The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has been described as European cinema's best representation of the Western genre film, and Quentin Tarantino has called it "the best-directed film of all time" and "the greatest achievement in the history of cinema".
Bunul, răul și urâtul a fost catalogat ca cel mai bun film al genului Western din cinematografia Europeană, Quentin Tarantino numindu-l chiar „cel mai bine regizat film al tuturor timpurilor”.