Sergio Leone · 1960s

4 films directed by Sergio Leone from the 1960s, on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 3 S-Tier picks including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dollars.

Decade

All 6 1960s 4 1970s 1 1980s 1

Year

All 4 1960 0 1961 0 1962 0 1963 0 1964 1 1965 1 1966 1 1967 0 1968 1 1969 0

A Fistful of Dollars(1964)

7.8/10

dir. Sergio Leone

S-Tier

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Arrow and Kino Lorber both released versions of the Dollars trilogy on 4K, and the Arrow discs are the ones to get. The Italian 4Kult versions also exist but opinions are mixed on how they compare.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

For a Few Dollars More(1965)

8.0/10

dir. Sergio Leone

S-Tier

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Leone's sequel. Arrow's Dollars trilogy 4Ks are the versions to get.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)

8.5/10

dir. Sergio Leone

S-Tier

Leone's epic lives in the top tier of reference discs alongside Dune and Lawrence of Arabia. The transfer does justice to the widescreen desert photography and the Morricone score hits different in lossless.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)

8.3/10

dir. Sergio Leone

C-Tier

C-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Leone's masterpiece western, and the C-Tier is the problem. Bill Hunt warned the 4K would be divisive, and it was. The disc uses a BD-66 with grain reduction, which led to mass cancellations. Paramount announced the 4K in 2023 and then took over a year to release it. People are sticking with their Blu-rays until a better transfer materializes.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray (Italy)