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The Homesman (2014)
38K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Style:
harsh, sexy, depressing, emotional, suspense, serious, road movie, social, art house, cult classic ...
Plot:
twists and turns, wild west, old west, suicide, human nature, depression, suicide by hanging, partner, obsessive quest, unlikely partners, modern west, escapades, danger, lifesaver, cross country, misfit partners, women, gunfight, adaptation, cowboy, wilderness, native american, female nudity, revenge, woman ...
Time:
19th century, year 2014, 2010s
Place:
usa, nebraska, iowa
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Most similar movies to The Homesman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, wild and tense films with plots about old west, gunfight, horse, civil war, murder, wild west and cowboy mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Homesman: Hostiles (2017), The Revenant (2015), Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012), Lonesome Dove (1989), Gold (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
106K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, costume drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, wild west, indian chief, american indian, death, murder of husband, murder of daughter, indigenous people, murder, widow, trip ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, 1890s, 2010s, victorian era ...
Place:
montana, america, new mexico, usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
940K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
prison, journalism, rivalry, vengeance, bank, old west, prison escape, murder, good versus evil, danger, cowboy, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1920s
Place:
usa, yuma arizona, nashville tennessee, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 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, cowboy, texas ranger, indians, old west, native american, modern west, epic battle, gunfight, friendship, obsessive quest, villain ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 80s
Place:
montana, austin texas, america, nebraska, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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1K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
old west, gold rush, treasure hunt, desert, adventurer, escapades, danger, wilderness, human nature, brutality, murder, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
american civil war, home invasion, soldier, female gunfighter, survival, civil war, danger, family relations, sexual abuse, self defense, farmhouse, feminist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, year 1865
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
160K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
journey, cowboy, husband wife relationship, old west, wild west, road trip, life is a bitch, travel, family relations, wildlife, coming of age, horse ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
texas, america, montana
Similarity:
100%
374K
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:
suspense, costume drama, visually appealing, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
old west, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, revenge, wild west, violence, gunfight, kick-butt women, dialogue, teenage girl, shooting ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 1900s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, usa, arkansas, california
Similarity:
100%
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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, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, north america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Style:
atmospheric, breathtaking, bleak, cynical, spaghetti western ...
Plot:
prostitution, gambler, mining town, snow, addiction, old west, wild west, female nudity, gambling, poker, call girl, winter ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
washington state, usa, washington d.c., seattle, vancouver
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, spaghetti western, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, revenge, small town, anti hero, desert, greed, justice, murder, rape, mysterious man, vengeance, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place:
arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
28%
108K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, gloomy, tense, offbeat ...
Plot:
journey, gunfight, transformation, wilderness, indians, cowboy, murder, on the road, accountant, modern west, culture clash, existentialism ...
Time:
19th century, year 1995, 1870s, 90s, victorian era
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio, pacific ocean, england
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and ...
Style:
intense, atmospheric, serious, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, friendship, vengeance, small town, revenge, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road, reluctant partners ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, midwest, austin texas ...
Similarity:
28%
465K
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, cult classic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
old west, revenge, cowboy, redemption, vengeance, small town, sheriff, hitman, wild west, gunfight, shootout, gunslinger ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1800s, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
wyoming, kansas, america, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
14%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A U.S. Marshal seeking justice for his brother's murder defends a small town from a corrupt Mayor and his henchmen with intents to revive the civil war.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense
Plot:
revenge, murder, preacher, marshal, small town, old west, death of brother, post civil war, mayor, outlaw gang, danger, gunfight ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Comanche Moon, the prequel to McMurtry's bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Lonesome Dove follows Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae (Zahn) and Woodrow F. Call (Urban), now in their middle years, as they continue to ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
wild west, friendship, danger, native american, modern western, partner, native, rivalry, old west, escapades, texas ranger, daring rescue ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s, 1850s, victorian era
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming ...
Style:
intense, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
old west, redemption, family abandonment, menage a trois, character study, couple relations, haunted by the past, couples, parents and children, ex husband ex wife relationship, small town, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, 70s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The colourfully named gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm is being pursued across 1,000 miles of 1850s Oregon desert to San Francisco by the notorious assassins Eli and Charlie Sisters. Except Eli is having a personal crisis and beginning to doubt ...
Style:
captivating, artsy, historical drama, powerful, epic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, hitman, gold rush, amputation, wild west, gold, one last job, murder, prank, golddigger, escapades ...
Time:
1850s, 19th century, 2010s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
oregon, california, san francisco, pacific ocean, palo alto california
Similarity:
27%
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16K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Style:
tense, realistic, harsh, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
old west, journey, cowboy, racism, apache, loneliness, outlaw, native american, apache territory, apache indian, character study, embezzlement ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A hired gun seeks to enact revenge on a group of bounty hunters in the Old West.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dominant woman, bounty hunter, woman with a gun, on the road, gunslinger, mysterious character, vengeance, wilderness, danger, acid, promise, escort ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
usa, utah
Similarity:
27%
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, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, tough guy, gunfight, prison, mentor, orphan, showdown, swamp, old west, one man army, native american ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966
Place:
california, louisiana, usa, nevada, arizona ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of notorious outlaw Taylon Flynn, a man hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory. His plans go awry upon the discovery of the sordid life his estranged daughter is forced to live. To save her, he must summon the inner demons he ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, wild
Plot:
texas ranger, old west, redemption, estranged daughter, rescue, criminal, danger, murder, family relations, female nudity, vengeance, revenge ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sioux tribe, horse, native, colonialism, revenge, wild west, old west, culture clash, redemption, gunfight, american indian, foreign legion ...
Time:
year 1976, 19th century, 1840s, 70s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn ...
Style:
suspense, intense, serious, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
redemption, apache, kidnapping, cowboy, gunfight, rebellion, father daughter relationship, native, rescue, reconciliation, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, year 2003, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
new mexico, america, usa, sonora, arizona ...
Similarity:
27%
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, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
shootout, cowboy, boat, yacht, cigar, civil war, old west, violent content, tough heroes, heroes, chases and races, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, mexico, arizona, sonora
Similarity:
27%
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:
horse ranch, justice, injustice, vengeance, murder, animal life, righting the wronged, tough heroes, politics, dishonesty, rivalry, lone wolves ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, epic, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
old west, violence, gunfight, wild west, gang war, small town, greed, vengeance, tough heroes, drifter, cowboy, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
mexico, latin america, new mexico, mexico city, arizona ...
Similarity:
27%
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, atmospheric, harsh, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, robbery, revenge, gunfight, storytelling, heroes, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1965, 1890s, 1870s
Place:
new mexico, texas, usa, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
27%
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, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wild west, old west, civil war, homestead, cowboy, heroes, love and romance, danger, gang, single parent, couples, family relations ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1887: William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, rivalry, escapades, lone wolves, small town, old west, tough heroes, danger, post civil war, isolation, solitude, wilderness ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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