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10 Best Movies Like Way Down West

If you loved Way Down West, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Cave of the Silken Web

The Cave of the Silken Web

1927★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Way Down West for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

One of the earliest cinematic adaptation of Chinese classic novel Journey to the West. When seeking for food alone, Tang Xuanzang was kept prisoner by seven spider monsters who too...

#2
Q

Q

1982★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Way Down West for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent....

#3
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2013★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Way Down West for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are fo...

#4
Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Way Down West for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the firs...

#5
A Good Day to Die Hard

A Good Day to Die Hard

2013★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Way Down West for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is rea...

#6
The Armstrong Lie

The Armstrong Lie

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Way Down West for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s ...