For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Also known as Per qualche dollaro in più.
Bounty hunters roaming the west, searching out bandits and turning in their corpses for cash. It's a hell of a way to make a living, and one that our friend Clint Eastwood fits right in to. Here the man with the permanent squint competes with a fellow bounty hunter while going after an absolutely ruthless gang leader. The result is an epic dose of uneasy truces, rousing gunfights, and Eastwood's trademark cold attitude. Every bit of this movie drips with the very best of what Westerns have to offer: the wild open fields, the saloons and bar fights, tough hombres packing six-shooters—it's all here, and presented by a master's steady hand. Even more than four decades since its creation, this film has barely aged a day. Sure, the sound is a bit muted and some of the pacing doesn't quite fit with today's hyper-cut action extravaganzas, but It's still exciting, still intriguing. As part of the archetype for the modern action hero, and the modern action film, this film deserves its place in history.

9 out of 10.