Crooked sheriff movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant crooked sheriff movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense and exciting films and TV shows about / with crooked sheriff, corrupt sheriff, rivalry, sheriff, murder, gunfight, heroes, small town, shootout and revenge plots mostly in Western, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Italy, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as crooked sheriff: Close Range (2015), Ghost Rock (2003), The Harder They Fall (2021), Buddy Goes West (1981), Paydirt (2020), Banshee Origins (2013), A Bullet for a Stranger (1971), Open Range (2003), Minnesota Clay (1964), Carnage Park (2016).

List of crooked sheriff movies

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 5.1
 6K
Close Range (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, exciting, freeze frame ...
Plot: revenge, rescue, martial arts, on the run, crime boss, corrupt cop, pursuit, chase, crooked sheriff, uncle niece relationship, husband wife relationship, niece ...
Time: 2010s
Place: arizona, southern usa, texas, sonora, mexico
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 3.5
 522
Ghost Rock (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took place 20 years ago. They are determined to find the man responsible.
Style: serious, tense, exciting, suspense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, righting the wronged, hopes, lone wolves, gang, small town, crooked sheriff, showdown, old west ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
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The Harder They Fall (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, costume drama ...
Plot: old west, released from prison, murder, outlaw gang, revenge, murder of parents, revelation, wild west, fight, stagecoach, enemy, mass murder ...
Time: future, victorian era, 2020s, 19th century
Place: usa, texas
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Buddy Goes West (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 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: spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, treasure hunt, escapades, gang, partner, tough heroes, disorder, good versus evil, lone wolves, dishonesty, buddies, mistaken identity ...
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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Former Marshal Will Kane returns to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and finds the town in the grip of a tyrannical marshal who abuses his power.
Plot: crooked sheriff, army, intimidation, shootout, showdown, courage, arrogance, villain, bounty hunter, abuse of power, doctor, train ...
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 3.9
 4K
Paydirt (2020)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A parolee teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a retired Sheriff.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: organized crime, parole, sheriff, gang, criminal, bandit, crooked sheriff, escapades, money, crime boss, crew, criminal gang ...
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Banshee Origins (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Banshee: Origins is a series of webisodes based on the American drama television series produced by Cinemax called Banshee. The series offers flashbacks in-between the time where Lucas Hood was arrested and when Sheriff Lucas Hood first arrived in ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, law enforcement, ex convict, vigilante, sheriff, small town, criminal heroes, tough heroes, heroes, cons and scams, gang war, con artists ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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A Bullet for a Stranger (1971)
Genre: Western, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western
Plot: crooked sheriff, maverick, hired killer, cattleman, card playing, father son relationship, swimming, brother brother relationship, mercenary, stagecoach, bar brawl, ranch ...
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 7.4
 78K
Open Range (2003)
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, stylized, intense, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gunfight, violence, shootout, revenge, showdown, gunslinger, civil war veteran, vengeance, friendship, corruption ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place: montana
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 6.0
 915
Minnesota Clay (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. There is a problem however, he is going blind.
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wrongful conviction, crooked sheriff, escape, prison, gang, injustice, righting the wronged, disability, captivity, prison life, frame up, old west ...
Time: 19th century
Place: minnesota
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 4.9
 4K
Carnage Park (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Part crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival after a pair of wannabe crooks botch a bank heist and flee into the desert, where they inexplicably stumble upon Carnage Park, a ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, brutal, disturbing ...
Plot: desert, manhunt, fear, struggle for survival, bank robbery, psychopath, sniper, hostage, survival, murder, game of death, daring rescue ...
Time: year 2016
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 7.7
 273K
First Blood (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style: cult classic, serious, suspense, exciting, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, one man army, vietnam war, manhunt, soldier, tough heroes, tough guy, danger, police brutality, escape, bad cop, lone wolves ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place: vietnam, washington state, usa, arizona
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his ...
Style: retro, spoof, parody, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: robin hood, mafia, forgery, dancing, crime boss, gangster, smuggler, prohibition era, christmas, speakeasy, orphanage, tap dance ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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The Hollow Point (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A retired lawman works with a new sheriff when a botched Mexican drug deal and a vicious hit man threaten their border town.
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: mexican american border, small town sheriff, sheriff, investigation, woman in danger, gunrunner, old love, attempted murder, one against many, gunfight, secret service, hitman ...
Time: year 2016
Place: arizona, southern usa
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 5.1
 220
Final Mission (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When his family are murdered Vietnam War veteran, Vince Deacon, tracks down the man responsible for the murders and to get his revenge.
Style: cult classic, independent film, fast, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, revenge, police station, murder, jungle, vigilantism, one man army, vengeance, heroes, crooked sheriff, battles ...
