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Mackenna's Gold (1969)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're after the gold; soon they meet a group of "honorable" citizens and the cavalry crosses their way too - and that is even before they enter Indian territory.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, light, melancholic, scenic, harsh, allegory, visually appealing, rough ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, gang, chase, desert, map, indians, greed, gold, marshal, murder, rivalry, escapades, suspense, good versus evil, cowboy, revenge, treasure, gunfight, catastrophe, race, snake, natural disaster, hunting, beautiful scenery, technology ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, california, arizona, colorado, sonora, mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, serious and entertaining films with plots about mentor, vengeance, gunfight, dialogue, violence, runaway and catastrophe mostly in Western, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Mackenna's Gold: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Bite the Bullet (1975), Sahara (2005), The Undefeated (1969), Bad Girls (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
epic, exciting, tense, breathtaking, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
civil war, treasure hunt, old west, gunfight, greed, american civil war, good versus evil, suspense, moral ambiguity, cowboy, heroes, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, new mexico, arizona, austin texas, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, ...
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stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, horse, endurance, rivalry, contests and competitions, old west, unlikely partners, civil war, horse race, cowboy, chase, ex prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 70s
Place:
california, texas
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, scenic, buddy comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, desert, treasure hunter, adventurer, archaeology, obsessive quest, escapades, civil war, good versus evil, friendship, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, egypt, sahara, nigeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government ...
Style:
tense, talky, scenic, bad ending, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, friendship, horse, mexican revolution, military, desert, gunfight, betrayal, camp, revolution, bandit ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 80s
Place:
mexico, california, latin america, los angeles, usa ...
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35%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.
Style:
erotic, sexy, melancholic, light, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
female protagonist, prostitution, prostitute, old west, gang rape, cowgirl, brothel, ranch, women, horse, strong female lead, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
texas, new orleans, usa, colorado, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, harsh, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
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genocide, vengeance, australian, suspense, vigilantism, friendship, culture clash, fish out of water, gunfight, against the odds, old west, australian aboriginal ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
australia, london, texas, pacific ocean, wyoming ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film directed by Richard Brooks. A kidnap-rescue adventure set in about 1917, it features a small group of experts heading into Mexico to free the Mexican-born wife of a wealthy Texan from several hundred ...
Style:
compassionate, dramatic, harsh, witty, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, mercenary, mexican revolution, kidnapping, gunfight, female nudity, train, chase, mission, cowboy, revolution, courage ...
Time:
60s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, texas, california, latin america
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30%
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired ...
Style:
bloody, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, sexy, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, gang, gunfight, poker, runaway, destiny, prejudice, secret service, adoption, relationships, shopping, redemption ...
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texas, ireland, boston, california, tucson arizona ...
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29%
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Genre: Action, 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:
bad ending, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, humorous, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, kidnapping, desert, gunfight, hanging, cowboy, mercenary, lone hero, natural disaster, transformation, catastrophe, violent ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, spain, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or ...
Style:
harsh, serious, exciting, touching, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
texas ranger, american civil war, civil war, rescue, rivalry, love triangle, vengeance, cowboy, gunfight, chase, violence, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
texas, mexico, california, austin texas, canada ...
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29%
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Genre: 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, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, revenge, frame up, rivalry, gangsters, gunfight, horse, jail ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life ...
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Plot:
superhero, texas ranger, heroes, horse, violence, murder, justice, death, doctors, camp, global warming, fantasy world ...
Time:
19th century, 80s, 1860s, 1870s
Place:
texas, austin texas, california, usa
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28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, scenic, buddy comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
horse, texas ranger, superhero, indians, disney, gunfight, native american, corruption, revenge, escape, betrayal, escapades ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Style:
exciting, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
civil war, wilderness, old west, american civil war, gold, native american, criminal, attempted murder, small town, survival, heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, victorian era, 1880s, 1870s ...
Place:
california, arizona, ohio, missouri, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, 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:
stylized, factual, entertaining, harsh, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
native american, old west, cowboy, gunfight, gang, bounty hunter, betrayal, friendship, billy the kid, gangsters, vengeance, chase ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, 50s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new mexico, las vegas, latin america, usa, arkansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: UK, France, Italy, Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800's. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every mining claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
winter, suspense, kidnapping, wilderness, chase, heroes, gambling, americana, dishonesty, adventurer, pets, daring rescue ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
alaska, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, survival, natural disaster, shipwreck, sinking ship, race against time, suspense, catastrophe, cruise, escapades, boat ...
Time:
80s, future, 70s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.
Style:
clever, bloody, scenic, stylized, talky ...
Plot:
civil war, racism, murder, cowboy, chase, bullying, brutality, revenge, violence, gunfight, gang, enormously long battle scene ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, canada, arizona, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, vengeance, sheriff, lone hero, old west, adaptation, suspense, cowboy, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, vigilantism ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
texas, california, usa, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, three 12 year old friends, Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb, began filming their own shot-by-shot adaptation of the Spielberg classic in the backyards of their Mississippi homes. After 6 ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, sexy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
good versus evil, treasure hunt, archaeologist, betrayal, conspiracy, technology, archaeology, treasure, snake, fight, fight scenes, distopia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: 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, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, chase, violence, family relations, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 1930s, 60s, 1890s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, 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, harsh, serious, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
cowboy, gunfight, billy the kid, old west, gang, chase, suspense, gangsters, brutality, cowboys and outlaws, vigilante, revenge ...
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1870s, 80s, 19th century
Place:
new mexico, california, texas, usa, arizona ...
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24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting ...
Style:
feel good, tense, light, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, good versus evil, cowboy, small town, friendship, violent, group of criminals, betrayal, desert, murder, violence, villain ...
Time:
19th century, 80s, 1880s
Place:
usa, new mexico, california, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led ...
Style:
campy, harsh, exciting, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, giant spider, chase, adventurer, secret place, escapades, quicksand, writers, justice, catastrophe, vengeance ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1910s, 80s
Place:
africa, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Sport, Western
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
Style:
exciting, inspirational, epic, factual, intense ...
Plot:
horse, desert, horse race, cowboy, adventurer, racehorse, lone hero, animals, underdog, human spirit, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, syria, iraq, boston ...
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23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman with a gun, redsploitation, gold, gold bar, apache, apache tribe, renegade, tough heroes, rivalry, on the run, confined, treasure hunt ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
Style:
twist ending, clever, light, melancholic, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
poker, gambling, murder, serial killer, police investigation, cheating at cards, revenge, violence, gunfight, vigilante, death, destiny ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
texas, colorado, denver colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, sword fight, zorro, swashbuckler, heroes, folk hero, swordsman, old west, good versus evil, tough guy, heroic mission, spy ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
california, mexico, las vegas, los angeles, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans ...
Style:
romantic, entertaining, exciting, sexy, light ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, zorro, lone hero, heroic mission, swashbuckler, love and romance, vengeance, secret identity, good versus evil, heroes, daring rescue, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1820s
Place:
california, mexico, los angeles, las vegas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Style:
sexy, tense, intense, buddy movie, affectionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
renegade, native american, comanche indian, small town, desert, gunfight, horse, chase, gang, murder, texas ranger, gambler ...
Time:
19th century, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, louisiana, new jersey, new orleans, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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