Movies like The Outlaw Josey Wales

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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
 7.8
 79K
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: 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.
Style: suspense, realistic, harsh, epic, retro, entertaining, educational, smart, visually stunning, powerful ...
Plot: american civil war, native american, revenge, civil war, murder, massacre, surrender, manhunt, on the run, one against many, indians, vigilante, wild west, tough guy, war crime, loss of son, dog, rescue, ranch, widower, grief, old woman, civil war veteran, ferry, one man army ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 1976, 20th century, 1800s, 70s
Place: texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, arizona, kansas, united states ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gunfight, rivalry, revenge, old west, violence, shootout and murder mostly in Western, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Outlaw Josey Wales: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Unforgiven (1992), High Plains Drifter (1973), Pale Rider (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 161 min.
Story: 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.
Style: spaghetti western, epic, exciting, breathtaking, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot: old west, civil war, treasure hunt, american civil war, greed, gunfight, moral ambiguity, wild west, anti hero, shootout, cowboy, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1966, 1860s, victorian era
Place: texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: gunfight, old west, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, greed, gang war, vengeance, tough heroes, brutality, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: mexico, latin america, arizona, new mexico, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
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Unforgiven (1992)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: old west, revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, gunfight, hitman, sheriff, prostitute, small town, wild west, tough heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: wyoming, kansas, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, small town, anti hero, revenge, justice, greed, murder, cowboy, vengeance, rape, gang, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Pale Rider (1985)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A small gold mining camp is terrorised by a ruthless land owner wanting to take their land. Clint Eastwood arrives riding a pale horse just as a young girl is praying to God to help the miners. He is revealed to be a preacher with mysterious and ...
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, realistic, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, courage, murder, greed, revenge, one against many, teenage girl, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, one man army, gunfighter ...
Time: year 1985, 1800s, 20th century, 19th century, 1880s
Place: california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
Style: spaghetti western, stylized, suspense, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: old west, wild west, bounty hunter, cowboy, small town, robbery, rape, revenge, storytelling, heroes, gang, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, year 1965, 1890s, 1870s
Place: texas, austin texas, new mexico, usa, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 90K
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: controversial, cult classic, intense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, gunfight, robbery, gang, on the run, violent, heist, friendship, cowboy, wild west, bounty hunter, civil war ...
Time: year 1969, 1910s, 19th century, 20th century
Place: texas, america, persia, mexico, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min.
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Story: Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: civil war, american civil war, old west, gunfight, feud, revenge, violence spree, violence, murder, rivalry, ethnic conflict, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s, 1890s ...
Place: kentucky, west virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.6
 356K
True Grit (2010)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. ...
Style: tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: vengeance, old west, revenge, cowboy, bounty hunter, justice, gunfight, texas ranger, determination, teenage girl, death of father, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1870s, 1800s ...
Place: texas, arkansas, oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 95K
Hostiles (2017)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style: rough, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: native american, native american reservation, indian chief, reconciliation, widow, murder, american indian, wild west, bigotry, military, gunfight, hostility ...
Time: 19th century, year 2017, 90s, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place: new mexico, montana, america, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 21K
Joe Kidd (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: cult classic, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, bounty hunter, anti hero, hostage, train, revolutionary, shootout, bandit, manhunt, landowner, civil war, revenge ...
Time: 19th century, year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: new mexico, usa, arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.0
 43K
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and ...
Style: spaghetti western, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, judge, court, u.s. marshal, hanging, guilt, justice, vigilante, cowboy, false accusation, wild west, attempted murder ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: retro, independent film, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, cowboy, civil war, shootout, vigilantism, soldier, small town, half breed, cowboys and outlaws, confederate soldier, hitman, tough heroes ...
Time: 60s, 1860s
Place: new mexico, usa, new orleans, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: old west, vengeance, wild west, cowboy, revenge, desert, harmonica, gunfight, small town, mysterious character, death, showdown ...
Time: 19th century, year 1968, 1800s
Place: arizona, yuma arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 3.9
 569
Hard Bounty (1995)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Donnie and her whores strap on guns, saddle up, and ride out seeking justice.
Style: serious, action adventure, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, female gunfighter, vengeance, prostitute, woman with a gun, strong female lead, female fight, murder, shootout, frontier town, saloon girl, duel ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american civil war, civil war, gold, treasure hunt, apache tribe, buried treasure, post civil war, mountain, stash, partner, battles, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 1865
Place: texas, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.8
 67K
Young Guns (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 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.
Style: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: cowboy, old west, billy the kid, gunfight, chase, brutality, brat pack, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, vigilante, revenge, bounty hunter ...
Time: 20th century, 1870s, 19th century
Place: new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.3
 228
The Raiders (1963)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad. , against the railroad.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: civil war, american civil war, train, farm, righting the wronged, heroes, rivalry, gang, lone wolves, dishonesty, military, chases and races ...
Time: year 1963, 19th century, 1860s
Place: texas, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Little Big Man (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Style: epic, humorous, sentimental, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: native american, indians, american history, orphan, chief, injustice, escapades, imperialism, wild west, salesman, thief, society ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 70s, 20th century, 1870s ...
Place: montana, south dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.3
 669
Yuma (1971)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: 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.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, cowboy, marshal, bar fight, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, dishonesty, lone wolves, gang, heroes, tough law enforcer ...
Place: arizona, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.3
 5K
Red Fighter (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, suspenseful, rough, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, native american, vengeance, small town, one against many, rescue, old west, train, massacre, navajo indian, racism, one man army ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Time for Killing (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: retro, costume drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, rape, fortress, escape, soldier, hostage, prosecution, violent content, battles, old west, vengeance ...
Time: year 1967, 19th century, victorian era
Place: utah, new mexico, arizona, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front ...
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, old west, investigation, murder, cowboy, outlaw, frame up, betrayal, jail, sheriff, fistfight, rape ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Rio Lobo (1970)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style: harsh, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, betrayal, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, justice, brutality, redemption, colonel, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, justice, gambling, brutality, redemption, shootout ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.6
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Chato's Land (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.
Style: spaghetti western, atmospheric, brutal, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: attempted rape, female nudity, native, native american, rape, manhunt, racism, cowboy, vengeance, redsploitation, revenge, guy ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s, 1870s
Place: arizona, sonora, new mexico, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.4
 51K
True Grit (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he ...
Style: stylized, harsh, suspense, exciting, spaghetti western ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, cowboy, hanging, texas ranger, reward, civil war veteran, teenage girl, alcoholic, justice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: texas, oklahoma, arkansas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.6
 2K
Charro! (1969)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals.
Style: psychotronic, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: elvis presley, bar fight, gunfight, wild west, cannon, frame up, gang, heroes, heist, righting the wronged, tough heroes, on the run ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, victorian era
Place: mexico, arizona, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.7
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The Desperados (1969)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the closing days of the Civil War, fanatical Parson Josiah Galt and his three sons, Adam, Jacob, and David, are leaders of a gang of southern marauders. Josiah, driven by his lust for revenge for the death of his Indian wife, attacks the Kansas ...
Style: spaghetti western, rough, gloomy, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american civil war, civil war, murder, parent child relationship, sibling relationship, violent content, rivalry, death in the family, gory, heroes, vigilantism, missing person ...
Time: year 1969, 1860s
Place: texas, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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6 Guns (2010)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, old west, rape and revenge, small town, vengeance, rivalry, murder, danger, vigilante, revenge, chases and races, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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