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Plot Summary:
An outlaw is rescued from death by a nun who is traveling through the Badlands. She nurses him back to health in exchange for him guiding her to a Church in Williston. A deep friendship develops between these two unlikely people as they learn to work together to survive their dangerous journey.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Vengeance (1964)
Plot Summary:
A Confederate captain's younger brother is flogged to death in a Union stockade. The captain vows revenge. Two years later he finds the men responsible running a rustling operation in a small western town.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 81%
West of Thunder (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 1899, a mysterious stranger's arrival on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation seems to coincide with a series of horrific events that closely mirror the atrocity brought to the Lakota natives during the Wounded Knee Massacre.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, spiritual
Similar in 89%
Hot Spur (1968)
Plot Summary:
A deranged stablehand kidnaps the wife of a ranch owner to avenge the rape of his sister.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 82%
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
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
Similar in 89%
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
Similar in 84%
Cattle King (1963)
Plot Summary:
President Arthur helps a rich rancher (Robert Taylor) fight advocates of open grazing in the Territory of Wyoming.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
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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Pioneer Woman (1973)
Plot Summary:
A homesteading family in the 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughter back East.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Waco (1966)
Plot Summary:
Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly, who died trying to bring law-and-order to Emporia, Wyoming. Among the mourners are businessman George Gates, mayor Ned West and his daughter Patricia. The mayor rejects Gates' suggestion that he release gunfighter Waco from jail to clean up the town. When Patricia is attacked by a cowboy after leaving her boyfriend Scotty Moore, the mayor finally decides it is time accept the governor;s offer of amnesty for Waco. Jill Stone's first reaction, when learning that Waco has been released, is to leave town before Waco finds out that she, his former fiancée, has married the town preacher while Waco was in jail. Town boss Joe Gore is not overjoyed, either, but Ike and Pete Jenner eagerly await the chance to shoot Waco for the death of their brother. Written by Les Adams.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
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
Similar in 79%
Showdown (1963)
Plot Summary:
A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
Similar in 84%
The Warrant (2020)
Plot Summary:
After fighting in the Civil War, two Union Army buddies find themselves on opposite sides of the law with the post-war peace at risk.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, rough, brutal, captivating, dark, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Gun Fight (1961)
Plot Summary:
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling gang, which leads to heated disagreements, bitter betrayals and life-threatening danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 79%
Johnny Reno (1966)
Plot Summary:
The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, tension, suspense
Similar in 85%
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch owner Nathaniel Reed quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a stagecoach robbery is now a U.S. Marshal who will stop at nothing to find vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, action adventure
Similar in 83%
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992)
Plot Summary:
Retired marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 80%
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
Plot Summary:
Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993)
Plot Summary:
For thirty years, Marshall Matt Dillon fought to preserve the law in Dodge City… now, he's wanted for murder and fighting to clear his name. Three deputies ride up with a warrant for Dillon's arrest, a wealthy mine operator has been gunned down in cold blood and an eyewitness says Dillon was the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Animals (1970)
Plot Summary:
A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott. The thugs rape Alice before leaving her for dead, but she is rescued by Chatto, an Apache chief. He restores her health and aids her in her bloodthirsty quest for revenge. With her sanity wavering, will Alice be able to find the men who tortured her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tragic ending, spaghetti western
Similar in 84%
Taggart (1964)
Plot Summary:
Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache territory to escape the wrath of the trio of hired killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Similar in 83%
Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of gold has been stolen and buried in the desert. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and the army sends captain Matt Martin to arrest him and come back with the gold. Martin, his prisoner and a handful of men enter Indian territory in search of the precious cargo. The Apaches, outlaws and storms will make it not too easy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense
Similar in 78%
The Raiders (1963)
Plot Summary:
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad. , against the railroad.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Plot Summary:
When Confederate soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War, he finds that his home has been sold by town boss Sam Brewster. Brewster hires gunfighter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing to deal with Weaver, but d'Estaing's independent approach settles the town's problems in a very unorthodox manner.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, tragic ending
Similar in 86%
Monte Walsh (1970)
Plot Summary:
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: funny, independent film, sentimental, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, freeze frame
Similar in 77%
6 Guns (2010)
Plot Summary:
When her family is gunned down in cold blood, a young girl convinces a bounty hunter to train her as a gunfighter so she can seek vengeance with a six-shooter.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, mockbuster, rough, realistic
Similar in 75%
Yuma (1971)
Plot Summary:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Catch the Bullet (2021)
Plot Summary:
U.S. marshal Britt MacMasters returns from a mission to find his father wounded and his son kidnapped by the outlaw Jed Blake. Hot on their trail, Britt forms a posse with a gunslinging deputy and a stoic Pawnee tracker. But Jed and Britt tread dangerously close to the Red Desert’s Sioux territory.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: harsh, melancholic, stylized, serious, talky, captivating
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Retribution Road (2007)
Plot Summary:
A bank robbery gone wrong leads to a horrific crime and the capture of the most relentless outlaw in Texas...the infamous Johnny Rios. Incarcerated, Rios ups the ante with a daring ultimatum that gives the sleepy town of Wardlaw a rude awakening as their courageous Sheriff prepares for the shoot-out of a lifetime - one that could either put this town on the map or annihilate it all together. The laws they live by are the laws they’ll die by on RETRIBUTION ROAD.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
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