Movies like Cat Ballou

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Cat Ballou (1965)
 6.7
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Cat Ballou (1965)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
Style: funny, melancholic, harsh, talky, semi serious, captivating, humorous, witty, parody, spoof ...
Plot: revenge, murder, female protagonist, vengeance, alcoholic, redemption, ranch, twists and turns, justice, culture clash, rescue, criminal heroes, horse, father daughter relationship, train robbery, drunkenness, gunfighter, death of father, old west, hitman, family relations, wilderness, wild west, indians, brothers ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, 1900s
Place: wyoming, persia
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Most similar movies to Cat Ballou

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, heroes, gunfight, vengeance, shootout, cowboy and old west mostly in Western, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Cat Ballou: Blazing Saddles (1974), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Monte Walsh (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cowboy, farce, old west, racism, satire, gay slur, cowboys and outlaws, small town, absurd humor, governor, ethnic slur, prejudice ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, year 1974, 1870s
Place: los angeles, america, arizona, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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%
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
Style: funny, cult classic, spaghetti western, laugh out loud, semi serious ...
Plot: brothel, old west, woman with a gun, sex, equality, prostitute, prostitution, lawyer, cowboy, inheritance, best friend, partner ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place: wyoming, austin texas, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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, powerful ...
Plot: american civil war, native american, revenge, civil war, murder, surrender, massacre, one against many, on the run, manhunt, indians, wild west ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 20th century, year 1976, 1800s
Place: texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Monte Walsh (1970)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: funny, independent film, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: manly
Plot: wild west, cowboy, aging, working class, heroes, small town, horse, violent content, partner, bittersweet, social relations, friends ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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%
 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 ⇓
22%
Retribution Road (2007)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: old west, vengeance, vigilantism, rivalry, heist, fugitives, family relations, small town, murder, psychopath, sheriff, showdown ...
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, crying, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, pardon, wild west, native american, van, shootout, town, jail, machine gun, jail cell, blood, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century
Place: tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 8.2
 434K
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 ⇓
21%
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El Dorado (1966)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Style: talky, tense, suspense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: old west, sheriff, friendship, redemption, alcoholic, shootout, vengeance, lone hero, wild west, cowboy, adaptation, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, year 1967, 1800s
Place: texas, usa, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Rare Breed (1966)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport ...
Style: funny, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: vigilantism, cattle, old west, lonely, heroes, redemption, redheaded woman, partner, cons and scams, on the road, breeding, against the odds ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, victorian era, 1880s
Place: austin texas, missouri, texas, england, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.7
 591
Johnny Reno (1966)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
Style: retro, realistic, serious, tension
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hanging, sheriff, vigilantism, murder, small town, brothers, partner, fugitives, law enforcement, gang, heroes, lone wolves ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, 1880s, 1800s
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 11K
The War Wagon (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, revenge, native american, frame up, rivalry, jail, old west, wild west ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 19th century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Catch the Bullet (2021)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: harsh, stylized, melancholic, serious, talky ...
Plot: unlikely friendships, cowboy, desert, old west, bounty hunter, heroes, killings, revenge, justice, tough guy, hostage, criminal ...
Time: 19th century
Place: southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
Ride the High Country (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Style: spaghetti western, sentimental, realistic, aesthetic, retro ...
Plot: horse, gold rush, runaway, wild west, aging, betrayal, friendship, judge, gunfight, shootout, death, drinking ...
Time: year 1962, 19th century, 1890s
Place: california, america, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. He makes the ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, action adventure ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: satire, cowboy, violence, gunfight, courage, mayor, indians, shootout, screwball, deputy sheriff, anti hero, lone wolves ...
Time: 19th century
Place: colorado, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Meanest Men in the West (1974)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: revenge, old west, family relations, farm, on the run, bounty hunter, vengeance, heroes, chases and races, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, investigation ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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 ⇓
20%
 4.9
 2K
God's Gun (1976)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, Israel
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Priest turned vigilante Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, native american, old west, heroes, one man army, vigilantism, murder, boy, tough heroes, hitman, psychopath, vengeance ...
Time: 70s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.2
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Gun Fight (1961)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: outlaw, sheriff, farm, friends, family relations, tough heroes, rescue, vigilantism, vengeance, lone wolves, danger, on the run ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Red Headed Stranger (1986)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Reverend Julian Shay (Willie Nelson) strode into the saloon, pulled out his six-shooter, and killed his adulterous wife (Morgan Fairchild) and the man she had left him for. It was the beginning of his violent transformation from God-Loving preacher ...
Style: independent film, tense, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: cowboy, sheriff, murder, farm, profanity, violent content, hitman, religions or cults, infidelity, wilderness, old west, misfit ...
Time: 19th century
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 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 ⇓
19%
 7.1
 13K
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for ...
Style: intense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robber, betrayal, vengeance, greed, bank robbery, stolen gold, going straight, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, on the run, obsessive quest, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1880s
Place: california, monterey california, mexico, latin america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.1
 587
All Hat (2007)
Genre: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms. Ray Dokes, a charming ex-ballplayer, returns from jail to discover the rural landscape of his childhood ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot: horse, friendship, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, criminal heroes, gambling, addiction, ex convict, rancher, horse race, ranch ...
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high enough, they shoot him and collect. The National Detective Agency, now knowing ...
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle, heroes, murder, tough heroes, investigation, gang, dishonesty, danger, chases and races, rivalry, prison, working undercover ...
Time: year 1963, 19th century, 1870s
Place: colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.8
 321
Town Tamer (1965)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is. Lyle Bettger, Bruce Cabot and Richard Jaeckel co-star as the lawless bad guys in this Western based on a novel by ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, gunfighter, manhunt, dishonesty, lone wolves, on the run, criminal heroes, vigilantism, good versus evil, political conspiracy, witnessing a crime, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: kansas, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Spikes Gang (1974)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After escaping home, three young friends form a dynamic alliance of untamed youth. They meet an old man named Spikes with the experience only a master gunfighter can offer. The gang of men go on a crime spree and are converted to outlaws with a ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wild west, theft, runaway, bounty hunter, farm, teenage boy, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, friends, power relations, heroes, rivalry ...
Place: texas, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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