Nickname for a motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy and depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West
A Fistful of Dollars and Once Upon a Time in the West are famous spaghetti westerns.
A spaghetti western is a film made in Europe, usually by an Italian director, about life in the American Wild West. A low-budget Western film made by a European, especially an Italian, film company. a film about American cowboys in the Wild West, especially one made in Europe by an Italian director
a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company