Vote for Our Official Top 20

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Here’s finally my Top 20. It took me a few weeks to figure it out and added a film I only watched yesterday.
I’ll give you the original Italian or Spanish titles:

  1. C’era una volta il west
  2. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
  3. Il grande silenzio
  4. La resa dei conti
  5. Per qualche dollaro in più
  6. Faccia a faccia
  7. Bandidos
  8. Il mercenario
  9. Per un pugno di dollari
  10. Da uomo a uomo
  11. I giorni dell’ira
  12. Vamos a matar, compañeros
  13. El precio de un hombre
  14. Gli specialisti
  15. Per 100.000 dollari t’ammazzo
  16. I crudeli
  17. I lunghi giorni della vendetta
  18. Per pochi dollari ancora
  19. I vigliacchi non pregano
  20. Ballata per un pistolero

It’s a strictly personal list, not a list of most important ot relevant films, otherwise DJANGO and the RINGO movies would’ve been on it. Before anyone wants to challenge me for a duel on an icy winter morning (like the Russians did in the 19th century): I don’t hate those films, I just happen to like others more.

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You don’t need to erase your lists. You are free to post a new one every time you like. Only condition: make clear that it’s an altered list.

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yes and you can always post your personal list on your User:Username page on the database as well, along with whatever you like to post there, just fyi

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Sartana Django’s

ALL TIME TOP 20 FAVOURITE SPAGHETTI WESTERNS In Order of PREFERENCE

Coming soon…

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I’m waiting in suspense…

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Oh yes, we are all curious how many Fidanis and Mauris are in it.

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ALL TIME FAVOURITE TOP 20 SPAGHETTI WESTERNS IN PREFERENCE ORDER ::slight_smile:

  1. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY 1966 (Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef

  2. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS 1964 (Clint Eastwood , Marianne Koch

  3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST 1968 ( Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson

  4. DAYS OF VIOLENCE 1967 (Peter Lee Lawrence, Rosalba neri

  5. HANG EM HIGH 1968 (Clint Eastwood Inger Stevens

  6. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE 1967 (Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef

  7. KILLER ADIOS 1968 (Peter Lee Lawrence, Rosalba Neri

  8. MERCENARY/PROFESSIONAL GUN 1968 (Franco nero, Giovanna Ralli

  9. FLAMING FRONTIER/OLD SUREHAND 1966 ( Stewart Granger , Leticia Roman

  10. EL ROJO 1966 ( Richard Harrison , Susan Scott

  11. GARRINGO 1968 (Anthony Steffen , Peter Lee Lawrence

  12. IF YOU MEET SARTANA PRAY… 1968 (Gianni Garko , Klaus Kinski

  13. BLOOD AT SUNDOWN 1966 (Gianni Garko , Anthony Steffen

  14. VENGEANCE 1968 (Richard Harrison, Claudio Camaso

  15. A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL 1967 (Lou Castel , Gian Maria Volonte

  16. KILLER CALIBER 32 1967 (Peter Lee Lawrence , Helene Chanel

  17. REQUIESCANT / KILL AND PRAY 1967 (Lou Castel , Mark Damon

  18. THIS MAN CAN’T DIE 1968 (Guy Madison , Lucienne Bridou

  19. MAN CALLED NOON 1973 (Richard Crenna, Rosanna Schiaffino

  20. PISTOLERO DELL’AVE MARIA 1969 (Leonard Mann, Luciana Paluzzi

JUST OUTSIDE MY ALL TIME TOP 20 SPAGHETTI WESTERNS

  1. CIAK MULL / UNHOLY FOUR 1969 (Leonard Mann , Evelyn Stewart

  2. JOE FIND A PLACE TO DIE 1969 (Jeffrey Hunter , Pascale Petit

  3. DEATH RIDES A HORSE 1968 (Lee Van Cleef , John Philip Law

  4. THE GREAT SILENCE 1968 (Jean L.Trintignant , Klaus Kinski

  5. JOHNNY YUMA 1967 (Mark Damon , Rosalba Neri

  6. TRAIN TO DURANGO 1967 (Anthony Steffen , Mark Damon

  7. JOHN THE BASTARD 1967 (John Richardson , Martine Beswick

  8. DJANGO 1966 (Franco Nero , Loredana Nushiack

  9. MASSACRE TIME 1966 (Franco nero , George Hilton

  10. MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1970 James Garner , Dennis Weaver

We all love Demofilo Fidani and his wonderful SWs but he has just failed to get top 30

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is there a reason for the actors in brackets?

