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The Abandons (2025)
9K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore the fine line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets, as this family fights to keep their land.
Style:
tense, neo western, psychological, suspense, bleak
Plot:
family drama, land dispute, small town, survival, corruption, greed, moral ambiguity, class conflict, revenge, violence, vigilantism, resistance, secrets, political intrigue, slow burn, ambiguity, cowboy, strong female lead, old west, civil war, female nudity, loner, rape and revenge, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
1850s, 19th century, contemporary
Place:
oregon
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, period piece, suspense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about revenge, violence, moral ambiguity, vigilantism, small town, outlaw and frontier mostly in Drama, Western and Action genres. Some movies like The Abandons: Yellowstone (2018), Western World (2017), Ransom Canyon (2025), The Rogues of Flat Oak (2018), Dead Man's Hand (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Western
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, montana, chicago, north america
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Style:
tension, emotional, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
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88%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A newly married gunfighter seeks a quiet life with his bride. When he kills a bandit in self-defense, he finds them both pulled back into his old ways. The corrupt mayor of their locale will not let his brother's death go unpunished.
Style:
tense, grim, neo western
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Duell McCall is in New Mexico running afoul of local land baron.
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Style:
spaghetti western, suspenseful, period piece, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, framed for murder, old west, small town, outlaw, vigilantism, corruption, land dispute, protection, showdown, heroism, courage ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
new mexico
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69%
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 50 min.
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Time:
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66%
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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62%
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Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, neo western
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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61%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 39 min.
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Greed took over California because of the gold rush. It made people thirsty for wealth and land. There, in the newly drawn border between Mexico and the US, a lawless war for control, fueled by the anger and xenophobia of the past war, is led by a ...
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Audience:
adult
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Time:
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59%
160K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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144
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
59%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
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Story:
A sharpshooting saddle tramp (Hugh Cardiff) with a price on his head falls for the daughter (Libby) of a wealthy ranch owner. He vows to win enough money in shooting contests to win her father's approval, but when he returns years later, he ...
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Time:
19th century
Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Country: Mexico, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Style:
period piece, neo western, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Johnny fights the banker Burton, who tries to acquire with the help of the strange bandit Martinez, in an unlawful way, all the gold mines in the nearer environment.
Style:
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Plot:
violence, corruption, revenge, showdown, greed, lawlessness, betrayal, gang, moral ambiguity, anti hero, vigilante justice, outlaw ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
neo western, thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Country: Spain
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Style:
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Audience:
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Audience:
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Time:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A small-town banker is forced to protect his town against a vicious gang of bank robbers determined to get the $200,000 stored in his bank.
Style:
tension, suspense
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Time:
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