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Wild Times (1980)
269
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story:
A sharpshooting saddle tramp (Hugh Cardiff) with a price on his head falls for the daughter (Libby) of a wealthy ranch owner. He vows to win enough money in shooting contests to win her father's approval, but when he returns years later, he finds she has married another man who is jealous of her affections. The husband (Vern) tries to have a murder warrant served on the drifter; shoots him in the back and hires a gambler to murder the man. None of these attempts on the drifter's life kills Cardiff. When the Libby leaves Vern, he goes gunning for the drifter, now the star of a Wild West show.
Style:
dramatic, tension, period piece, saga
Plot:
sniper, ranch, old west, love triangle, vigilantism, jealous husband, shootout, survival, revenge, betrayal, murder, drifter, heroism, second chance, redemption, outlaw, forbidden love, honor, gambler, horse riding, bounty, moral ambiguity, mortality, impresario, cemetery ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, arizona, washington d.c., colorado
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, tense, suspense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about revenge, outlaw, moral ambiguity, frontier, vigilantism, violence and showdown mostly in Western, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Wild Times: Warpath (2020), Shane (1966), Desperado (1987), I Married Wyatt Earp (1983), Dead Man's Hand (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, period piece, tense, suspense, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, atmospheric, emotional, tense
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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92%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, grim, neo western
Plot:
gunfighter, violence, showdown, corruption, duel, revenge, corrupt mayor, redemption, moral ambiguity, justice, murder, self defense ...
Time:
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Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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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:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Similarity:
87%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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TV show
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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