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Hang em High ???

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Are the films in the 21 to 30 bracket in preference order aswell ?

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Hi Sebastian , The answer is no there is no reason, except to separate the names.
I hope my posting style meets with approval, as I do like to use 1 or 2 of the functions.

Yes Ennio (Morricone ?) the 21-30 are also in preference order.

HANG EM HIGH 1968 is definetely a “Spaghetti” Western . It was the USA almost 1st

attempt at making a Euro Western and the film was outstandilng in all departments.

The chemistry and scenes between Clint EASTWOOD and Inger STEVENS Rip were FAB

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As they are in preference order like you say, then why is A Man Called Sledge At 30 and The Great Silence at 24 ?, as according to your post of 29th November you say you prefer A Man Called Sledge ?

[quote=“SARTANA DJANGO, post:14, topic:353”]MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1970 James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Laura Antonelli

This is a masterful, exciting, violent, beautiful, tense, well directed, superbly cast SW.

I have given it a 5 star vote and I PREFER this MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1970 much more

than that “Great Silence” 1968 which is good but ruined by that Jean Louis Trintignant ???

My Vote for A MAN CALLED SLEDGE is 17 out of 20 .[/quote]

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No it isn’t. It is neither shot in europe, nor produced by an italion company. It has american actors and an american director. It is a spaghetti like US western, nothing more: http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0061747/combined

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I cannot disagree with your facts Lode your point is correct by the letter of the law.

Having said that I was voting for “Spaghetti” westerns notice the ( ) meaning as long
as they were SPAGHETTI s, no matter where they were made and who was starring.

I love HANG EM HIGH 1968 enormously and for me its Top 5 but if the editors do not
want to count it , then it will not get any counting votes … :-\

Ennio you are also quite right and observant indeed ;D

I did put down TGS 68 a lot and it has a “2nd string cast” but I went back later, looked
at my DVD of the film, read the sleeve notes, recalled that I too liked the film a lot and
thought it must be somewhere near the top 20. So I slotted it in at 24 but no higher.

The MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1970 , I had forgotten to put in into the 20 (with so many
great films to consider) and I noticed my forgetfulness just after I typed number 29 !!
So I just got it into number 30 , I may change it later or leave it. It should really be
about 16 or so .

;D Using my wide definition of “spaghetti” westerns I was going to list in my top 20

FIRECREEK 1968 (Henry Fonda, James Stewart , Inger Stevens , Brooke Bundy )

But then I thought that is a magnificent epic top star western but not a “spaghetti” :wink:

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@ TOP 20 SD

I love both HANG 'M HIGH and FIRECREEK
According to the rules applied here they cannot be called spaghetti westerns, but H’MH certainly comes close in both subject and atmosphere (not to mention Clint). I think they used the term “Stateside Spaghetti western” for these American attempts to make a European Western. Anyway, I always thought it’s Clint’s best non-Leone western, far better than his later efforts.
FIRECREEK on the contrary - although a great movie - doesn’t have the spaghetti feel, at least in my opinion. On the other hand, it was made - if I’m not mistaken - before ONCE UPON … so Henry Fonda could practise his part as a heavy a bit …

There are a few films in this Top 20 I don’t know, so I know what to look for in the near future
Seems I have to work on my Peter Lee Lawrence …

Can’t understand the presence of A MAN CALLED NOON.
But those things happen too, I suppose …

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“according to the letter of the law”… lol
well hang 'em high, as much as I love it, can’t be in anyone’s list to be counted, just like any other american western, spaghetti western look and feel notwithstanding.
the latest 3:10 to yuma looks pretty sw’ish be that as it may

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Howdy Sebastian your word is the LAW as the Marshall Of The Forum…

That apart I agree totally that we are compiling a TOP 20 of Pure Spaghetti Westerns.

