Movies and TV shows like Dead Man's Gun

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Dead Man's Gun (1997)
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Dead Man's Gun (1997)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dead Man's Gun was a western anthology series that ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The gun would change the life of whomever possessed it. Each episode was narrated by Kris Kristofferson. The executive producer was Henry Winkler.
Style: anthology, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: wild west, changing lives, danger, down on your luck, curses spells and rituals, change of luck, horse, cowboy, old west, violence, female nudity, death, murder, tragedy, bare breasts, curse, shooting, characters killed one by one, pistol, voice over narration, magical object, man with no name, gun, revolver, cowboy hat ...
Time: 90s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about old west, cowboy, wild west, gunfight, horse, pistol and revolver mostly in Drama, Western and Action genres. Some movies like Dead Man's Gun: Broken Trail (2006), Streets of Laredo (1995), Johnson County War (2002), Hickok (2017), Hell on Wheels (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Broken Trail (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, tense ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gang, horse, brothel, nephew, prostitute, fall in love, rescue, escapades, danger, protector ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, america, usa, oregon, san francisco
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100%
Streets of Laredo (1995)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron to track down Joey Garza, a new kind of killer, only a boy, who kills from a distance with a rifle. Joined by his old compadre Pea Eye, it ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: manhunt, rivalry, heroes, escapades, haunted by the past, on the road, gang of outlaws, modern western, modern west, cowboy, wild west, child in peril ...
Time: 90s, 1890s
Place: texas, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Johnson County War (2002)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: The three Hammett brothers, Cain (Tom Berenger), Harry (Luke Perry) and Dale (Adam Stroke) are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who have settled in the green grasslands.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: battles, manhunt, rivalry, isolation, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, showdown, murder, resistance, settler, fight, bandit ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming
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42%
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Hickok (2017)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Legendary Lawman and Gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok, is tasked with taming the wildest cow-town in the West, while delivering his own brand of frontier Justice and infamous gunfighter's reputation as the fastest draw in the West is put to the test
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, serious
Plot: civil war veteran, love interest, battles, murder, gunfight, cowboy, criminal, civil war, cannon, shootout, wild west, female nudity ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Hell on Wheels (2011)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
Style: atmospheric, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: civil war, slavery, old west, rivalry, haunted by the past, courage, rivals, tribe, shooting, historical character, ambitious, wild west ...
Time: 1860s, 19th century
Place: usa
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37%
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 ⇓
37%
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Gunslingers (2014)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
TV show
Story: American Heroes Channel's new series Gunslingers reveals the infamous tales of survival and courage from the Wild West. Exposing little-known facts about America’s first villains and heroes, the six-part series features the stories of Wyatt ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, rough
Plot: old west, bounty hunter, law enforcement, criminal heroes, heroes, chases and races, gunslinger, wild west, biopic, tough law enforcer, wyatt earp, apache territory ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Strange Empire (2014)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a ...
Style: serious, touching, suspenseful, realistic, period drama
Plot: woman, power struggle, small town life, danger, survival, old west, small town, strong female presence, woman with a gun, civil war, house, women ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever ...
Style: anthology
Plot: wild west, based on real people, african american, black, town, u.s. marshal, old west, cowboy, law, horse
Time: 1880s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Dead Man's Revenge (1994)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Bitter and vengeful fugitive Luck Hatcher, dignified former slave turned bounty hunter Jessup Bush, and wily deputy U.S. Marshal Bodine all converge in a small town so they can hatch an intricate con in order to bring greedy and ruthless railroad ...
Plot: vengeance, shootout, wild west, showdown, fast draw, cowboys and outlaws, pistol, revenge, horse, cowboy, gunfight, revenge plot ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Showdown (2009)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, gang, old west, small town, cowboy, u.s. marshal, murder, danger, relocation, uninhibited rivalry, lone wolves, small town life ...
