Sergio Leone - Ranked From Worst to Best
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- This is every single Sergio Leone film, ranked from worst to best.
Sergio Leone is one of the greatest and most influential directors in film history, which is saying a lot considering he’s only made 7 films in his entire career. But when you’re a true great like Leone, you don’t need any more than that to cement your legacy.
0:00 Intro
1:18 #7
3:00 #6
5:44 #5
8:19 #4
10:46 #3
13:35 #2
16:26 #1 - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
They say Leone was in the beginning stages of working on an epic about Stalingrad before he suddenly passed away. Can only dream what the maestro would have done with the story of an epic WW2 battle.
Yep. I have heard about it. Would have liked to see that movie!
He wanted to make a film about the Leningrad siege not about Stalingrad battle.
@@romagrafici1118 Thanks for the clarification. I'll assume an Italian knows the details better than I do, as I am only recalling what I read many years ago, and certainly could have gotten the two mixed up. Personally, I'd even watch a Leone movie about toothpaste coming out of a tube (as long as Ennio scored it too).
I had read about it and Giuseppe Tornatore wanted to pursue the project. I could of actually imagined it happening seeing how I love Tornatore's films and cinematic approach to his films. However with Maestro Ennio Morricone gone ..who would of scored the film. That remains the question.
I read that they were gonna have one million of extras for the epic battle scenes. Damn son!
The combination of Sergio Lione's bold vision and the incredibly handsome Clint Eastwood mixed with Ennio Morricone's mesmerizing music was pure magic ✨️
2 things: Clint and Ennios music!
I can’t hear “Deborah’s Theme” without getting tears in my eyes. That movie is not only my favorite Leone film, but my favorite film of all time. It just makes me feel so many things. The amount of nostalgia sentimentality he makes me feel with that film is incredible
7. The Colossus of Rhodes
6. A Fistful of Dollars
5. For a Few Dollars More
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Duck, You Sucker!
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1. Once Upon a Time in America.
Sergio Leone is my favorite director of all time. My #1 and #2 picks are also my #1 and #2 favorite movies of all time so... I love his movies so much. Once Upon a Time in America is, in my opinion, the only completely perfect movie. It's absolutely incredible and I think about it so much.
"America" is fantastic, I wouldn't call it perfect but it's a worthy Favorite Film indeed.
GBU might just be my #1 favorite film of all time, but there are a few other options.
I didn’t like the end of Once Upon a Time in America, jumping inside a Garbage Truck🤷♂️
@@vincenzomarabotto I just watched it and looked it up to see other people's thought on it.
There's a theory that the garbage truck part was just a dream for Noodles because he had seen Max fake his death (river boat) before, and that's what he was hoping for to take the guilt off of him because he tipped the cops on the deal that got the other gang members killed.
@@vincenzomarabotto yeah I agree with you , that end sucks a little bit, but man the movie is a masterpiece , the best gangster movie in my own opinion
OUATIA is my favorite film too. It beautifully captures the theme of regret and “time” and how we will always have memories, good or bad, that stay with us forever. Life is beautiful, and sad. Just like the film.
I'm always amazed at how Eli Wallach runs all over the cemetery at the end. He was already more than 50 years old yet appeared very fit for his age. Perhaps it's no surprise that he lived to age 98.
Never thought about that:) but yeah!
Cemetary was real. Spains war between Franco and the Republic.
@@petrusinvictus3603 No it's not 😂 Spanish army made the Sad Hill cemetary.
It was a Real cemetary in Spain. I do not no how
they filmed it. Watch making of the G,B&A.
@@petrusinvictus3603 It's obviously You that needs to watch it. It was made for movie.
definitely duck you sucker and once upon a time in the west are his best films... especially duck you sucker i was surprised when i realized how underrated it is
The last 10-12 minutes of the Good the Bad and the Ugly is pure cinema masterpiece. Not much comes close… almost no dialogue, just film and cinematography!
Being a photographer since age 13 when I first saw Sergio Leone on the Big Screen I went crazy “This is how to shoot a Western!” Tight head +gun shots off to one side with a tiny guy on the other while the music builds to make you wait what seems like an eternity. 😲 BRAVO Ha ha
You are so correct on the good, the bad and the ugly as the greatest western of all time it’s mine too. The final shoot out at sad hill cemetery is the best ever filmed it takes more than 15 minutes with little dialogue the tension builds and builds it’s just unmatched !
