Movies like Rooster Cogburn

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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
 6.8
 13K
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
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: spaghetti western, action adventure, independent film, exciting, sincere, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, manly, girls' night
Plot: revenge, courage, battle of the sexes, teacher, tough girl, spinster, death of father, u.s. marshal, raft, outlaw gang, shootout, pursuit, cowboy, judge, chase, wild west, grudge, gunfight, poetry, river, battles, drug addiction, marshal, sex crime, murder ...
Time: year 1975, 19th century, 1880s, 70s
Place: usa, oregon, africa
Keyword: oldies, partners, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Rooster Cogburn

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and rough films with plots about cowboy, heroes, shootout, repeating rifle, wild west, cowboy hat and rivalry mostly in Western, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Rooster Cogburn: True Grit (1969), The Man from Snowy River (1982), Lonesome Dove (1989), The War Wagon (1967), The Cowboys (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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True Grit (1969)
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: stylized, harsh, suspense, exciting, spaghetti western ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, cowboy, hanging, texas ranger, reward, civil war veteran, teenage girl, alcoholic, justice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: texas, oklahoma, arkansas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin ...
Style: sentimental, cult classic, surprise ending, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: horse, wild west, wild horse, ranch, stallion, wilderness, river, coming of age, chase, happy ending, australian outback, treasure hunt ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, year 1982, 1800s ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.7
 26K
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 384 min.
TV show
Story: Lonesome Dove is a Western television miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, Lonesome Dove was originally broadcast by CBS on February 5, 1989, drawing a ...
Style: epic, realistic, touching, entertaining, anime ...
Plot: wild west, modern western, cowboy, texas ranger, indians, modern west, gunfight, friendship, native american, old west, obsessive quest, villain ...
Time: 19th century
Place: montana, austin texas, america, nebraska, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 11K
The War Wagon (1967)
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, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, revenge, native american, frame up, rivalry, jail, old west, wild west ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 19th century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 7.4
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The Cowboys (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job ...
Style: harsh, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: coming of age, cattle, desert, gunfight, cowboy, old west, buddies, on the road, main character dies, gold, wild west, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Comancheros (1961)
Genre: Drama, 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: exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, texas ranger, renegade, horse, comanche indian, small town, desert, gunfight, shootout, chase, murder, gambler ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1800s, 60s
Place: texas, louisiana, usa, mexico, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.8
 11K
Chisum (1970)
Genre: Biography, Drama, 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, rough, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: old west, bounty hunter, cattle, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, shootout, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, dishonesty, elderly ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: new mexico, yuma arizona, usa, santa fe new mexico, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they ...
Style: talky, semi serious, suspenseful, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: heist, native american, gunfight, family drama, american civil war, parents and children, comanche indian, family relations, criminal heroes, partner, robbery, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 7.5
 30K
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 ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Senora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, cowboy, desert, murder, gambling, fistfight, gunfight, lgbt, exploitation, native american, shootout, heroes ...
Time: year 1975, 19th century, 70s
Place: latin america, new mexico, arizona, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
 14K
Big Jake (1971)
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: kidnapping, old west, cowboys and indians, texas ranger, gunfight, motorcycle, cowboy, wild west, double barreled shotgun, happy ending, good versus evil, car ...
Time: turn of the century, 20th century, year 1971, 1900s, 19th century ...
Place: texas, mexico, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 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 ⇓
33%
 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 ⇓
30%
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 ⇓
30%
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his ...
Style: spaghetti western, crying, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, pardon, wild west, native american, van, shootout, town, jail, machine gun, jail cell, blood, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century
Place: tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
How the West Was Won (1962)
Genre: Adventure, War, 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, serious, realistic ...
Plot: old west, native american, civil war, wilderness, american civil war, gold, usa history, outlaw, small town, attempted murder, cowboy, survival ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1962, year 1865, victorian era ...
Place: california, arizona, missouri, ohio, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Undefeated (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, 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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american civil war, civil war, native american, friendship, mexican revolution, cowboy, military, medieval, wild west, desert, gunfight, revolution ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 1860s
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 6.4
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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 ⇓
30%
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 ⇓
30%
 7.6
 27K
The Shootist (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and ...
Style: suspense, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gunfight, cancer, wild west, widow, self defense, small town, haunted by the past, cowboy, retirement, danger, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, year 1976, 1880s, 1870s ...
Place: tucson arizona, el paso texas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 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 ⇓
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 ⇓
29%
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South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900's. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the ...
Style: serious, rough, atmospheric, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: desert, gang, old west, haunted by the past, tough heroes, family relations, criminal heroes, law enforcement, small town, manhunt, outlaw gang, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place: arizona, usa, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.8
 1K
Stagecoach (1986)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Marshal taking in his prisoner Johnny Ringo, a crooked gambler, and the infamous Doc Holliday
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stagecoach, native american attack, cowboys and indians, shootout, journey, showdown, native american, cowboy, desert, pregnancy, heroes, prostitute ...
Time: 19th century
Place: new mexico, arizona, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, 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 ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating
Plot: texas ranger, horse, lone ranger, heroes, superhero, cowboy, violence, murder, justice, jungle, usa president, commander ...
Time: 19th century, year 1981, 1860s, 1870s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.3
 5K
Red Fighter (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, suspenseful, rough, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, native american, vengeance, small town, one against many, rescue, old west, train, massacre, navajo indian, racism, one man army ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Deadly Trackers (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, bank robbery, revenge, pacifist, heroes, vigilantism, squad, convent, quicksand, wild west, heist, bank ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, usa, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Return to Snowy River (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison (Sigrid Thornton), Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
Style: cult classic, semi serious, independent film
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: horse, treasure hunt, love and romance, chase, wilderness, treasure hunter, peace, prairie, ranch, rancher, horse riding, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, 80s, 1890s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.2
 13K
Bad Girls (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, 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, anime, spaghetti western, rough, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: girl gang, prostitution, tough girl, prostitute, cowboy, rape, cowgirl, brothel, ranch, horse, rape victim, rape and revenge ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place: texas, usa, oregon, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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