Movies like Riders of the Purple Sage

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Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
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Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jim Lassiter roams from town to town in search for the man who drove his sister to suicide. While riding toward a mountain pass, he sees an heiress, Jane Withersteen, being harassed by thugs and steps in to help. A religious sect wants Jane to marry their leader, Deacon Tull, so they can gain ownership of her land. When he steps in to help, Lassister slowly begins to believe that a member of this sect is the man he is looking for.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Plot: old west, drifter, female criminal, heroes, love and romance, farm, fall in love, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, society, danger, clergy, lone wolves, woman in danger, religions or cults, tough heroes, harassment, revenge, kidnapping, ranch, baby, mormon, religious fanatic, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: utah

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Most similar movies to Riders of the Purple Sage

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, heroes, old west, gunfight, vengeance, horse and murder mostly in Western, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Riders of the Purple Sage: The Outsider (2002), The Avenging Angel (1995), The Gundown (2011), Deadwood '76 (1965), The Meanest Men in the West (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Outsider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Quaker-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, rough, spiritual ...
Plot: amish, forbidden love, love affair, rivalry, good versus evil, murder, redemption, heroes, society, vengeance, caught in the act, opposites attract ...
Time: 19th century
Place: ohio, montana
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100%
The Avenging Angel (1995)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination attempt, religion, latter day saints, conspiracy, polygamy, journal, church, religions or cults, vengeance, state affairs, rivalry, society ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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31%
 4.4
 917
The Gundown (2011)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Seeking revenge and justice, Cole Brandt finds himself in the lawless town of Dead River where he is faced with one last bloody showdown for freedom in order to protect The Majestic Saloon and a beautiful woman.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough
Plot: vengeance, heroes, rivalry, vigilantism, kidnapping, tough heroes, hitman, danger, manhunt, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, desert ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.6
 257
Deadwood '76 (1965)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: old west, good versus evil, fall in love, heroes, prostitute, gang, vigilantism, chases and races, rivalry, treasure hunt, society, soldier ...
Time: 60s
Place: south dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Meanest Men in the West (1974)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: revenge, old west, family relations, farm, on the run, bounty hunter, vengeance, heroes, chases and races, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, investigation ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 2K
Conagher (1991)
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, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: wild west, old west, homestead, civil war, cowboy, gang, love and romance, heroes, single parent, danger, tough heroes, family relations ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Savage Guns (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's just after the American Civil War, and a former Confederate officer, Mike Summers (Don Taylor) has taken refuge in a small town in the valley. ...
Style: spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, outlaw, maverick, small town, small town life, old west, american civil war, farm, hitman, tough heroes, gang, vigilantism ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: arizona, mexico, latin america, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Virginian (2014)
Genre: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Trace Adkins (The Lincoln Lawyer), Ron Perlman (TV's "Sons of Anarchy") and Brendan Penny (Ring Of Fire) star in this gritty and riveting re-imagining of the classic Western saga. Raised by powerful cattle baron Judge Henry (Perlman), ...
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, exciting ...
Plot: rivalry, old west, family relations, farm, uncover truth, danger, violent content, heroes, lone wolves, tough heroes, orphan, parents and children
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Jack Bull (1999)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: injustice, vengeance, murder, tough heroes, righting the wronged, animal life, manhunt, fighting crime, rivalry, politics, lone wolves, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Angel and the Badman (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A remake of the classic 1947 John Wayne western about an injured gunslinger who falls in with good company in the form of some Quakers.
Style: captivating, serious, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: on the run, redemption, rivalry, self discovery, love affair, lone wolves, fall in love, old west, couples, cowboy, gunfight, reputation ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his ...
Style: melancholic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: horse, ranch, friendship, false accusation, coming of age, gunfight, prisoner, life is a bitch, friends, horse ranch, dishonesty, fall in love ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: mexico, texas, austin texas, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
One-Eyed Horse (2008)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Hadley, Missouri 1887. Justin Gatewood has recently been released from prison for attempting to kill an old adversary, William Curry. Twenty-five years earlier, Gatewood and his brother were Confederate prisoners-of-war, and the death of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, vigilantism, tough heroes, vengeance, rivalry, obsessive quest, chase, soldier, chases and races, old west, road not taken, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1880s
