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15 Movies Like Once Upon a Time in the West

Loved Once Upon a Time in the West? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The Sparrow's Fluttering
#1

The Sparrow's Fluttering

A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died, thinks about leaving the little Italian village where they lived and moving to another place. An old and rich man offers her a place in his house, however, she will have to listen to him telling his past love stories.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Lola's Secret
#2

Lola's Secret

A young man's dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she has a secret that leads to trouble.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Malena
#3

Malena

12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
#4

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Life Is Beautiful
#5

Life Is Beautiful

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

That Malicious Age
#6

That Malicious Age

Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Cinema Paradiso
#7

Cinema Paradiso

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Provocation
#8

Provocation

Passions run wildly amok at Carlo's country inn as his wife, Amelia, fantasizes about an affair with a guest, while his grandson Gianni spies on him to learn the secrets of love. And when Carlo's sexy cousin Marilinda comes to stay, everybody sits up and takes notice.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Dog Lay Afternoon
#9

Dog Lay Afternoon

A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her own dog, having sex with various guests who visit her.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

The Hateful Eight
#10

The Hateful Eight

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Once Upon a Time in the West.

The Key
#11

The Key

In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

Caligula
#12

Caligula

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

A Fistful of Dollars
#13

A Fistful of Dollars

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.

True Grit
#14

True Grit

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Once Upon a Time in the West.

The Legend of 1900
#15

The Legend of 1900

Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Once Upon a Time in the West.