Movies like Nevada Smith

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Nevada Smith (1966)
 6.9
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Nevada Smith (1966)
Genre: 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 shoot on time and correct.
Style: stylized, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, brutal, bleak, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, kids
Plot: revenge, murder, gunfight, mentor, old west, prison, native american, fantasy world, multiple storylines, solitude, one man army, tough guy, investigation, friends, rivalry, warden, family in danger, tough heroes, cowboy, friendship, death of father, one against many, revenge plot, life philosophy, murder mystery ...
Time: 19th century
Place: nevada, texas, california, tokyo, usa, arizona, mississippi ...

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Most similar movies to Nevada Smith

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and harsh films with plots about gun, violence, gunfight, vengeance, culture clash, storytelling and dialogue mostly in Western, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Nevada Smith: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Tombstone (1993), Unforgiven (1992), Valdez Is Coming (1971), One-Eyed Jacks (1961). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, surprise ending, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: old west, vengeance, mysterious character, villain, cowboy, revenge, gunfight, gang, death, small town, desert, farm ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, usa, yuma arizona
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 7.8
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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, serious, factual, intense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vengeance, gunfight, cowboy, old west, lone hero, gang, sheriff, friendship, suspense, betrayal, revenge, murder ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: arizona, california, tucson arizona, usa
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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, harsh ...
Audience: manly
Plot: revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, old west, gunfight, sheriff, prostitute, small town, hitman, morality, prostitution ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: wyoming, kansas, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.
Style: clever, bloody, scenic, stylized, talky ...
Plot: civil war, racism, murder, cowboy, chase, bullying, brutality, revenge, violence, gunfight, gang, enormously long battle scene ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, canada, arizona, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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, rough, suspenseful, 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, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 60s, 1880s
Place: california, mexico, texas, usa, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Joe Kidd (1972)
Genre: 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: affectionate, intense, stylized, melancholic, ironic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, cowboy, bounty hunter, mexican, landowner, manhunt, bandit, train, revolutionary, civil war, revenge, murder ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, texas, new mexico, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Genre: 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, rough, suspenseful, exciting, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, chase, violence, family relations, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality, family life ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 1930s, 60s, 1890s ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Comancheros (1961)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Style: sexy, tense, intense, buddy movie, affectionate ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: renegade, native american, comanche indian, small town, desert, gunfight, horse, chase, gang, murder, texas ranger, gambler ...
Time: 19th century, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, louisiana, new jersey, new orleans, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The War Wagon (1967)
Genre: 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, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, chase, vengeance, gold, revenge, frame up, rivalry, gangsters, gunfight, horse, jail ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Tom Horn (1980)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ...
Style: tense, poignant, affectionate, gloomy, ironic ...
Plot: brutality, justice, gunfight, hanging, heroes, murder, violence, hitman, court, lawyer, gang, nude ...
Time: 19th century, 80s, 20th century
Place: vienna, california, arizona, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.1
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Big Jake (1971)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
Style: tense, intense, stylized, harsh, light ...
Audience: manly
Plot: kidnapping, texas ranger, gunfight, motorcycle, gang, old west, happy ending, good versus evil, car, assassination, adaptation, chase ...
Time: 80s, turn of the century, 19th century, 20th century, 70s
Place: texas, mexico, california, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.8
 64K
Young Guns (1988)
Genre: Action, 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, harsh, serious, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: cowboy, gunfight, billy the kid, old west, gang, chase, suspense, gangsters, brutality, cowboys and outlaws, vigilante, revenge ...
Time: 1870s, 80s, 19th century
Place: new mexico, california, texas, usa, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
Style: realistic, brutal, harsh, tense, talky ...
Plot: american civil war, revenge, civil war, native americans, native american, suspense, murder, massacre, surrender, manhunt, on the run, runaway ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 70s
Place: texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hombre (1967)
Genre: 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: realistic, tense, harsh, talky, intense ...
Plot: journey, cowboy, racism, old west, desert, character study, suspense, embezzlement, crime gone awry, wilderness, fighting the system, hitman ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, usa, tucson arizona, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, epic, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, judge, hanging, u.s. marshal, guilt, justice, court, false accusation, death sentence, tough guy, ambush, tough cop ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: oklahoma, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 5.0
