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Plot Summary:
The story is of a small town in the early west and of a 'shooter' of reputation that drifts into it and stands up to the controlling family that runs it. But far from a John Wayne, this hero is caught and brutally beaten and left to die, only to be saved by a prostitute that has also suffered under the hand of this group of desperados. The only one possible to stand up to the shooter is another solitary man who joins with the notorious family although he is deputized as the town's sherif.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, humorous, bloody, suspense
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Cain's Way (1970)
Plot Summary:
Following the Civil War, Confederate Captain Justice Cain has retired to a quiet life with his young son and black wife. However, the men of his old outfit, known as Cain's Cutthroats, have turned to lives of murder, torture and robbery. They attempt to convince Cain to ride with them once more. He refuses, and the Cutthroats murder his family. Swearing vengeance, Cain teams up with a colorful preacher/bounty hunter, and hunts down his family's killers one at a time.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, spaghetti western, black comedy
Similar in 87%
Blood Red (1989)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industrialists.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, spaghetti western
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A Cold Day in Hell (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1887: William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, independent film
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A Gunfighter's Pledge (2008)
Plot Summary:
After killing former sheriff Matt Austin's wife and son for revenge, a quest begins. An escaped prisoner shows that he remembers who sent him to do time in jail so long ago. In a small town saloon Austin's mission to locate his family's murderer comes to an end. The pursuit was long and difficult. Upon discovering the killer a gunfight ensues, unfortunately in the crossfire an innocent bystander is shot and injured. Once again the murderer made a quick getaway.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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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
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Frank & Jesse (1994)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by Chicago railroad investors, the James and Younger brothers, Bob and Charlie Ford, Clell Miller and Arch Clements take to robbing banks, trains and coaches, with Pinkerton sworn to bringing them to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Blind Justice (1994)
Plot Summary:
Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits. With some reluctance, Canaan steps in to help the soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, perverse, independent film, spaghetti western
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The Man Who Came Back (2008)
Plot Summary:
Framed for murder and left for dead, a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family, in this traditional Western about one man who stood against injustice.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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Hard Bounty (1995)
Plot Summary:
Donnie and her whores strap on guns, saddle up, and ride out seeking justice.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, action adventure, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, crying, independent film, weeping
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Eye of the Stranger (1993)
Plot Summary:
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help 'persuade' the owners to sell.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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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 90%
The Christmas Kid (1967)
Plot Summary:
In a small western town in Arizona called Jaspen, a boy is born on Christmas Day. Joseph "Joe" Novak is born in a makeshift shelter, but his mother, Marika Novak (Alejandra Rojo) dies during childbirth. Because of the day he was born, the boy will be nicknamed Christmas Joe. Joe's father (Jack Taylor) will never forgive him for the death of his wife, which will lead Joe toward a rebellious attitude. He will become a troubled teenager, and will end up learning how to shoot. Joe will also reject his father's pacific attitude.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, spaghetti western, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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The Long Ride Home (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man fights the law and the lawless in order to reunite with his wife and son in the 1860s west.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious
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One-Eyed Horse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hadley, Missouri 1887. Justin Gatewood has recently been released from prison for attempting to kill an old adversary, William Curry. Twenty-five years earlier, Gatewood and his brother were Confederate prisoners-of-war, and the death of Gatewood's brother under the watch of (then) Union Officer Curry has consumed Gatewood and fueled his desire for revenge. Free from jail, Gatewood discovers that Hadley and his world is changed, and that a "new order" of law and prosperity is now the battle cry of the people. His beautiful daughter, Helen has grown his business into a thriving concern and she makes her father promise that he'll forget his past vendetta. Curry has a successful business and willful daughter of his own, and his main concern is for her safety, once it becomes known that Gatewood still wants him dead. As Justin Gatewood methodically hatches his plan for Curry's utter destruction, the entire town is caught in the crossfire, but most tragically, so are the daughters of both.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic, independent film
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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
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The Showdown (2009)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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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 81%
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
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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
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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
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The Righteous and the Wicked (2010)
Plot Summary:
Hobbs, a notorious wanted bandit, gets caught up in a violently competitive hunt for stolen cash when he finds out outlaws have robbed the local bank. While trying to get back what's his he must saddle up to stop these outlaws leaving whomever stands in his way dead!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Gundown (2011)
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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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
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Gunfight at La Mesa (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tate Noble returns to the town of his youth where as a boy his parents were murdered. His childhood friend Samuel, now the sheriff of La Mesa knows who is responsible, and Tate's arrival sparks hostility between Samuel and his father Judge Carter. As the mystery unravels, Tate and Samuel enlist help from an unlikely source, the mob, in order to bring to justice the man ultimately responsible, the evil Harcourt Simms.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, tense, scary
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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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Joshua (1976)
Plot Summary:
A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, independent film, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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
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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