8 Best Spaghetti Westerns of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · February 16, 2026

Italian filmmakers reinvented the Old West with stark violence, operatic music and moral ambiguity. Once Upon a Time in the West has a gunslinger, a killer and a bandit converging over a widow’s railroad land, The Great Silence has a mute gunslinger in a snowbound town, and My Name Is Nobody has a young gunslinger helping a legend retire. Death Rides a Horse, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Django and A Fistful of Dollars round out the eight.

My Name Is Nobody (1973)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A young gunslinger idolises an ageing gunfighter and schemes to help him retire as a legend.

Directed by Tonino Valerii · 1h 57m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Philo · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, MovieMe · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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The Great Silence (1968)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A mute gunslinger defends a snowbound town's outlaws against a ruthless group of bounty hunters.

Directed by Sergio Corbucci · 1h 47m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, TCM, Film Movement Plus, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 96% Metacritic 82

A mysterious harmonica-playing gunslinger seeks revenge against a ruthless railroad enforcer.

Directed by Sergio Leone · 2h 46m · Rated PG-13

6 wins & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Death Rides a Horse (1967)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A young man teams up with an ageing gunslinger to hunt down the outlaws who murdered his family.

Directed by Giulio Petroni · 1h 55m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 97% Metacritic 90

Three gunslingers race each other across the desert to find a fortune in buried Confederate gold.

Directed by Sergio Leone · 2h 41m · Rated R

2 wins & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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For a Few Dollars More (1965)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 92% Metacritic 74

Two bounty hunters reluctantly team up to track down a sadistic outlaw and his gang.

Directed by Sergio Leone · 2h 12m · Rated R

3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Django (1966)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A mysterious gunslinger drags a coffin through a war-torn town, hiding a deadly secret inside.

Directed by Sergio Corbucci · 1h 32m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home

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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A mysterious gunslinger plays two rival gangs against each other in a corrupt border town.

Directed by Sergio Leone · 1h 39m · Rated R

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

8 Best Spaghetti Westerns of All Time

My Name Is Nobody (1973)

The Great Silence (1968)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Death Rides a Horse (1967)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Django (1966)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

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