Maurizio * 0
127 * The Fury of Johnny Kid * Puccini, Gianni * 17
156 * Django Kills Softly * Pupillo, Massimo * 11
19 * Django Kill…If You Live, Shoot! * Questi, Giulio * 561
169 * Garter Colt * Rocco, Gian Andrea * 8
184 * Those Dirty Dogs * Rosati, Giuseppe * 5
* Django Strikes Again * Rossati, Nello * 0
65 * The Dirty Outlaws / El desperado * Rossetti, Franco * 85
212 * A Stranger in Paso Bravo * Rosso, Salvatore * 1
* Wanted Johnny Texas * Salvi, Emmimo * 0
46 * The Grand Duel * Santi, Giancarlo * 144
108 * A Man Called Apocalypse Joe * Savona, Leopoldo * 26
152 * El Rojo * Savona, Leopoldo * 12
187 * Killer Kid * Savona, Leopoldo * 5
91 * Cowards Don’t Pray * Siciliano, Mario * 43
174 * Halleluja and Sartana Strike Again * Siciliano, Mario * 7
* Captain Apache * Singer, Alexander * 0
5 * The Big Gundown * Sollima, Sergio * 2191
12 * Face to Face * Sollima, Sergio * 1160
20 * Run Man, Run * Sollima, Sergio * 416
* Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold * Squitieri, Pasquale * 0
120 * Beyond the Law * Stegani Giorgio C. * 20
* Adios Gringo * Stegani Giorgio C. * 0
151 * Gentleman Killer * Stegani, Giorgio * 12
89 * Five Man Army * Taylor, Don * 44
17 * The Return of Ringo * Tessari, Duccio * 754
28 * A Pistol for Ringo * Tessari, Duccio * 308
86 * Long Live Your Death * Tessari, Duccio * 46
* Alive, or Preferably Dead * Tessari, Duccio * 0
14 * Day of Anger * Valerii, Tonino * 937
68 * The Price of Power * Valerii, Tonino * 80
90 * For the Taste of Killing * Valerii, Tonino * 43
129 * A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die * Valerii, Tonino * 17
81 * Long Days of Vengeance * Vancini, Florestano * 53
59 * A Stranger in Town * Vanzi, Luigi * 100
80 * The Silent Stranger * Vanzi, Luigi * 56
82 * The Stranger Returns * Vanzi, Luigi * 51
47 * Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead * Vari, Giuseppe * 144
95 * The Last Killer * Vari, Giuseppe * 37
84 * A Hole in the Forehead * Vari, Guiseppe * 48
191 * The Belle Star Story * Wertmüller, Lina * 4
74 * Red Sun * Young, Terence * 70
138 * Killer Adios * Zeglio, Primo * 16
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1.The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2.Once Upon a Time in the West
3.For a Few Dollars More
4.Django
5.The Mercenary
6.The Great Silence
7.Bandidos
8.The Return of Ringo
9.Day of Anger
10.The Big Gundown
11.God Forgives, I Don’t
12.El Puro
13.The Dirty Outlaws
14.Vengeance
15.The Ruthless Four
16.Django the Bastard
17.Death Rides a Horse
18.Minnesota Clay
19.Duel in the Eclipse
20.Go With God, Gringo

Some changes made again. There’s always some titles that has to go up head-to-head on each other because I feel like they are too similar to both make the list, but almost if not completely equally good. The Return of Ringo and Arizona Colt is a good example of that kind of rivalry.

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Here’s my updated list, since everyone is posting theirs XD Some changes, I’m bad at ranking my fave things but this gives the main idea.