Once upon a time in the west for me is the ultimate western & revenge movie
It's better than TGTBATU and imo also the best western ever and also one of the best ever movies
No
@@novistador9844 yes
@@HILAL19564 no
@@novistador9844 yes
1- Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is my favourite movie of all times. Thanks for the upload.
he fully directed the film "The Last Days of Pompeji" before doing "Colossus of Rhodes", but wasn't credited for it.
He also produced and partially directed the two Western Comedys "My Name is Nobody" and "A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe"
so technically it would be 10 films (8 if you don't wanna count the only partially directed films)
My Name Is Nobody is a great film!
He also was 2nd director on Ben Hur and directed the chariot race.
@@hennagaijin100 that's a legend. He loved to boast about this, but who really directed was William Wyler himself.
I have heard he supposedly directed about 90% of "My name is Nobody". I presume this is true because he was a big fan of Henry Fonda.
@@django7783 And how do we know this?
I should add that Leone is the greatest film maker of all time imo.
Many prefer the more popular "Dollars" movies, I love personally the "Once Upon a Time" trilogy, composed of more visually polished, complex, and intelligent movies, made at the height of Leone's craftmanship
exactly
Yeah but no Van Cleef :/
@@_JackDavid Exactly
Yes me too!!! I prefer the once upon a Time trilogy
Once Upon A Time In The West is absolutely epic.
Giu La Testa, Once upon a time in the west. Is my most Sergio Leone's favorite movies
Appreciate the video
Duck You Sucker #1.
I’ve always loved the longest version without knowing anyone else rated it - then
Glenn Erickson’s and Sir Christopher Frayling’s knowledge and erudition later helped me see how this is, despite the comedy, Leone’s first ‘serious’ film and brutally effective in communicating his personal politics. And then, once you entertain the fullest potential meaning of the flashbacks, the film becomes something else entirely. A John Ford level masterpiece.
7: The Colossus of Rhodes
6: For a Few Dollars More
5: Duck You Sucker!
4: A Fistful of Dollars
3: Once Upon a Time in America
2: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1: Once Upon a Time in the West
The top 3 could all be #1
Nice list, I can see where you come from, Once Upon a Time in West used to be my number 1 for a while as well.
@@IaMD.B. 4 and 5 are easily switchable!
@@AlmightyBruce for me one is clearly better than the other:) but it's all a matter of opinion of course
My list exactly
I’d put Duck you Sucker above all the dollars films.
It is bizarre which TH-cam videos get the most views. This is an informative, well edited, and narrated video. Well done. I came here because of Tarantino's love of this director. You also did a great job of describing why you appreciated these movies without spoiling them for (people like me) who haven't seen them.
Thank you very much:) Really appreciate it
You should watch them. Tarantino is one of my favourite directors, but Leone is something special. The good, the bad and the ugly is one of the few movies that can be titled the best of all time.
1. The Good, the bad and the ugly
2. For a few dollars more
3. Once upon a time in America
4. A Fistful of dollars
5. Once upon a time in the west (in Sweden: ”Harmonica”)
6. Duck you sucker
7. The Colossus of Rhodes
3. A fistful of dollars (a good start for the beginning of the spaghetti western era. But the production values weren’t that great since the film was made on a low budget.)
2. For a few dollars more (there’s more style and scope in the film than in the first with a much bigger budget)
1. The good the bad and the ugly (such an epic movie with an iconic theme, Iconic characters and the greatest standoff of all spaghetti westerns.
It's interesting seeing Leone's Westerns elevated to "classic" status. When they were released they were dismissed, ignored, or ridiculed by critics. (I'm old-- I read the reviews). My favorite Leone movie: For a Few Dollars More. Incidentally, the three "Dollars" movies plus Eastwood's wretched Hang'Em High were once released in a quadruple feature to drive-ins. It made for a long, long evening. I know. I sat in the car.
"For a few dollars more is lighthearted"
I mean...
one of the villain's first scenes is him ordering the murder of a woman and her 18 month old baby.
Also it's about avenging a rape.
