Movies like The Legend of Butch & Sundance

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The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004)
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The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Just before the turn of the Century two young outlaws team up for a historic ride. Based on historical references, the "True Story" of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, exciting, campy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the run, friendship, buddies, criminal heroes, hotshot hero, chase, jail, gunfight, old west, love triangle, friends, chases and races, couples, partner, prison, photographer, train robbery, nostalgia, punishment, pardon, bare chested male, underwear, undressing, explosion, bathtub ...
Time: 19th century
Place: mexico, colorado, wyoming
Keyword: americana, partners

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Most similar movies to The Legend of Butch & Sundance

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and rough films with plots about old west, rivalry, criminal heroes, chases and races, partner, gunfight and heroes mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Legend of Butch & Sundance: Blackthorn (2011), Young Guns II (1990), Auto Recovery (2008), The Far Side of Jericho (2006), Desolation Canyon (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blackthorn (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, France, Bolivia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: friendship, on the run, native, modern west, modern western, danger, criminal heroes, heist, one last chance, partner, cowboy, male bonding ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1900s
Place: bolivia, latin america, south america
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.
Style: exciting, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, cowboy, outlaw, partner, friends, criminal heroes, chases and races, friendship, buddies, gang, on the run, old west ...
Time: year 1979, 19th century
Place: wyoming, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: treasure hunt, unlikely partners, on the run, partner, escapades, danger, bounty hunter, friendship, chases and races, old west, conspiracy, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: texas, usa
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54%
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Young Guns II (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Only three of the original five "young guns" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his ...
Style: funny, period piece, cult classic, anamorphic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: native american, old west, cowboy, billy the kid, gunfight, wild west, modern west, modern western, bounty hunter, betrayal, friendship, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 1870s, 19th century, 1950s
Place: new mexico, arkansas, usa, latin america, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Auto Recovery (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A heart warming story about three young men who specialize in recovering high end, expensive and well protected autos that are hard to retrieve due to lack of payments.
Style: captivating, exciting, semi serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: partner, buddies, car chase, dishonesty, car, rivalry, friendship, danger, friends, chases and races, going straight, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, mystical Indians and a hornet's nest of villains - ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: vigilantism, treasure hunt, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, chase, old west, partner, bank robbery, civil war, psychopath ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, casino, bounty hunter, kidnapping, partner, hostage, chases and races, danger, heroes, daring rescue, partners against crime, escapades ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Desolation Canyon (2006)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Following a bank robbery, the responsible gang stops by the home of one of their members and kidnaps his son. The sheriff enlists the aid of a retired gunfighter, who is the boy's grandfather. On the gang's trail, they find there are two ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, gang, partners against crime, old west, abduction, danger, rescue, revenge, murder, squad, partner, buddies ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, latin america, utah, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Hour of the Gun (1967)
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: retro, grindhouse, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wyatt earp, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, buddy cop, shootout, revenge, vengeance, old west, gang, rivalry, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967, 1880s, victorian era
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Hannah's Law (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, female protagonist, female gunfighter, female fighter, heroes, family relations, on the run, rivalry, chase, society, death ...
Time: 1860s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Gang of Roses (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, good versus evil, vigilantism, criminal's revenge, vengeance, dishonesty, heroes, violence, showdown, black, wild west, woman with a gun ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his ...
Style: spaghetti western, crying, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, pardon, wild west, native american, van, shootout, town, jail, machine gun, jail cell, blood, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century
Place: tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins," is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there some 12 years ago -- Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, rivalry, chases and races, vengeance, heroes, dishonesty, buddies, friendship, escapades ...
Time: 19th century
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Return of the Seven (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets ...
Style: spaghetti western, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, wild west, cowboy, vengeance, kidnapping, gunfight, desert, hanging, horse riding, freedom, revolution, struggle ...
Time: year 1966, 19th century, 1800s
Place: mexico, latin america, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Ghost Rock (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took place 20 years ago. They are determined to find the man responsible.
Style: serious, tense, exciting, suspense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, righting the wronged, hopes, lone wolves, gang, small town, crooked sheriff, showdown, old west ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
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31%
