Cattle movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant cattle movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, intense, dramatic, suspense and harsh films and TV shows about / with cattle, storytelling, runaway, mentor, friendship, brutality, violence, catastrophe, culture clash and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
cattle movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cattle: Open Range (2003), The Rare Breed (1966), Bullhead (2011), The Cowboys (1972), Home on the Range (2004), Chisum (1970), The King of the Cattle (1996), The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972), Hell or High Water (2016), Temple Grandin (2010).

List of cattle movies

 7.4
 83K
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, 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
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The Rare Breed (1966)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport ...
Style: funny, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: cattle, vigilantism, forbidden love, young lovers, mother daughter relationship, temptation, redheaded woman, widow, lonely, old west, heroes, redemption ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, year 1966, victorian era
Place: austin texas, missouri, texas, europe, usa ...
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 7.3
 25K
Bullhead (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a ...
Style: emotional, cerebral, surreal, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: mafia, vengeance, friendship, gay, criminal gang, farm, character study, haunted by the past, revenge, notoriety, organized crime, tragic event ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, flanders
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 7.4
 17K
The Cowboys (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job ...
Style: harsh, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: coming of age, cattle, gunfight, male male relationship, underage drinking, vengeance, old west, buddies, on the road, gold, good versus evil, wild west ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: montana, texas, california
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Home on the Range (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story: When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, 3d animation, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: farm, cow, talking animal, friendship, dairy farm, cattle, rustler, animal life, villain, eviction notice, cartoon horse, rabbit ...
Time: 19th century, year 2004
Place: north america
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 6.9
 12K
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, 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 ...
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The King of the Cattle (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: O Rei do Gado is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and displayed by Rede Globo, 17 June 1996 to February 15, 1997, totaling 209 chapters and 130 in the original version of the SIC in Portugal.
Style: soap opera, novela, telenovela, period drama
Plot: star crossed lovers, land dispute, family feud, social injustice, class struggle, social realism, forbidden love, class conflict, betrayal, revenge, tragic romance, cattle ...
Place: italy
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The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Teenager Ben Mockridge feels life in a Wild West farm town has nothing better to offer then horse-cart racing with other hicks, so he naively begs cattle company owner Frank Culpepper to engage him as youngest cowboy for a long cattle trail to a ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, captivating, crying
Plot: coming of age, cattle, shootout, cowboy, team, wild west, boy, little boy, boss and employee, follow your dream, rivalry, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: year 1972
Place: colorado, new mexico
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Hell or High Water (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style: realistic, suspense, neo western, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: robbery, bank robber, brother, texas ranger, bank robbery, redemption, small town, armed robbery, gunfight, bank, heist, desperation ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, future, y2k, 21st century
Place: texas, nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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 8.2
 36K
Temple Grandin (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, compassionate, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: autism, teacher, female protagonist, human spirit, disability, genius, against the odds, inventor, biopic, asperger's syndrome, slaughterhouse, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 60s, year 1951, 70s ...
Place: arizona, boston, new hampshire, texas, usa ...
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Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A suave Mexican cattleman inadvertently gets involved in the Civil War.
Style: retro, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, military, kidnapping, cattle, colonel, chase, spying, cowboy, slavery, spy, drinking ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, 1860s, 70s
Place: virginia, usa, richmond virginia, mexico, texas ...
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 3.1
 871
Raptor Ranch (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of young people stuck in the small Texas town of Fossil Ridge have to fight for their lives against dinosaurs that have been reanimated by a local scientist.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: dinosaur, dangerous animal, rescue, danger, experiment gone awry, isolation, experiment, small town life, escapades, small town, supernatural, killer animal ...
Time: prehistory
Place: texas
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The Air Up There (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the ...
Style: black comedy, funny, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot: basketball, culture clash, fish out of water, american abroad, wager, basketball coach, student athlete, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, ritual, language barrier, nun ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: africa, kenya
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 7.0
 48K
Hang 'Em High (1968)
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
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All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of the 1978 series.