"i know, you hate me just enough"
Even his worst film is still pretty damn good. The six remaining are some of the best FILMS ever, in my opinion. Great stuff
I’m one of those guys that thought For a few dollars more was a much better film than fistful (though fistful is awesome) I think it just has the stigma of being right in the middle of Leone’s grand entry into the Mainstream and his pinnacle The good, the bad and the ugly. And as such gets very underrated
I also think for a few dollars more is better than fistfull
"For a Few Dollars More" is the best of the trilogy - in my not-so-humble opinion!
72% Agree word to word (esp No.1), 28% haven't seen the movies.
The Good The Bad & The Ugly is also my favorite movie, always has been. My grandpa would let me watch Clint westerns with him even as young as 3 or 4. Cinemax has an Eastwood marathon one time and he recorded all 3 movies on VHS-Hang ‘Em High, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good The Bad & The Ugly. Throughout my childhood I wore that tape out. Was a teenager before I found and saw Fistful somehow and a little later, Once Upon A Time in the West, Which I didn’t appreciate nearly as much initially as I do now (young me missed Clint not being there).
Still haven’t ever seen Duck Uou Sucker or Once Upon A Time In America yet somehow, or the other which I didn’t even know about until watching this video.
Duck You Sucker is free on YT in case you're interested
Thanks for letting me know. Definitely need to carve some time out and watch that. Have wanted to for years now
You look like American? I spent a year as an
exchange student in Pittsburgh PA 1984-85. Got the funny hat and two propousal from Uncle Sam: The US ARMY and NAVY sent me letters come on join, You
get green card. I declined and served in Finlands navy(reserve Leutenant). Hoping to join NATO!
The crazy thing is that a lot of people like me first saw these movies on TV or VHS before letterboxing and 16:9 televisions. They were great movies, but we only saw half the frame! Sometimes we'd only see part of an eye or a nose in the closeups and in the wide shots there'd be three people talking but we could only see one. Leone never made compositions that worked for 4:3 13 inch TVs.
6. Once Upon a Time in America
5. Duck, You Sucker!
4. A Fistful of Dollars
3. Once Upon a Time in the West
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1. For a Few Dollars More
I strongly disagree with your placement of “Duck, You Sucker!”, I believe the movie is one of Leone’s most beautiful and profound movies he’s ever made. I love how Seán and Juan grow throughout the film. The cinematography is truly special, especially paired with (in my opinion) Morricone’s best score. This all just my opinion but I definitely think it’s the second best Leone movie (right behind “Once Upon a Time in The West”)
Don't get me wrong, I love the movie:) I love all of his movies except for his first one. Totally understand your affection for it.
@@IaMD.B. ironically enough, I started off not really liking it, but I find myself loving it more with each repeat viewing
Also for me DYS deserves the second place, but behind Once Upon a Time in America.
I totally agree with the ranking you made of Gergio Leone's works. I love all of them according to the order you made.
7: The Colossus of Rhodes - 2.5/4
6: Duck, You Sucker! - 3/4
5: For a Few Dollars More - 3/4
4: A Fistful of Dollars - 3.5/4
3: Once Upon a Time in America - 4/4
2: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 4/4
1: Once Upon a Time in the West - 4/4
Absolutely agree.
Well I just learned that Two Mules for Sister Sara wasn't a Sergio Leone movie. I guess just because it stars Clint Eastwood and has an Ennio Morricone score doesn't automatically mean Sergio Leone.
Personally, i think once Upon a Time in America Is the best movie of all time, but i understand your decision
I own all of these movies and I love my top 4 so much that I can't put any of them behind any of the other ones.
So I have 4 number 1s, and they are, in no particular order, Once upon a time in America, Once upon a time in the west, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and Duck you sucker.
These movies were some of the most AMAZING films ever made.
We would be remiss if we didn't give the Great Ennio Morricone his due, for the AWESOME SOUNDTRACKS. His music put me in the perfect mood every single time.
Truer words have never been spoken:)
As a huge fan of Leone's productions i' m 100% agree with you. You know very well the argument and have the correct passion.
