Movies and TV shows like Lonesome Dove
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Lonesome Dove (1989)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Lonesome Dove is a Western television miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, Lonesome Dove was originally broadcast by CBS on February 5, 1989, drawing a huge viewing audience, earning numerous awards, and reviving both the television western and the miniseries.
Style:
epic, touching, realistic, entertaining, anime, sentimental, captivating, contemplative, soap opera, serious ...
Plot:
wild west, cowboy, indians, texas ranger, old west, native american, modern west, epic battle, friendship, gunfight, obsessive quest, villain, team, vigilante, progress, vigilante justice, agriculture, life changing, soul searching, gilded age, guy, on the road, journey, old love, hanging ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 80s
Place:
montana, america, austin texas, nebraska, usa, wyoming, texas ...
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Most similar movies to Lonesome Dove
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and captivating films and TV series with plots about wild west, cowboy, old west, horse, escapades, native american and civil war mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like Lonesome Dove: Open Range (2003), Centennial (1978), Broken Trail (2006), True Grit (1969), Streets of Laredo (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place:
montana, texas
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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'Captain' Call has just buried Gus at Lonesome Dove and plans to head back to his ranch in Montana. Looking at a herd of wild Mustangs, he decides to drive them north with the help of Isom and Gideon Walker. Gideon hires Agostina Vega and ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental, epic ...
Plot:
cowboy, wild west, modern western, modern west, native american, cavalry, texas ranger, mexican standoff, partner, heroes, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
montana, austin texas, texas, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
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The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s.
Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, epic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
wild west, native, fort, wagon train, unrequited love, rocky mountains, 007, civil war, family in danger, wilderness, immigrant, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 19th century, 18th century, 1820s, 1830s ...
Place:
usa, colorado, st. louis missouri
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
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Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
old west, cowboy, fall in love, horse, gang, protector, brothel, nephew, escapades, danger, rescue, partner ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming, oregon, america, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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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:
suspense, harsh, exciting, spaghetti western, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, manly
Plot:
revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, texas ranger, vengeance, hanging, teenage girl, cowboy, civil war veteran, alcoholic, reward ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1969, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, arkansas, usa, austin texas ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron to track down Joey Garza, a new kind of killer, only a boy, who kills from a distance with a rifle. Joined by his old compadre Pea Eye, it ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot:
manhunt, escapades, heroes, rivalry, on the road, haunted by the past, gang of outlaws, modern western, modern west, cowboy, wild west, child in peril ...
Time:
90s, 1890s
Place:
texas, america, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Dead man's Walk is the beginning of the Lonesome Dove Saga. Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are just starting out in the Texas Rangers and have no idea of what they are doing for Call it's Duty above all else. For Gus it's the thrill of ...
Style:
detective, exciting, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache, cowboy, modern west, modern western, texas ranger, firing squad, american history, social problems, native, wild west, mexican american border, survival ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
texas, new mexico, mexico, latin america, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jeff Bridges stars as young con man named Jake Rumsey in this highly original Western. After Drew Dixon (Barry Brown), an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, atmospheric, political, offbeat ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, betrayal, hanging, prostitution, loyalty, marshal, cowboy, homeless, homeless man, wild west, buddy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972, 1860s
Place:
missouri, usa, north america, texas, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel west during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, historical drama, stylized ...
Plot:
gold rush, treasure hunt, gold, adventurer, friendship, greed, businessman, murder, danger, wilderness, escapades, revolutionary war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
america, canada, yukon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Comanche Moon, the prequel to McMurtry's bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Lonesome Dove follows Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae (Zahn) and Woodrow F. Call (Urban), now in their middle years, as they continue to ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
wild west, friendship, danger, native american, modern western, partner, native, rivalry, old west, escapades, texas ranger, daring rescue ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s, 1850s, victorian era
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
journey, cowboy, husband wife relationship, old west, wild west, road trip, life is a bitch, travel, family relations, wildlife, coming of age, horse ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
texas, america, montana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, intense, serious, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love, love and romance, enemies to lovers, boxing, ambition, love story, immigrant, boxer, obsessive quest, against the odds, american dream, rise and fall ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, turn of the century, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, ireland, oklahoma, oklahoma city, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just ...
Style:
harsh, sexy, depressing, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, wild west, old west, suicide, human nature, depression, suicide by hanging, unlikely partners, obsessive quest, partner, modern west, danger ...
