"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" yakatsanangurwa se "firimu rakanaka kwazvo reEuropean cinema refirimu reWestern genre", uye Quentin Tarantino akaidana kuti "firimu rakanaka kwazvo rinotungamirirwa nguva dzose" uye "kubudirira kukuru munhoroondo ye cinema". Izvi zvakaratidzwa mumavhoti ake e2002 uye 2012 Sight & Sound magazine polls, umo akavhotera The Good, the Bad and the Ugly sesarudzo yake yefirimu yakanakisisa. Variety magazine yakaisa nhamba ye49 pane yavo runyorwa rwe50 mafirimu anonyanya kuongororwa.
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