Movies Like The Chameleon Kid

If you liked The Chameleon Kid (2018), a western and thriller movie directed by Nicholas W. Callais, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also western
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
2
Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
3
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also western
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her…
4
Seraphim Falls (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also western
The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through…
5
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
★ 6.9/10Also western
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the…
6
Universal Soldier (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all…
7
The Secrets We Keep (2020)
★ 6/10Also thriller
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
8
Act of Violence (1949)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay…
9
Sommersby (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he…
10
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
★ 6/10Also western
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
11
El Gringo (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
12
Little Big Man (1970)
★ 7.4/10Also western
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
13
Ride with the Devil (1999)
★ 6.3/10Also western
Friends Jake and Jack Bull join up with Civil War guerrilla fighters, yet after the realities of war set in, they must decide what honor truly means.
14
Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
15
Echoes of War (2015)
★ 6/10Also western and thriller
A Civil War veteran returns home to the quiet countryside, only to find himself embroiled in a conflict between his family and the brutish cattle rancher harassing them.
16
The Dead Don't Hurt (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also western
In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger…
17
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also western and thriller
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
18
News of the World (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also western
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
19
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
★ 5.9/10Also western
In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.
20
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
★ 6.2/10Also western
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.