Place: missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Taggart (1964)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot: revenge, old west, farm, tough heroes, master criminal, rivalry, heroes, fish out of water, law and order, murder, revenge killing, killer ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.1
 789
Prairie Fever (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A group of women contracted a strange fever and a former sheriff is responsible for taking them to the hospital in the nearest town, but in their way they will encounter a gang of murderers. His only hope is a woman whose beauty is matched only by ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: old west, criminal heroes, on the run, love and romance, chases and races, danger, unlikely couple, lone wolves, woman in danger, tough heroes, cowboys and outlaws, gunfight ...
Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Western based on the novel by Marilyn Durham. A defiant wife who leaves her husband to take up riding with outlaws.
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: train robbery, on the run, train, female nudity, exodus, kidnapping, abduction, outlaw, tough heroes, opposites attract, fall in love, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Singer Not the Song (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
Style: offbeat, spaghetti western, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: catholic priest, outlaw, catholic church, atheist, priest in love, love triangle, gay subtext, danger, gang, society, moral dilemma, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1961, 19th century, 1950s
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 204
Convict Stage (1965)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A cowboy whose sister has been murdered by a gang of vicious outlaws seeks his revenge. But a venerable old lawman is about to teach the vigilante a lesson about taking the law into one's own hands.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, vengeance, gang, partner, gangster, chases and races, rivalry, danger, heroes, husband wife relationship, death, prisoner ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: utah, yuma arizona, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Time for Killing (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and ...
Style: retro, costume drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, rape, fortress, escape, soldier, hostage, prosecution, violent content, battles, old west, vengeance ...
Time: year 1967, 19th century, victorian era
Place: utah, new mexico, arizona, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In this bloody long-standing feud, two families seek vengeance against each other as they unmercifully attempt to destroy each other's loved ones.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: civil war, family in danger, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, vengeance, feud, american civil war, danger, violent content, soldier, governor, revenge ...
Time: 19th century
Place: kentucky, usa, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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6 Guns (2010)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When her family is gunned down in cold blood, a young girl convinces a bounty hunter to train her as a gunfighter so she can seek vengeance with a six-shooter.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, old west, rape and revenge, small town, vengeance, rivalry, murder, danger, vigilante, revenge, chases and races, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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September Dawn (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: mormon, conspiracy, murder, fall in love, vengeance, old west, tragic hero, forbidden love, terrorism, young lovers, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, 1870s, 1850s, 1840s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah, arkansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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El Dorado (1966)
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, suspense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: old west, sheriff, friendship, redemption, alcoholic, shootout, vengeance, lone hero, wild west, cowboy, adaptation, righting the wronged ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, year 1967, 1800s
Place: texas, usa, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Dollar for the Dead (1998)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a ...
Style: spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: modern west, modern western, friends, hitman, old west, wooing, heroes, soldier, danger, bounty hunter, rivalry, clergy ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Last Sunset (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, dog, lonely, cowboy, summer, sandstorm, wanted, fugitive, romantic rivalry, civil war veteran, rancher, partner ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: texas, mexico, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
The Man Who Came Back (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Framed for murder and left for dead, a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family, in this traditional Western about one man who stood against injustice.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot: discrimination, post civil war, racism, injustice, righting the wronged, old west, vengeance, dishonesty, life is a bitch, prison escape, perjury, american civil war ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Long Ride Home (2003)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A man fights the law and the lawless in order to reunite with his wife and son in the 1860s west.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: rivalry, lone wolves, heroes, murder, chases and races, partner, old west, sheriff, countryside, brother brother relationship, prisoner, single mother ...
Time: 19th century
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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