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Hang 'Em High (1968)
48K
Original name: Hang 'em High
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 starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.
Style:
spaghetti western, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, retro, epic, exciting, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
judge, revenge, u.s. marshal, court, vigilante, justice, guilt, hanging, wild west, false accusation, cowboy, death sentence, tough guy, tough cop, ambush, miscarriage of justice, rape victim, showdown, attempted murder, brutality, prison, indians, civil war, vigilantism, widow ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Hang 'Em High
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about old west, gunfight, shootout, cowboy, gun, horse and pistol mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like Hang 'Em High: High Plains Drifter (1973), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Pale Rider (1985), Unforgiven (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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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:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A small gold mining camp is terrorised by a ruthless land owner wanting to take their land. Clint Eastwood arrives riding a pale horse just as a young girl is praying to God to help the miners. He is revealed to be a preacher with mysterious and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, suspense, realistic, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, teenage girl, mysterious stranger, greed, courage, murder, drifter, revenge, gunfight, wild west, u.s. marshal, man with no name ...
Time:
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Place:
california, sacramento california
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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, cult classic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
old west, revenge, cowboy, redemption, vengeance, small town, sheriff, hitman, wild west, gunfight, shootout, gunslinger ...
Time:
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Place:
wyoming, kansas, america, usa, north america ...
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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. ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
old west, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, revenge, wild west, violence, gunfight, kick-butt women, dialogue, teenage girl, shooting ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, oklahoma, usa, arkansas, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
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75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, stylized, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
old west, cowboy, violence, gunslinger, gunfight, shootout, revenge, showdown, civil war veteran, friendship, small town, cattle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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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:
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Time:
19th century, year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona, mexico, texas ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Story:
Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style:
emotional, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, old west, vengeance, revenge, gunfight, violence, feud, violence spree, murder, rivalry, death of son ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1890s, 1910s, 1800s ...
Place:
west virginia, kentucky, usa
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%
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:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After his mother is killed in a wagoncoach robbery a young man pursues the gang responsible. Matt Dillon goes after him hoping to stop him before the gang can kill him. Dillon is joined by Davis Healy, a businessman, who is hiding a few secrets of ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, kansas
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Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, harsh, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, robbery, revenge, gunfight, storytelling, heroes, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
new mexico, texas, usa, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, ...
Style:
retro, funny, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, mexican bandit, civil war, woman with a gun, wild west, mexican american border, civil war veteran, cowboy, outlaw, brother, bandit, executioner ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, texas, usa, latin america
Similarity:
23%
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:
22%
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:
22%
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:
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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:
22%
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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:
21%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to ...
Style:
stylized, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, tough guy, gunfight, prison, mentor, orphan, showdown, swamp, old west, one man army, native american ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966
Place:
california, louisiana, usa, nevada, arizona ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, bank robbery, revenge, pacifist, vigilantism, heroes, squad, convent, quicksand, wild west, anti war, gory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
21%
499
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, tense, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, interracial sex, blaxploitation, snake, tough girl, heroes, violent content, vigilantism, rivalry, confined, lone wolves, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1976, 19th century
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
pistol duel, gunfight, showdown, marshal, interracial, lonely, saloon owner, small town, lone wolves, tough law enforcer, heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1969, 19th century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, old west, wilderness, social decay, social misfits, violence spree, tough law enforcer, wild west, cowboy, one against many, husband wife relationship, dark hero ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1880s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new mexico
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
prison, journalism, rivalry, vengeance, bank, old west, prison escape, murder, good versus evil, danger, cowboy, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1920s
Place:
usa, yuma arizona, nashville tennessee, arizona
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and ...
Style:
retro, costume drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, rape, fortress, execution, escape, soldier, hostage, prosecution, violent content, battles, old west ...
Time:
year 1967, 19th century, victorian era, year 1865
Place:
utah, sonora, arizona, new mexico, mexico
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Style:
spaghetti western, cult classic, visual, grindhouse, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
winter, snow, evil wins, small town, nudity, cowboy, revenge, wild west, gunfight, greed, rocky mountains, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 1968
Place:
utah, north america, italy
Similarity:
20%
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:
19%
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