Django (1966)

Django (1966) is the most iconic Spaghetti Western to emerge from Sergio Corbucci's ultra-violent revisionist vision, with Franco Nero dragging a coffin through a mud-soaked border town in a performance that defines the genre's antihero. The film spawned over 30 unofficial sequels and was banned in the UK until 1993, a testament to its shocking impact. Its influence directly shapes Tarantino's Django Unchained, which features Nero in a cameo, and the original Django theme remains one of the 20 most sampled tracks in film history. Compared to the cleaner aesthetics of #2 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, this film's grimy realism delivers a rawer experience that outperforms #5 in cultural penetration.