Movies like News of the World
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News of the World (2020)
101K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
Style:
touching, period piece, perverse, road movie, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, spaghetti western, inspirational ...
Plot:
teaching the ways of the world, native american, civil war veteran, friendship, rescue, cowboy, runaway, american civil war, civil war, organized crime, mentor, hopes, loneliness, loner, glory, redemption, small town, training, life philosophy, loss of family member, young heroes, complex characters, survival, wild west, curse ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 2020s, 1870s, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
hawaii, usa, dallas texas, san antonio texas, texas, united states, united states of america
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Most similar movies to News of the World
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspense and wild films with plots about cowboy, gunfight, horse, civil war, violence, revenge and wild west mostly in Drama, Western and Action genres. Some movies like News of the World: True Grit (1969), The Revenant (2015), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), True Grit (2010), Slow West (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
55K
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:
suspense, harsh, exciting, spaghetti western, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, manly
Plot:
revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, texas ranger, vengeance, hanging, teenage girl, cowboy, civil war veteran, alcoholic, reward ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1969, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, arkansas, usa, austin texas ...
Similarity:
100%
940K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
374K
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:
suspense, costume drama, visually appealing, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
old west, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, revenge, wild west, violence, gunfight, kick-butt women, dialogue, teenage girl, shooting ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 1900s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, usa, arkansas, california
Similarity:
100%
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50K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Style:
suspenseful, road movie, atmospheric, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
pursuit, old west, bounty hunter, unrequited love, gunfight, coming of age, death of father, life & death, solitude, wilderness, complex characters, modern west ...
Time:
19th century, year 2015, future
Place:
usa, ireland, colorado, california, scotland
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Style:
suspense, stylized, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, native american attack, cowboy, wild west, gunfight, friendship, sheriff, modern western, justice, murder, trust, law enforcement ...
Time:
19th century, year 2008, 1800s, 1880s
Place:
texas, new mexico, iowa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Style:
suspense, intense, entertaining, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
teamwork, small town, bounty hunter, revenge, showdown, gunfighter, mercenary, dark hero, deception, outlaw, good versus evil, murder ...
Time:
year 2016, 19th century, 2010s, 1870s, 60s
Place:
america, sacramento california, california, alaska
Similarity:
100%
44K
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:
tense, disturbing, captivating, exciting, southern gothic ...
Plot:
billy the kid, murder, gunfight, farmer, western hero, medieval, gunslinger, money, showdown, shooter, protector, hidden money ...
Time:
2020s, 1900s, 20th century
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Aging sidekick Lefty Brown has ridden with Eddie Johnson his entire life. But when a rustler kills Eddie, Lefty is forced from his partner’s shadow and must confront the ugly realities of frontier justice.
Style:
period piece, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
old west, american indian, revenge, friendship, husband wife relationship, u.s. marshal, justice, pursuit, unlikely hero, outlaw gang, murder, marriage ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
21%
54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting ...
Style:
light, tense, intense, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cowboy, wild west, gunfight, good versus evil, violent, small town, friendship, modern western, desert, chess, modern west, wagon train ...
Time:
19th century, year 1985, 1880s, 80s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, horse, endurance, contests and competitions, rivalry, old west, unlikely partners, chases and races, civil war, horse race, ex prostitute, cowboy ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 19th century, year 1975, edwardian era ...
Place:
texas, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film directed by Richard Brooks. A kidnap-rescue adventure set in about 1917, it features a small group of experts heading into Mexico to free the Mexican-born wife of a wealthy Texan from several hundred ...
Style:
epic, retro, spaghetti western, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, mexican revolution, mercenary, kidnapping, gunfight, wild west, train, old west, cowboy, chase, mission, archery ...
Time:
year 1966, 20th century, 1910s, 60s
Place:
mexico, latin america, texas, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, buddy comedy, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
texas ranger, violence, wild west, horse, escapades, native american, two man army, partner, gunfight, corruption, revenge, treasure hunt ...
Time:
19th century, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, seattle, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even ...
Style:
entertaining, suspense, harsh, exciting, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, australian outback, genocide, aborigine, culture clash, lone hero, vengeance, vigilantism, friendship, fish out of water, twists and turns, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
australia, texas, pacific ocean, wyoming, california ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, stylized, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
old west, cowboy, violence, gunslinger, gunfight, shootout, revenge, showdown, civil war veteran, friendship, small town, cattle ...
Time:
19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place:
montana, texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, native american, friendship, mexican revolution, medieval, cowboy, military, wild west, desert, gunfight, u.s. mexico border ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 1860s, 80s
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, texas ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or ...
Style:
harsh, serious, exciting, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
texas ranger, american civil war, civil war, tough heroes, rivalry, rescue, danger, love triangle, vengeance, violence, betrayal, murder ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, 1870s
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 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:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
19%
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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:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache territory, half breed, old west, escapades, rescue, left to die, danger, heroes, farm, tough heroes, native, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Style:
epic, humorous, sentimental, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
native american, cowboy, racism, revenge, culture clash, voice over narration, massacre, interview, orphan, old west, american history, bigotry ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1860s, year 1970, 70s ...
Place:
montana, south dakota, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
Style:
perverse, tense, suspenseful, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
revenge, one against many, killer, murder, modern west, wild west, dog, civil war, tough guy, fistfight, left for dead, small town ...
Time:
year 2016, victorian era, 1800s, 19th century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang ...
Style:
period piece, teen, suspense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, family in danger, old west, gun store, farm, murder, civil war, survival, gang, unlikely partners, family relations, modern west ...
Time:
1860s, victorian era, year 2015, 1870s, 19th century ...
Place:
usa, missouri, new mexico
Similarity:
19%
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:
period piece, anamorphic, cult classic, funny, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
cowboy, old west, billy the kid, modern western, gunfight, wild west, native american, bounty hunter, modern west, betrayal, friendship, escape ...
Time:
1870s, 20th century, 19th century, 1950s, 80s ...
Place:
new mexico, arkansas, latin america, usa, arizona ...
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, 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:
suspense, brutal, harsh, epic, visually stunning ...
Plot:
american civil war, revenge, native american, surrender, civil war, cowboy, vengeance, manhunt, murder, on the run, loss of family, one against many ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1800s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, soldier, civil war, rescue, apache, friend turned foe, massacre, chase, battles, apache indian, raid ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1965, year 1865
Place:
mexico, new mexico, usa, latin america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, wagon train, against the odds, obnoxious boss, rivalry, on the road, fish out of water, culture clash, father son relationship, fort, sioux tribe, american indian ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967, 1840s
Place:
oregon, missouri, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, France, Bolivia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friendship, native, on the run, modern west, danger, one last chance, criminal heroes, partner, desert, cowboy, male bonding, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1900s
Place:
bolivia, south america, latin america
Similarity:
18%
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:
suspense, harsh, serious, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
cowboy, billy the kid, old west, gunfight, brutality, vigilante, chase, modern western, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, revenge, gunslinger ...
Time:
1870s, 20th century, 19th century, 80s
Place:
new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, wild
Plot:
american civil war, apache, wild west, modern western, modern west, last stand, war hero, confederate soldier, battles, homecoming, rivalry, soldier ...
Time:
year 1865
Place:
arizona, usa, texas, mexico
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, road movie ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, african american, male bonding, moral dilemma, danger, survival, racism, society, escapades, on the run, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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