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Plot Summary:
Seeking revenge and justice, Cole Brandt finds himself in the lawless town of Dead River where he is faced with one last bloody showdown for freedom in order to protect The Majestic Saloon and a beautiful woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic
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Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Plot Summary:
Jonas Trapp falls in love with the beautiful Jessie, a wealthy girl out of his humble class. Against the wishes of her snobbish aunt, she marries him, later faking a pregnancy to win her aunt's consent. But Jonas tires of living off of his wife's family, and eventually deserts her to become a buffalo hunter. 11 years later, with his self-made fortune, he sets out to return home, only to be set upon by three sadistic marauders, who steal his money and leave him for dead. Rescued by a farmer who nurses him back to health, Jonas becomes consumed by the desire for revenge. As fate would have it, all three men live close to Jonas' former home. Matters quickly get worse when Jonas reunites with his wife, only to discover that she is now engaged to Renne.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, neo western
Similar in 87%
The Quick Gun (1964)
Plot Summary:
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Buckskin (1968)
Plot Summary:
A Montana marshal (Barry Sullivan) fights a land baron (Wendell Corey) out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 78%
Doc West - Part 1 (2009)
Plot Summary:
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle amongst the town breaks out in gunfire he will have to choose sides, between the outlaws or the law-abiding citizens.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest (1971)
Plot Summary:
Sando Kid is a medic on the battlefields of the civil war and a pacifist. One day he witnesses Yankee captain Grayton ruthlessly killing wounded and unarmed soldiers. He manages to survive thanks to the help of a friend and learns how to use a gun. From now on, he will sign up to the rangers and hunt down bandits. He soon crosses paths with Grayton again, who now has become a ruthless business man, trying to rob farmers of their land. Together with his henchmen, Grayton might be more than Sando Kid can handle, if it wasn't for Dollar, a black-clad bounty hunter who likes to wear a chain of teeth around his neck, and really likes the Kid.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 87%
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
Similar in 88%
Prairie Fever (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of women contracted a strange fever and a former sheriff is responsible for taking them to the hospital in the nearest town, but in their way they will encounter a gang of murderers. His only hope is a woman whose beauty is matched only by his skill with weapons.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy
Similar in 82%
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
Plot Summary:
Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as his own. However, his son-in-law, Finley (Tom Laughlin), is an expert hand with both guns and swords and will not allow him to push around the peace-loving Indians or fellow settlers of the West.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: independent film, spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
Plot Summary:
Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900's. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the desert to a small town that the ruthless Henry Clan has hit in order to save Casey's love, Adelyne.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, atmospheric, independent film, realistic, wild
Similar in 83%
The Mountie (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind the crimes he prepares to take them down one by one in the most vicious showdown this town has ever seen.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Deadwood '76 (1965)
Plot Summary:
A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, art house, psychotronic, campy
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The Jack Bull (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's complaint, the war he wages to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health escalates into a vigilante manhunt, murder and the possible defeat.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, bleak
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The Meanest Men in the West (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Brothers in Arms (2005)
Plot Summary:
Old West. New Soul. Big Payback.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, tense, suspense, suspenseful, neo western
Similar in 90%
Gang of Roses (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough, captivating, suspenseful
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Return of the Outlaws (2009)
Plot Summary:
Miraculously escaping a painful demise in the gallows, a notorious outlaw cons a crooked judge, an attractive saloon girl, and an old partner into carrying out the heist of a lifetime. As the plan gets underway, a small town sheriff makes it his personal mission to capture the outlaw and ensure that justice is served.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010)
Plot Summary:
After Jesse James is wounded by a bullet to the chest, Frank James splits the gang up and plans a rendezvous in four days time. With U.S.-Marshall Kane in hot pursuit, and betrayal within the outlaw band, the stage is set for a blazing and climactic shootout in the deserted town of 'Gila Wells'.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 79%
Santee (1973)
Plot Summary:
Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in hopes of taking vengeance for his father's death. Instead, however, Jody discovers that Santee is a good and loving man, tormented by the death of his young son at the hands of another outlaw gang. Santee and his wife take Jody in and a father and son relationship begins to grow. Then the gang that shot Santee's son shows up. The film was produced by Edward Platt of Get Smart fame. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape and then transferred to film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, cult film
Similar in 76%
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 88%
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Plot Summary:
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words of the loose-lipped saloon dancer. The goons are found hiding in an Indian mission. Murphy and Cooper pretend to want to rejoin the gang, but the bad guys catch on and brutally beat Cooper, who protects Murphy's true sentiments to the death.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
Barquero (1970)
Plot Summary:
Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 89%
A Time for Killing (1967)
Plot Summary:
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: retro, costume drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)
Plot Summary:
U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, crying
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Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990)
Plot Summary:
James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the US Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 TV series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken his daughter captive. As a bargaining chip, Dillon helps two sons of Apache chief Geronimo out of the fort stockade and offers them in trade. Dillon is aided by an Army scout, Chalk Brighton (Kiley). Written by John Sacksteder.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 84%
The Last Hard Men (1976)
Plot Summary:
In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century. He escapes with 6 others to exact vengeance on Sam Burgade the lawman who not only captured him but was also responsible for the death of Provo's wife, at least in Provo's mind. Part of his plan is to kidnap Burgade's daughter, which prompts him to strap on his guns and go after him on horseback. Can Burgade who has been retired for sometime still have what it takes to track Provo down?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: perverse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, spaghetti western
Similar in 85%
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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Ghost Rock (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took place 20 years ago. They are determined to find the man responsible.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic
Similar in 75%
Joe Kidd (1972)
Plot Summary:
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cult classic, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, light, enigmatic, bleak, breathtaking
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Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012)
Plot Summary:
Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. Together with his friend Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman and Charlie Bassett he goes hunting for the perpetrator.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense, rough
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The Gunslingers (2009)
Plot Summary:
While roaming the wild plains on a quest to find a cache of hidden riches, sharp-shooting bounty hunter Butch (John Elliott) and his outlaw companions come across a deadly gang with supernatural powers in this stylized Western. As the hunt for the gold treasure becomes competitive -- and violent -- Butch, morally questionable Rattler Fenton (Brad Allen) and vengeful Akemi (Narisa Suzuki) must confront the evil and powerful Mondego (Ben Hall).
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending