10 Most Violent Westerns Ever Made

A film so violent that the British boards banned it outright from appearing in this country, Django immediately became a cult classic. It took almost 25 years for it to be shown in the country but even now it hasn’t lost an inch of what made it unrateable.

The bodycount on Django was the highest of any Western film at the time; the way that the leading character (Franco Nero) plowed through bodies like they were dominoes using his machine gun is still massively fun. Violence keeps the film running: Django and Maria (Loredana Nusciak) become caught in the middle of a feud between racist Southerners and Mexicans. All we know about Django at the start is that he carries around a coffin, but what’s in it we don’t know.

If you haven’t guessed yet (or didn’t already know), Sergio Corbucci’s Django has gone on to not only influence filmmakers in terms of story but in the incredible title and name of the leading character. Western-loving Tarantino has explicitly shared his love for the film so much so that he included Franco Nero in his 2012 film Django Unchained and even took the name.

Django’s gone on to influence lots and change the game for violent Westerns… but the bar was still pushed further, spectacularly.