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Movies like Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

7 films to watch after Once Upon a Time in the West, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly poster1

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

    Fit 71%

    Shares Western with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    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.

  2. For a Few Dollars More poster2

    For a Few Dollars More (1965)

    Fit 64%

    Shares Western with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.

  3. A Fistful of Dollars poster3

    A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

    Fit 63%

    Shares Western with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    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.

  4. Seven Samurai poster4

    Seven Samurai (1954)

    Fit 60%

    Shares Drama with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

  5. Duck, You Sucker poster5

    Duck, You Sucker (1971)

    Fit 56%

    Shares Western with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

  6. Jubal poster6

    Jubal (1956)

    Fit 54%

    Shares Western and Drama with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.

  7. Mystic River poster7

    Mystic River (2003)

    Fit 42%

    Shares Drama with Once Upon a Time in the West.

    The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

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