Westerns of the Spaghetti Variety
My favorite genre of film. Clever, exciting, action packed and whole lot of fun. Here are the best spaghetti westerns.
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- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroJosé CanalejasJosé BódaloA coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsAndrea GiordanaGilbert RolandHorst FrankBack from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton learns that his father was murdered by Santana the bandit and that his mother Gertrude married his uncle Claude but Johnny is determined to find out the truth.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia CardinaleA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodGian Maria VolontèMarianne KochA wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodLee Van CleefGian Maria VolontèTwo bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroTomas MilianFernando ReyA Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantKlaus KinskiFrank WolffA mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroTony MusanteFranco GiacobiniA greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsGian Maria VolontèKlaus KinskiMartine BeswickA band of Mexican gunrunners employed by a revolutionary General accept an American mercenary into their gang, unaware of his true intentions.
- DirectorGiulio PetroniStarsTomas MilianOrson WellesJohn SteinerA Mexican revolutionary contends with a tenacious police chief, a corrupt President he helped put in power, and an English doctor who wants him dead for personal reasons.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsGian Maria VolontèTomas MilianWilliam BergerA history professor has a chance meeting with an infamous outlaw and eventually assumes leadership of his gang.
- DirectorGiulio PetroniStarsLee Van CleefJohn Phillip LawMario BregaA young gunfighter forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, till the surprising end.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsTomas MilianDonald O'BrienLinda VerasA knife-wielding Mexican ne'er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million in revolutionary gold, and finds himself working and competing with various parties for it.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsBurt ReynoldsAldo SambrellNicoletta MachiavelliA Native American warrior seeks revenge on the gang of sadistic scalphunters-turned-bank robbers who massacred his tribe.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiStarsTony AnthonyRingo StarrLloyd BattistaAfter fifty mail-order brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into Mexico in pursuit.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsGiuliano GemmaFernando SanchoLorella De LucaA returning Union Officer discovers that his home has been overrun by Mexican bandits, and infiltrates the gang to restore order and determine if his wife has been faithful to him.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRod SteigerJames CoburnRomolo ValliA low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
- DirectorTonino ValeriiStarsTerence HillHenry FondaJean MartinA young, easy-going gunman worships and competes with a famed gunfighter, insisting that he must face down a gang of 150 outlaws before he can retire.
- DirectorTonino ValeriiStarsLee Van CleefGiuliano GemmaWalter RillaA scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
- DirectorGiancarlo SantiStarsLee Van CleefAlberto DenticeJess HahnA grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsLee Van CleefWilliam BergerIgnazio SpallaA master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsLee Van CleefTomas MilianWalter BarnesAn unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroWilliam BergerOlga KarlatosAn ex-Union gunfighter attempts to protect his plague-ridden hometown from being overridden by his racist half-brothers and a Confederate tyrant.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SteinerSonja JeannineA bounty hunter is hired by a mining town's crippled mayor to find his daughter, who has been kidnapped by the mayor's corrupt right-hand-man and his outlaw gang.
- DirectorRobert HosseinStarsMichèle MercierRobert HosseinGuido LollobrigidaA melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsGianni GarkoWilliam BergerSydney ChaplinA cabal of dignitaries hire Mexican and American gangsters to steal their bank's shipment of gold as part of an insurance scam, but master gunfighter Sartana interferes with their plans.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsGiuliano GemmaFernando SanchoLorella De LucaAn 'angel-faced' gunfighter is tasked with infiltrating a ranch overrun by Mexican bandits and saving their hostages, including the fiancée of the local sheriff.
- DirectorRomolo GuerrieriStarsMark DamonLawrence DobkinRosalba NeriA conniving wife has her husband murdered, and also plans to kill his nephew, the only heir, with the assistance of her ex-lover. When she tries to double-cross the ex-lover, he and the heir team up and kill her bodyguards.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsYul BrynnerDean ReedIgnazio SpallaSabata helps a band of Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagon-load of gold from the occupying Austrian forces of Emperor Maximilian I.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsThomas HunterHenry SilvaDan DuryeaAt the end of the Civil War, 2 Confederates holding stolen Union money and chased by Union troops separate, one escaping with the loot and the other getting a 5-year prison term.
- DirectorGiorgio SteganiStarsLee Van CleefAntonio SabatoLionel StanderA trio of thieves plot to steal a town's silver shipment but a turn of events makes them the town's heroes.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFabio TestiLynne FrederickMichael J. PollardIn 1873, four petty criminals - three men and a pregnant woman - wander through the trackless terrain of Utah, where they are hounded by a sadistic bandit.
- DirectorFranco RossettiStarsAndrea GiordanaRosemary DexterFranco GiornelliAn outlaw masquerades as the son of a blind man in order to find a cache of gold located in a vacated town.
- DirectorGiuliano CarnimeoStarsGianni GarkoWilliam BergerChristopher ChittellJohn and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious roving gunfighter decides to help the guys out of their jam.
- DirectorJulio BuchsStarsGeorge HiltonErnest BorgnineAlberto de MendozaA Confederate deserter, whose Mexican girlfriend dies during childbirth, starts a feud with her Mexican family, becomes an outlaw and vows revenge on all who wronged him.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFranco NeroGeorge HiltonLinda SiniA prospector and his drunkard half-brother must fight a rancher and his sadistic son after they seize control of his farm.