Westerns to all westerns! Western for all time! The best Western film in the history of world cinema! You can endlessly invent various juicy epithets that emphasize the uniqueness and masterpiece of this film, and all of them will be correct!
Unlike Sergio Leone's other excellent work Once Upon a Time in the Wild West, the main characters are purely male, and the plot (albeit sometimes stringy) is full of events and various 'twists'.
The performers of the roles of those very Good, Bad and Evil are brilliant to the point of impossibility. The color and charisma of these three would be enough for a dozen or two actors.
The production of the film is gorgeous: from atmospheric scenes of typical genre fights to scenes of massive battles between soldiers of the South and North.
Of course, one cannot fail to mention the music of Morricone. During the last viewing, in addition to the melody known to every film lover, I also drew attention to the sadly tragic music typical of the composer's later works (for example, in the films 'Bugsy', 'Mission', 'Lolita'). So the soundtrack is varied and unforgettable.
The events described are filled with many gorgeous scenes (for example, the dying captain "waiting for good news"), including humorous moments (for example, "you came to shoot - shoot, do not talk"), and the ending leaves an indelible mark on the soul. Like the whole movie!