everyone here talks about their favorite, but in my oopniin they were all evenly good. i call them the big 4. good bad and the ugly, josie wales, fistfull of dollars and a few dollars more. nothing very different about them, similar story lines, bad guys and good guys, shooting, trying to make money, the musicetc. its the man that made the movie. what set eastwood apart was his look. his rugged appearance, toughness, intimidation, his height, credibility, that stare down. he never spoke much. didnt have to. He just had to look the part and let his actions speak for himself. he is in the top 3 of the greatest actors of all time and greatest westerns ever made by far.