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Chisum (1970)
12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Style:
harsh, exciting, rough, serious, tense, realistic, spaghetti western, light, clever, enigmatic ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, cattle, gunfight, shootout, betrayal, justice, aging, elderly, dishonesty, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, cowboy, wild west, revenge, violence, greed, gunslinger, billy the kid, wagon train, complex characters, lawyer, murder, horse, army ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 80s, 70s
Place:
new mexico, yuma arizona, usa, arizona, santa fe new mexico, tucson arizona, mexico ...
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Most similar movies to Chisum
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and rough films with plots about violence, shootout, cowboy, gunfight, gun, cowboy hat and horse mostly in Drama, Western and Biography genres. Some movies like Chisum: The Long Riders (1980), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The War Wagon (1967), Young Guns (1988), Silverado (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Style:
factual, harsh, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
outlaw gang, wild west, bank robbery, vengeance, gang, gunfight, jesse james, destiny, bank robber, civil war, storytelling, visceral ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
missouri, texas, minnesota
Similarity:
100%
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, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, shootout, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
Similarity:
57%
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, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gold, native american, revenge, caper, chase, vengeance, rivalry, frame up, robbery, jail, old west ...
Time:
year 1967, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
usa, mexico
Similarity:
46%
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:
suspense, harsh, serious, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
cowboy, billy the kid, old west, gunfight, brutality, vigilante, chase, modern western, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, revenge, gunslinger ...
Time:
1870s, 20th century, 19th century, 80s
Place:
new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
Similarity:
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54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting ...
Style:
light, tense, intense, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cowboy, wild west, gunfight, good versus evil, violent, small town, friendship, modern western, desert, chess, modern west, wagon train ...
Time:
19th century, year 1985, 1880s, 80s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
44%
33K
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, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
old west, sheriff, redemption, wild west, alcoholic, friendship, shootout, lone hero, vengeance, cowboy, showdown, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1966, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, usa, sonora, mexico, california
Similarity:
44%
15K
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, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, vengeance, betrayal, revenge, gunfight, justice, brutality, redemption, colonel, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
texas, usa, ireland, new orleans
Similarity:
42%
Genre: 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, epic, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
old west, violence, gunfight, wild west, gang war, small town, greed, vengeance, tough heroes, drifter, cowboy, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
mexico, latin america, new mexico, mexico city, arizona ...
Similarity:
41%
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190K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style:
realistic, cult classic, costume drama, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, gunslinger, criminal, shootout, friendship, sheriff, western hero, wild west, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 90s, 1880s
Place:
arizona, america, usa, tucson arizona, mexico ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job ...
Style:
harsh, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
coming of age, cattle, gunfight, male male relationship, underage drinking, vengeance, old west, buddies, on the road, gold, good versus evil, wild west ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
montana, texas, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
comanche indian, texas ranger, horse, renegade, shootout, small town, desert, gunfight, gambler, chase, murder, wild west ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1800s, 60s
Place:
texas, louisiana, usa, latin america, mexico ...
Similarity:
39%
23K
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, anti hero, hostage, train, shootout, bandit, landowner, manhunt, violence, murder, small town, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona, mexico, texas ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, 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, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, heroes, murder, tough heroes, rivalry, investigation, chases and races, gang, danger, dishonesty, cons and scams, working undercover ...
Time:
year 1963, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
colorado, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ...
Style:
tense, spaghetti western, funny, retro, cult classic ...
Plot:
apache, justice, brutality, hanging, heroes, murder, old west, violence, gunfight, maverick, geronimo, apache territory ...
Time:
19th century, year 1980, 1900s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
arizona, california, mexico, vienna, australia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
Style:
atmospheric, rough, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, hitman, vengeance, old west, heroes, dark hero, criminal heroes, unfulfillment, legends and myths, civil war, modern west, modern western ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1860s, 80s
Place:
south dakota, north america, kansas, new york, texas ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, murder, murder mystery, amateur detective, gunfight, secret service, train travel, u.s. marshal, governor, prisoner, danger, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
usa, utah, nevada, ireland, california
Similarity:
36%
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:
crying, spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
church, cowboy, pardon, wild west, jail, jail cell, machine gun, blood, gunfight, fortress, dark hero, redhead girl ...
Time:
year 1972, 19th century
Place:
tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
Similarity:
35%
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, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robber, vengeance, greed, bank robbery, haunted by the past, stolen gold, going straight, on the run, criminal's revenge, rivalry, obsessive quest, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
california, monterey california, mexico, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 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, cowboy, old west, investigation, murder, rape, outlaw, betrayal, jail, sheriff, fistfight, frame up ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
Style:
spaghetti western, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, small town, heroes, old west, dishonesty, rivalry, lone wolves, wild west, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, outlaw gang, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1860s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Glenn Ford plays Jim Killian, a preacher who arrives in a town divided between cattlemen and sheep herders. But Killian isn't just any preacher. He is a former fast gun who has set upon a different path.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
gunslinger, old west, small town, ranch, society, starting over, hopes, danger, going straight, heroes, rivalry, violent content ...
Time:
year 1969, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
yuma arizona, arizona, usa, santa fe new mexico
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shootout, cowboy, boat, yacht, cigar, civil war, old west, violent content, tough heroes, heroes, chases and races, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, mexico, arizona, sonora
Similarity:
33%
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, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
judge, revenge, u.s. marshal, court, vigilante, guilt, justice, hanging, wild west, false accusation, cowboy, death sentence ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, usa, california
Similarity:
32%
811
Genre: Drama, 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:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, marshal, bar fight, righting the wronged, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, heroes, gang, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona
Similarity:
32%
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:
realistic, serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, old west, dishonesty, chases and races, on the run, criminal's revenge, betrayal, heroes, bounty hunter, vengeance, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wyatt earp, gunfight, wild west, buddy cop, cowboy, shootout, revenge, vengeance, old west, buddies, dishonesty, vigilantism ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
31%
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, atmospheric, harsh, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, robbery, revenge, gunfight, storytelling, heroes, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1965, 1890s, 1870s
Place:
new mexico, texas, usa, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, old west, outlaw, tough guy, criminal, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
16K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
Style:
spaghetti western, tense, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
old west, cowboys and indians, texas ranger, cowboy, gunfight, motorcycle, wild west, good versus evil, happy ending, car, geronimo, shootout ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century, year 1971, 19th century ...
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, latin america, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Style:
melancholic, suspense, atmospheric, serious, meditative ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
politics, lawyer, funeral, wild west, old west, small town, senator, cowboy, friendship, bully, romantic rivalry, election ...
Time:
19th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1880s, 1800s ...
Place:
america
Similarity:
30%
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