Movies like The Missing 2003
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The Missing (2003)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.
Style:
suspense, intense, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, period piece, suspenseful, scary, dark, historical drama ...
Plot:
redemption, apache, kidnapping, cowboy, gunfight, rebellion, father daughter relationship, native, rescue, reconciliation, family relations, parents and children, danger, rebelliousness, hopes, american indian, native american, modern west, hostage, missing person, roman empire, mother daughter relationship, wild west, snake, father ...
Time:
19th century, year 2003, 1880s, victorian era, victorian age
Place:
new mexico, america, usa, arizona, sonora, mexico
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Most similar movies to The Missing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and tense films with plots about gunfight, cowboy, native american, wild west, shootout, old west and violence mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Missing: Ulzana's Raid (1972), The Deadly Companions (1961), Slow West (2015), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Keeping Room (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is ...
Style:
spaghetti western, brutal, suspenseful, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache, native, native american attack, racism, american indian, cowboy, cavalry, wild west, last stand, fortress, massacre, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
arizona, new mexico, tucson arizona
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Style:
suspenseful, road movie, atmospheric, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
pursuit, old west, bounty hunter, unrequited love, gunfight, coming of age, death of father, life & death, solitude, wilderness, complex characters, modern west ...
Time:
19th century, year 2015, future
Place:
usa, ireland, colorado, california, scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Style:
cult classic, intense, harsh, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, old west, duel, gunslinger, gunfight, female protagonist, vigilante, woman with a gun, strong female lead, vengeance, destiny, brutality ...
Time:
1800s, 90s, victorian era, 18th century, 1880s ...
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, tucson arizona, sonora, north america ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
american civil war, home invasion, soldier, female gunfighter, survival, civil war, danger, family relations, sexual abuse, self defense, farmhouse, feminist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, year 1865
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, southern usa
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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:
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Place:
south dakota, north america
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Weaver). He is contracted to act as a scout for an Army cavalry ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache, vengeance, old west, rescue, on the run, tough heroes, native, husband wife relationship, battles, gunslinger, gunfight, survival ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966
Place:
usa, texas, utah, arizona
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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:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold ...
Style:
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Plot:
apache, native american, redsploitation, skinny dipping, indian tribe, apache tribe, native, old west, good versus evil, heroes, snake, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is a honest, hardworking cowboy. Their lives are intertwined as they fight the elements, indians, outlaws, and loneliness.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wild west, old west, civil war, homestead, cowboy, heroes, love and romance, danger, gang, single parent, couples, family relations ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman and her half-breed son recently rescued from indians, and invites them to join him. He does this even knowing the child's father is a feared and murderous Apache ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache territory, half breed, old west, escapades, rescue, left to die, danger, heroes, farm, tough heroes, native, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, usa
Similarity:
47%
16K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Style:
tense, realistic, harsh, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
old west, journey, cowboy, racism, apache, loneliness, outlaw, native american, apache territory, apache indian, character study, embezzlement ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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47%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide – and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Style:
scenic, touching, sentimental, visually stunning, inspirational ...
Plot:
american civil war, native american, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, courage, tribe, native american white relationships, pride and honor, wolf, prairie ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, louisiana, usa, latin america, mexico ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the US Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 TV series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken his daughter captive. As a bargaining chip, Dillon helps two sons of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american indian, apache, cowboys and indians, native american attack, half breed, heroes, kidnapping, society, chases and races, rescue, vigilantism, prostitute ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and ...
Style:
intense, factual, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
native american, apache, indians, bounty hunter, civil war, love story, cavalry, betrayal, prejudice, wilderness, interracial romance, lone hero ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1993, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
mexico, america, arizona, north america, latin america ...
Similarity:
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55K
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 ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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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:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
Style:
atmospheric, thought provoking, visually appealing, stylized, surreal ...
Plot:
survival, old west, road trip, brutality, family relations, modern western, character study, modern west, danger, escapades, settler, gunfight ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, usa, salt lake city utah, texas
Similarity:
46%
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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:
19th century, 20th century, 1800s, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
wyoming, kansas, america, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century. He escapes with 6 others to exact vengeance on Sam Burgade ...
Style:
perverse, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
gang, sexual assault, cowboy, civil war, rescue, on the run, misery, apache territory, half breed, gilded age, fugitive, outlaw gang ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 19th century, 1900s
Place:
arizona, america, yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona
Similarity:
46%
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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. ...
Style:
suspense, costume drama, visually appealing, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
old west, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, revenge, wild west, violence, gunfight, kick-butt women, dialogue, teenage girl, shooting ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 1900s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, usa, arkansas, california
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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:
45%
16K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
Style:
spaghetti western, tense, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
old west, cowboys and indians, texas ranger, cowboy, gunfight, motorcycle, wild west, good versus evil, happy ending, car, geronimo, shootout ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century, year 1971, 19th century ...
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, latin america, california
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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:
suspense, harsh, serious, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
cowboy, billy the kid, old west, gunfight, brutality, vigilante, chase, modern western, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, revenge, gunslinger ...
Time:
1870s, 20th century, 19th century, 80s
Place:
new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
Similarity:
45%
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
Similarity:
45%
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, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gold, native american, revenge, caper, chase, vengeance, rivalry, frame up, robbery, jail, old west ...
Time:
year 1967, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
usa, mexico
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 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:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
45%
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