Best Sergio Leone Movies, Ranked
Every Sergio Leone film worth your evening, ranked by audience score. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly sits at the top with 8.5, and the filmography below spans 1961–1984. Whether you are starting from scratch or filling gaps, this is the order to watch them in.
7 titles · average score 7.8 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
★ 8.5 · 9,849 ratingsWhile 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…
- 2
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
★ 8.4 · 6,149 ratingsA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
- 3
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
★ 8.3 · 5,002 ratingsAs 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.
- 4
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
★ 8.0 · 4,560 ratingsTwo bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
- 5
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
★ 7.8 · 4,819 ratingsThe 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…
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How this list is ranked
Ranked by average audience score across Sergio Leone's directing credits, with anything under 150 ratings filtered out so a single obscure short can't outrank a career-defining film. Updated daily from TMDB.
Frequently asked questions
What is Sergio Leone's best movie?
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), rated 8.5 by 10K viewers — the highest-scoring film they directed. Once Upon a Time in America and Once Upon a Time in the West come next.
How many Sergio Leone movies are listed here?
7, spanning 1961 to 1984. Credits with fewer than 150 ratings are left out so the ranking is not skewed by obscure or uncredited work.
Is this list updated?
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