Movies like Pale Rider

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Pale Rider (1985)
 7.3
 64K
Pale Rider (1985)
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 possible otherworldly origins who teams up with the miners to defeat the land owner and the corrupt sheriff.
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, tense, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, retro, epic, gothic horror, powerful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, murder, courage, greed, revenge, teenage girl, one against many, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, prospector, miner, single mother, gunfighter, death of father, one man army, corrupt businessman, reluctant hero, presumed dead, gold mine, mysterious stranger, intimidation, corruption, badass, preacher ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, 1800s, 19th century, 1880s, 80s
Place: california, sacramento california
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Pale Rider

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gunfight, shootout, cowboy, revolver, old west, heroes and murder mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Pale Rider: High Plains Drifter (1973), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Unforgiven (1992), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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High Plains Drifter (1973)
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: spaghetti western, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, small town, anti hero, revenge, justice, greed, murder, cowboy, vengeance, rape, gang, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
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: spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: gunfight, old west, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, greed, gang war, vengeance, tough heroes, brutality, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: mexico, latin america, arizona, new mexico, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 434K
Unforgiven (1992)
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, suspense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: old west, revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, gunfight, hitman, sheriff, prostitute, small town, wild west, tough heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: wyoming, kansas, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
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: suspense, realistic, harsh, epic, powerful ...
Plot: american civil war, native american, revenge, civil war, murder, surrender, massacre, one against many, on the run, manhunt, indians, wild west ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 20th century, year 1976, 1800s
Place: texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
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: spaghetti western, epic, exciting, breathtaking, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot: old west, civil war, treasure hunt, american civil war, greed, gunfight, moral ambiguity, wild west, anti hero, shootout, cowboy, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1966, 1860s, victorian era
Place: texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 356K
True Grit (2010)
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, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: vengeance, old west, revenge, cowboy, bounty hunter, justice, gunfight, texas ranger, determination, teenage girl, death of father, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1870s, 1800s ...
Place: texas, arkansas, oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 43K
Hang 'Em High (1968)
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: spaghetti western, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, judge, court, u.s. marshal, hanging, guilt, justice, vigilante, cowboy, false accusation, wild west, attempted murder ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 95K
Hostiles (2017)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style: rough, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: native american, native american reservation, indian chief, reconciliation, widow, murder, american indian, wild west, bigotry, military, gunfight, hostility ...
Time: 19th century, year 2017, 90s, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place: new mexico, montana, america, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Genre: Drama, 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: spaghetti western, stylized, suspense, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: old west, wild west, bounty hunter, cowboy, small town, robbery, rape, revenge, storytelling, heroes, gang, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, year 1965, 1890s, 1870s
Place: texas, austin texas, new mexico, usa, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Return of Sabata (1971)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
Style: spaghetti western, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, small town, heroes, gunfight, old west, rivalry, dishonesty, wild west, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, outlaw gang, mixed martial arts ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 165K
Tombstone (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style: realistic, suspense, serious, factual, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, lone hero, criminal, gunslinger, sheriff, friendship, revenge, betrayal, wyatt earp ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, 1800s, 1880s
Place: arizona, america, tucson arizona, usa, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Django Unchained (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style: suspense, talky, brutal, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: slavery, racism, revenge, violent, bounty hunter, old west, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, hitman, racial violence ...
Time: 19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place: usa, texas, tennessee, mississippi, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 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: spaghetti western, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: old west, vengeance, wild west, cowboy, revenge, desert, harmonica, gunfight, small town, mysterious character, death, showdown ...
Time: 19th century, year 1968, 1800s
Place: arizona, yuma arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front ...
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, old west, investigation, murder, cowboy, outlaw, frame up, betrayal, jail, sheriff, fistfight, rape ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 330K
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: gunfight, old west, honor, runaway, sheriff, morality, gang, outlaw, heroic mission, wild west, violence, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s
Place: arizona, tucson arizona, usa, yuma arizona, sonora ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 34K
Seraphim Falls (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and ...
Style: realistic, suspense, intense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: wilderness, civil war, survival, chase, american civil war, revenge, justice, plot twist, twists and turns, colonel, indians, union soldier ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 811K
Gran Torino (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style: serious, emotional, touching, suspense, thought provoking ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, friendship, elderly, veteran, racism, prejudice, gunfight, widower, gangster, interracial relations, old man, vigilante ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 21K
Joe Kidd (1972)
Genre: Drama, 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: cult classic, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, bounty hunter, anti hero, hostage, train, revolutionary, shootout, bandit, manhunt, landowner, civil war, revenge ...
Time: 19th century, year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: new mexico, usa, arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. ...
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: saloon owner, marshal, interracial, lonely, small town, showdown, pistol duel, gunfight, social relations, self defense, lone wolves, heroes ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Genre: Drama, 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, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, justice, gambling, brutality, redemption, shootout ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.9
 9K
Nevada Smith (1966)
Genre: Drama, 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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, murder, mentor, gunfight, old west, prison, fantasy world, multiple storylines, solitude, cowboy, one man army, tough guy ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966
Place: nevada, usa, arizona, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.1
 13K
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for ...
Style: intense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robber, betrayal, vengeance, greed, bank robbery, stolen gold, going straight, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, on the run, obsessive quest, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1880s
Place: california, monterey california, mexico, latin america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.5
 426
Joshua (1976)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.
Style: spaghetti western, independent film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, tough girl, blaxploitation, snake, heroes, interracial sex, rivalry, gang, good versus evil, confined, vengeance, lone wolves ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 7.0
 6K
Lawman (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, wilderness, social decay, old west, violence spree, social misfits, wild west, cowboy, husband wife relationship, gunslinger, revenge, violent content ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1880s, 70s
Place: new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Quick and the Dead (1987)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw), newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian (Sam Elliot) is the only hope.From the book by famed Western author ...
Style: tense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family life, wilderness, criminal heroes, danger, mysterious character, gangster, justice, gunfight, modern west, shootout, modern western, showdown ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.4
 78K
Open Range (2003)
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, stylized, intense, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gunfight, violence, shootout, revenge, showdown, gunslinger, civil war veteran, vengeance, friendship, corruption ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.8
 67K
Young Guns (1988)
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: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: cowboy, old west, billy the kid, gunfight, chase, brutality, brat pack, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, vigilante, revenge, bounty hunter ...
Time: 20th century, 1870s, 19th century
Place: new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
⇓ 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%
 6.5
 6K
Bandolero! (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, ...
Style: retro, funny, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, mexican bandit, civil war, woman with a gun, wild west, cowboy, bandit, brother, outlaw, executioner, desert, escape ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: mexico, texas, latin america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After his mother is killed in a wagoncoach robbery a young man pursues the gang responsible. Matt Dillon goes after him hoping to stop him before the gang can kill him. Dillon is joined by Davis Healy, a businessman, who is hiding a few secrets of ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, partner, buddies, escapades, obsessive quest, vengeance, rivalry, chases and races, gang, law enforcement, price of justice, wild west ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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