Spaghetti westerns — Leone, Corbucci, Sollima, and the second tier
Leone defined the form: the trilogy with Eastwood, then Once Upon a Time in the West, then the gangster elegy of Once Upon a Time in America. But Sergio Corbucci made Django and The Great Silence — both bleaker and stranger than Leone. Sergio Sollima's trilogy is tighter than it gets credit for. Morricone scored most of it. The second tier runs deep: Damiani, Castellari, Petroni, Questi. The list filters Italian-language westerns and action films from the genre's working years, 1964–1978.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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They Call Me Trinity
The Great Silence
Trinity Is Still My Name
The Big Gundown
My Name Is Nobody
Django
Day of Anger
Death Rides a Horse
Keoma
The Mercenary
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