Movies like High Plains Drifter
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High Plains Drifter (1973)
64K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, 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:
spaghetti western, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, brutal, rough, serious, black comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, small town, anti hero, revenge, justice, greed, murder, cowboy, vengeance, rape, gang, gunfight, wild west, vigilantism, gunslinger, outlaw, husband wife relationship, ghost, fire, lust, manipulation, cowardice, moral dilemma, secret, guilt ...
Time:
19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place:
arizona, usa, california
Keyword:
mexican, bell tower, signal, stable
Most similar movies to High Plains Drifter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gunfight, cowboy, shootout, murder, old west, horse and wild west mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like High Plains Drifter: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Unforgiven (1992), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Pale Rider (1985), For a Few Dollars More (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
100%
434K
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, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
old west, revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, gunfight, hitman, sheriff, prostitute, small town, wild west, tough heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place:
wyoming, kansas, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 161 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, exciting, breathtaking, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot:
old west, civil war, treasure hunt, american civil war, greed, gunfight, moral ambiguity, wild west, anti hero, shootout, cowboy, hitman ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, year 1966, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, new mexico ...
⇓ 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, courage, murder, greed, revenge, one against many, teenage girl, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, one man army, gunfighter ...
Time:
year 1985, 1800s, 20th century, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
california, sacramento california
⇓ 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, 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 ⇓
100%
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Films like The Hateful Eight
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 ⇓
100%
Genre: 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, realistic, harsh, epic, powerful ...
Plot:
american civil war, native american, revenge, civil war, murder, surrender, massacre, one against many, on the run, manhunt, indians, wild west ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 20th century, year 1976, 1800s
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 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, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
old west, vengeance, wild west, cowboy, revenge, desert, harmonica, gunfight, small town, mysterious character, death, showdown ...
Time:
19th century, year 1968, 1800s
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, exciting, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, train, indians, secret service, gunfight, u.s. marshal, murder mystery, governor, prisoner, danger, train travel, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gunfight, gun store, family in danger, survival, murder, civil war, unlikely friendships, gang, farm, unlikely partners, family relations, modern west ...
Time:
year 2015, victorian era, 1860s, 19th century
Place:
usa, missouri, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her.
Style:
spaghetti western, psychotronic, funny, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, rape and revenge, revenge, woman with a gun, female gunfighter, sexual assault, bounty hunter, butt, exploitation, chase, strong female lead, lady ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
21K
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 ⇓
100%
356K
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. ...
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience:
manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, old west, revenge, cowboy, bounty hunter, justice, gunfight, texas ranger, determination, teenage girl, death of father, murder ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1870s, 1800s ...
Place:
texas, arkansas, oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
95K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style:
rough, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, indian chief, reconciliation, widow, murder, american indian, wild west, bigotry, military, gunfight, hostility ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, 90s, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
new mexico, montana, america, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like The Magnificent Seven
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 ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 290 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:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, old west, gunfight, feud, revenge, violence spree, violence, murder, rivalry, ethnic conflict, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s, 1890s ...
Place:
kentucky, west virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Quaker-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, rough, spiritual ...
Plot:
amish, forbidden love, love affair, rivalry, good versus evil, murder, redemption, heroes, society, vengeance, caught in the act, opposites attract ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
ohio, montana
⇓ 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, 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 ⇓
29%
165K
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 ⇓
27%
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Films like Gran Torino
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 145 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:
controversial, cult classic, intense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, gunfight, robbery, gang, on the run, violent, heist, friendship, cowboy, wild west, bounty hunter, civil war ...
Time:
year 1969, 1910s, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
texas, america, persia, mexico, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
27%
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, realistic, suspenseful, rough, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, native american, vengeance, small town, one against many, rescue, old west, train, massacre, navajo indian, racism, one man army ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966
Place:
arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900's. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the ...
Style:
serious, rough, atmospheric, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
desert, gang, old west, haunted by the past, tough heroes, family relations, criminal heroes, law enforcement, small town, manhunt, outlaw gang, criminal ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place:
arizona, usa, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Movies similar to Unforgiven
31K
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:
revenge, cowboy, shootout, wild west, civil war, vengeance, badass, lone wolves, brutality, violence, gunfight, desert ...
Time:
year 1966, 19th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, wilderness, social decay, old west, violence spree, social misfits, wild west, cowboy, husband wife relationship, gunslinger, revenge, violent content ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1880s, 70s
Place:
new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, rivalry, vengeance, journalism, bank, old west, prison escape, good versus evil, murder, danger, cowboy, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1920s
Place:
usa, yuma arizona, nashville tennessee, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, partner, buddies, escapades, obsessive quest, vengeance, rivalry, chases and races, gang, law enforcement, price of justice, wild west ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
330K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
gunfight, old west, honor, runaway, sheriff, morality, gang, outlaw, heroic mission, wild west, violence, righting the wronged ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, usa, yuma arizona, sonora ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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