Horse thief movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant horse thief movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful and tense films and TV shows about / with horse thief, horse, rivalry, gunfight, heroes, murder, violence, chase, cowboy and revenge plots mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Italy, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as horse thief: The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017), Romance of a Horsethief (1971), The Appaloosa (1966), Eagle's Wing (1979), Bush Christmas (1983), They Call Me Trinity (1970), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), Red Headed Stranger (1986), Love's Abiding Joy (2006), The Scorpion King (2002).
Best films
List of horse thief movies
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:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
old west, revenge, friendship, husband wife relationship, u.s. marshal, justice, following someone, native american, unlikely hero, salvation, outlaw gang, politician ...
Place:
montana
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded ...
Plot:
horse thief, cossack, horse, thief, peasant, village, resistance, revolution, russian empire, male nudity, russian army, czar ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
horse, heroes, gunfight, bandit, vengeance, bounty hunter, wrestling, village life, dishonesty, folk hero, on the run, tough heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
sonora, mexico
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Genre: Western
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
Style:
semi serious
Plot:
stallion, desert, horse, native american, indian attack, cowboy, horseman, horse thief, kidnapping, indian burial ground, desertion, rescue ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their only hope is that their horse, Prince, will win money in a New Year's race. But when Prince is stolen the children embark on a dangerous and exciting ...
Style:
cult film
Plot:
christmas, horse, horse race, singer, thief, jockey, child in peril, race, horse thief, horse ranch, aborigine, child's point of view ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys ...
Style:
buddy comedy, parody, funny, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, gunslinger, identity theft, small town, farce, drifter, farmer, false identity, gang, culture clash, brother, sheriff ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
tokyo, texas, canada, california, arizona ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of ...
Style:
rough, emotional, serious, exciting, sincere ...
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, native americans, native american attack, indian reservation, murder, injustice, against humanity, massacre, buffalo, racism, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, south dakota, washington d.c., canada
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Reverend Julian Shay (Willie Nelson) strode into the saloon, pulled out his six-shooter, and killed his adulterous wife (Morgan Fairchild) and the man she had left him for. It was the beginning of his violent transformation from God-Loving preacher ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, sheriff, farm, old west, graphic violence, religions or cults, hitman, infidelity, wilderness, heroes, clergy, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
montana
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Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The continued Westward journey of settlers Missie and Willie Lahaye. Their roots now firmly planted as they set up homestead in the far West, Missie begins to realize her passion for teaching as Willie cares for the couple's young daughter ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, christian, crumbling marriage, optimism, family problems, parents and children, couple relations, death in the family, love, death of child, frame up, ranch ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, sexy, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
desert, ancient history, sword fight, ancient egypt, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, sorceress, revenge, destiny, mythology, vengeance, betrayal ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
africa, middle east, egypt
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Genre: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three men, Jerry (Hill), Reno (Wood) and Paco (White), meet in the same prison and in their cell they find a Mexican boy condemned to death for murder. One night the three convicts are mysteriously released by a priest and the father of the Mexican ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, hanging, mexican, horse, horse riding, money, murder, ladies man, mexican woman, gunfight, fistfight, lynch mob ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unjustly accused of the murder of three women, the members of two rival gangs are joined to survive to the hunting that the whole town is making. Running away, they reach an abandoned fort in which the attempt to fend off attacks from the group that ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
pastor, gang, chase, murder, tough heroes, bounty hunter, gangsters, society, dishonesty, heroes, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
James Coburn is a con man and grifter who comes across a map that leads to a fortune in stolen US Army gold. Carroll O'Connor is the crooked sheriff who stays on Coburn's tail.
Style:
funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, gold, sheriff, blonde, poker, desert, gambler, silly humor, vengeance, rivalry, crime gone awry, track down ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, rough, tense ...
Plot:
aborigine, criminal, heroes, manhunt, prison, frontier town, bank robber, folk hero, society, ambition, violence spree, unfulfillment ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
australia, ireland, new south wales
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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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, retro
Plot:
small town, mayor, rape, cowboy, murder, psychopath, rivalry, good versus evil, starting over, hopes, mine, social relations ...
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Belgium, France, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jakub and Vladimir, two brothers in their late teens, join in the Cossack army to flee poverty. Elias and Roman, two other brothers, on their own as well, steal horses to survive... When fate brings them together, the encounter proves lethal. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, chase, murder, vengeance, rivalry, solitary, family relations, injustice, social misfits, life is a bitch, basic training, destiny ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Young Jorgelina feels estranged from her boy-crazy older sister, who has entered adolescence and doesn't want to hang around with little kids anymore. Finding refuge in their Boyita camper-van, Jorgelina travels with her father to the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
ranch, youth, friendship, family relations, countryside, father daughter relationship, parents and children, teenage life, gender, sister sister relationship, adolescence, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.
Style:
factual, tense, poignant, touching, affectionate ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, military, anti war, bittersweet, war, interracial relations, father son relationship, revolution, finnish, divorce, brothers ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, england, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, treasure hunt, escapades, gang, partners, small town life, small town, mistaken identity, tough heroes, disorder, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, History, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, UK, USA, France
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:
gang, irish, folk hero, injustice, bank robbery, wilderness, lawlessness, resistance, revenge, unfulfillment, ambition, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1880s
Place:
australia, new south wales, ireland
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Genre: Adventure, 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, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, battles, raid, rescue, soldier, village, heroes, civil war, leadership, survival, apache ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
mexico, new mexico, usa, austin texas, texas ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
texas ranger, martial arts, fbi, vengeance, law enforcement, buddy cop, lone wolves, gang, special agents, fighting crime, confined, fight scenes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, mexico, usa, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, stylized, light, humorous ...
Plot:
gangsters, chase, gang, small town, love and romance, dark humor, civil war, horse, hanging, marriage, cowboy, trust ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
austin texas, latin america, texas, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father, a lawman, is ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, sexual content, family disapproval, delusion, cowboy, love and romance, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, suburbs, parents and children, father daughter relationship, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, south dakota, los angeles, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Boston cop Pally is forced into early retirement, putting a strain on his marriage. Pally's stepbrother, Ray, attempts to lift his spirits by tipping him off to a sure-bet racehorse. But their attempts to secure the champion equine are thwarted ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gambling, mob boss, ambition, starting over, betrayal, crime gone awry, rivalry, family problems, jockey, horse ranch, disorder ...
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Biography, 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, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
bounty hunter, cattle, old west, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, dishonesty, elderly, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, greed ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 80s, 1870s
Place:
new mexico, california, texas, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story:
Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
cowboy, old west, native americans, gang, brothel, nephew, fall in love, prostitute, rescue, escapades, protector, child abuse ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming, usa, san francisco, oregon
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con ...
Style:
funny, exciting, witty, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, cowboy, gangsters, old west, escape, farce, friends, injustice, disorder, heroes, misfit, criminal heroes ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder.
Style:
saga, semi serious, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, heist, texas ranger, partners, chase, escapades, babies and infants, good versus evil, heroes, lone wolves, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's accused of stealing the two horses. Unable to prove ownership, the young man is then sentenced ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, criminal heroes, on the run, partners, manhunt, rivalry, track down, confined, heroes, law enforcement, vengeance, fugitives ...
Time:
80s
Place:
arizona
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