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Breakheart Pass (1975)
10K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being transported to face trial for murder.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, entertaining, intense, rough, serious, crime thriller, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, murder, murder mystery, amateur detective, secret service, gunfight, train travel, prisoner, u.s. marshal, governor, danger, frame up, manhunt, hidden identity, lone wolves, political corruption, dishonesty, tough heroes, civil war, conspiracy, army, government agent, fistfight, spy, wild west ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, utah, nevada, ireland, california
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Most similar movies to Breakheart Pass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gunfight, rivalry, cowboy, shootout, heroes, gun and violence mostly in Drama, Western and Action genres. Some movies like Breakheart Pass: High Plains Drifter (1973), Brothers in Arms (2005), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Chisum (1970), Joe Kidd (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, spaghetti western, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, revenge, small town, anti hero, desert, greed, justice, murder, rape, mysterious man, vengeance, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place:
arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Old West. New Soul. Big Payback.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, disorder, bounty hunter, criminal's revenge, tough heroes, vigilantism, on the run, dishonesty, outlaw, bank robbery, criminal, last stand ...
Place:
new mexico, africa, usa, kenya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, shootout, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
Similarity:
31%
12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Style:
harsh, serious, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, cattle, gunfight, shootout, betrayal, justice, aging, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, elderly, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 70s, 80s
Place:
new mexico, yuma arizona, usa, arizona, tucson arizona ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of ...
Style:
cult classic, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, anti hero, hostage, train, shootout, bandit, landowner, manhunt, violence, murder, small town, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona, mexico, texas ...
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30%
12K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An ancient Japanese sword is robbed by gangsters from the Japanese ambassador while he is traveling through west America. The embassador's bodyguard, a samurai, goes after them with the help of one of the gang leaders who was betrayed by his ...
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, epic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train robbery, samurai sword, katana, samurai, wild west, martial arts, female nudity, train, shootout, last stand, ambassador, ambush ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, year 1971
Place:
arizona, usa, new mexico, north america
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
Style:
exciting, intense, humorous, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gold, native american, revenge, caper, chase, vengeance, rivalry, frame up, robbery, jail, old west ...
Time:
year 1967, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
usa, mexico
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
comanche indian, texas ranger, horse, renegade, shootout, small town, desert, gunfight, gambler, chase, murder, wild west ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1800s, 60s
Place:
texas, louisiana, usa, latin america, mexico ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: UK, Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Noon is a gunfighter who has become amnesiac. Helped by Rimes, an outlaw who has befriended him, he tries to figure out who he is actually. It gradually appears that his wife and kid have been murdered. As time goes by, Noon also recalls a fortune ...
Style:
spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
chess, memory loss, violent content, tough heroes, rivalry, vengeance, heroes, danger, criminal heroes, escapades, chases and races, old west ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high enough, they shoot him and collect. The National Detective Agency, now knowing ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, heroes, murder, tough heroes, rivalry, investigation, chases and races, gang, danger, dishonesty, cons and scams, working undercover ...
Time:
year 1963, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
colorado, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, old west, dishonesty, chases and races, on the run, criminal's revenge, betrayal, heroes, bounty hunter, vengeance, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While roaming the wild plains on a quest to find a cache of hidden riches, sharp-shooting bounty hunter Butch (John Elliott) and his outlaw companions come across a deadly gang with supernatural powers in this stylized Western. As the hunt for the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, gang, rivalry, plague, fugitives, chases and races, cowboy, gunfight, showdown, danger, travel, old west ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for ...
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robber, vengeance, greed, bank robbery, haunted by the past, stolen gold, going straight, on the run, criminal's revenge, rivalry, obsessive quest, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
california, monterey california, mexico, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
Style:
spaghetti western, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, small town, heroes, old west, dishonesty, rivalry, lone wolves, wild west, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, outlaw gang, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1860s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An Indian discovers plans to assassinate the president when he was investigating another murder.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboys and indians, cowboy, murder, contests and competitions, investigation, arms dealing, twins, assassination, military, society, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1971, 19th century, 1800s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Weaver). He is contracted to act as a scout for an Army cavalry ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache, vengeance, old west, rescue, on the run, tough heroes, native, husband wife relationship, battles, gunslinger, gunfight, survival ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966
Place:
usa, texas, utah, arizona
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.
Style:
spaghetti western, brutal, atmospheric, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apache, attempted rape, female nudity, racism, native, native american, revenge, half breed, rape, manhunt, cowboy, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s, 1870s
Place:
arizona, new mexico, sonora, mexico
Similarity:
23%
811
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, marshal, bar fight, righting the wronged, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, heroes, gang, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young cavalry officer finds his woman tortured by the Apaches and blames the Army for not properly protecting the outpost, so becomes a deserter and an avenger, stalking and killing Indians without warning.
Style:
spaghetti western, serious, realistic
Plot:
native american attack, apache, apache indian, mexican american border, cowboy, man on a mission, soldier, apache tribe, society, opposites attract, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1971
Place:
italy, europe, arizona, mexico, sonora
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
judge, revenge, u.s. marshal, court, vigilante, guilt, justice, hanging, wild west, false accusation, cowboy, death sentence ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, usa, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Seeking revenge and justice, Cole Brandt finds himself in the lawless town of Dead River where he is faced with one last bloody showdown for freedom in order to protect The Majestic Saloon and a beautiful woman.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough
Plot:
cowboys and outlaws, vengeance, vigilantism, heroes, rivalry, kidnapping, tough heroes, hitman, criminal heroes, manhunt, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front ...
Style:
spaghetti western, realistic, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, cowboy, old west, investigation, murder, rape, outlaw, betrayal, jail, sheriff, fistfight, frame up ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.
Style:
spaghetti western, funny, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
native american tribe, indian war, male male relationship, apache, old west, wild west, last stand, post civil war, commando mission, civil war, woman with a gun, shootout ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, bank robbery, revenge, pacifist, vigilantism, heroes, squad, convent, quicksand, wild west, anti war, gory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, ...
Style:
retro, funny, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, mexican bandit, civil war, woman with a gun, wild west, mexican american border, civil war veteran, cowboy, outlaw, brother, bandit, executioner ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1860s, 19th century
Place:
mexico, texas, usa, latin america
Similarity:
21%
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:
crying, spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
church, cowboy, pardon, wild west, jail, jail cell, machine gun, blood, gunfight, fortress, dark hero, redhead girl ...
Time:
year 1972, 19th century
Place:
tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
Style:
retro, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
poker, murder, gambling, card playing, serial killer, cheating at cards, police investigation, violence, revenge, gunfight, cowboy, vigilante ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
denver colorado, colorado, usa, texas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw), newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian (Sam Elliot) is the only hope.From the book by famed Western author ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family life, wilderness, criminal heroes, gangster, mysterious character, danger, justice, irony of fate, gunfight, half breed, shootout, modern western ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as his own. However, his son-in-law, Finley (Tom Laughlin), is an expert hand with both guns and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small western town, outlaw gang, samurai sword, alpha male, blaxploitation, wild west, shootout, master warrior, one man army, martial arts, old west, samurai ...
Time:
year 1975, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
horse, cowboy, zoophilia, half breed, forbidden love, female nudity, bare breasts, sex, canyon, fiancee, wild west, indians ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new mexico, ireland, europe, usa, arizona
Similarity:
21%
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