A Beginner's Guide to Spaghetti Westerns

This video is a beginner’s guide to the subgenre of Spaghetti Westerns. These films were made in the 1960s and 70s by directors like Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, and Duccio Tessari.

You can watch my beginner’s guide to Japanese cinema below:
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Or my playlist of beginner’s guides to various nations:

Intro 0:00
“Dollars” trilogy 0:57
Once Upon a Time in the West 6:04
Duck You Sucker! 7:06
Sergio Corbucci 8:04
Duccio Tessari 10:40
Sergio Sollima 11:36
Terence Hill and Bud Spencer 12:21
Tonino Valerii 13:00
Giulio Petroni 13:31
A Bullet for the General 14:04
Giorgio Stegani 14:26
Lucio Fulci 14:36
Keoma 14:49
Outro 15:10

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[Nailfut]

Despite being Italian, I never watched any spaghetti western for well over 15 years, until one day, thankfully, my father gently forced me to go to the cinema with him because there was a rescreening of The good, the bad and the ugly.

Man, what a ride, it shook me to the bones. To this day I'm still proud and grateful of that decision. Experiencing such a timeless movie on the big screen was eye-opening for sure.

Needless to say, I went on and watched many other westerns, with Once upon a time in the West becoming my favourite, from an artistic point of view. The ending never fails to make me cry like a little baby, it transcends genres, ages, everything. It's a true masterpiece. Just the final stare between Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale gives me chills every single time.
It really is one of my favourite endings of all time, alongside a bunch of John Carpenter's movies (mainly Escape from New York and In the mouth of madness) and Isao Takahata's Only yesterday.

[FlymanMS]

Gui la testa is such a hidden underappreciated gem, probably the most underrated film of Leone.

[Octpus]

I literally grew up with spaghetti westerns. My father was a stuntman and an actor, and he was in dozens of spaghetti westerns, including all of Sergio Leone's and many more. He would take me to Leone's house for Sunday lunch every now and then. So many people in the 60's and 70's made a living from this industry

[pedrovazquez]

I cannot thank you enough for this, I've ALWAYS have tried to get into westerns and the most I've gotten are the more popular ones and maybe El Topo if you consider that to be one...

[SpikeJet]

The only issue with starting with Sergio Leone movies is knowing it ain't gonna get better than this. Don't get me wrong there are alot of entertaining spaghetti westerns out there but Leone is simply in a league of his own

[sachimi_ggz]

I started western like a month ago. i figured out i was too young to enjoy it before. Now it brings me to tears 😭

[paoloisaperson]

My all time favorite western has to be Leone’s “Duck You Sucker!” So many fantastic quotes

[tehpeasant]

Great job! Even as a big spaghetti western fan I've learned something new with this video. I've seen so many spaghetti westerns that I'm not always sure if I saw a particular movie or not, but I think some on this list I have missed so far.

[thewanderingsamurai]

Just to mention one that not enough people talk about, Keoma is fantastic

[stephenanthonybailey]

This is very well done. Well put for brand new film lovers and for those that know westerns well you checked all the boxes. I enjoy your lay out and your critiques that are personal to you as well as you holding the balance of seeming like a neutral film teacher. I wish you luck in your future videos! I'll be watching.

[mollyanderson]

I actually missed the classic days of Spaghetti westerns.

[Bronson]

Excellent video on spaghetti westerns sir! My favorite genre of all time, some other ones that weren’t mentioned in this video that I highly recommend are:
“A stranger in town” & “The stranger returns”, “The forgotten pistolero”, “His name was king” “Shoot the living and pray for the dead” “A minute to pray and a second to die”, “Bandidos” “And God said to Cain” and the excellent “Blindman” (even though there was footage shown for this one in the video).

[Johnnysmithy]

I would love a video that is a guide to classic American Westerns.

[Entertainment]

The Dollar movies are the best Western ever! And i like The great silence a lot, the best Corbucci western!

[gabrielesegapeli]

Believe me, the pronunciations made by a non-Italian are very funny, ha ha ha.
However "Giù La Testa" (or as you others call it) is one of my favorite films of all time, and together with Carpenter's They Live one of the most important films for my growth and the maturation of my ideas on a political and social level..
However, it is certainly an interesting video.

[johnwickspd]

I've seen all of them you said.. 😀 n you can't imagine the impact it created on my personality..! Western Spaghetti's are to be handled with care!

[solanumlycopersicum]

For a few dollars more is the best in the trilogy imo.
Greatest story between Van Cleef and the bad guy!^^

[TimBarrett-bu]

Quentin Tarantino made a documentary about Sergio Corbucci. He talks about this story he made up where Rick Dalton From OUATIH meets him for lunch, and accepts the leading role in his next film. It just goes to show the level of appreciation he had for that director.

[almost_harmless]

Good guide to Italian westerns! While I love the American westerns that came before it (I actually saw some of them before I saw the Italian ones, despite being born well after their heyday), I do like the grittiness of the Italian westerns, as well as their potent drama bubbling underneath it all. I especially love Once Upon a time in the West. The score alone is worth watching it imo.