Style: sweet, funny, sentimental, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: veterinarian, village life, countryside, english countryside, human animal relationship, dog, cow, rural setting, new life, friendship, animal, scotsman ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: yorkshire, england
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 5.6
 38K
Barnyard (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Germany, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
Style: humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, exciting, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, teens
Plot: coyote, pig, chicken, animal, father son relationship, cow, farm, friendship, anthropomorphic animal, dog, loss of father, best friend ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: new jersey
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The Green Inferno (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Style: bloody, scary, disturbing, brutal, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, torture, gory, eating human flesh, sadistic horror, survival, ant, decapitation, sadistic violence, amazon ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: south america, peru, america, chile, latin america ...
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The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
Style: disturbing, black and white, scary, mysterious, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: dead body, death of father, serial killer, sisters, violence, dark past, unsettling, curiosity, anatomy, friends, father, friendship ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
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Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on an actual event that occurred in the southern region of Chillán in 1960, tells the story of an illiterate peasant who, while drunk, murdered the woman with whom he had relationships and her five daughters
Style: cult classic, road movie
Plot: unemployment, illiteracy, police arrest, death penalty, jail, drunkenness, brutality, prison, confession, killing, rural setting, tramp ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place: chile, south america
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 7.3
 88K
Youth (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing ...
Style: sexy, philosophical, cerebral, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot: composer, screenwriter, hotel, life, husband wife relationship, love, aging, sex scene, spa, nude women, father daughter relationship, sauna ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: switzerland, swiss alps, italy, venice, alps
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 6.9
 10K
Nevada Smith (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to ...
Style: stylized, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, kids
Plot: revenge, murder, tough guy, gunfight, prison, mentor, orphan, showdown, swamp, old west, one man army, native american ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966
Place: california, louisiana, usa, nevada, arizona ...
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 7.2
 1K
Heartland (1979)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Disarmingly realistic in its depiction of the realities of frontier life, Heartland is a strong antidote to the cliches of traditional Westerns. This semi-documentary slice of life is based on the diaries of Elmore Randall Stewart about her days on ...
Style: historically accurate, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot: farm, homestead, rural setting, widow, ranch, cattle, scenery, nature, strong female presence, society, single parent, love and romance ...
Time: 1910s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: wyoming, usa
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wrongful conviction, on the run, manhunt, chase, injustice, cattle, skinny dipping, snake, pickup truck, judge, hotel, courtroom ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: texas, usa, latin america, mexico, alabama
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet ...
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, erotic drama ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: sex, infidelity, passion, adultery, waitress, photography, voyeurism, lesbianism, voyeur, erotic scene, photograph, love triangle ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, year 1968, 60s
Place: central europe, california, switzerland, soviet union, europe ...
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 7.3
 43K
Transamerica (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bree is about to get a sex change operation that will finally allow her to actually be what she’s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the ...
Style: road movie, touching, independent film, lgbt cinema, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, transgender, gay, gender, transsexuality, gender bending, trans woman, gay interest, transgender woman, road trip, psychiatrist, sexual identity ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, new york
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. ...
Style: road movie, action comedy, fast, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, road trip, female nudity, sheriff, on the road, pursuit, fish, retirement, nudist, car chase, ku klux klan, trucker ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: texas, florida, usa, miami
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 6.3
 812
King of Texas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Steward stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, disturbing
Plot: father daughter relationship, family business, family relations, parents and children, favoritism among siblings, dishonesty, rivalry, intrigue, shakespeare, state affairs, farm, shakespeare's king lear ...
Place: texas, usa
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Island of Terror (1966)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, slasher, classic horror, black and white ...
Plot: monster, creature, constable, tentacle, laboratory, isolation, island, creature feature, pathologist, isolated community, science runs amok, multiple monsters ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: ireland, japan
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The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Based on the novel by the same name from Nicholas Evans, the talented Robert Redford presents this meditative family drama set in the country side. Redford not only directs but also stars in the roll of a cowboy with a magical talent for healing.
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: horse, cowboy, ranch, animal, stallion, horse riding, riding accident, travel, rider horse relationship, true love, therapy, parent child relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, new york, usa, london
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style: emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time: 80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place: wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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