Westworld poster

Westworld (2016)

Series · Rated TV-MA

Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western

Artificial consciousness awakens in a gritty Western park, exploring the dark evolution of human sin.

Suspenseful and cerebral. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.

Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 26, 2026.

Westworld parents guide

Strong sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-MA titles carry. Beyond that, brutal violence and frequent strong language.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Graphic gore
Blood and wounds shown clearly.
Violence
Brutal violence
Our top level for violence.
Sex and nudity
Strong
Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
Language
Strong
Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Westworld scary?
Only a little. Westworld has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Westworld?
Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
What is Westworld rated, and is it OK for kids?
Strong sex and nudity, brutal violence, and frequent strong language. The TV-MA is earned, so not for kids.

What is Westworld about?

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves the ending open to interpretation.

Cast and crew

Created byJonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy
StarringEvan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Aaron Paul, James Marsden

More like Westworld

Westworld is on our AI and robots, 2010s, Sci-fi, Fantasy and Western lists.

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

Lists with the same feel: Most violent.

Five more like Westworld

Say the mood. Five picks with where they stream, right here.

Uses the TMDB API; not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, content, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.