Movies like Big Bad John

If you like "Big Bad John" you are looking for psychotronic, independent film and cult film movies about / with sheriff, coal mine, fugitive, escape, evil, couples and runaway themes of Action, Drama and Western genre shot in USA.
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Big Bad John (1990)
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Big Bad John (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.
Style: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Plot: sheriff, coal mine, fugitive, escape, evil, couples, runaway, young

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Most similar movies to Big Bad John

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and spaghetti western films with plots about sheriff, shootout, gunfight, street shootout, saloon, horse and cowboy mostly in Drama, Western and Action genres. Some movies like Big Bad John: Black Hat (2011), Hawken's Breed (1988), Young Guns II (1990), Angels Die Hard (1970), Belles of Taekwondo (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Black Hat (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Story: A drifter is a town's last hope of salvation from outlaws, but he can't escape the past he's trying to forget.
Plot: drifter, sheriff, wasteland, post apocalypse, gunslinger, showdown, criminal, homeless, outlaw, past, hopes, escape ...
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95%
 3.5
 433
Hawken's Breed (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and ...
Style: independent film, splatter
Plot: native american, love, female nudity, american indian, violence, snow, outlaw, group, voice over narration, interracial romance, shootout, bandit ...
Time: 1800s
Place: tennessee
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88%
 6.5
 39K
Young Guns II (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, 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: funny, period piece, cult classic, anamorphic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: native american, old west, cowboy, billy the kid, gunfight, wild west, modern west, modern western, bounty hunter, betrayal, friendship, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 1870s, 19th century, 1950s
Place: new mexico, arkansas, usa, latin america, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Angels Die Hard (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Gang of bikers try to save people in a mining disaster.
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
Plot: biker, gang, bike, exploitation, small town, sheriff, motorcycle gang, mine, cave, funeral, fight, biker gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Belles of Taekwondo (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Carter Wong plays a young chinese martial arts student who travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Soon he comes up against a vicious gang who want all the local martial arts schools to join their evil association. But before he can defeat the bad ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu classic, student, evil, taekwondo, young
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Desert Kickboxer (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to live alone and occasionally work tracking drug runners for the area sheriff. One particularly wily ...
Style: neo western, independent film
Plot: kickboxer, martial arts, native american, warrior, group, couples, bare chested male, punched in the groin, shootout, exploitation, final showdown, attempted rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Gunfight at Rio Bravo (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When mysterious Russian gunslinger Ivan Turchin rides into a small Texas town, he runs afoul of a bloodthirsty outlaw gang known as The Hellhounds. Outmanned and outgunned, the town must put their trust in Turchin to protect them from annihilation ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, spaghetti western
Plot: marshal, outlaw gang, sheriff, shooter, gang, killings, gunslinger, murderer, fight, gang leader, gang member, bandit ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Billy the Kid (1989)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.
Plot: billy the kid, gunfight, biopic, realism, murder, violence, escape, sheriff, horse, chase, pistol, outlaw ...
Place: new mexico, arizona, santa fe new mexico, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Shadow on the Mesa (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Wes Rawlins is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West. His life changes when he finds out that his mother is dead and the man responsible is still at large. Wes believes that his long lost father Ray Eastman is responsible and sets ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: gunfight, sheriff, bounty hunter, father son relationship, fighting crime, bandit, absent father, fight for justice, loss of mother, father son reunion, murder investigation, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A small-town banker is forced to protect his town against a vicious gang of bank robbers determined to get the $200,000 stored in his bank.
Plot: gang of outlaws, frontier town, wild west, shootout, showdown, small western town, cowboy, bank robbery, fight, gunslinger, old west, cowboys and outlaws ...
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58%
 6.8
 67K
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 ⇓
55%
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Hud's parents were murdered, their land stolen and now Hud will dish out justice to the guilty - the three Clark brothers know they are in danger but they don't know from where the blow will come.
Style: spaghetti western
Plot: bar fight, evil landowner, trial, sheriff, native american attack, target practice, revenge, small town, town, mob
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Bounty Man (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Two rival bounty hunters are after the same killer, but find they have to join together to fight off his gang.
Style: grindhouse
Plot: bounty hunter, fugitive, shootout, jail, pistol, punched in the face, horse, photograph, ambush, death of wife, sheriff, outlaw ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 7.3
 36K
Old Henry (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, disturbing, southern gothic ...