My opinion is very unpolular. According to me Leone has ALWAYS improved himself. So my list "from worst to best" is perfectly equals to his filmography in cronological order:
7) Cholossus of Rhodes
6) A fistful of dollars
5) For a few dollars more
4) The Good the Bad & the Ugly
3) Once Upon a Time in the West
2) Duck You Sucker
1) Once Upon a Time in America
Great video, and a great list. My only input would be to put America above For a Few 👏
Great video. One very small correction: the bad doesn't kill the entire family in the opening scene. He kills only the father and one of the sons. The lady of the house and the other little boy are spared.
Even more ruthless for the survivors, I would say...
Yes, and then he kills the guy who hired him. Each of the trio are introduced by killing three men a piece.
Sean isn’t a demolition expert he’s an IRA volunteer on the run.
When you have a great body of work like the films of Sergio Leone (in quality not quantity), I find it hard to put them into a list of order and prefer to think of them as a collective jewel where some facets shine a little brighter than others. The brightest facet for me is FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, which was the first Leone I saw in the cinema when it was released. I love the others too, but nothing can compare to that first feeling I had when watching something I felt was totally unique at the time. After all these years, I still enjoy viewing it. 🔫 💵
I've learnt over the years that unofficial remakes are somehow mostly good if not better. Like The thing, TLOTR trilogy, James Bond etc.
Super dope video, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is a masterpiece.
I check out a lot of movie discussion/review channels. You’re definitely one of the better ones. Keep it up, it’ll catch on
Wow, thank you so much Susan. I'll definitely keep it up!
Tell your friends to subscribe:) I'm really excited by the sudden growth of the channel, hope it continues.
The only problem with GBU is the weapons displayed are at least a decade ahead of the time period. However, this is absolutely my favorite movie of all time. Your rankings are spot on.
I would swap over the order of your final two - I think Once Upon A Time In The West is a more complete film. I think the dialogue, the acting, the music (I love that each character has their own musical signature) and the cinematography are at their best in Once Upon A Time In The West.
Me too. Once Upon A Time #1, Good, Bad and Ugly #2 and all the rest in any order you want.
AGREED! OUATITW says some important things about character, greed, deeply meaningful friendship, shattered dreams and ambition. It hits harder than TGTBATU but then it is a different type of film. This is not as playful, as lingeringly violent and although it's much less of a road movie (all taking place in one region) it's profoundly more beautiful and contemplative.
@@LampoonGoon I liked your last line, 'profoundly more beautiful and contemplative,' I think you're spot on. I also think that OUATITW pulls more on your emotional strings. It is filled with more pathos - which is surprising when you consider TGTBATU features the American Civil War.
I pretty much agree with this completely except I would swap the number 1 and 2 positions over. OUATITW is the greatest because of the dynamic between the main characters. It is an incredible tour de force and I don't find the pace a problem at all and it has greater emotional depth than TGTBATU. Jill is an incredible heroine and his other films don't have that.
If you leave out the Colossus of Rhodes, I find it quite impossible to choose between the others. I often re-watch them and my choice simply depends on my mood.
This list is so unfathomably based
…aka almost the same as mine
If you like Sergio Leone style spaghetti westerns you should check out "My Name is Nobody".. Same vibe, great musical score and Henry Fonda is in it!
Bravo. Loved the video. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and helping me decide which Sergio Leone film to show my friend.
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Once Upon A Time In America is his masterpiece.
You’ve missed one !? which he produced & directed a few scenes & I think is the most underrated film ever “ My name is Nobody “ it’s the most gorgeous film with a brilliant Morricone soundtrack
He didn´t direct My Name is Nobody, he just wrote it. Tonino Valerii did.
@@MrCarpen7er he directed a couple of scenes?
This film is on you tube and you can clearly see which scenes Leone directed himself. Watch the scene where a dog gets up and walks across the road. Genius and totally Leone. It's a great film and highly recommended. Also one of Morricone's most under rated scores.
@@ericcoyle3520 and the guy having the piss in the station , it’s a great movie
Ounce upon a time in the West took me twenty years to appreciate it's beautiful on so many levels
I like "Once Upon a Time in the West" best for all the reasons stated in this video.
Still need to watch Colossus of Rhodes.
