<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up spaghetti western in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up spaghetti western in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> Spaghetti Western, also known as Italian Western or Macaroni Western (primarily in Japan), is a broad subgenre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film - making style and international box - office success . The term was used by American critics and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians . </P> <P> According to veteran Spaghetti Western actor Aldo Sambrell, the phrase' Spaghetti Western' was coined by Spanish journalist Alfonso Sánchez . The denomination for these films in Italy is western all'italiana (Italian - style Western). Italo - Western is also used, especially in Germany . The term Eurowesterns may be used to also include Western movies that were produced in Europe but not called Spaghetti Westerns, like the West German Winnetou films or Ostern Westerns . The majority of the films were international co-productions between Italy and Spain, and sometimes France, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Yugoslavia, or the United States . </P>

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