Time:
19th century, year 2014, 2010s
Place:
iowa, nebraska, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, wagon train, against the odds, obnoxious boss, rivalry, on the road, fish out of water, culture clash, father son relationship, fort, sioux tribe, american indian ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967, 1840s
Place:
oregon, missouri, usa
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100%
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, teens
Plot:
coming of age, cattle, gunfight, male male relationship, underage drinking, vengeance, old west, buddies, on the road, gold, good versus evil, wild west ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
montana, texas, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, slavery, old west, rivalry, tough heroes, courage, shooting, ambitious, business venture, haunted by the past, rivals, historical character ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Style:
epic, humorous, sentimental, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
native american, cowboy, racism, revenge, culture clash, voice over narration, massacre, interview, orphan, old west, american history, bigotry ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1860s, year 1970, 70s ...
Place:
montana, south dakota, usa
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, wild west, on the run, temple, haunted by the past, vegetarian, flashback, kung fu classic, fugitive, man with no name ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
usa, new mexico, arizona
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 219 min.
Story:
Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners ...
Style:
epic, period piece, controversial, erotic, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, immigrant, cattle ranch, epic battle, ranch, skinny dipping, prostitute, brothel, culture clash, gunfight, controversy, female nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 1980, 1800s, 1870s ...
Place:
montana, wyoming, usa, harvard university, america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
courage, battle of the sexes, revenge, tough girl, u.s. marshal, spinster, shootout, teacher, outlaw gang, raft, pursuit, death of father ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975, 1880s, 70s
Place:
oregon, arkansas, usa, africa
Similarity:
100%
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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, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
old west, sheriff, redemption, wild west, alcoholic, friendship, shootout, lone hero, vengeance, cowboy, showdown, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1966, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, usa, sonora, mexico, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and ...
Style:
intense, atmospheric, serious, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, friendship, vengeance, small town, revenge, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road, reluctant partners ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, midwest, austin texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A depiction of the rise of Texas from the Battle of the Alamo to San Jacinto. A story told through the lives of the men who gave everything up to defend an infant country from a ruthless Dictator and savage Native Americans, and paved the way for ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wild west, rebellion, state affairs, hopes, law enforcement, society, u.s. president, texas revolution, victorian england, intrigue, conservative, world war two ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1825 an English aristocrat is captured by Indians. He lives with them and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles. Eventually he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.
Style:
intense, scenic, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
horse, native american, sioux tribe, ritual, native, captivity, survival, lifestyle, interracial relations, danger, injustice, torture ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1800s, 70s
Place:
usa, south dakota, india, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Style:
spaghetti western, realistic, sentimental, aesthetic, retro ...
Plot:
horse, aging, friendship, brother brother relationship, gold rush, judge, gunfight, runaway, wild west, betrayal, shootout, redemption ...
Time:
year 1962, 19th century, 1890s, 70s
Place:
california, america, idaho, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
Style:
epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
native american, american indian, wild west, old west, indian war, native american attack, wagon train, tribe, native american white relationships, gold rush, interracial romance, injustice ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
south dakota, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Bordertown is a television western-drama series that aired from 1989 to 1991. It depicts the town formerly known as Pemmican that was later renamed Bordertown when the western border between the United States and Canada was surveyed in 1880, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Plot:
wild west, texas ranger, partner, law enforcement, love and romance, escapades, society, friends, social relations, friendship, small town life, old west ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
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Set in the small western town of Curtis Wells, Lonesome Dove: The Series follows first the romance and later the marriage of Newt Call and Hannah Peale, and the obsession that Clay Mosby, who owns most of the town, has with young Hannah, who looks ...
Style:
costume drama, realistic, serious, exciting, rough
Plot:
wild west, cowboy, couples, small town, old west, small town life, obsession, couple relations, escapades, society, love and romance, anti hero ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
22%
540
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Wild Boys is an Australian television period drama series that began airing on the Seven Network on 4 September 2011. It is produced by Julie McGauran and Sarah Smith from Southern Star and John Holmes. The series is set in and around the fictional ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, contemplative
Plot:
gang, friendship, partner, gunfight, escapades, tough guy, good versus evil, old west, cowboy, chase, martial arts, violence ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 1860s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
22%
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