Movies and TV shows like Billy the Kid
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Billy the Kid (2022)
10K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama, bilingual
Plot:
american history, gunfighter, gunslinger, female nudity, fast draw, outlaw gang, bandit, cowboy, gang, criminal, lifestyle, criminal gang, corruption, irish catholic, outlaw, wild west, ancient, victorian england, historical character, card playing, old west, journalist, battles, celebrity, interracial relations ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
new mexico
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Most similar movies to Billy the Kid
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, disturbing and historical drama films and TV series with plots about criminal, old west, bandit, gang, criminal gang, gunfight and outlaw mostly in Drama, Western and History genres. Some movies like Billy the Kid: Deadwood (2004), Godless (2017), Tombstone (1993), 1883 (2021), Frontier (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
127K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, clever, period piece ...
Plot:
sheriff, old west, violence, power struggle, shooting, society, gold rush, gunfight, prostitute, dishonesty, lifestyle, profanity ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, y2k, year 2004, victorian era ...
Place:
south dakota, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
90K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Frank Griffin, an outlaw terrorizing the 1880s American West, hunts down Roy Goode, his partner turned enemy. Roy hides out at a ranch as Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico - a town mysteriously made up entirely of women.
Style:
period piece, rough, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
showdown, lesbian, gunslinger, mining town, strong female lead, cowboy, outlaw, widow, wild west, modern west, modern western, criminal gang ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
100%
190K
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, cult classic, costume drama, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, gunslinger, criminal, shootout, friendship, sheriff, western hero, wild west, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 90s, 1880s
Place:
arizona, america, usa, tucson arizona, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
160K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
journey, cowboy, husband wife relationship, old west, wild west, road trip, life is a bitch, travel, family relations, wildlife, coming of age, horse ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
texas, america, montana
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, harsh, exciting, historical drama ...
Plot:
medieval, trafficking, native american, rivalry, intrigue, competitor, showdown, fight for supremacy, society, rivals, struggle for survival, combat ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, 1790s, georgian era
Place:
nova scotia, newfoundland, canada
Similarity:
100%
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, historical event, native american, historical figure, wild west, post civil war, civil war, indigenous people, bandit, american civil war, native american attack, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Once a feared lawman, the legendary Bat Masterson trades his sheriff's badge for a pen and becomes a newspaper reporter. He now travels the frontier to chronicle the amazing true stories of the Wild West and bring them to life once more.
Style:
captivating, period piece, educational, suspenseful, factual
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cowboy, storytelling, investigation, newspaper reporter, outlaw, wild west, reporter, biopic, narration, travelogue, victorian england, gunfight ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, 1880s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A pioneering family fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly-built farm on the plains of Montana.
Style:
costume drama, disturbing, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, violence, bandit, female protagonist, old west, fight, criminal, battles, criminal gang, victorian england, women, survivalist ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
montana
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a young America still reeling from the Civil War, The Pinkertons follows Allan Pinkerton—founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency— his son, William, and America’s first female detective, Kate Warne, as they solve crimes ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
Plot:
female detective, investigation, father son relationship, murder investigation, killing, fighting crime, historical character, father and son, historical figure, family relations, murderer, teamwork ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
25%
8K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gang war, mafioso, criminal gang, bandit, criminal, female nudity, organized crime, drug lord, gang, criminal underworld, partners in crime, criminal syndicate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Taking place during 1876 in Montana, a ruthless headhunter tracks his own Brother through Big Sky country with the help of a young fur trapper.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
bounty hunter, bandit, gunslinger, highwayman, western hero, old west, criminal gang, criminal, gang, fighting crime, brother, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1870s
Place:
montana
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 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, old west, indian war, native american attack, wagon train, tribe, native american white relationships, gold rush, interracial romance, injustice ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
south dakota, north america
Similarity:
23%
10K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, who are ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, realistic, spaghetti western ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
billy the kid, abuse, outlaw gang, ambush, sheriff, squad, american history, cowboys and outlaws, outlaw, arrest, gunfight, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Legendary Lawman and Gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok, is tasked with taming the wildest cow-town in the West, while delivering his own brand of frontier Justice and infamous gunfighter's reputation as the fastest draw in the West is put to the test
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, tense
Plot:
civil war veteran, love interest, western hero, battles, murder, gunfight, cowboy, gunslinger, showdown, criminal, civil war, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Apache Junction is an outpost of lawlessness, a haven for thieves and cold-blooded killers. After big-city reporter Annabelle Angel arrives to write an article on the town, she becomes a target when notorious gunslinger Jericho Ford comes to her ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
reporter, showdown, gunslinger, lawlessness, gang, bandit, protector, old west, manhunt, relationships, outlaw gang, female reporter ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 187 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, epic, sincere
Plot:
american indian, sioux tribe, cavalry, native american, american civil war, buffalo, usa history, wild west, interracial relations, racism, wartime life, culture clash ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1870s
Place:
montana
Similarity:
22%
29K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: France, Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, factual, sincere, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
folk hero, gang, bank robbery, biopic, injustice, criminal heroes, wilderness, lawlessness, resistance, revenge, false accusation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
australia, oceania, new south wales, ireland, new zealand
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Unfolding in Milan at the end of the 80s, Bang Bang Baby is a crime series centred around a shy and insecure teenager, Alice, who becomes a mafia organisation’s youngest member in a bid to win the love of her father, an ‘ndrangheta affiliate.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
father and daughter, mafia, juvenile delinquency, criminal, teenage life, gang, bandit, fantasizing, teenager, gang member, criminal gang, family relations ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
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3K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
Determined to find out who killed his father, he will discover family secrets that will change his destiny forever.
