 The Bicycle Thief 1948  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Bicycle Thieves
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Guilio Chiari, Sergio Leone, Elena Altieri, Carlo Jachino, Michele Sakara, Emma Druetti, Fausto Guerzoni
This film has consistently placed high in polls asking for the greatest films of all time. Set during the Great Depression, the plot involves the plight of Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) who has finally landed a job but needs his bike to deliver posters. As luck would have it, on his first day of work someone steals the bike. As Antonio takes his son, Bruno (Enzo Staiola), through Rome in search of the bicycle, father and son bond–despite their entrapment in poverty. Winner of an Honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign film.
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 The Fallen 2006  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ari Taub
Cast: John McVay, Thomas Pohn, Fabio Sartor, Ron Hirt, Sergio Leone, Frank Licari, Markus Kirschbaum, Alessandro Lombardo, John O'Leary, Carmine Raspaolo, Wolfram Teufel, Ruben Pla
Set in Northern Italy during World War II, this story looks at the war through the eyes of three groups of soldiers–German, Italian, and American–who are simply trying to survive each day in an alien world.
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 A Fistful of Dollars 1964  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Western
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Mario Brega, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Jose Calvo, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joseph Egger, Sieghardt Rupp, Antonio Prieto, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martin, Benito Stefanelli, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambrell, Harry Dean Stanton
A drifter gunman "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) comes into a Mexican border town of San Miguel, which is in the midst of turmoil set off by two families who are fighting. "Joe" makes friends with bar owner Silvanito (Jose Calvo) and ends up earning cash for killing off the feuding family members. As he plays one family against the other, "Joe" stays awhile and leaves a more peaceful town. The film spawned two sequels: "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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A Fistful of Dynamite 1972 PG, 139 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Duck, You Sucker
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Maria Monti, Romolo Valli, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi, Antoine Saint-John, Vivienne Chandler, David Warbeck, Giulio Battiferri
Set during the Mexican Revolution, Rod Steiger is excellent in his role of Juan Mirando, a peasant bandit drawn into action with Irish explosives expert, John (James Coburn).
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 For a Few Dollars More 1965 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western / Action
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Joseph Egger, Benito Stefanelli, Mara Krup, Klaus Kinski, Mario Brega, Aldo Sambrell, Luigi Pistilli, Panos Papadopulos, Roberto Camardiel, Luis Rodriguez, Tomas Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo
In this sequel to "A Fistful of Dollars," Monco (Clint Eastwood) joins forces with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in an attempt to capture psychotic bandit Indio (Gian Maria Volonte). While not completely trusting each other, they do form a partnership, and Monco watches as Mortimer guns down Indio. But, while Monco was planning on the reward money, Mortimer, it turns out, was seeking revenge.
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 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1966  R, 161 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Western / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre, Chelo Alonso, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli, Aldo Sambrell, Rada Rassimov, Enzo Petito, Claudio Scarchilli, John Bartha, Livio Lorenzon, Antonio Casale, Sandro Scarchilli
Gold is hidden in a graveyard, and Blondie "the Good" (Clint Eastwood), Angel Eyes "the Bad" (Lee Van Cleef), and Tuco "the Ugly" (Eli Wallach) are searching for the missing $200,000 in gold that they were told about by a dying man (Antonio Casale). Tuco is told the name of the cemetery, and Blondie is given the name on the grave. Now, each knows half of the secret, and they must work together to find the gold. Probably the best spaghetti Western ever. 1 User Review
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| | BRAD79 07/02/2009 | | ONE OF CLINTS BEST WESTERNS. |
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 Once Upon a Time in America 1984  R, 226 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Danny Aiello, William Forsythe, Richard Bright
Mid-1900s' Jewish gangsters in New York City is the theme of this movie, which, after a confusing beginning, becomes an effective vehicle for Robert De Niro. The plot finally takes off when a briefcase filled with money is found, and the real story begins. This is the "full" version, which is significantly better than the one originally released which had been chopped to a point that it often didn't make sense. 1 User Review
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| | siscopop 06/18/2007 | | One of the grates movies ever made |
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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| 1. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
aka: Bicycle Thieves
2. The Fallen (2006)
3. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
4. A Fistful of Dynamite (1972)
aka: Duck, You Sucker
5. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
7. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
8. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
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