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Plot Summary:
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, post modern
Best tv shows and movies like A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966):
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The Rounders (1965)
Plot Summary:
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, humorous, realistic, not serious, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy, neo western
Similar in 83%
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
Plot Summary:
Hawkes, Jones and Cassidy are on their way to the biggest poker game in history. But a few folks want to see them fold before they even get there.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
Similar in 78%
Gun Street (1961)
Plot Summary:
In this movie filmed and released in 1961 (and not a 1962 production), an escaped convict returns to town and begins a reign of terror. Marked for death are Dr. Dean Knudtson, his wife Janice, formerly married to the killer, and Jeff Baxley, on whose testimony the man was originally sent to prison. Sheriff Charles Morton and deputy Sam Freed head a posse tracking down the killer in the desert. The man is found dead of the wounds inflicted by a prison guard trying to prevent his escape. The sheriff resigns his job and heads west with Joan. Written by Les Adams.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
Plot Summary:
The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead, Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Second Time Around (1961)
Plot Summary:
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Posse (1975)
Plot Summary:
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, spaghetti western
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The Plainsman (1966)
Plot Summary:
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
Plot Summary:
Confederate super-spy Roy Orbison and his partner in crime Sammy Jackson travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Orbison dons a fake wig, beard, and mustache and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
Plot Summary:
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
Similar in 80%
Kaleidoscope (1966)
Plot Summary:
Romantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers in the gambling places of London and the Riviera. Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Skin Game (1971)
Plot Summary:
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Quincy gets the bidding rolling, sells Jason, and the two later meet up to split the profit. Jason was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Plot Summary:
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, parody, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Plot Summary:
Charismatic criminal Paris Pitman ends up in jail, then attempts to escape the prison of warden Lopeman.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, spaghetti western, slapstick comedy
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Waterhole #3 (1967)
Plot Summary:
James Coburn is a con man and grifter who comes across a map that leads to a fortune in stolen US Army gold. Carroll O'Connor is the crooked sheriff who stays on Coburn's tail.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, spaghetti western, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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4 for Texas (1963)
Plot Summary:
Frank Sinatra plays a tough guy who hooks up with fellow rat packer Dean Martin to open a casino in this western.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, exciting, light, sexy, biblical
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The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)
Plot Summary:
Classic comedic western, Captain Oren Hayes of the Texas Rangers takes a break to visit his daughter in a neighboring town. When he arrives he find's his daughter Hannah's husband Jeff is running for Mayor against a corrupt town boss, Nard Lundy. Lundy has no intention of allowing the free election of the honest Jeff Rose, so he has his henchmen beat them up. Hayes then calls for the help of some his old buddies in the Rangers. Upon arriving in town, they realize quickly that age has caught up with them and they must rely on their sheer wits to out-smart and defeat Lundy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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All Hat (2007)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms. Ray Dokes, a charming ex-ballplayer, returns from jail to discover the rural landscape of his childhood transformed by urban development. Determined to stay out of trouble, Ray heads to the farm of his old friend Pete Culpepper, a crusty Texas cowboy who trains losing racehorses and whose debts are growing faster than his corn.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, funny, neo western
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The Decoy (2006)
Plot Summary:
A deputy must escort a longtime friend to be hanged for the crime of murdering his wife's parents. Along the way he discovers the startling truth about the murders, and is forced to face the real danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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A Man Called Sledge (1970)
Plot Summary:
James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within their midst. As they begin to bicker over who should get the biggest cut, the stage is set for a deadly showdown. Claude Akins and John Marley co-star in this Italian Western directed by Vic Morrow.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Apache Uprising (1965)
Plot Summary:
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Rare Breed (1966)
Plot Summary:
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic drama, cult film
Similar in 86%
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
Plot Summary:
A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: retro, neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Maverick (1994)
Plot Summary:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, funny, light, hilarious, anamorphic, feel good, period piece, surprise ending, epic
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The War Wagon (1967)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, humorous, suspense, tense, captivating, retro, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending
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The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Plot Summary:
The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their father in a card game with which he was shortly murdered there after but not before getting through the troubles that come with the Elders name.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, tense, romantic, road movie, clever
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The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
Plot Summary:
Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, spaghetti western, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, double entendre
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Cat Ballou (1965)
Plot Summary:
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, melancholic, harsh, talky, semi serious, captivating, humorous, witty, parody, spoof
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Hour of the Gun (1967)
Plot Summary:
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: retro, grindhouse, tense, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, gloomy
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Plot Summary:
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, harsh, epic, retro, entertaining, educational, smart, visually stunning, powerful
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Plot Summary:
This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and her land.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 344000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized, clever, scenic, visual, realistic, breathtaking