  1. Ace High
  2. Django the Bastard
  3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  4. Trinity Is Still My Name
  5. They Call Me Trinity
  6. I am Sartana… Your Angel of Death
  7. Dead Men Don’t Count
  8. Garringo
  9. God Forgives… I Don’t
  10. For a Few Dollars More
  11. The Great Silence
  12. Death Rides a Horse
  13. Too Much Gold For One Gringo
  14. Ben and Charlie
  15. My Name is Nobody
  16. Apocalypse Joe
  17. Django… Prepare a Coffin!
  18. The Forgotten Pistolero
  19. Keoma
  20. El Rojo
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Old list

Updated list:

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  3. Johnny Yuma
  4. For a Few Dollars More
  5. Massacre Time
  6. Companeros
  7. Cost of Dying
  8. Vengeance
  9. In a Colt’s Shadow
  10. The Specialists
  11. Day of Anger
  12. Arizona Colt
  13. Thunder Over El Paso
  14. Garringo
  15. A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die
  16. The Mercenary
  17. Django
  18. Gunfight at the Red Sands
  19. Go For Broke
  20. Texas Adios

The exact order is quite impossible to do and tbh it really depends on my mood but these are the most FUN for me. :wink: I prefer them to be well written with memorable musical score, atmosphere, irony and I also like buddy movies very much.

I guess these 4 are bit unusual in top 20 lists.

In a Colt’s Shadow:
I was shocked how good this was when I discovered it. A short movie and a quite unique addition to the genre. It is very poetic film with beautiful camerawork and music, Forsyth looks very threating as a gunfighter.

Thunder Over El Paso:
Excellently made low budget buddy movie that is overlooked for some unknown reason. Great cast. It is ironic, funny and very violent…

Gunfight at the Red Sands:
Epic B adventure “whodunit” SW thriller, Harrison is actually giving it his best unlike later in his SW career. Overacting or not it fits the style of the movie.

Go For Broke:
Very funny lighthearted stuff with strong Lenzi’s direction (nice work with lightning/shadows too), Damon and Ireland make a fantastic duo, plus amazing Giombini’s score.

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This was the most difficult decision of my entire life :grin:

Here we go…

  1. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
  2. The Great Silence
  3. For A Few Dollars More
  4. Face To Face
  5. For A Fistful Of Dollars
  6. The Big Gundown
  7. A Bullet For The General
  8. Cemetery Without Crosses
  9. $10.000 Blood Money
  10. Massacre Time
  11. They Call Him Cemetery
  12. California
  13. Django
  14. 100.000 Dollars For A Killing
  15. Run, Man, Run
  16. I Want Him Dead
  17. Blindman
  18. The Ruthless Four
  19. God Forgives… I Don’t!
  20. The Dirty Outlaws
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Welcome to the ‘SWDB’, Djabartana. Good to have you here, amigo… :cowboy_hat_face:

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And it’s a pretty good list

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And I bet as soon as you clicked post, you wanted to change the order. That’s life, amigo!

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Hi amigos, been a while since i posted on here but planning on being more active as i do still “lurk” a lot whenever i can lol. Anyway on the basis of me just having redone my top spaghetti westerns ranking (did a new updated ranking video on my YouTube channel in two parts) a top 30 in fact I decided to throw in my choices that made it into my top 20 as of this moment (cant believe i didn’t do this on here earlier).
These lists are fun to do for me but they can definitely be tricky to put together as there are many films in this genre that are just fantastic and worthy of a mention.

Anyway here it goes:

  1. Once upon a time in the west (1968)
  2. The good the bad and the ugly (1966)
  3. The great silence (1968)
  4. Django (1966)
  5. Fistful of dollars (1964)
  6. For a few dollars more (1965)
  7. Face to face (1967)
  8. The Mercenary (1968)
  9. Day of anger (1967)
  10. Duck you Sucker (1971)
  11. The big gundown (1966)
  12. Compañeros (1970)
  13. Death rides a horse (1967)
  14. 10,000 dollars for a massacre (1967)
  15. Blindman (1971)
  16. A Bullet for the general (1967)
  17. The Forgotten pistolero (1969)
  18. A Stranger in town (1967)
  19. Navajo Joe (1966)
  20. Cemetery without crosses (1969)

And the ten honorable mentions that were part of my top 30 videos:
Django Kill! If you live… shoot! (1967)
El Puro (1969)
Vengeance is mine/100,000$ for a killing (1967)
Tepepa (1969)
And God said to Cain (1970)
The price of power/ A bullet for the President (1969)
Minnesota Clay (1964)
A minute to pray a second to die (1967)
The Hellbenders (1967)
Keoma (1976)

Plus tons more i could throw in but will save that for another time😂

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