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A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
41K
Original name: Giù la testa
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Style:
epic, atmospheric, intense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, political, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, rape, robbery, flashback, redemption, bandit, motorcycle, friendship between men, haunted by the past, cynicism, culture clash, rebellion, mercenary, chase, male nudity, grief, guilt, death of friend, political prisoner, stagecoach robbery, loss of family, explosives expert, outlaw, chaos ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
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Most similar movies to A Fistful of Dynamite
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, gun, gunfight, cowboy, heroes, violence and shootout mostly in Drama, Western and Action genres. Some movies like A Fistful of Dynamite: A Bullet for the General (1967), The Wild Bunch (1969), Tepepa (1969), Pancho Villa (1972), For a Few Dollars More (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware he is an assassin working for the Mexican ...
Style:
spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, epic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, wild west, medieval, civil war, myth, woman with a gun, reform, exploitation, protest, spy, man on a mission ...
Time:
year 1967, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, sonora
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 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:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, action adventure, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, revolution, violent content, vengeance, on the run, escapades, rebellion, uninhibited rivalry, society, chases and races, danger, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1969, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally ...
Style:
homoerotic, epic, period piece, freeze frame, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
buddy, friendship, shootout, old west, bank robbery, cowboy, friendship between men, last stand, gunfight, fugitive, heist, robbery ...
Time:
1900s, 1890s, 20th century, ancient times, year 1969 ...
Place:
bolivia, south america, wyoming, new york, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is double-crossed in an arms deal planned by his comrade Scotty. Villa and Scotty plot a raid on a U.S. cavalry fort in retaliation.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, semi serious, tense ...
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, arms deal, adventurer, mexican history, traveler, pancho villa, heroes, against the odds, collision, train, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1972, 1910s, year 1916
Place:
latin america, mexico, sonora
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
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40%
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:
33%
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:
32%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany, USA
Duration: 178 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, breathtaking, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot:
old west, civil war, treasure hunt, gunfight, greed, american civil war, moral ambiguity, desert, anti hero, shootout, hitman, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966, 20th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 145 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, clever, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
old west, wild west, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, cowboy, harmonica, duel, villain, murder, hitman, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968
Place:
yuma arizona, arizona, usa, north america
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, 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:
suspense, atmospheric, spaghetti western, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, revenge, small town, anti hero, desert, greed, justice, murder, rape, mysterious man, vengeance, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place:
arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing ...
Style:
retro, spaghetti western, political, euro western, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, medieval, epic battle, gunrunner, power struggle, maverick, resistance, fictional history, mexican history, pancho villa, mexican american border, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, texas, latin america, sonora
Similarity:
29%
34K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Django is a 1966 Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero in the eponymous role. The film earned a reputation as being one of the most violent films ever made up to that point and was subsequently refused a ...
Style:
spaghetti western, grindhouse, cult classic, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shootout, revenge, wild west, civil war, vengeance, badass, lone wolves, gunfight, brutality, desert, violence, death ...
Time:
year 1966, 19th century, 70s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tokyo, italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, soldier, civil war, rescue, apache, friend turned foe, massacre, chase, battles, apache indian, raid ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1965, year 1865
Place:
mexico, new mexico, usa, latin america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, funny, epic, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, medieval, mercenary, machine gun, cavalry charge, exploitation, woman with a gun, native american, combat, villain, circus ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find ...
Style:
spaghetti western, cult classic, euro western, spectacular, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, mexican revolution, blood, fight, small village, revolutionary, western hero, violence, gunfight, gunfighter, mercenary, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 1860s
Place:
latin america, austria, mexico
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is ...
Style:
spaghetti western, political, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, ambush, train, fortress, black man white woman sex, native american, medieval, african american, old west, cowboy, death of lover, interracial romance ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 60s, year 1912
Place:
mexico, arizona, usa, latin america, sonora ...
Similarity:
26%
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, ambiguous ending, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, native american, vengeance, small town, one against many, train, one man army, rescue, massacre, doctor, navajo indian, scalping ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century. He escapes with 6 others to exact vengeance on Sam Burgade ...
Style:
perverse, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
gang, sexual assault, cowboy, civil war, rescue, on the run, misery, apache territory, half breed, gilded age, fugitive, outlaw gang ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 19th century, 1900s
Place:
arizona, america, yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
23K
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, gunfight, military, american history, patriotism, fortress, dictator, justice, civil war, wartime, fight scenes, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, san antonio texas, austin texas ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, 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, brutal, harsh, epic, visually stunning ...
Plot:
american civil war, revenge, native american, surrender, civil war, cowboy, vengeance, manhunt, murder, on the run, loss of family, one against many ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1800s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, suspense, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
wilderness, revenge, vengeance, chase, twists and turns, american civil war, desert, survival, justice, plot twist, colonel, union soldier ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Similarity:
25%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An outcast Confederate soldier protects a woman from bandits trying to steal her gold mine.
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
skinny dipping, cowboy, gang, soldier, mine, partner, tough heroes, righting the wronged, escapades, heroes, lone wolves, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
latin america, california, mexico
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, 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, sexual assault, boy, native american, old west, vigilantism, gang, heroes, vengeance, one man army, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
70s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Any Gun Can Play (Italian: Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro ...
Style:
spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, old west, heroes, treasure hunt, murder, train, partner, chases and races, rivalry, gang, lone wolves, escapades ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
latin america, spain, europe, mexico
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in ...
Style:
sexy, political, bleak, bloody, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rebellion, civil war, ira, politics, independence, resistance, rebel, war, injustice, abuse, occupation, debate ...
Time:
1920s, year 2006, 20th century, post world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
ireland, england, northern ireland, dublin ireland, europe ...
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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