Movies and TV shows like How the West Was Won

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How the West Was Won (1976)
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How the West Was Won (1976)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Saga of the Macahan's
Style: atmospheric, vintage, wild, masterpiece
Plot: native american, civil war, american civil war, cowboy, family relations, ranch, american indian, uncle, fugitive, anti hero, runaway, native americans, anti-hero, anti heroes
Time: 1860s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, wild and captivating films and TV series with plots about cowboy, wild west, native american, old west, civil war, horse and gunfight mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres. Some movies like How the West Was Won: The Macahan's (1976), Into the West (2005), Hell on Wheels (2011), Comanche Moon (2008), Return to Lonesome Dove (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Macahan's (1976)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
TV show
Story: TV Movie sequel Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, help's move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into several obstacles including the breakout of the Civil War. This sends the father back to fight in the war and leaves the ...
Plot: civil war, wild west, grandparents, american civil war, massacre, bar fight, van, family relations, brother, scout, native american, mountain ...
Time: 1860s
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100%
Into the West (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 552 min.
TV show
Story: Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
Style: epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: native american, american indian, wild west, indian war, old west, native american attack, tribe, native american white relationships, wagon train, interracial relations, friendship, injustice ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: south dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
45%
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Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 322 min.
TV show
Story: 'Captain' Call has just buried Gus at Lonesome Dove and plans to head back to his ranch in Montana. Looking at a herd of wild Mustangs, he decides to drive them north with the help of Isom and Gideon Walker. Gideon hires Agostina Vega and ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, atmospheric, epic ...
Plot: cowboy, wild west, modern west, modern western, native american, texas ranger, cavalry, mexican standoff, partner, escapades, heroes, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century
Place: montana, austin texas, texas, usa
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Conagher (1991)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is a honest, hardworking cowboy. Their lives are intertwined as they fight the elements, indians, outlaws, and loneliness.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: wild west, old west, homestead, civil war, cowboy, gang, love and romance, heroes, single parent, danger, tough heroes, family relations ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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East of Eden (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story: A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their ...
Style: atmospheric, gloomy, realistic, stylized, captivating ...
Plot: american history, civil war, dysfunctional family, estrangement, rebellion, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, family relations, couple relations, love triangle, prostitute ...
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 8.3
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1923 (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
Style: dramatic, atmospheric, serious, harsh, captivating ...
Plot: cowboy, journey, great depression, fight, relationships, small town, life is a bitch, survival, family relations, society, range war, nudity ...
Time: 1920s, 1940s, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Winnetou - A New World (2016)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The first part, "A New World", tells how the young German engineer Karl May comes to America and starts to work for a railway company in the Wild West. Under dramatic circumstances, he meets Apache chief Winnetou and becomes friends with ...
Style: intercultural, stylized, intense, thought provoking, suspense
Plot: native american, apache territory, railway, friendship, culture clash, leader, love affair, love story, interracial relations, love and romance, courage, apache indian ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1900s
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100%
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Beulah Land (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 281 min.
TV show
Story: This sweeping epic dramatized the lives of two Georgia families during the early-to-mid 1800s: the Kendricks, who resided on the Beulah Land plantation, and the Davises, who owned the Oaks plantation. Both families loved, prospered and lost during ...
Plot: plantation, american civil war, civil war, black, dysfunctional family, slavery, southern belle, brother, family disapproval
Time: 19th century, 1870s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.4
 821
Ride (2023)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Follows the lives of the Murrays as they struggle to keep their beloved ranch afloat.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: family relations, rancher, family problems, ranch, villager, lifestyle, problem, family life, farming, large family, countryside, relationships
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41%
The American West (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot: old west, native american, historical event, historical figure, wild west, post civil war, native american attack, american civil war, indigenous people, civil war, bandit, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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1883 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 562 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in ...
Style: historical drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating, anime ...
Plot: journey, old west, wild west, cowboy, husband wife relationship, travel, wildlife, family relations, life is a bitch, road trip, cop, quarantine ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: america, texas, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.0
 361
The McMasters (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the immediate post-Civil War era, The McMasters stars Brock Peters as a black Union soldier who finds he must figuratively fight the war all over again. Returning to his southern hometown, Peters quickly learns that nothing has really ...
Style: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: civil war, native american, cowboy, blaxploitation, black, interracial relations, racism, civil war veteran, injustice, soldier, vengeance, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Two Rode Together (1961)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, suspenseful, retro ...
Plot: american indian, rescue, hostage, cowboy, small town, chase, captivity, society, culture clash, chief, old west, civil war ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 1880s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
41%
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Bad Company (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jeff Bridges stars as young con man named Jake Rumsey in this highly original Western. After Drew Dixon (Barry Brown), an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land ...
Style: realistic, bleak, atmospheric, political, offbeat ...
Plot: civil war, american civil war, betrayal, hanging, prostitution, homeless, cowboy, wild west, drifter, acid, shootout, buddy ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century, 1860s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.0
 6K
Keoma (1976)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined ...
Style: spaghetti western, cult classic, euro western, grindhouse, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: half breed, native american, revenge, civil war, cowboy, shootout, slavery, infection, native, maverick, symbolism, post civil war ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 1860s
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41%
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The English (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: revenge, woman, death of son, death, son, old west, city, troubled past, female protagonist, bereavement, vengeance, loss of child ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1900s
Place: wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
This Savage Land (1969)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harrassed by Confederate marauders.
Plot: civil war, grandparents, civil war veteran, shootout, american civil war, marauder, accomplice, violence, pistol, u.s. civil war, death of wife, post civil war ...
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40%
The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: native american, sioux tribe, horse, wild west, culture clash, redemption, native, gunfight, redsploitation, foreign legion, legion, colonialism ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 1840s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Lonesome Dove (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 384 min.
TV show
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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40%
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Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min.
TV show
Story: Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: civil war, american civil war, old west, gunfight, feud, revenge, violence spree, violence, murder, rivalry, ethnic conflict, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s, 1890s ...
Place: kentucky, west virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in ...
Style: saga, captivating, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, farm, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, dishonesty, blind ambition, intrigue, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.6
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Kung Fu (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Style: fast paced, serious, realistic, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wild west, shaolin monk, shaolin, on the run, man with no name, fugitive, flashback, haunted by the past, temple, vegetarian ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century
Place: usa, new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Keeping Room (2014)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot: american civil war, home invasion, soldier, survival, civil war, danger, family relations, female gunfighter, self defense, farmhouse, feminist, women ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s, year 1865
Place: usa, southern usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Englishman's Boy (2008)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Haunting film recalls a tragic journey that culminates in one of the most brutal historical events in Canadian History - the Cypress Hill Massacre.
Style: tragic ending
Plot: rape, white horse, native american, hollywood, anti hero, movie star, genocide, female nudity, burned alive, massacre, male nudity, bare butt ...
Time: 1920s, 1870s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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40%
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