THEME EXPLORATION

spaghetti western

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
3 Bad Men
3 Bad Men
1926 · John Ford
A Flickering Light
A Flickering Light
1916 · Frank Borzage
Crook Buster
Crook Buster
1925 · William Wyler
Forty Guns
Forty Guns
1957 · Samuel Fuller
During the Round-Up
During the Round-Up
1913 · D.W. Griffith
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rose et Landry
Rose et Landry
1963 · Jean Rouch
The White Buffalo
The White Buffalo
1977 · J. Lee Thompson
Vent d’est
Vent d’est
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Dynamite Joe
Dynamite Joe
1968 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone Italy

He virtually invented the spaghetti western subgenre and perfected it through iconic films like the 'Dollars Trilogy,' defining the aesthetic of slow-burn tension, operatic violence, and morally ambiguous antiheroes.

 Bruno Corbucci Italy

A prolific spaghetti western director who created visceral, gritty films like 'Django' that pushed the genre toward darker themes and innovative storytelling beyond Leone's influence.