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Movies Like The Lone Ranger

If you liked The Lone Ranger (1956), a adventure and western movie directed by Stuart Heisler, 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. 1The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and western

    The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him…

  2. 2Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo (1959)

    ★ 7.8/10Also western

    A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

  3. 3The White Buffalo

    The White Buffalo (1977)

    ★ 6/10Also western and adventure

    In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns…

  4. 4Open Range

    Open Range (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10Also western

    A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

  5. 5Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse…

  6. 6News of the World

    News of the World (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and adventure

    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.

  7. 7Dead Man

    Dead Man (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

  8. 8Rancho Notorious

    Rancho Notorious (1952)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

  9. 9The Man from Laramie

    The Man from Laramie (1955)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose…

  10. 10Quigley Down Under

    Quigley Down Under (1990)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and adventure

    American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the…

  11. 11Tall in the Saddle

    Tall in the Saddle (1944)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.

  12. 12The Way West

    The Way West (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and western

    In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on…

  13. 13Last of the Dogmen

    Last of the Dogmen (1995)

    ★ 6.8/10Also adventure and western

    A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.

  14. 14Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

    ★ 5.8/10Also western

    While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.

  15. 15The Cowboys

    The Cowboys (1972)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and adventure

    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…

  16. 16Dances with Wolves

    Dances with Wolves (1990)

    ★ 7.8/10Also adventure and western

    Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with…

  17. 17Westward the Women

    Westward the Women (1951)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and…

  18. 18Shanghai Noon

    Shanghai Noon (2000)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and western

    Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner…

  19. 19Bad Day at Black Rock

    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

  20. 20True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and adventure

    The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…

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