Acclaimed and controversial director Quentin Tarantino has named his favorite movies in the spaghetti western genre, a type of movie he has repeatedly been inspired by. Tarantino provided a list of twenty films to the Spaghetti Western Database website while shooting Inglorious Basterds. The list provides both a great guide to the spaghetti western genre as well as insight into what qualities one of America's most iconic modern directors looks for in movies.

The spaghetti western genre emerged in the 1960s in Italy, with directors and actors imitating the American western genre. The movies were mostly made on low budgets with casts and financing from a variety of European countries.