Movies like The Outlaw Josey Wales
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
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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:
realistic, brutal, harsh, tense, humorous, epic, bloody, entertaining, dramatic, scenic ...
Plot:
american civil war, revenge, civil war, native americans, native american, suspense, murder, massacre, surrender, manhunt, on the run, runaway, war crime, loss of son, dog, rescue, ranch, widower, grief, old woman, one against many, civil war veteran, ferry, one man army, loss of family ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 70s
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, arizona, kansas, united states of america ...
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Most similar movies to The Outlaw Josey Wales
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, harsh, talky and serious films with plots about violence, gunfight, storytelling, runaway, vengeance, dialogue and mentor mostly in Western, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Outlaw Josey Wales: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), High Plains Drifter (1973), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Unforgiven (1992), For a Few Dollars More (1965). 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: 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:
suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, brutal, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, small town, revenge, suspense, justice, greed, murder, vengeance, gang, cowboy, gunfight, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
california, arizona, usa
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100%
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:
stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, gunfight, small town, greed, vengeance, gang, violence, brutality, gang war, cowboy, gold, sheriff ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, italy, spain, new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, tense, realistic, harsh ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, old west, gunfight, sheriff, prostitute, small town, hitman, morality, prostitution ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
wyoming, kansas, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: 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:
stylized, atmospheric, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, suspense, small town, gang, robbery, violence, cowboy, warrior, revenge, heroes, sidekick ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1870s
Place:
texas, austin texas, spain, new mexico, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, preacher, gold, courage, murder, greed, revenge, gunfight, suspense, one man army, gunfighter, one against many ...
Time:
80s, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, intense, disturbing, bloody, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gunfight, mexican revolution, on the run, violent, heist, robbery, friendship, gangsters, bounty hunter, suspense, civil war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, latin america, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, depressing, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, gunfight, old west, feud, revenge, violence spree, violence, murder, family relations, rivalry, suspense ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1890s, 1910s ...
Place:
kentucky, west virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
small town, circus, cowboy, gunfight, bank robbery, farce, stereotypes, nude, reality, twists and turns, suburbs, lone hero ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 80s
Place:
idaho, new york, new jersey, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: 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:
affectionate, intense, stylized, melancholic, ironic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, cowboy, bounty hunter, mexican, landowner, manhunt, bandit, train, revolutionary, civil war, revenge, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, texas, new mexico, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Movies similar to The Magnificent Seven
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:
suspenseful, stylized, realistic, epic, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, judge, hanging, u.s. marshal, guilt, justice, court, false accusation, death sentence, tough guy, ambush, tough cop ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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, realistic, epic, scenic, meditative ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
survival, wilderness, hunting, native americans, mountain man, native american, native, indians, rocky mountains, revenge, life philosophy, interracial relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
32%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to ...
Style:
stylized, tense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, gunfight, mentor, old west, prison, native american, solitude, multiple storylines, fantasy world, one man army, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
nevada, tokyo, texas, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ⇓
31%
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Genre: 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:
realistic, tense, harsh, talky, intense ...
Plot:
journey, cowboy, racism, old west, desert, character study, suspense, embezzlement, crime gone awry, wilderness, fighting the system, hitman ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, usa, tucson arizona, yuma arizona
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31%
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 ⇓
31%
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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 ...
Time:
1870s, 80s, 19th century
Place:
new mexico, california, texas, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 165 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:
tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, surprise ending, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
old west, vengeance, mysterious character, villain, cowboy, revenge, gunfight, gang, death, small town, desert, farm ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, usa, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
29%
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Genre: Biography, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Style:
harsh, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
bounty hunter, cattle, old west, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, dishonesty, elderly, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, greed ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 80s, 1870s
Place:
new mexico, california, texas, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, old west, justice, gunfight, runaway, determination, texas ranger, teenage girl, death of father ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 20th century
Place:
arkansas, texas, oklahoma, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style:
harsh, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
american civil war, betrayal, vengeance, civil war, revenge, gunfight, justice, colonel, brutality, redemption, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
texas, ireland, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
13K
Genre: 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:
tense, intense, stylized, harsh, light ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
kidnapping, texas ranger, gunfight, motorcycle, gang, old west, happy ending, good versus evil, car, assassination, adaptation, chase ...
Time:
80s, turn of the century, 19th century, 20th century, 70s
Place:
texas, mexico, california, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, 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, orphan, chief, native americans, escapades, injustice, americana, imperialism, society, thief, salesman, indians ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 20th century, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
south dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Style:
tense, factual, harsh, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
outlaw gang, gunfight, bank robbery, civil war, moral ambiguity, visceral, sibling relationship, destiny, family relations, rivalry, obsessive quest, bounty hunter ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
missouri, texas, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Adventure, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden ...
Style:
light, entertaining, stylized, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nun, gunfight, french, cowboy, cowboys and outlaws, rescue, heroes, partners, gunslinger, rivalry, rebelliousness, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
mexico, latin america, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, bleak, poignant, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
winter, snow, evil wins, small town, revenge, nude, cowboy, death, greed, gunslinger, violence, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
italy, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
27%
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