Movies like Villa Rides

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Villa Rides (1968)
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Villa Rides (1968)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté
Style: spaghetti western, retro, political, euro western, exciting, rough, epic, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, medieval, cowboy, resistance, power struggle, gunrunner, maverick, fictional history, mexican history, revolution, historical figure, biopic, war, heroes, military, soldier, life is a bitch, rise to the top, rebellion, injustice, leadership, escapades, rivalry, society, danger ...
Time: 19th century
Place: mexico, texas, latin america, sonora
Keyword: mexican, american, washing

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and exciting films with plots about heroes, battles, soldier, horse, rivalry, military and cowboy mostly in Drama, Western and War genres. Some movies like Villa Rides: The Bounty Hunters (1970), 100 Rifles (1969), Return of the Seven (1966), Duck, You Sucker (1971), The Undefeated (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bounty Hunters (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find ...
Style: spaghetti western, spectacular, euro western, cult classic, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, mexican revolution, bounty hunter, heroes, soldier, blood, fight, small village, revolutionary, western hero, violence, tough guy ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, 1860s
Place: latin america, austria, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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100 Rifles (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is ...
Style: spaghetti western, political, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, train, ambush, native american, old west, medieval, african american, cowboy, woman with a gun, interracial, redsploitation, apache ...
Time: 1910s, year 1969, 60s, year 1912
Place: mexico, arizona, latin america, usa, sonora ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Return of the Seven (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets ...
Style: spaghetti western, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, wild west, cowboy, vengeance, kidnapping, gunfight, desert, hanging, horse riding, freedom, revolution, struggle ...
Time: year 1966, 19th century, 1800s
Place: mexico, latin america, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 157 min.
Story: At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national ...
Style: atmospheric, spaghetti western, intense, epic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, friendship, rape, cowboy, culture clash, redemption, chase, rebellion, cynicism, haunted by the past, two man army, motorcycle ...
Time: 1910s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith ...
Style: captivating, serious, surreal, realistic, factual ...
Plot: mexican revolution, violence, obsessive quest, campaign, rebelliousness, state affairs, battle zone, battles, battlefield, assassination, murder, medieval ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 ⇓
60%
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 ⇓
58%
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Major Dundee (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Style: tense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american civil war, military, soldier, civil war, rescue, apache, battles, raid, heroes, apache indian, leadership, friend turned foe ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 1965, year 1865
Place: mexico, new mexico, usa, austin texas, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Rio Conchos (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.
Style: spaghetti western, funny, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: native american tribe, indian war, apache, old west, wild west, shootout, woman with a gun, civil war, apache tribe, renegade, post civil war, commando mission ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas, mexico, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war, biopic, battles, folk hero, state affairs, heroes, military, head of state, rise to the top, leadership, political unrest, cannon ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas, mexico, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Chicogrande (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, rough, epic ...
Plot: revolution, manhunt, rebellion, on the run, idealism, rebelliousness, military, obsessive quest, escapades, state affairs, heroes, political unrest ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Barquero (1970)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing ...
Style: spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shootout, cowboy, boat, civil war, yacht, cigar, old west, violent content, tough heroes, escapades, chases and races, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, sonora, mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In this third remake of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's hugely influential The Seven Samurai, the seven gunslingers (George Kennedy, Michael Ansara, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Monte Markham, Fernando Rey and Reni Santoni) ...
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, cowboy, revolution, wild west, hanging, mexican revolution, combat, native american, revenge, army, dictator, battles ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century, 1890s
Place: latin america, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, epic, christian film ...
Plot: catholic, religious persecution, faith, rebellion, civil war, battles, military, chicano, saint, fighting the system, rebelliousness, wartime life ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.3
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Shenandoah (1965)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.
Style: retro, black and white, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, wartime, military, anti war, bittersweet, war, interracial relations, wild west, father son relationship, family drama, cowboy ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.0
 22K
The Alamo (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Style: realistic, factual, intense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: siege, military, gunfight, american history, war, civil war, justice, wartime, fight scenes, native american, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s
Place: texas, mexico, latin america, austin texas, san antonio texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Battle on the River Neretva (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, West Germany, USA, France
Duration: 175 min.
Story: In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river ...
Style: epic, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, partisan, battles, military, war, machine gun, tank, world war, revolutionary war, judaism, struggle, freedom ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1943
Place: former yugoslavia, croatia, bosnia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Wicked Spring (2002)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until ...
Style: emotional, epic, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: american civil war, military, genocide, civil war, battles, wilderness, soldier, weakness, against humanity, politics, heroes, survival ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Journey to Shiloh (1968)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, atmospheric
Plot: american civil war, civil war, lonely, iconoclastic, battles, war, heroes, soldier, buddies, society, rivalry, military ...
Time: 19th century
Place: tennessee, texas, usa, mississippi, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Wrath of God (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, cynical, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, bandit, revolution, redheaded woman, violent content, partner, rivalry, escapades, dishonesty, vengeance, adventurer, misfit partners ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 1920s
Place: central america, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When Confederate soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War, he finds that his home has been sold by town boss Sam Brewster. Brewster hires gunfighter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing to deal with Weaver, but d'Estaing's ...
Style: retro, independent film, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, cowboy, civil war, shootout, vigilantism, soldier, small town, half breed, cowboys and outlaws, confederate soldier, hitman, tough heroes ...
Time: 60s, 1860s
Place: new mexico, usa, new orleans, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Django Strikes Again (1987)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Colombia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Former gunfighter Django has become a monk and abandoned his violent former ways. His daughter is kidnapped by rogue Hungarian soldiers using slave labor to run a silver mine. Django casts off his habit and digs up his machine gun to practice a ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, monastery, liberation theology, modern west, modern western, woman with a gun, heroes, one man army, monk, gunfighter, rebel army, mexican revolution ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
For a Few Extra Dollars (1966)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Near the end of the Civil War, imprisoned Confederate raider Giuliano Gemma is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to ...
Style: spaghetti western, perverse, euro western, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: civil war, american civil war, cowboy, corrupt officer, military base, captivity, old west, confined, save the day, rivalry, military, betrayal ...
Time: 19th century
Place: yuma arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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 ⇓
38%
The Winston Affair (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing ...
Style: serious, captivating, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, soldier, dedicated lawyer, world war, court martial, society, politics, mentally unstable, state affairs ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Custer of the West (1967)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Biopic of General George Armstrong Custer from his rise to prominence in the Civil War through to his "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Style: spaghetti western, independent film, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: native american attack, soldier, american civil war, culture clash, civil war, conservative, cowboy, intrigue, indigenous people, historical event, battles, congress ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967
Place: america, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
Style: political, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, military, prison, cannon, conservative, military prison, prison escape, war trauma, electric torture, violent content, profanity, escape ...
Time: year 1987, 20th century
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
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: spaghetti western, light, entertaining, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nun, gunfight, cowboy, cowboys and outlaws, heroes, rescue, danger, partner, gunslinger, rivalry, rebelliousness, indians ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 1860s
Place: mexico, latin america, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
34%
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Soldier Blue (1970)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, bleak, controversial ...
Plot: native american white relationships, native american, native american attack, soldier, massacre, village, survival, military, fall in love, wild west, society, opposites attract ...
Time: 1860s, 1870s, 19th century
Place: persia, usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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