Time: year 1972
Place: vietnam, laos, los angeles
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 6.7
 35K
Let Him Go (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
Style: suspense, emotional, brutal, tense, rough ...
Plot: horse, grief, grandson, father in law daughter in law relationship, husband wife relationship, brutality, abusive husband, death, sheriff, retired, fight, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1952
Place: north dakota, montana
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 6.4
 115
Kid West (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: A young spitfire cowgirl, and her coolheaded Native American friend, race a gang of neighborhood bullies to find a mysterious treasure supposedly having mystical powers.
Plot: child, crooked sheriff, native american, urban legend, mother daughter relationship, juvenile delinquent, treasure, cowgirl, bully, lost dog, abduction, bicycle ...
Place: minnesota, missouri
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 2.4
 569
Radical Jack (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After quitting his job, a man decides to go after the one person responsible for ruining his life.
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lone wolves, heroes, vigilantism, undercover, vengeance, dishonesty, small town, radical, law enforcement, arms dealing, rivalry, tough heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: tennessee, usa
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The Christmas Kid (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In a small western town in Arizona called Jaspen, a boy is born on Christmas Day. Joseph "Joe" Novak is born in a makeshift shelter, but his mother, Marika Novak (Alejandra Rojo) dies during childbirth. Because of the day he was born, the ...
Style: independent film, spaghetti western, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, bittersweet, social relations, rescue, rivalry, heroes, dishonesty, life is a bitch, old west, small town, small town life, murder ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, usa
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Return of the Gunfighter (1966)
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A gunfighter (Robert Taylor) and a cowboy (Chad Everett) help a Mexican girl (Ana Martín) avenge the land-related murder of her parents.
Plot: gunfighter, gunfight, ex convict, evil landowner, card playing, escape, revenge, small town, brother brother relationship, murder, false accusation, arson ...
Place: new mexico
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 6.8
 67K
Young Guns (1988)
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: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: cowboy, old west, billy the kid, gunfight, chase, brutality, brat pack, cowboys and outlaws, wild west, vigilante, revenge, bounty hunter ...
Time: 20th century, 1870s, 19th century
Place: new mexico, america, usa, arizona, nebraska ...
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White Lightning (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Style: grindhouse, neo noir, colorful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, car, redneck, hicksploitation, chase, speed, classic car, truck, criminal activity, automobile, racing, corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
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 5.0
 729
The Shooter (1997)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story is of a small town in the early west and of a 'shooter' of reputation that drifts into it and stands up to the controlling family that runs it. But far from a John Wayne, this hero is caught and brutally beaten and left to die, ...
Style: independent film, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, prostitute, nudity, revenge, shootout, violent content, small town life, old west, vigilantism, lone wolves, good versus evil, hopes ...
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 6.7
 14K
Rio Lobo (1970)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style: harsh, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, betrayal, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, justice, brutality, redemption, colonel, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
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 5.2
 1K
The Oscar (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for Best actor at the Academy Awards.
Style: cult classic, detective, independent film
Plot: marketing, hollywood, award, movie star, filmmaking, redheaded woman, burlesque, narration, actress playing herself, unfaithful husband, stripper, film producer ...
Time: year 1966
Place: tijuana mexico, new york
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Fire Down Below (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, brutality, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, beautiful scenery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: kentucky, usa, appalachia
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The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, mystical Indians and a hornet's nest of villains - ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: vigilantism, treasure hunt, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, chase, old west, partner, bank robbery, civil war, psychopath ...
Time: 19th century
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Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Robert "Tank" begins to work for Dr. Magrew sculpting a puppet for the Doctor to bring to life using the work of Andre Toulon. Robert begins to fall in love with the Doctors daughter, Jane. Unbeknownst to Robert the Doctor is trying to ...
Style: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, terrifying ...
Plot: secrets, serial killer, puppet master, gory, puppet, murder, brutality, doll, mind game, supernatural ability, supernatural, killer doll ...
Time: 90s
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 6.8
 11K
Chisum (1970)
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, rough, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: old west, bounty hunter, cattle, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, shootout, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, dishonesty, elderly ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: new mexico, yuma arizona, usa, santa fe new mexico, arizona ...
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A Gunfighter's Pledge (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After killing former sheriff Matt Austin's wife and son for revenge, a quest begins. An escaped prisoner shows that he remembers who sent him to do time in jail so long ago. In a small town saloon Austin's mission to locate his ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, rivalry, heroes, dishonesty, criminal heroes, chases and races, law enforcement, police corruption, old west, accidental killing, death of wife ...
Time: 19th century
Place: california
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