Movies like Once Upon a Texas Train
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Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Twenty years later, upon his release, Henry is older but unrepentant. Within six hours after leaving his jail cell, he evens the score with Hayes by holding up the Bank of Texas for $20,000 in gold. Hayes, in his fury, gets himself out of retirement to take up the chase once more.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
cowboy, train, criminal, bank, aging, texas ranger, prison, heist, heroes, gang, escape, legends and myths, fugitives, chase, rivalry, manhunt, elderly, confined, on the run, lone wolves, partners, folk hero, golden years, hotshot hero, horse ...
Time:
70s
Place:
texas, austin texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, serious and rough films with plots about gunfight, rivalry, revolver, cowboy, horse, winchester rifle and cowboy hat mostly in Western, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like Once Upon a Texas Train: The Train Robbers (1973), Bad Man's River (1971), Young Billy Young (1969), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), Yuma (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, 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, suspenseful, humorous, tense, surprise ending
Plot:
gold, gang, widow, cowboy, plot twist, rivalry, obsessive quest, treasure hunt, cons and scams, dishonesty, escapades, train ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1870s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tucson arizona, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, tense, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, mexican revolution, cowboys and outlaws, old west, bank robbery, river battle, heroes, lone wolves, rebellion, rebelliousness, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Action, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, exciting, retro
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfighter, revenge, dancehall girl, small town, saloon owner, chase, pistol duel, stagecoach, small town life, parents and children, americana, old west ...
Place:
latin america, mexico, new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1916, a Mexican rebel named Cordoba steals six cannons from the forces of General Pershing who's been sent to bring order to the Texas-Mexico border. Pershing assigns a soldier named Rod Douglas to retrieve the cannons.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, train robbery, battles, soldier, warlord, mexican border, suicide, anti war, tough heroes, heroes, lone wolves ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
texas, usa, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
601
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 ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, marshal, bar fight, old west, righting the wronged, tough heroes, tough law enforcer, gang, law enforcement, rivalry, lone wolves, heroes ...
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Romance, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a US Marshal.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, partners, heroes, on the run, rivalry, dishonesty, fugitives, cons and scams, on the road, mexican standoff, arrest, murder of family ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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:
train, cowboy, old west, catastrophe, hostage, disaster, escapades, rivalry, gang, on the run, unlikely partners, survival ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don ...
Style:
splatter, enigmatic, tense, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, friendship, wilderness, hitman, gunfight, chase, runaway, revenge, horse, crime gone awry, screwball, mentor ...
Time:
80s, 19th century, 1850s
Place:
texas, tokyo, australia, mexico, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: 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:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, gang, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, betrayal, old west, criminal, tough guy, siblings relations, family relations, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: 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:
realistic, semi serious, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friends, on the run, lone wolves, dishonesty, fugitives, confined, criminal heroes, heroes, buddies, rivalry, vengeance, cons and scams ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff (Rourke) had once been a heroic and staunch supporter of the southern cause, but after losing his family he became cold hearted and ...
Style:
brutal, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brutality, old west, partners, rescue, good versus evil, americana, heroes, society, criminal heroes, husband wife relationship, gunfight, murder ...
Time:
19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
729
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.
Style:
funny, surprise ending
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, 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 ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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boys' night
Plot:
pardon, cowboy, van, jail, jail cell, gunfight, church, dark hero, death, violence, revenge, death of wife ...
Time:
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Place:
tucson arizona, arizona, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
38%
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bronson and Russell are up against some bad guys who run the town to which the pair have gone for supplies. Bronson runs into an old girl friend, Oliver, who is now married to his enemy Merlin. Bronson had long ago broken Merlin's arm, and now ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, gunfight, showdown, small town, heroes, lovers reunited, friendship, criminal's revenge, good versus evil, gangsters, rivalry, partners against crime ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: 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, serious, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stagecoach, old west, native american attack, journey, showdown, pregnancy, desert, prostitute, heroes, chase, small town, dentist ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, new mexico, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Enlivened by the star turns from James Caan and Sammy Davis Jr., we follow the tale of a not-so-reputable hero. Jud McGraw and a less than innocent Native American maid, known as Little Moon. They have both come to the deserted town of Black Nullar ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was killed in a gunfight with another man. Knowning his brother never carried a gun he heads north to find his brother's killer. After battling bounty ...
Style:
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Plot:
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36%
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, contemplative
Plot:
old west, gunfight, love triangle, fugitives, best friends, track down, love and romance, dishonesty, partners, betrayal, criminal heroes, chase ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
horse, heroes, gunfight, bandit, vengeance, bounty hunter, wrestling, village life, dishonesty, folk hero, on the run, tough heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, surprise ending
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An avenging stranger guns down a gang of ruthless bandits in revenge for the murder of his family.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before ...
Style:
funny, exciting, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
heist, cowboy, heroes, gold bar, boat, lake, gold, dishonesty, escapades, elderly, criminal heroes, fugitives ...
Time:
70s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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Time:
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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