The 10 Best R-Rated Spaghetti Westerns of All Time

This list features the 10 best R-rated spaghetti westerns and celebrates a graphic, more nihilistic, and haunting vision of the Wild West.

The 10 Best R-Rated Spaghetti Westerns of All Time

When Western movies became popular in America, directors and screenwriters in Europe began to take notice and were immediately drawn by their potential. Through the use of atmospheric locations and lower production budgets, a new sub-genre was born – the spaghetti western. These movies had their own unique European flair. They centered around outlaws and cowboys and morally ambiguous takes set against the backdrop of sun-baked landscapes of Spain and Italy.

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