Movies like El Diablo
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El Diablo (1990)
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger (Joe Pantoliano) and a no-nonsense cowboy (Louis Gossett Jr.) to help. Now, Smith may just have a chance at capturing his man: the merciless bandit El Diablo (Robert Beltran).
Style:
funny, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, buddy comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, kidnapping, mexican standoff, heroes, hostage, teachers and students, rescue, escapades, confined, strong female presence, small town, lone wolves, partners, woman in danger, amateur detective, renegade, unlikely partners, tough heroes, horse, native american, bank robbery, bandit, cowboy, killer, fight ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about gunfight, rivalry, cowboy, heroes, chases and races, old west and street shootout mostly in Western, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like El Diablo: Six Gun (2008), Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Bandolero! (1968), Buddy Goes West (1981), Blood Money (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When three cowboys show up dead, Tommy, a hard-drinking, retired bounty hunter whose ranch is on the brink for foreclosure, must saddle up one more time to stop the bandit and collect a ransom. Prepare yourself to go back in time to the real old ...
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tense, captivating, semi serious, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, rivalry, old west, retired, track down, cowboys and outlaws, arrest, gunfight, suspense, horse, graphic violence, partners ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the US Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 TV series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken his daughter captive. As a bargaining chip, Dillon helps two sons of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, cult film
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boys' night
Plot:
cowboys and indians, indian chief, heroes, kidnapping, american indian, renegade, society, confined, rescue, opposites attract, golden years, vigilantism ...
Place:
arizona
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89%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, ...
Style:
funny, realistic, serious, suspenseful, retro
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, mexican bandit, civil war, bandit, brother, criminal, cowboy, woman with a gun, escape, on the run, desert, highwayman ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico, texas, latin america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, treasure hunt, escapades, gang, partners, small town life, small town, mistaken identity, tough heroes, disorder, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
During a hold-up in the Wild West, Dakota kills a rich old Chinese man, Wang. Later, he is captured, sentenced, and is about to be hanged - and he never profitted from Wang's death, has he buried him with the photographs of his four widows, and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, rough, offbeat
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, cowboy, older man younger man relationship, treasure hunt, unlikely partners, escapades, partners, riddles and clues, old west, interracial relations, graphic violence ...
Time:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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78%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers
Style:
funny, exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, heroes, small town, traveling circus, friends, social relations, gang, buddies, rivalry, lone wolves, criminal heroes, partners ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw determined to pull off a gold robbery and co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy.
Style:
funny, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, criminal, heist, bounty hunter, soldier, ambush, bandit, cowboy, male nudity, apache tribe, ranch, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy, 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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
native american, slavery, cowboy, satire, chase, heroes, interracial relations, gang, vengeance, rivalry, society, buddies ...
Time:
60s
Place:
latin america, australia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
Style:
funny, parody, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, old west, exploitation, black man, black hero, small western town, gang of outlaws, horse, violence, african american, cowboy, gunfight ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, partners, chase, criminal heroes, vengeance, gang, mind game, heroes, legends and myths, old west, prison, jail ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to this early spaghetti western hit.
Style:
epic, tense, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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68%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Old West. New Soul. Big Payback.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, criminal heroes, heist, disorder, bounty hunter, tough heroes, vigilantism, on the run, dishonesty, criminal, bank robbery, suspense ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, africa, kenya
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66%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico
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65%
Genre: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, old west, gambling, heist, rivalry, gunfight, small town, tough heroes, dishonesty, partners, betrayal, bank robbery ...
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Place:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunslinger, battle zone, heist, old west, small town, small town life, bank, friendship, hitman, farm, righting the wronged, friends ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. Riding out to hunt down McKaye, Flagg is captured by McKaye's gang and finds out that McKaye is no ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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53%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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parody, funny, semi serious, humorous, campy
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit Domingo. Blindman heads into Mexico in pursuit.
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exciting, semi serious, realistic, rough, humorous ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Quincy gets the ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Style:
funny, semi serious, humorous, epic, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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