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Avenging Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A preacher (Sorbo) becomes a bounty hunter after a group of refugees seeking shelter in his church is murdered by a gang of ruthless outlaws.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot: revenge, preacher, murder, rivalry, righting the wronged, church, criminal, danger, gang, chase, bounty hunter, violent content ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas, usa
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31%
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Wild Rovers (1971)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female gunfighter, hidden treasure, mexican border, partner, animal life, tough heroes, heroes, lone wolves, buddies, fugitives, friendship, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: utah, latin america, wyoming, montana, mexico
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31%
Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch (1982)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: By the turn of the 20th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Billy the Kid and virtually all of the West's legendary outlaws are either dead or in jail pending execution. Well, all, except train robber and escape artist extraordinaire, ...
Style: funny, independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: outlaw, hanging, manhunt, fugitives, uninhibited rivalry, chase, heroes, love and romance, criminal heroes, dishonesty, folk hero, betrayal ...
Time: year 1982, 1900s, 19th century
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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31%
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The Gunslingers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While roaming the wild plains on a quest to find a cache of hidden riches, sharp-shooting bounty hunter Butch (John Elliott) and his outlaw companions come across a deadly gang with supernatural powers in this stylized Western. As the hunt for the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: gang, bounty hunter, rivalry, plague, fugitives, chases and races, cowboy, gunfight, showdown, travel, danger, old west ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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31%
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The War Wagon (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, revenge, native american, frame up, rivalry, jail, old west, wild west ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 19th century
Place: usa, mexico
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31%
The Righteous and the Wicked (2010)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Hobbs, a notorious wanted bandit, gets caught up in a violently competitive hunt for stolen cash when he finds out outlaws have robbed the local bank. While trying to get back what's his he must saddle up to stop these outlaws leaving whomever ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, serious ...
Plot: heist, gang, rivalry, bank, old west, lone wolves, fugitives, showdown, investigation, danger, murder, hunt down ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
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31%
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Three cowhands, between jobs, have the bad dumb luck to pitch night camp in the same valley as a cabin full of guys who just robbed a stagecoach and killed the guard. Come morning, a posse arrives, forms up along the ridge, and takes for granted ...
Style: realistic, tense, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: false accusation, pursuit, on the run, robbery, outlaw, anti hero, vigilantism, old west, partner, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: utah
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30%
The City Is Mine (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, police, love, prison ...
Time: 21st century
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30%
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Big Kill (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill.
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, cowboy, lone wolves, murder, partner, heroes, rivalry, danger, escapades, gang, dishonesty, society ...
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30%
Doc West - Part 1 (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, spaghetti western, disturbing ...
Plot: gambling, danger, partner, chase, gang, criminal heroes, heroes, vengeance, mind game, prison, legends and myths, old west ...
Place: new mexico
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30%
A Gunfighter's Pledge (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After killing former sheriff Matt Austin's wife and son for revenge, a quest begins. An escaped prisoner shows that he remembers who sent him to do time in jail so long ago. In a small town saloon Austin's mission to locate his ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, rivalry, heroes, dishonesty, criminal heroes, chases and races, law enforcement, police corruption, old west, accidental killing, death of wife ...
Time: 19th century
Place: california
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29%
Gunfighter's Moon (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Henrickson plays Frank Morgan, a notorious and feared gunfighter that has lived his life on the run. His face and eyes reveal a man that has been very much hardened by that life. We quickly learn, however, that there is still passion inside. Upon ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot: aging, lone wolves, on the run, rivalry, heroes, self discovery, criminal heroes, couple relations, old west, parents and children, couples, fast draw ...
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28%
Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: gunfight, vengeance, old west, partner, vigilantism, rivalry, twists and turns, wyatt earp, cowboy, murder, civil war, revenge plot ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Aces 'N' Eights (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: brutality, good versus evil, rescue, partner, heroes, criminal heroes, society, husband wife relationship, murder, gunfight, gang of outlaws, showdown ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Fast Lane (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A high-speed accident on the freeways of Los Angeles reveals a turf war between two competing car theft rings of sexy all-girl crews. Brandy Martinez, a young streetwise cop is assigned by lieutenant Baynes (Steven Bauer) to go undercover and ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, gang, working undercover, chases and races, car chase, danger, partner, love and romance, car, woman with a gun, car race, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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27%
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