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1081

I’m new on this forum, so I will show you my Top 20, but this is always very difficult.

  1. Face to Face Sollima, Sergio

  2. Duck you sucker Leone, Sergio

  3. The Great Silence Corbucci, Sergio

  4. Matalo! Canevari, Cesare

  5. The Mercenary Corbucci, Sergio

  6. My Name is Nobody Valerii, Tonino

  7. Shoot the living… pray for the dead Vari, Giuseppe

  8. A bullet for the general Damiani, Damiano

  9. Kill and pray Lizzani, Carlo

  10. Django kill Questi, Giulio

  11. Return of Halleluja Carnimeo, Giuliano

  12. Yankee Brass, Tinto

  13. The moment to kill Carnimeo, Giuliano

  14. Trinity is still my name Barboni, Enzo

  15. I want him dead Bianchini, Paolo

  16. Day of Anger Valerii, Tonino

  17. Fury of Johnny Kid Puccini, Gianni

  18. The Belle Starr Story Wertmüller, Lina

  19. Once upon a time in the west Leone, Sergio

  20. Trinity sees red Camus, Mario

  21. Django Corbucci, Sergio

  22. Death Sentence Lanfranchi, Mario

  23. Tepepa Petroni, Giulio

  24. Django shoots first DeMartino, Alberto

  25. Viva Cangacairo Fago, Giovanni

  26. Cemetery without crosses Hossein, Robert

  27. Buddy goes west Lupo, Michele

  28. Shotgun Mauri, Roberto

  29. The price of death Gicca Palli, Lorenzo

  30. They call me Trinity Barboni, Enzo

  31. Keoma Castellari, Enzo G.

  32. If you meet Sartana pray for your death Parolini, Gianfranco

  33. Johnny Hamlet Castellari, Enzo G.

  34. Man of the east Barboni, Enzo

  35. No room to die Garrone, Sergio

  36. Viva Django Baldi, Ferdinando

  37. A Fistful of Dollars Leone, Sergio

  38. The Big Gundown Sollima, Sergio

  39. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Leone, Sergio

  40. A Stranger in Town Vanzi, Luigi

1082

Now that is a different list

1083

That’s what I call a rather unusual list too, with 4 films in the top 20 not mentioned in the 100 lists before. The 2nd Halleluja for example.

And Shoot the Living, which got in it’s thread at the beginning several bad reviews, is now surprisingly a top 50 film!

1084

Time to change my top-20 as well:

old one:

  1. For a few dollars more
  2. For a fistful of dollars
  3. The good, the bad and the ugly
  4. The great silence
  5. Cut-throats 9
  6. Death rides a horse
  7. Day of anger
  8. Django
  9. The big gundown
  10. Companeros
  11. Once upon a time in the west
  12. A fistful of dynamite
  13. If you meet Sartana…
  14. Blindman
  15. They call me Trinity
  16. Quien Sabe?
  17. God said to Cain
  18. Ringo Kill
  19. Sabata
  20. Mannaja

new one:

  1. For a few dollars more
  2. For a fistful of dollars
  3. The good, the bad and the ugly
  4. The great silence
  5. Cut-throats 9
  6. Light the fuse…Sartana is coming
  7. $10.000 Blood money
  8. They call me Hallelujah
  9. Sabata
  10. Django
  11. Have a good funeral my friend Sartana will pay
  12. Death rides a horse
  13. Day of anger
  14. Companeros
  15. The big gundown
  16. Once upon a time in the west
  17. They call him Cemetery
  18. Navajo Joe
  19. Mannaja
  20. Johnny Oro
1085

Shoot the living… pray for the dead is in my opinion a very atmospherical little movie with Kinski in one of his best western parts with a great unusal music from Mario Migliardi, who also made the great score for Matalo!.
Return of Halleluja is one of the nicest, I couldn’t find a good translation, movies I have ever seen with a wonderful nice music and a great cast and even with a good german dubbing.
I also found that Wertmüllers The Belle Starr Story is not one of the best but one of the most interessting italian western and Elsa Martinelli is very hot in this.

1086

[quote=“Cipriano, post:1081, topic:190”]I’m new on this forum, so I will show you my Top 20, but this is always very difficult.

