This article is a ranked list from Collider counting down what it considers the ten best "spaghetti Westerns" – Westerns made primarily in Italy, or by Italian directors and studios – a subgenre that flourished chiefly in the 1960s and into the 1970s. It notes the lasting influence of the genre on later filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Edgar Wright, and highlights that nine of the ten entries were directed by filmmakers named Sergio, with Sergio Leone being the genre's most celebrated figure.

The excerpt covers several entries in detail: Enzo G. Castellari's Keoma, starring Franco Nero, is praised as the best spaghetti Western not directed by a "Sergio"; Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars is noted as an unofficial remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo that launched the Dollars trilogy and the careers of Clint Eastwood and composer Ennio Morricone; Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown is highlighted as Lee Van Cleef's best spaghetti Western outside the Dollars films; and Sergio Corbucci's The Mercenary is mentioned as echoing Leone's style, though the text cuts off before further detail is given.