Plot: western hero, billy the kid, murder, money, farmer, gunfight, medieval, shooter, showdown, hidden money, protector, ancient ...
Time: 2020s, 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Gun And The Pulpit (1974)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: In the days of the "Wild West", a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
Plot: swing, wild west, fugitive, shootout, impersonation, gunfighter, burial, sheriff, frontier town, widow, preacher, tobacco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, 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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, crying, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, pardon, wild west, native american, van, shootout, town, jail, machine gun, jail cell, blood, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century
Place: tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Jesse James: Lawman (2015)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: When a small town is overrun by the gang of outlaws. The Mayor finds that they are under the thumb of the gang's leader, villainous Hoyt Killian. The town's sheriff takes it upon himself to hire famed outlaw Jesse James to infiltrate the ...
Plot: jesse james, horse, interview, outlaw, sheriff, outlaw gang, bandit, saloon
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50%
The Winds of Autumn (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: youth, orphan, grief, murder, old west, rivalry, obsessive quest, young heroes, gang, vengeance, massacre, reprisal ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Return of Desperado (1988)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Duell McCall is in New Mexico running afoul of local land baron. McCall pauses long enough in his escape flight to come to the aid of black homesteader who is being victimized by the diabolical Foxworth.
Plot: revenge, fugitive, frame up, framed for murder, evil landowner, cowboy, squad, horse, on the run, small town, street shootout
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49%
The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Just before the turn of the Century two young outlaws team up for a historic ride. Based on historical references, the "True Story" of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the run, hotshot hero, friendship, criminal heroes, buddies, chase, jail, gunfight, chases and races, old west, love triangle, friends ...
Time: 19th century
Place: mexico, colorado, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Rogues of Flat Oak (2018)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Upon their arrival in Flat Oak for a semi-centennial celebration, renowned shootist Mance Dixon and his friend Clabe run into a surviving victim of a vicious vigilante group known as The Tramplers. Offering her protection once in town, matters ...
Plot: shootout, sheriff, cave, hanging, horse, massacre, circumcision, saloon, western town, rifle
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Fire! (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compelling Irwin Allen production boasting a big-name cast and enough blazing special effects to turn night into day. Involved are a lumber mill owner ...
Style: psychotronic
Plot: forest fire, natural disaster, firefight, emergency, firefighter, disaster, fireman, school trip, husband wife relationship, fire, prisoner, escape ...
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Desperado (1987)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Duell McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town. Framed for the murder of Sheriff John Whaley, McCall is forced to wander the wild frontier in search of the one man who can clear him.
Plot: shootout, corruption, prostitute, horse, vigilante, lynching, farmer, land grab, cattle, sheriff, marshal, street shootout ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.
Style: retro, neo noir, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: rape, small town, cowboy, mayor, murder, psychopath, rape and revenge, hopes, starting over, good versus evil, rivalry, social relations ...
Time: year 1967
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A mutilating knife-killer haunts the small Southwest-desert town of Mescal. Though most victims have been prostitutes, the first was none other than Travis Mescal, the only son of the town's first family. When the Sheriff proves unable to solve ...
Style: detective, slasher, independent film, slasher horror, spaghetti western ...
Plot: serial killer, jack the ripper, prostitute, murder, sheriff, feral man, cowboy, hooker, bare breasts, private investigator, cemetery, death ...
Time: 1880s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Road Hustlers (1968)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A family of bootleggers fight against the sheriff and local gangsters.
Style: independent film
Plot: family relations, bootlegging, smuggler, gangster, car chase, father son relationship, sheriff, federal agent, moonshine, boat chase, speedboat
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Molly and Lawless John (1972)
Genre: Drama, 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: independent film, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: escape, friends, on the run, confined, buddies, chases and races, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, vengeance, lone wolves, fugitives ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Vengeance Is My Forgiveness (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a small western town our hero Durango (Tab Hunter) delivers his prisoner to the jailhouse and then goes to the local saloon where the lady saloon owner Joanne has eyes only for him. But Durango only has eyes for his bride-to-be Lucy. Four masked ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western
Plot: gunfight, family relations, shootout, pistol, vengeance, violence, revenge, villain, sheriff, hanging, street shootout, gun ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-TV Western.
Style: funny
Plot: gold, buddy, prostitute, agent, train, chase, stash, squad, mexican army, rebel, bandit, railway ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, casino, bounty hunter, kidnapping, partner, hostage, chases and races, danger, heroes, daring rescue, partners against crime, escapades ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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