  1. Face to Face Sollima, Sergio

  2. Duck you sucker Leone, Sergio

  3. The Great Silence Corbucci, Sergio

  4. Matalo! Canevari, Cesare

  5. The Mercenary Corbucci, Sergio

  6. My Name is Nobody Valerii, Tonino

  7. Shoot the living… pray for the dead Vari, Giuseppe

  8. A bullet for the general Damiani, Damiano

  9. Kill and pray Lizzani, Carlo

  10. Django kill Questi, Giulio

  11. Return of Halleluja Carnimeo, Giuliano

  12. Yankee Brass, Tinto

  13. The moment to kill Carnimeo, Giuliano

  14. Trinity is still my name Barboni, Enzo

  15. I want him dead Bianchini, Paolo

  16. Day of Anger Valerii, Tonino

  17. Fury of Johnny Kid Puccini, Giani

  18. The Belle Starr Story Wertmüller, Lina

  19. Once upon a time in the west Leone, Sergio

  20. Trinity sees red Camus, Mario

  21. Django Corbucci, Sergio

  22. Death Sentence Lanfranchi, Mario

  23. Tepepa Petroni, Giulio

  24. Django shoots first DeMartino, Alberto

  25. Viva Cangacairo Fago, Giovanni

  26. Cemetery without crosses Hossein, Robert

  27. Buddy goes west Lupo, Michele

  28. Shotgun Mauri, Roberto

  29. The price of death Gicca Palli, Lorenzo

  30. They call me Trinity Barboni, Enzo

  31. Keoma Castellari, Enzo G.

  32. If you meet Sartana pray for your death Parolini, Gianfranco

  33. Johnny Hamlet Castellari, Enzo G.

  34. Man of the east Barboni, Enzo

  35. No room to die Garrone, Sergio

  36. Viva Django Baldi, Ferdinando

  37. A Fistful of Dollars Leone, Sergio

  38. The Big Gundown Sollima, Sergio

  39. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Leone, Sergio

  40. A Stranger in Town Vanzi, Luigi[/quote]
    Unusual list, very nice.

1087

[quote=“Cipriano, post:1085, topic:190”]Shoot the living… pray for the dead is in my opinion a very atmospherical little movie with Kinski in one of his best western parts with a great unusal music from Mario Migliardi, who also made the great score for Matalo!.
Return of Halleluja is one of the nicest, I couldn’t find a good translation, movies I have ever seen with a wonderful nice music and a great cast and even with a good german dubbing.
I also found that Wertmüllers The Belle Starr Story is not one of the best but one of the most interessting italian western and Elsa Martinelli is very hot in this.[/quote]

I like Shoot the Living too. And the Wertmüller film has its moments.

What about the first Halleluja? The score is even better imo and it’s generally viewed as the better of the 2. I’m surprised that you prefer the 2nd without having the 1st in your top 40.

But the German dub for both is … well, it’s not completely out of place for these type of films, but it doesn’t care very much for the original dialogues (I only say “Erwin Pomerenke”) . In the end I can live with them, but prefer the Italian version with subs.

1088

It is very difficult to explain but the 2nd Halleluja has more this easy feeling, I can’t really explain it in english, like the very nice, naive and innocent movies from Barboni with Spencer and Hill also the music is more this way. The german dubbing has some misses, that’s right but in general it is very good.
The first Halleluja is also not bad, also the other Carnimeo comedy-western, but ist not my favourite.

1089

This is in order of enjoyment, rather than artistic or technical merit

Old list:

[quote=“Ming, post:898, topic:190”]01 - Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The
02 - For A Few Dollars More
03 - Fistful Of Dollars, A
04 - Keoma
05 - Death Rides A Horse
06 - Django
07 - Four Of The Apocalypse
08 - 10,000 Dollars Blood Money
09 - If You Meet Sartana, Pray For Your Death
10 - I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death / Sartana The Gravedigger
11 - I Want Him Dead
12 - Blindman
13 - Once Upon A Time In The West
14 - Vengeance Is Mine / One Hundred Thousand Dollars Per Killing
15 - Specialist, The / Specialists
16 - Big Gundown, The
17 - Great Silence, The
18 - Man: His Pride And His Vengeance
19 - And God Said To Cain…
20 - Forgotten Pistolero, The[/quote]

New list:

01 - Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The
02 - For A Few Dollars More
03 - Fistful Of Dollars, A
04 - Keoma
05 - Death Rides A Horse
06 - Django
07 - Four Of The Apocalypse
08 - 10,000 Dollars Blood Money
09 - If You Meet Sartana, Pray For Your Death
10 - I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death / Sartana The Gravedigger
11 - I Want Him Dead
12 - California
13 - Blindman
14 - Once Upon A Time In The West
15 - Vengeance Is Mine / One Hundred Thousand Dollars Per Killing
16 - Specialist, The / Specialists
17 - Big Gundown, The
18 - Great Silence, The
19 - Man: His Pride And His Vengeance
20 - And God Said To Cain…

21 - Hellbenders, The
22 - Ruthless Four, The
23 - Forgotten Pistolero, The
24 - Revenge For Revenge / Vengeance For Vengeance
25 - Cut-Throats Nine
26 - Shoot The Living And Pray For The Dead
27 - Matalo!
28 - Dead Men Ride
29 - Cemetery Without Crosses
30 - Have A Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
31 - Blood At Sundown / $1000 On The Black
32 - Twice A Judas
33 - Day Of Anger
34 - Return Of Ringo, The
35 - Man Who Killed Billy The Kid, The / Few Bullets More, A
36 - No Room To Die / Noose For Django
37 - Beyond The Law
38 - My Name Is Nobody
39 - Mercenary, The / Professional Gun, A
40 - Johnny Yuma

This will probably change as I re-view more.

1090

I probably didn’t need to post this yet as my top 20 has not changed as much as I thought it had…

1091

My Old List:

[quote=“Col. Douglas Mortimer, post:633, topic:190”]1. For a Few Dollars More
2. A Fistful of Dollars
3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. The Big Gundown
6. Death Rides a Horse
7. Sabata
8. My Name is Nobody
9. Day of Anger
10. They Call Him Cemetery
11. Light the Fuse Sartana is Coming
12. If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
13. And God Said to Cain
14. Keoma
15. Django
16. The Stranger’s Gundown/Django the Bastard
17. The Stranger Returns
18. Have a Good Funeral My Friend Sartana Will Pay
19. The Return of Ringo
20. A Pistol for Ringo[/quote]

My New List, this will be my final revision:

  1. For a Few Dollars More
  2. A Fistful of Dollars
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  4. Once Upon a Time in the West
  5. The Big Gundown
  6. Death Rides a Horse
  7. Sabata
  8. My Name is Nobody
  9. Day of Anger
  10. They Call Him Cemetery
  11. Light the Fuse, Sartana is Coming
  12. If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death
  13. And God Said to Cain
  14. Keoma
  15. Django
  16. Have a Good Funeral, Sartana Will Pay
  17. I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death
  18. The Stranger Returns
  19. The Stranger’s Gundown/Django the Bastard
  20. No Room to Die

Honorable mention:

Cry for Revenge, Tequila Joe, $10,000 Blood Money, Sartana is Here, Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, Man of the East, Face to Face, Garringo, The Great Silence, Two Pistols for a Coward, A Pistol for Ringo, The Return of Ringo, 32 Caliber Killer, Stranger in Paso Bravo

1092

Hi everyone, I’ve been out of touch with most of you for a while. Hope everybody is doing ok and watching lots of Spaghettis.

I’ve seen a lot of Spaghettis recently that I had never seen before. Over the last 6-8 months my top 20 has evolved quite a bit. Come to the dark side…

Cemetery Without Crosses
Fistful of Dollars
The Great Silence
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Return of Ringo

Once Upon a Time in the West
Django
The Hellbenders
The Big Gundown
Django Kill

For a Few Dollars More
John the Bastard
God Forgives, I Don’t
A Bullet for Sandoval
Hole in the Forehead

The Ruthless Four
Black Killer
El Puro
The Beast
A Taste of the Savage

Honorable Mention:

The Specialists
Johnny Hamlet
The Belle Starr Story
The Forgotten Pistolero
Heads or Tails

Favorite Political Spags (sorry Stanton, no Mercenary)

A Bullet for the General
Tepepa
Kill or Pray
The Price of Power
Killer Kid

Five films best watched in an altered state of consciousness (although this is a good idea for ANY Spaghetti):

Duel in the Eclipse
Yankee
Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
Death Walks in Lardeo
Matalo!