Style:
action adventure, captivating, epic, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
zorro, murder of father, loss of father, fight, male protagonist, adventure hero, adventurer, battles, death of father, fight for justice, injustice, unrequited love ...
Time:
1830s, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
california, spain, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The multigenerational epic follows two concurrent time periods: One, the story of young Eli McCullough after he is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849. The other, 60 years later, when we see a grown Eli struggle to maintain ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, captivating, neo western ...
Plot:
oil, native american, modern western, oil tycoon, businessman, showdown, racism, family business, wild west, modern west, money, african american ...
Time:
victorian era, 2010s
Place:
texas, north america, southern usa, america, usa
Similarity:
20%
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, shooter, outlaw gang, sheriff, gang, killing, battles, fast draw, gang member, criminal, gunslinger, murder ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen from Texas.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
lawman, fighting crime, bandit, criminal gang, gang, fight, political unrest, texas ranger, sheriff, police officer, violence, small town ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s, Sarah and John have founded New Babylon, a city of outcasts of all backgrounds. Haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, Django is still looking for his daughter, believing she may have ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, spaghetti western, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
gunslinger, female nudity, old west, father daughter reunion, revenge, protective parent, father daughter relationship, family problems, fast draw, search and rescue, relationship problems, threat ...
Time:
1870s, 1860s
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True Women is the story of the love, friendship, survival and triumphs
Style:
period piece, costume drama, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american civil war, indian chief, civil war, female protagonist, american history, woman, passion, emancipation, black, woman with a gun, femme fatale, woman power ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1840s, 1860s, 1830s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, political, telenovela
Plot:
rebel leader, latin american history, historical figure, lifestyle, historical character, leader, revolutionary, heroes, legend, fight for supremacy, leadership, society ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
south america, venezuela, latin america
Similarity:
20%
771
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Lillie Langtry
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, historical romance, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
victorian england, loveless marriage, jazz, great war, forbidden love, biopic, scandal, power relations, couples, unfulfillment, opposites attract, blind ambition ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1920s, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
britain, london, england, usa
Similarity:
19%
600
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Dodger follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin's gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in the 1830s.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
pickpocket, criminal gang, gang, lifestyle, burglar, outlaw gang, street gang, bandit, stolen money, satire, robbery, ancient ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
From Netflix: Jesús Juárez overcomes his childhood as an orphan to become a Robin Hood like hero During the Mexican Revolution, but can't forget his first love - Isabel.
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, tense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
bandit, biopic, mexican revolution, lifestyle, criminal, social problems, gang member, gang, criminal gang, heroism, justice, folk hero ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A depiction of the rise of Texas from the Battle of the Alamo to San Jacinto. A story told through the lives of the men who gave everything up to defend an infant country from a ruthless Dictator and savage Native Americans, and paved the way for ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wild west, rebellion, state affairs, hopes, law enforcement, society, u.s. president, texas revolution, victorian england, intrigue, conservative, world war two ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, usa
Similarity:
19%
22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Style:
realistic, captivating, factual, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot:
cartel, drug cartel, drug lord, business, gang, fight for supremacy, criminal, drug dealing, drug, drug trade, crime boss, mafia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south america
Similarity:
19%
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