A List Full of Spaghetti Westerns

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Spaghetti Western is a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by critics in USA and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.

It was Sergio Leone who defined the look and attitude of the genre with his first western and the two that soon were to follow:For a Few Dollars more (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Together these films are called ‘The Dollars Trilogy’. Leone’s West was a dusty wasteland of whitewashed villages, howling winds, scraggy dogs and cynical heroes, as unshaven as the villains.

All three films were scored by Ennio Morricone, and his music was as unusual as Leone’s visuals: not only did he use instruments like the trumpet, the harp or the electric guitar, he also added whistle, cracking whips and gunshots to the concoction, described by a critic as a ‘rattlesnake in a drumkit’. Morricone went on to score over 30 Italian westerns and was a key factor in the genre's success.

In general spaghetti westerns are more action oriented than their American counterparts. Dialogue is sparse and some critics have pointed out that they are constructed as operas, using the music as an illustrative ingredient of the narrative. For the time of making many spaghetti westerns were quite violent, and several of them met with censorship problems, causing them to be cut or even banned in certain markets. Many spaghetti westerns have an American-Mexican border setting and feature loud and sadistic Mexican bandits. The Civil War and its aftermath is a recurrent background. Instead of regular names the heroes often have bizarre names like Ringo, Sartana, Sabata, Johnny Oro, Arizona Colt or Django. The genre is unmistakably a catholic genre (some other names in use are Hallelujah, Cemetery, Trinity or Holy Water Joe!), with a visual style strongly influenced by the catholic iconography of, for instance, the crucifixion, the last supper or the ecce homo. The surreal extravanganza Django Kill! (Se sei vivo, spara, 1967), by Giulio Questi, former assistant of Fellini (!) has a resurrected hero who witnesses a reflection of Judgment Day in a dusty western town.

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  1. 32 -

    ... continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità

    1971 — a.k.a. Trinity Is Still My Name, in 1 top list Check
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    ...E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo

    1973 — a.k.a. On the Third Day Arrived the Crow, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 109 -

    ...e per tetto un cielo di stelle

    1968 — a.k.a. A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 437 -

    ...e venne il tempo di uccidere

    1968 — a.k.a. And Then a Time for Killing, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 513 -

    100.000 dollari per Ringo

    1965 — a.k.a. $100,000 for Ringo, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 217 -

    1000 dollari sul nero

    1966 — a.k.a. Blood at Sundown, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 431 -

    10,000 dollari per un massacro

    1967 — a.k.a. 10,000 Dollars for a Massacre, in 1 top list Check
  8. 149 -

    3 pistole contro Cesare

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 158 -

    Acquasanta Joe

    1971 — a.k.a. Holy Water Joe, in 0 top lists Check
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    Al di là della legge

    1968 — a.k.a. Beyond the Law, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amore, piombo e furore

    1978 — a.k.a. China 9, Liberty 37, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 278 -

    Anche nel west c'era una volta Dio

    1968 — a.k.a. God Was in the West, Too, at One Time, in 0 top lists Check
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    Anche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo

    1971 — a.k.a. Django's Cut Price Corpses, in 0 top lists Check
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    Anda muchacho, spara!

    1971 — a.k.a. Dead Men Ride, in 1 top list Check
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    The Animals

    1970 — a.k.a. Five Savage Men, in 0 top lists Check
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    Antes llega la muerte

    1964 — a.k.a. Hour of Death, in 0 top lists Check
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    Apache Woman

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
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    Arde baby, arde

    1971 — a.k.a. Dead Aim, in 0 top lists Check
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    Arizona Colt

    1966 — a.k.a. Man from Nowhere, in 1 top list Check
  20. 143 -

    Une aventure de Billy le Kid

    1971 — a.k.a. A Girl Is a Gun, in 1 top list Check
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    La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far West

    1972 — a.k.a. Sonny and Jed, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bandidos

    1967, in 1 top list Check
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    Il bandolero stanco

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
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    Barquero

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 87 -

    La bataille de San Sebastian

    1968 — a.k.a. Guns for San Sebastian, in 0 top lists Check
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    La belva

    1970 — a.k.a. The Beast, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bill il taciturno

    1967 — a.k.a. Django Kills Softly, in 0 top lists Check
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    Black Jack

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
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    Black Killer

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Blindman

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    Blu Gang e vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati

    1973 — a.k.a. Brothers Blue, in 0 top lists Check
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    Blueberry

    2004 — a.k.a. Renegade, in 0 top lists Check
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    Boss Nigger

    1975 — a.k.a. The Black Bounty Killer, in 0 top lists Check
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    Botte di Natale

    1994 — a.k.a. Troublemakers, in 0 top lists Check
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    Buon funerale amigos!... paga Sartana

    1970 — a.k.a. Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, in 0 top lists Check
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    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
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    California

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    Campa carogna... la taglia cresce

    1973 — a.k.a. Those Dirty Dogs, in 0 top lists Check
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    Captain Apache

    1971 — a.k.a. Deathwork, in 0 top lists Check
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    Carambola

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
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    La caza del oro

    1972 — a.k.a. They Believed He Was No Saint, in 0 top lists Check
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    C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la...

    1970 — a.k.a. I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin, in 0 top lists Check
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    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 338 -

    Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?

    1972 — a.k.a. What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution?, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 233 -

    Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?

    1973 — a.k.a. Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 123 -

    La collina degli stivali

    1969 — a.k.a. Boot Hill, in 0 top lists Check
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    Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di...

    1966 — a.k.a. Massacre Time, in 1 top list Check
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    Comanche blanco

    1968 — a.k.a. White Comanche, in 0 top lists Check
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    Comin' at Ya!

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
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    Condenados a vivir

    1972 — a.k.a. Cut-Throats Nine, in 0 top lists Check
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