Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Western: 145 Films to Buy & Rent
- Great Silence, The (1968)
- Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frank Wolff
- A 'pure' spaghetti western in the Italian language, with Trintignant playing a mute desperado being pursued by bounty–hunter Kinski through a…
- Kill Them All And Come Back Alone (1968)
- Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Chuck Connors, Frank Wolff, Franco Citti…
- Spaghetti western set during the American Civil War, with a confederate going after a cache of gold owned by the Union Army. He is aided by a group…
- Scalphunters, The (1968)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Ossie Davis…
- A 'mountain' Western, with fur trapper Lancaster and ex–slave Davis teaming up to recapture a cargo of stolen pelts. The script aims at various…
- Villa Rides (1968)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom…
- Violent western set during the Mexican revolution, with Robert Mitchum playing a corrupt Texas gunrunner and pilot who joins Pancho Villa (Yul…
- Will Penny (1968)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence…
- An impressive, unromanticised view of an aging cowpuncher – played by Charlton Heston in possibly his finest dramatic performance – as he…
- Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (Se sei vivo spara) (1967)
- Dir. Giulio Questi
Feat. Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock
- A rather entrancing surrealistic version of the 'spaghetti western' involving a robbery gone wrong and an avenger from beyond the grave... but also…
- Alvarez Kelly (1966)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. William Holden, Richard Widmark
- Set during the American Civil War, this violent western concerns a running feud between the leads over cattle–rustling activities.
- Appaloosa, The (Southwest to Senora) (1966)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon…
- Minor, though well–crafted and photographed Western set around Brando's attempts to recover his prized horse from a Mexican bandit (Saxon).
- Django Shoots First (1966)
- Dir. Alberto De Martino
Feat. Glenn Saxson, Ida Galli, Nando Gazzolo…
- Spaghetti western riffing liberally on Sergio Leone stereotypes, and carrying the distinction of being the first DJANGO knock–off. A man sets…
- Nevada Smith (1966)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith…
- McQueen plays an orphaned half–breed in the West, who quests relentlessly for his parents' killers.
Beautifully made in some stunning…