I will therefore slightly REVISE my top 20 SWs below to reflect this and adjust other bits.

SD TOP 20 ALL TIME FAVOURITE SPAGHETTI WESTERNS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE

  1. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY 1966 Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef

  2. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS 1964 Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch

  3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST 1968 Henry Fonda , Charles Bronson

  4. FLAMING FRONTIER /OLD SUREHAND 1965 Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice

  5. KILLER ADIOS 1968 Peter Lee Lawrence , Rosalba Neri

  6. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE 1967 Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef

  7. MERCENARY/PROFESSIONAL GUN 1968 Franco nero , Giovanna Ralli

  8. AMONG VULTURES / Unter Geiern 1964 Stewart Granger , Elke Sommer

  9. KILLER CALIBER 32 1967 Peter Lee Lawrence , Helene Chanel

  10. EL ROJO 1966 Richard Harrison , Susan Scott

  11. GARRINGO 1969 Peter Lee Lawrence, Anthony Steffen

  12. IF YOU MEET SARTANA PRAY F/DEATH 1968 Gianni Garko , Klaus Kinski

  13. BLOOD AT SUNDOWN 1966 Gianni Garko , Anthony Steffen

  14. VENGEANCE 1968 Richard Harrison , Spela Rozin

  15. MAN CALLED NOON 1973 Richard Crenna, Farley Granger

  16. A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL 1967 Lou Castel , Gian Maria Volonte

  17. MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1970 James Garner , Dennis Weaver

  18. THIS MAN CAN’T DIE /LUNGHI GIORNI 1970 Guy Madison , Lucienne Bridou

  19. FORGOTTEN PISTOLERO 1969 Leonard Mann , Luciana Paluzzi

  20. REQUIESCANT / KILL AND PRAY 1968 Mark Damon , Lou Castel

I think this is my finalized list containing all EURO WESTERNS (Spaghetti Westerns) :o

Thanks Scherf it makes me happy to hear you also like very much those 2 GREATS

HANG EM HIGH 1968 and FIRECREEEK 1968 (its not spaghetti though ;D )

Yes To me and many SW fans PETER LEE LAWRENCE is like a “James Dean” because
he lived only 29 years and in a short time made 30 Outstanding quality films 65-74.

By the way I do not rate James Dean much as he made only 3 films all just Ok dramas.

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OK, no Fidani. Sigh.

But at least 8 new films, not mentioned up to this point by other members. Amongst them even 3 I haven’t seen yet.

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Numbers 4 and 8 are not spaghetti westerns.

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:o YES both number 4 and number 8 are GERMAN EURO “spaghetti” Westerns :’(

I have reluctantly removed those marvellous USA “spaghetti” Films as they were not
European but thats it Bad Lt ! Both of the Spaghetti German Westerns below are
in THOMAS WEISSER’S Book and are 100% EURO. It is not Italian only ??Its EURO.

  1. FLAMING FRONTIER / OLD SUREHAND 1965 STEWART GRANGER , Leticia Roman

  2. AMONG VULTURES / UNTER GEIERN 1964 STEWART GRANGER , Elke Sommer

  3. MAN CALLED NOON 1973 RICHARD CRENNA , Farley Granger

(Spanish/Uk/Italy) Western Directed by Peter Collinson.

I have had to put DAYS OF VIOLENCE 1968 a bit lower down as I read my notes again.
It is now just outside the top 20.

Spaghetti Westerns = EUROPEAN WESTERNS = Italy/Spain/France/Germany/Yugoslavia

I will add a 21-40 TOP Spaghetti / Euro Westerns just to include some essential films.

;D I am sorry Stanton I know you love/wanted some DEMOFILO FIDANI :o but
maybe some other time , possibly when the list has a TOP 100 !! :smiley:
I wonder which 3 you have not yet seen.