Movies like Ride the High Country

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Ride the High Country (1962)
 7.4
 15K
Ride the High Country (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Style: spaghetti western, sentimental, realistic, retro, cult classic, aesthetic, serious, captivating, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: horse, gold rush, runaway, wild west, friendship, betrayal, aging, gunfight, judge, shootout, death, morality, drinking, indians, cowboy, civil war, horseman, progress, gilded age, wedding, gold, bank, small town, partner, fight ...
Time: year 1962, 19th century, 1890s, 70s
Place: california, america, idaho, texas
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and rough films with plots about cowboy, heroes, shootout, horse, gunfight, old west and rivalry mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like Ride the High Country: Lonesome Dove (1989), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), One-Eyed Jacks (1961), 'Doc' (1971), True Grit (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 8.7
 26K
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 384 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, modern western, cowboy, texas ranger, indians, modern west, gunfight, friendship, native american, old west, obsessive quest, villain ...
Time: 19th century
Place: montana, austin texas, america, nebraska, usa ...
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100%
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
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, bleak, cynical, breathtaking, visual ...
Plot: prostitution, snow, prostitute, mining town, old west, wild west, gambling, winter, female nudity, small town, gambler, brothel ...
Time: year 1971, 19th century, 1890s, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: washington state, usa, washington d.c., seattle, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.1
 13K
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 ⇓
33%
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Style: black and white, suspense, atmospheric, serious, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: politics, cowboy, lawyer, wild west, small town, bully, senator, robbery, showdown, funeral, justice, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, year 1962, 1800s, 20th century
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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'Doc' (1971)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A revisionist western, "Doc" is Frank Perry's attempt to accurately portray the lives and persons of Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and the now-legendary events that took place in the town of Tombstone, starring Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, wyatt earp, poker, gunslinger, prostitute, heroes, ballroom dancing, best friend, friends, society, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1971, 1880s, 19th century
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.6
 356K
True Grit (2010)
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: tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: vengeance, old west, revenge, cowboy, bounty hunter, justice, gunfight, texas ranger, determination, teenage girl, death of father, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1870s, 1800s ...
Place: texas, arkansas, oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.5
 2K
Wild Rovers (1971)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female gunfighter, hidden treasure, mexican border, partner, animal life, tough heroes, heroes, lone wolves, buddies, fugitives, friendship, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: utah, latin america, wyoming, montana, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)
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, rivalry, vengeance, journalism, bank, old west, prison escape, good versus evil, murder, danger, cowboy, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 1920s
Place: usa, yuma arizona, nashville tennessee, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Style: bleak, cult classic, realistic, spaghetti western, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, gunfight, great dialogue, wild west, great ending, destiny, murder, brutality, death, violence, female nudity, cowboy ...
Time: year 1973, 19th century, 1880s
Place: america, usa, new mexico, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.2
 434K
Unforgiven (1992)
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, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: old west, revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, gunfight, hitman, sheriff, prostitute, small town, wild west, tough heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: wyoming, kansas, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.9
 90K
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is ...
Style: controversial, cult classic, intense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, gunfight, robbery, gang, on the run, violent, heist, friendship, cowboy, wild west, bounty hunter, civil war ...
Time: year 1969, 1910s, 19th century, 20th century
Place: texas, america, persia, mexico, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.8
 11K
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 ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, revenge, native american, frame up, rivalry, jail, old west, wild west ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 19th century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
 64K
Pale Rider (1985)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A small gold mining camp is terrorised by a ruthless land owner wanting to take their land. Clint Eastwood arrives riding a pale horse just as a young girl is praying to God to help the miners. He is revealed to be a preacher with mysterious and ...
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, realistic, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, courage, murder, greed, revenge, one against many, teenage girl, gunfight, wild west, cowboy, one man army, gunfighter ...
Time: year 1985, 1800s, 20th century, 19th century, 1880s
Place: california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Three cowhands, between jobs, have the bad dumb luck to pitch night camp in the same valley as a cabin full of guys who just robbed a stagecoach and killed the guard. Come morning, a posse arrives, forms up along the ridge, and takes for granted ...
Style: realistic, tense, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: false accusation, pursuit, on the run, robbery, outlaw, anti hero, vigilantism, old west, partner, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.0
 43K
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and ...
Style: spaghetti western, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, judge, court, u.s. marshal, hanging, guilt, justice, vigilante, cowboy, false accusation, wild west, attempted murder ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ 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%
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 ⇓
27%
 7.8
 165K
Tombstone (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style: realistic, suspense, serious, factual, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, lone hero, criminal, gunslinger, sheriff, friendship, revenge, betrayal, wyatt earp ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, 1800s, 1880s
Place: arizona, america, tucson arizona, usa, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 7.5
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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 ⇓
26%
The Spikes Gang (1974)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After escaping home, three young friends form a dynamic alliance of untamed youth. They meet an old man named Spikes with the experience only a master gunfighter can offer. The gang of men go on a crime spree and are converted to outlaws with a ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wild west, theft, runaway, bounty hunter, farm, teenage boy, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, friends, power relations, heroes, rivalry ...
Place: texas, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.3
 7K
The Claim (2000)
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: atmospheric, intense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: redemption, character study, haunted by the past, couple relations, couples, parents and children, ex husband ex wife relationship, small town, betrayal, father daughter relationship, old west, death ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.8
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Young Guns (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
Style: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: cowboy, old west, billy the kid, gunfight, chase, brutality, brat pack, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, vigilante, revenge, bounty hunter ...
Time: 20th century, 1870s, 19th century
Place: new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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 6.4
 21K
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 ⇓
24%
Junior Bonner (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: McQueen is Junior Bonner, an aging rodeo champ who returns to his home town to participate in the annual rodeo. He finds his family estranged, does what he can to help, and then moves on ... after some good rodeo riding and a few brawls.
Style: sentimental, funny, cult classic, independent film, neo western ...
Audience: manly
Plot: brother in law sister in law relationship, rodeo, cowboy, father son relationship, small town, dysfunctional family, redemption, bar fight, brawl, hospital, violence, modern western ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century
Place: arizona, california, usa, nevada, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.4
 16K
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 ⇓
23%
The Stalking Moon (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman and her half-breed son recently rescued from indians, and invites them to join him. He does this even knowing the child's father is a feared and murderous Apache ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apache territory, escapades, rescue, old west, half breed, farm, tough heroes, heroes, danger, left to die, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: new mexico, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
 6.7
 2K
The Outsider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Quaker-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, rough, spiritual ...
Plot: amish, forbidden love, love affair, rivalry, good versus evil, murder, redemption, heroes, society, vengeance, caught in the act, opposites attract ...
Time: 19th century
Place: ohio, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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