1 Once Upon a Time in America
2 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
3 Once Upon a Time in The West
4 For a Few Dollars More
5 Duck, You Sucker!
6 A Fistful of Dollars
Duck, You Sucker is Leone's most flawed film, because of inconsistencies in the tone and deleted scenes. It's still a hidden gem though. It has some of Leone's darkest and most adult moments.
A Fistful of Dollars is great, but it is Leone still developing his own style. Unlike Yojimbo, which was made by Kurosawa in his prime.
I've still only seen 4 of his movies. Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars. I absolutely love all of them but I'll simply say that Once Upon a Time in America is the only movie that has caused me to write an email to Criterions suggestion email to request that they add it to the collection. Both inspired by how much of a masterpiece it is and by that Blu ray release being out of print lol. Great video.
Great ranking. I agree that Once Upon in the West is slow and that's what I like the least about it, though it's a great movie. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is also a long movie, but it doesn't waste a minute. You barely even notice that 3 hours have past when it concludes.
I have to say... I totally agree with you!
#1. Once Upon a Time in the West.
All of his others are in a tie for 2nd!!!!!
totally agree with you ! The good bad ugly with Tuco's acting and Clints good looks and Van cleefe's evil was the epic of all masterpieces !!!
You forget Ennio Morricone's background score
@@sugavanesh3776 Yes, I'm sorry, you are totally right !
Picking a favorite Leone film is almost impossible. But my personal favorite is Duck You Sucker.
The final duel in once upon a time in the west is probably my favorite scene in movie history. All the buildup was worth it. I get chills every time we get Harmonica's flashback.
5:10 When I was a kid I thought that Westerns were boring but Sergio Leone is the reason I like Westerns today.
I just subscribed to your channel, and I just wanted to say that you are VERY, VERY good....and I agree with another commenter, You are be the best reviewer that I've ever watched and I've watched many before finding you, yesterday.
Are you making fun of me?!?! :DDD
Thank you so much!
I only saw Duck, You Sucker for the first time 2 weeks ago... it is amazing, and I am amazed that I have never really heard of it before, certainly never any buzz about it.
There are a few good versions of it on TH-cam, that's how I watched it on my TV.
Duck you sucker is overlooked because of its vision of politik and revolution: too personal, disillusioned and anti-romantic for a generalist audience. In Italy leftist critics destroyed the movie for this reason but the italian audience (and I'm one of them) have alwayes loved it at the same level of the other Leone's movies.
I agree with this list..His movies will live on... even when we are gone..The good the bad and the ugly..is the best western...I have ever seen..the music is out of this world...
Well The Good The Bad The Ugly is one of the best movies ever made. Period. It's not like there weren't so many incredible movies but this was... Even Sergio Leone couldn't do better than that.
Nah, part 4 Ounce upon a time in america? No way, this is his masterpiece behind The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.´
But this is a great list! Good video!
My personal favorite will always be Once Upon a Time in America. Masterpiece through and through
Leone stands out because of Leone we got to see many Italian westerns 👍 including the dollar movies thanks for the memories 🏜️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
GBU Might be the greatest movie of all time. The kind of movie you hear people talking about how cool and awesome it is and when you watch it is even better
Also If Chris Evans shoots a Kid in the face today (in a movie) not even that would be on par with Henry Fonda killing a child in OUTW, that was a heel turn for the ages.
1. The Good The Bad The Ugly 100%
2. A Fistful Of Dollars 97%
3. For A Few Dollars More 96%
4. Once Upon A Time In The West 94%
Working on seeing the other 3
I'm baffled by what reckoning you find the first spaghetti western better than the second! I think the second is the best of the three - it's more personal, more psychologically complex, more intimate, more mysterious - and it has the best music!
i could not choose between the good the bad and the ugly and once upon a time in the west. they are both the most epic films ever made the only film that comes close is ridley scotts gladiator
amazing video.
Thank you!
western classification:
1. Leone's westerns
2. other westerns
the good, the bad and the ugly, I agree with everything you said, I stopped counting how many times I've watched it, even though the movie lasts almost three hours, when it's over you wonder "is it over yet?"
Once upon a time in America to me is quite comfortably 1st, it covers everything a film could possibly cover while being artistically beautiful and with one of the greatest scores in movie history. Best film I’ve ever seen.
