This list of Spaghetti Western films includes
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films primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns see
List of Euro-Western films.
In the 1960s, the
Spaghetti Western genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential
Dollars trilogy
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, spawned numerous films of the same ilk and often with similar titles, particularly from the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s. By the end of the 1970s, Spaghetti Westerns had lost their following among mainstream cinema audiences and the production had ground to a virtual halt.
List by release date
Spaghetti westerns from the 1980s and 90s include:
* ''
Comin' at Ya!'' (1981)
* ''
Buddy Goes West
''Buddy goes West'' ( it, Occhio alla penna, also known as ''A fist goes West'') is a 1981 Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Michele Lupo.
Plot
In the Old West, a mysterious man, nicknamed "Doc", arrives in a dusty town. Doc is a band ...
'' (1981)
* ''
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
''Tex and the Lord of the Deep'' ( it, Tex e il signore degli abissi) is a 1985 Western film co-written and directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma and William Berger. The film is an adaptation of the ''Tex'' comic series that w ...
'' (1985)
* ''
Django 2: il grande ritorno'' (1987)
* ''
White Apache'' (1987)
* ''
Scalps'' (1987)
* ''
Lucky Luke
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'' (1991)
* ''
Troublemakers'' (1994)
* ''
Sons of Trinity
''Sons of Trinity'' (Italian: ''Trinità & Bambino... e adesso tocca a noi'', also known as ''Trinity & Babyface'' and ''Trinity & Bambino: The Legend Lives On'') is a 1995 Italian, Spanish and German international co-production spaghetti Wester ...
'' (1995)
* ''
Gunslinger's Revenge
''Gunslinger's Revenge'' ( it, Il mio West) is a 1998 Italian Western comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel and David Bowie. The screenplay was written by Veronesi and Pieraccioni, based on ...
'' (1998)
* ''
That Dirty Black Bag
''That Dirty Black Bag'' is a Spaghetti Western television series created by Mauro Aragoni, Silvia Ebreul and Marcello Izzo for AMC+. It features an ensemble cast led by Dominic Cooper, Travis Fimmel and Aidan Gillen. The eight-part series ...
'' Tv Series (2022)
Italian
Neo-Western
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s include ''
Man Hunt'' (1985) and ''
They Call Me Renegade
''They Call Me Renegade'' is a 1987 road movie directed by E.B. Clucher and starring Terence Hill and his adoptive son Ross.
Plot summary
"Renegade" Luke (Hill), a drifter and petty con artist, lives a free and easy life with no responsibility t ...
'' (1987).
The Spanish comedy film ''
800 Balas'' or ''800 Bullets'' (2002) follows performers at a western themed tourist attraction in
Almería, Spain, where the majority of Spaghetti Westerns were filmed, including a former stuntman who had worked on Leone's films.
See also
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List of Spaghetti Western filmmakers
This is a list of filmmakers who appeared in Spaghetti Western films.
Notable personalities
Actors
* Mario Adorf
* Chelo Alonso
* Ángel Álvarez
* Leo Anchóriz
* Ursula Andress
* Tony Anthony
* R. G. Armstrong
* Tina Aumont
* Raf Baldassarre ...
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List of Euro-Western films
References
Further reading
*Frayling, Christopher. ''Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone''. London: Routledge & Keagan Paul, 1981.
*Hughes, Howard. ''Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns''. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006.
*Riling, Yngve P, ''The Spaghetti Western Bible. Limited Edition''. (Riling, 2011).
*Weisser, Thomas. ''Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, The Bad, and The Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1992.
External links
"Spaghetti Western" Movies (by Release Date) a listing by the
Internet Movie Database
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The Spaghetti Western Database an online database of European westerns powered by MediaWiki
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