Ten (not so) Guilty Pleasures

Black Killer
Gunman for One Hundred Crosses
Stranger in Town
The Stranger Returns
Stranger in Japan
Get Mean
Blindman
Lola Colt
Legand of Frenchie King
Capatain Apache

Three movies I like for no particular reason…

Run Man Run
Nightn of the Serpent
Valley of the Doomed

This pretty much fills out most of my top 50.

Howdy to Phil, Rev, Stanton, Bluntwolf, Ennio, Korano, et al

1093

Howdy, Romaine!
Good to see you around here, again!

I looked back over the pages of this thread and didn’t see a Top 20 from me! I am sure I posted one before; but, I couldn’t find it.
Anyway…here is another, just for fun.

These are not really in any particular order of preference outside of the first 5 or so.

  1. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
  2. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
  3. THE MERCENARY
  4. DJANGO
  5. FACE TO FACE
  6. THE RETURN OF RINGO
  7. $10,000 BLOOD MONEY
  8. A STRANGER IN TOWN (FOR A DOLLAR IN THE TEETH)
  9. ARIZONA COLT (THE MAN FROM NOWHERE)
  10. IF YOU MEET SARTANA–PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH
  11. REQUIEM FOR A GRINGO (DUEL IN THE ECLIPSE)
  12. LONG DAYS OF VENGEANCE
  13. THE GREAT SILENCE
  14. DUCK YOU SUCKER
  15. JOHNNY YUMA
  16. A PISTOL FOR RINGO
  17. THE BIG GUNDOWN
  18. THE FORGOTTEN PISTOLERO
  19. 7 GUNS FOR THE MACGREGORS
  20. CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES

And I am sure that if I were to make up this list again tomorrow…there would be some variations! ha ha!
But, those top 5 usually stay the same.

1094

Interesting list Romaine. Hope you are well Sir :slight_smile: .

1095

No A Fistful of Dollars, Chris? Sniff, sniff. You have betrayed us. :’(

1096

Hi RF !!! Nice to have you back. :slight_smile: Your mailbox is full though…

1097

[quote=“Chris_Casey, post:1093, topic:190”]I looked back over the pages of this thread and didn’t see a Top 20 from me! I am sure I posted one before; but, I couldn’t find it.
Anyway…here is another, just for fun.

These are not really in any particular order of preference outside of the first 5 or so.

  1. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE[/quote]

Thanks Chris. Ha, I thought about you and FAF many times recently. I am still amazed that you have seen this movie as many times as you have. Does other any Spag come close to FAF in terms of how many times you have viewed it?

Thanks Ennio!

Thanks Blunty. My box is now cleared out.

1098

  1. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

  2. Django

  3. Per un pugno di dollari

  4. Per qualche dollaro in piu

  5. C’era una volta il west

  6. La resa dei conti

  7. Arizona Colt

  8. Vamos a matar, companeros

  9. I giorni dell’ira

  10. Le colt cantarono la morte e fu… tempo di massacro

  11. Giù la testa

  12. Il grande silenzio

  13. Il mio nome è Nessuno

  14. Se sei vivo spara

  15. Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo

  16. Blindman

  17. I quattro dell’Ave Maria

  18. Una pistola per Ringo

  19. Keoma

  20. Quella sporca storia nel west

  21. Cimitero senza croci

  22. Il ritorno di Ringo

  23. Il Mercenario

  24. …e per tetto un cielo di stelle

  25. Anda muchacho, spara

1099

[quote=“Romaine Fielding, post:1092, topic:190”]Hi everyone, I’ve been out of touch with most of you for a while. Hope everybody is doing ok and watching lots of Spaghettis.

Howdy to Phil, Rev, Stanton, Bluntwolf, Ennio, Korano, et al[/quote]

A genuine pleasure to have you back with us RF.
You’ve been missed :slight_smile:

1100

[quote=“LankyFellow, post:1098, topic:190”]1. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

(…)

  1. Anda muchacho, spara[/quote]

Studied some Italian lately? You got even the Italian title of “For a Few Dollars More” right (except for più). It’s indeed “Per Qualche dollar[size=3]O[/size] in più”, and not, which would have been more logical, Dollar[size=3]I[/size]

In Italian qualche (a few) is followed by singular, not plural. In other words, they say: A Few Dollar, instead of A Few DollarS