Love it this made me listen to music from afdm
Hi dude, great Job doing this review. I agree with you, my list doesn't look very different than yours. I want to mention that Leone did some more (comedian) movies made in Italy that are masterpieces as well. I suggest you to watch "un sacco bello" or "Bianco Rosso e verdone" for instance, but they are in Italian language only (maybe). I don't know if there are subtitle... For me as an Italian guy I can tell, those films are just one of the bests comedy movies from Italy made in Italy :) peace and love. Oh from the Western Movies I like the most where Clint Eastwood is in there ;)
Good video man! Sergio Leone is my favourite of all time. Little bit gutted about Once Upon Time in America being 4th... cant blame you tho
Thank you:)
I can definitely understand people who rank America higher... Such a great film.
You will be pleased to know that the skeleton in the tomb at the end of the film belongs to a Spanish actress who before dying asked to be able to use her body and enter Sergio Leone's film, immortalizing her... I would say that in this film there are many things therefore, even the love of an actress who took her artistic profession seriously.
I agree. It is my favorite movie of all time too!!!! I think that the music in this movie is the best music I have ever heard in a western....especially at the end (trio music). The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly music I Absolutely Love, and I think the Great Danish National Orchestra did an EXCELLENT job of creating it. People should watch the TH-cam video of this. It literally will bring you to tears!
I have never even heard of #7, but I'm sure that's not surprising to you. As for #5, I have heard of it, but never saw it. But I agree with your descriptions and opinions on all the others. Absolutely spot on. I have special edition DVDs of both "Once Upon a Time" movies, and of the "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". It was interesting to find out that there were lost scenes that were added back in for that DVD. On a different note, I love the miniseries "Moses the Lawgiver", which has a musical score by Morricone. It's brilliant as always.
Sean is the Irish version of John.
Great and very well-made video! I definitely agree with there not being a perfect film.
There is no worst. It should be good to best.
this was solid good job
Thank you:)
Colossus Of Rhodes was a great effort IMO.
I am flabbergasted every time I hear someone say that they prefer "Once Upon a Time in the West" over the greatest western ever made, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". NO COMPARISON! Lee van Cleef is the archetypical bad man; Clint is at the zenith of his portrayal of the man with no name; and Eli Wallach plays his greatest role ever with panache, humor, viciousness but generates just enough empathy to avoid becoming a caricature. The cinematography is astounding and the musical score far superior. Simply the BEST!
I film di SergioLeone sono indimenticabili li ruvedi sempre con grandentusiasmo
Fistfull of dynamite is my favorite ❤
#1 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
#2 For a Few Dollars More
#3 Once Upon a Time in America
#4 Once Upon a Time in the West
#5 Duck, You Sucker!
#6 A Fistful of Dollars
#7 The Colossus of Rhodes
I can also see a more mature list where "For a Few Dollars More" is at #4, while "il West" and "America" are #2 and #3, respectively.
Can't argue the top 3
Thank you!
You're Welcome:)
U & me have the same taste of movies!
this is really great! and i don't know how i never realized before i saw the clip from 'for a few dollars more' but the hunchback is klaus kinski. if you're not familiar with his work, check him out!
I am familiar with him. Aguirre, The Wrath of God was excellent!
Last Days of Pompeii should be included... Mario Bonnard began directing it, but became sick and died after just 3 days, subsequently assistant director Leone took over as director with fellow future spaghetti director Sergio Corbucci assisting... Also Fistful of Dollars is not the beginning of the spaghetti western genre... Corbucci had already directed two westerns beforehand
True, "Colossus of Rhodes" is hardly a classic, but one might argue that the movie is a lot better by Leone's guidance than it would have been by most other directors. To use a metaphor, Leone was like a chef who took leftovers and produced a dinner much better than might be expected.
You know it's classic when Metallica uses The ecstasy of Gold to start their shows!
Hell yeah!
I saw ALL these in the theater on first release (except waited for non-linear version of Once/America), and I agree with your order. For a Few Dollars More usually gets "forgotten", but way better film than Fistful of Dollars (but likely less important in film history). GBU is also my favorite, and don't forget its anti-war theme running throughout. Not only do I have these films and their music soundtracks, I have been to the remains of the arch from the flashback of Once Upon a Time in the West.