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Gunpoint (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A Colorado sheriff pursues a ruthless gang of train robbers into New Mexico, where he has no official jurisdiction. Accompanying him is a motley posse, including a sharp-shooting gambler whose fiancee the gang has kidnapped.
Plot: cowboy, shootout, lonely, squad, small western town, western hero, showdown, woman, wild west, horse riding, horse, pistol ...
Time: year 1966
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
God Is My Colt .45 (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: God Is My Colt .45
Style: spaghetti western
Plot: gunfight, death, shootout, agent, gun fu, wild west, duel, fistfight, small western town, cowboy, cowboys and outlaws, old west ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Yellowstone (2018)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, ...
Style: scenic, sad, suspense, tense, neo western ...
Plot: ranch, family business, cowboy, death, cattle ranch, society, family relations, rivalry, dishonesty, old west, violence, killings ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Lone Justice 2 (1995)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a six-year absence, Ned Blessing (Brad Johnson) returns to his hometown with his sidekick, Crecencio (Luis Avalos). There he finds a lawless hell-hole governed only by six-shooters and fists. No one in town is willing to stand up to the ...
Style: independent film
Plot: pistol, justice, horse, cowboys and outlaws, vigilantism, irony of fate, old west, small western town, gang of outlaws, cowboy, gunfight, shootout ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
35%
The Return of Sabata (1971)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
Style: spaghetti western, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, small town, heroes, gunfight, old west, rivalry, dishonesty, wild west, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, outlaw gang, mixed martial arts ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
34%
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Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990)
Genre: Drama, 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
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american indian, cowboys and indians, heroes, kidnapping, native american attack, half breed, rescue, confined, escapades, vigilantism, rivalry, opposites attract ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary veteran ranger Bill Bell educates the young man and guides him toward manhood. The year is 1919-a ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: woods, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, wilderness, old west, cowboy, friends, starting over, mind game, youth ...
Time: 1910s
Place: usa, montana
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34%
The Return of Josey Wales (1980)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Legend has it-he lives. In this Western drama, some friends of gunfighter Josey Wales (Michael Parks, who also directed) are killed South of the border, so he heads to Mexico to confront a crooked local chief of police and get a good buddy out of ...
Plot: cowboy, native american, wild west, war veteran, war hero, shootout, friend, outlaw, anti hero, one man army, gang of outlaws, old west ...
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34%
Comanche Moon (2008)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 360 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, exciting, sincere ...
Plot: native american, wild west, danger, friendship, modern western, partner, escapades, rivalry, old west, texas ranger, native, daring rescue ...
Time: 19th century, year 1865, 1850s, 1860s, victorian era
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
33%
All Hell Broke Loose (2009)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After serving his county in the Civil War as a skilled sharpshooter, Will Drayton moved West in search of employment using his shooting skills. He ends up with the wrong type of people as a deadly assassin.
Style: spaghetti western
Plot: showdown, sniper, gunfight, violence, pistol, horse, murder, duel, pistol duel, cowboy, ranch, civil war veteran ...
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33%
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Santee (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, spaghetti western
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, gangster, righting the wronged, tough heroes, heroes, chases and races, dishonesty, rivalry, gang, fugitives, criminal's revenge, vigilantism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
33%
 4.6
 605
The Mountie (2011)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind ...
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: rivalry, police shootout, fighting crime, murder, danger, corruption, lone wolves, escapades, civil war, criminal heroes, drug abuse, clergy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Peacemakers (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
TV show
Story: Peacemakers is an American crime fiction television series about forensic science in the Old West. It was filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network. The show was cancelled after one ...
Style: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Plot: forensics, partner, law enforcement, sheriff, investigation, small town, old west, mortician, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, murder ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Gunslingers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While roaming the wild plains on a quest to find a cache of hidden riches, sharp-shooting bounty hunter Butch (John Elliott) and his outlaw companions come across a deadly gang with supernatural powers in this stylized Western. As the hunt for the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: gang, bounty hunter, rivalry, plague, fugitives, chases and races, cowboy, gunfight, showdown, travel, danger, old west ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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