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Plot Summary:
The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're after the gold; soon they meet a group of "honorable" citizens and the cavalry crosses their way too - and that is even before they enter Indian territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, spaghetti western, captivating, tense, suspense, light, retro, costume drama, rough, serious
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Land Raiders (1969)
Plot Summary:
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Young Billy Young (1969)
Plot Summary:
A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 75%
Five Bloody Graves (1969)
Plot Summary:
A lone gunman hunts the fearsome Apache Satago across the plains of the Wild West. When Satago's marauders ambush a stagecoach, the gunman rides to the rescue of the trapped passengers and helps them in their last stand against the deadly Indians.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, psychotronic, allegory, grindhouse, wild
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The Train Robbers (1973)
Plot Summary:
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, tense, surprise ending, wild
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Amongst Vultures (1964)
Plot Summary:
Frontier Hellcat was the fourth in a series of 1960s European westerns based on Karl May's "Winnetou" character. Stewart Granger takes over from Lex Barker in the leading "Anglo"-role of the mysterious maverick who wanders from town to town doing the "Lone Ranger" bit. The hellcat of the title is Elke Sommer, a tempestuous frontierswoman who reluctantly accepts Granger's help in attaining safe passage through the Rocky Mountains ("played" in this film by the Alps).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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The North Star (1996)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800's. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every mining claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's 'assistants'. One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantange of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: UK, France, Italy, Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Comancheros (1961)
Plot Summary:
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fairy tale, tense, sentimental, light, sexy
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The Texican (1966)
Plot Summary:
Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was killed in a gunfight with another man. Knowning his brother never carried a gun he heads north to find his brother's killer. After battling bounty hunters he arrives in Rimrock, a town controlled by Luke Starr. Starr is the man he wants but he unable to find any evidence until he is given an item found by his brother's body.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 912
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, retro, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Billy Two Hats (1974)
Plot Summary:
An aging outlaw helps a young half-breed learn the ropes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bad Girls (1994)
Plot Summary:
Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, spaghetti western, anime, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, light, road movie, sexy
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Bandolero! (1968)
Plot Summary:
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, serious, realistic, suspenseful, wild
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The Outlaws (1985)
Plot Summary:
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: tense, light, intense, exciting, feel good, realistic, serious, spaghetti western, talky, offbeat
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The Professionals (1966)
Plot Summary:
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film directed by Richard Brooks. A kidnap-rescue adventure set in about 1917, it features a small group of experts heading into Mexico to free the Mexican-born wife of a wealthy Texan from several hundred bandits. The film is based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, independent film
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Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Plot Summary:
Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: brutal, spaghetti western, exciting, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, wild, cult film
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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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Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Plot Summary:
Any Gun Can Play (Italian: Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro Alessandroni. It follows a familiar pattern of protagonists searching for gold, double-crossing one another and a high body count. The three main characters continually change allegiances and get the upper hand only to be thwarted by fellow outlaws, mysterious insurance investigators and each other. In the opening scene one of the three outlaws is dressed very similar to Clint Eastwood's character in the "Dollars" trilogy, one is dressed as Lee Van Cleef's characters in those and other westerns, and one as Franco Nero's character Django.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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The Undefeated (1969)
Plot Summary:
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, light, road movie, feel good, bleak, epic
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Firecreek (1968)
Plot Summary:
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, wild
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40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
Plot Summary:
The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles, but it's stolen by greedy white traders with the help of mutinous soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: retro, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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The Stalking Moon (1968)
Plot Summary:
When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman and her half-breed son recently rescued from indians, and invites them to join him. He does this even knowing the child's father is a feared and murderous Apache and that sooner or later a showdown is almost inevitable.`.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, retro, spaghetti western, independent film, suspense, wild
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The Condor (1970)
Plot Summary:
Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within. Written by Brian C. Madsen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
Plot Summary:
Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold mine.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, cult film
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The Appaloosa (1966)
Plot Summary:
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, shot in Mexico. The 2008 Appaloosa film (starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) is not related nor a remake of this film, although it has almost the same title.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense, mind blowing, tension, suspense, wild
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The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Plot Summary:
Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, crying, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, wild
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Plot Summary:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, exciting, harsh, rough, realistic, serious, period piece, spaghetti western, funny
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Young Guns (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting, epic, hood, period piece, realistic, dark comedy
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Plot Summary:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 797000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, epic, exciting, breathtaking, tense, visual, realistic, stylized, scenic, cult classic
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by his old partner, Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan). As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them, resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: controversial, intense, cult classic, brutal, bloody, suspense, disturbing, epic, atmospheric, bleak
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Plot Summary:
The 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 new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense