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Chisum (1970)
 6.8
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Chisum (1970)
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, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, shootout, elderly, dishonesty, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, cowboy, wild west, revenge, violence, greed, complex characters, murder, heroes, horse, army, death, tough guy, fire ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 80s, 70s
Place: new mexico, yuma arizona, usa, arizona, santa fe new mexico, tucson arizona, mexico ...
Keyword: oldies, pipe, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and suspenseful films with plots about cowboy, shootout, gunfight, old west, cowboy hat, cowboy boots and winchester rifle 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), Rio Lobo (1970), El Dorado (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Long Riders (1980)
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, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: bank robbery, outlaw gang, gunfight, jesse james, bounty hunter, wild west, storytelling, civil war, moral ambiguity, visceral, shootout, bank robber ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: missouri, texas, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
66%
 6.8
 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 ⇓
54%
 6.7
 14K
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 ⇓
52%
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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 ⇓
50%
The Comancheros (1961)
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: cowboy, texas ranger, renegade, horse, comanche indian, small town, desert, gunfight, shootout, chase, murder, gambler ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1800s, 60s
Place: texas, louisiana, usa, mexico, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 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 ⇓
46%
 7.4
 16K
The Cowboys (1972)
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
Plot: coming of age, cattle, desert, gunfight, cowboy, old west, buddies, on the road, main character dies, gold, wild west, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Tombstone (1993)
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, suspense, serious, factual, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, lone hero, criminal, gunslinger, sheriff, friendship, revenge, betrayal, wyatt earp ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, 1800s, 1880s
Place: arizona, america, tucson arizona, usa, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 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 ⇓
44%
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 ⇓
42%
 6.3
 2K
Barquero (1970)
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, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shootout, cowboy, boat, civil war, yacht, cigar, old west, violent content, tough heroes, escapades, chases and races, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, sonora, mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Return of Sabata (1971)
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: cowboy, small town, heroes, gunfight, old west, rivalry, dishonesty, wild west, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, outlaw gang, mixed martial arts ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 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 ⇓
39%
 6.7
 55K
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during ...
Style: epic, cult classic, historical drama, retro, anamorphic ...
Plot: gunfight, cowboy, wyatt earp, gunslinger, wild west, modern west, modern western, western hero, outlaw gang, u.s. marshal, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 90s, 1870s, 1860s ...
Place: arizona, wyoming, alaska, texas, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.8
 6K
Tom Horn (1980)
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, retro, funny, cult classic ...
Plot: apache, brutality, justice, hanging, heroes, murder, old west, violence, gunfight, one man army, trial, rustler ...
Time: 19th century, year 1980, 1900s, 20th century
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
 7.1
 14K
Big Jake (1971)
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: kidnapping, old west, cowboys and indians, texas ranger, gunfight, motorcycle, cowboy, wild west, double barreled shotgun, happy ending, good versus evil, car ...
Time: turn of the century, 20th century, year 1971, 1900s, 19th century ...
Place: texas, mexico, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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 ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
36%
Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they ...
Style: talky, semi serious, suspenseful, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: heist, native american, gunfight, family drama, american civil war, parents and children, comanche indian, family relations, criminal heroes, partner, robbery, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010)
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: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, old west, outlaw, tough guy, criminal, fugitives, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.8
 8K
Wild Bill (1995)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 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, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, vengeance, hitman, heroes, criminal heroes, unfulfillment, old west, legends and myths, civil war, modern west, modern western, biopic ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 1860s
Place: south dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Hour of the Gun (1967)
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: retro, grindhouse, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wyatt earp, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, buddy cop, shootout, revenge, vengeance, old west, gang, rivalry, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967, 1880s, victorian era
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 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 ⇓
34%
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Minister Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
Style: action adventure, spaghetti western, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, courage, battle of the sexes, shootout, teacher, outlaw gang, tough girl, u.s. marshal, spinster, raft, pursuit, death of father ...
Time: year 1975, 19th century, 1880s
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 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 ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
 7.6
 27K
The Shootist (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and ...
Style: suspense, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gunfight, cancer, wild west, widow, self defense, small town, haunted by the past, cowboy, retirement, danger, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, year 1976, 1880s, 1870s ...
Place: tucson arizona, el paso texas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Heaven with a Gun (1969)
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: retro, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: gunslinger, old west, small town, ranch, rivalry, heroes, hopes, danger, starting over, going straight, society, violent content ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century, 1870s
Place: arizona, yuma arizona, usa, santa fe new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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