Movies like The War Wagon

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The War Wagon (1967)
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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, captivating, retro, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, native american, revenge, frame up, rivalry, jail, old west, wild west, gunfight, robbery, good versus evil, cowboy, criminal, shootout, gangster, heroes, native american attack, rural setting, rural area, friends, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1967
Place: usa, mexico
Keyword: gangsters, partners, chinese, mexican, buddy movie

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Most similar movies to The War Wagon

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gunfight, cowboy, shootout, rivalry, wild west, repeating rifle and cowboy boots mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The War Wagon: The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973), The Comancheros (1961), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), El Dorado (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
51%
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 ⇓
46%
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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 ⇓
41%
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%
One More Train to Rob (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the gold-mining country of the 1880's. The six split up and while they are hiding out awaiting the ...
Style: funny, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: train, frame up, train robbery, corrupt officer, heist, small town, cons and scams, old west, small town life, righting the wronged, betrayal, dishonesty ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 2K
The Sacketts (1979)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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Story: Two part TV adaptation of Louis L'Amour's third novel in the Sackett series. The story follows the three Sackett brothers out west from their Tennessee home. Along the way the oldest, Tell, prospects for gold, while the two younger Orin ...
Style: saga, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: brothers, cave, good versus evil, escapades, criminal heroes, gang, rivalry, lone wolves, vigilantism, homecoming, old west, family feud ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: tennessee, santa fe new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
34%
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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 ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
32%
The Train Robbers (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot: cowboy, gang, widow, wild west, obsessive quest, rivalry, treasure hunt, cons and scams, dishonesty, escapades, shootout, robbery ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1870s
Place: mexico, latin america, tucson arizona, texas, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
31%
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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%
 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 ⇓
30%
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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 ⇓
29%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Style: black and white, existential, retro, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, chase, friendship, modern west, on the run, escape, indians, idealism, small town, wilderness, cowboy, anarchist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 1950s, 60s, year 1952
Place: albuquerque new mexico, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Return of the Outlaws (2009)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Miraculously escaping a painful demise in the gallows, a notorious outlaw cons a crooked judge, an attractive saloon girl, and an old partner into carrying out the heist of a lifetime. As the plan gets underway, a small town sheriff makes it his ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Plot: rivalry, heist, cons and scams, injustice, vigilantism, small town, sheriff, femme fatale, murder, old west, cowboy, hanging ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ 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%
American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After Jesse James is wounded by a bullet to the chest, Frank James splits the gang up and plans a rendezvous in four days time. With U.S.-Marshall Kane in hot pursuit, and betrayal within the outlaw band, the stage is set for a blazing and climactic ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, old west, outlaw, tough guy, criminal, fugitives, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Molly and Lawless John (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Western - Molly, the shy, romance-starved wife of an arrogant frontier sheriff, finds herself drawn to a prisoner in her husband's jail. This prisoner, a handsome young man named Johnny, plays on Molly's sympathy and convinces her to help ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: escape, friends, on the run, confined, buddies, chases and races, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, vengeance, lone wolves, fugitives ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
25%
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Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: gunfight, vengeance, old west, partner, vigilantism, rivalry, twists and turns, wyatt earp, cowboy, murder, civil war, revenge plot ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Scalphunters (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to ...
Style: cult classic, retro, funny, slapstick comedy, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: native american, slavery, cowboy, native, satire, wild west, chase, heroes, interracial relations, partner, anti hero, tough heroes ...
Time: 60s
Place: australia, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
24%
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Showdown (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.
Style: contemplative, semi serious, realistic, humorous, spaghetti western
Plot: married, wild west, shootout, old west, love triangle, partner, best friend, fugitives, chase, betrayal, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
Brothers in Arms (2005)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Old West. New Soul. Big Payback.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, criminal heroes, heist, disorder, bounty hunter, tough heroes, dishonesty, vigilantism, on the run, outlaw, bank robbery, criminal ...
Place: new mexico, africa, kenya, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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