Movies like True Grit 1969

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True Grit (1969)
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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 has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man.
Style: stylized, suspense, harsh, exciting, spaghetti western, period piece, action adventure, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, cowboy, hanging, texas ranger, reward, alcoholic, teenage girl, civil war veteran, justice, runaway, wild west, partner, wanted, odd couple, tough girl, rescue, drunkenness, death of loved one, death of father, u.s. marshal, showdown, pursuit ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 20th century, year 1969, 70s, 1930s
Place: texas, oklahoma, arkansas, austin texas, usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and rough films with plots about cowboy, wild west, old west, gunfight, horse, native american and shootout mostly in Western, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like True Grit: News of the World (2020), Lonesome Dove (1989), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Rooster Cogburn (1975), For a Few Dollars More (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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News of the World (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
Style: touching, road movie, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: native american, civil war veteran, teaching the ways of the world, rescue, friendship, runaway, cowboy, hopes, mentor, unlikely friendships, organized crime, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 2020s, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s ...
Place: hawaii, usa, dallas texas, san antonio texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Lonesome Dove (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 384 min.
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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%
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
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, epic, realistic, scenic, meditative ...
Audience: manly
Plot: wilderness, survival, native american, native, hunting, mountain man, indians, rocky mountains, snow, revenge, grizzly bear, mountain ...
Time: 19th century, year 1972, 1850s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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: action adventure, spaghetti western, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, courage, battle of the sexes, shootout, teacher, outlaw gang, tough girl, u.s. marshal, spinster, raft, pursuit, death of father ...
Time: year 1975, 19th century, 1880s
Place: usa, oregon
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100%
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 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%
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%
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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 ⇓
28%
 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 ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
25%
 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 ⇓
25%
 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 ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
24%
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Rio Lobo (1970)
Genre: Drama, 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, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, betrayal, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, justice, brutality, redemption, colonel, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
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 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 ⇓
23%
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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 ⇓
23%
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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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, realistic, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, courage, murder, greed, revenge, one against many, teenage girl, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, one man army, gunfighter ...
Time: year 1985, 1800s, 20th century, 19th century, 1880s
Place: california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 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 ⇓
23%
 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 ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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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 ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
 5.7
 599
Santee (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, spaghetti western
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, gangster, righting the wronged, tough heroes, heroes, chases and races, dishonesty, rivalry, gang, fugitives, criminal's revenge, vigilantism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 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 ⇓
22%
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Style: black and white, suspense, atmospheric, serious, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: politics, cowboy, lawyer, wild west, small town, bully, senator, robbery, showdown, funeral, justice, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, year 1962, 1800s, 20th century
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
Style: retro, grindhouse, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wyatt earp, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, buddy cop, shootout, revenge, vengeance, old west, gang, rivalry, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967, 1880s, victorian era
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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