 675
The Shooter (1997)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story is of a small town in the early west and of a 'shooter' of reputation that drifts into it and stands up to the controlling family that runs it. But far from a John Wayne, this hero is caught and brutally beaten and left to die, ...
Style: buddy movie, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, melancholic, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, prostitute, gunfight, nude, revenge, gangsters, assassin, first contact, finnish, catastrophe, chase, betrayal ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.7
 13K
Rio Lobo (1970)
Genre: War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style: harsh, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, betrayal, vengeance, civil war, revenge, gunfight, justice, colonel, brutality, redemption, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time: 19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: texas, ireland, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.8
 10K
Chisum (1970)
Genre: Biography, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Style: harsh, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: manly, kids
Plot: bounty hunter, cattle, old west, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, dishonesty, elderly, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, greed ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, 80s, 1870s
Place: new mexico, california, texas, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Young Guns II (1990)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Only three of the original five "young guns" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his ...
Style: stylized, factual, entertaining, harsh, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: native american, old west, cowboy, gunfight, gang, bounty hunter, betrayal, friendship, billy the kid, gangsters, vengeance, chase ...
Time: 1870s, 19th century, 50s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new mexico, las vegas, latin america, usa, arkansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, vengeance, sheriff, lone hero, old west, adaptation, suspense, cowboy, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, vigilantism ...
Time: 19th century, 60s
Place: texas, california, usa, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.4
 49K
True Grit (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he ...
Style: stylized, harsh, exciting, sentimental, clever ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, vengeance, hanging, cowboy, reward, civil war veteran, alcoholic, texas ranger, justice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 70s, 1930s
Place: texas, arkansas, oklahoma, california, austin texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hour of the Gun (1967)
Genre: 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: serious, realistic, captivating, tense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, buddy cop, revenge, vengeance, old west, dishonesty, gang, manhunt, criminal heroes, vigilantism, tough law enforcer, chase ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.3
 61K
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: realistic, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, preacher, gold, courage, murder, greed, revenge, gunfight, suspense, one man army, gunfighter, one against many ...
Time: 80s, 19th century, 1880s
Place: california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Movie in collections
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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, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: coming of age, cattle, desert, vengeance, gunfight, rancher, buddies, on the road, gold, good versus evil, murder, teenage boy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: california, texas, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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: tense, talky, semi serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, manly
Plot: vengeance, gunfight, american civil war, heist, parents and children, family relations, criminal heroes, partners, brother brother relationship, suspense, gang, good versus evil ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired ...
Style: bloody, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, sexy, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, gang, gunfight, poker, runaway, destiny, prejudice, secret service, adoption, relationships, shopping, redemption ...
Place: texas, ireland, boston, california, tucson arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Return of the Seven (1966)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets ...
Style: bad ending, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, humorous, harsh ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: vengeance, kidnapping, desert, gunfight, hanging, cowboy, mercenary, lone hero, natural disaster, transformation, catastrophe, violent ...
Time: 19th century
Place: mexico, spain, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Genre: 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: stylized, atmospheric, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, bounty hunter, suspense, small town, gang, robbery, violence, cowboy, warrior, revenge, heroes, sidekick ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 1870s
Place: texas, austin texas, spain, new mexico, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Great Silence (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Style: tense, atmospheric, bleak, poignant, visually appealing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: winter, snow, evil wins, small town, revenge, nude, cowboy, death, greed, gunslinger, violence, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: italy, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.6
 344K
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, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: revenge, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, old west, justice, gunfight, runaway, determination, texas ranger, teenage girl, death of father ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 20th century
Place: arkansas, texas, oklahoma, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%