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Movies Like Scalps

If you liked Scalps (1987), a western and action movie directed by Claudio Fragasso and Bruno Mattei, 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 Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and drama

    The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes…

  2. 2El Gringo

    El Gringo (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and action

    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.

  3. 3Jubal

    Jubal (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and drama

    Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of…

  4. 4Extreme Prejudice

    Extreme Prejudice (1987)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…

  5. 5Massacre Time

    Massacre Time (1966)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and drama

    In 1866, prospector Tom Corbett returns to his hometown of Laramie, Texas, now under the brutal control of gangster Jason Scott and his violent son, Junior. With his brother Jeff, a struggling drunk cared for by their…

  6. 6The Nightingale

    The Nightingale (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and western

    In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of…

  7. 7Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  8. 8The Proposition

    The Proposition (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also western and drama

    In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and…

  9. 9Truth or Consequences, N.M.

    Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his…

  10. 10Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and drama

    Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable…

  11. 11Walking Tall

    Walking Tall (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.

  12. 12Montana Story

    Montana Story (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and western

    Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved in order to care for their ailing father.

  13. 13Blind Fury

    Blind Fury (1989)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and drama

    A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.

  14. 14Polar

    Polar (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

  15. 15Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and drama

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  16. 16The Outrage

    The Outrage (1964)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and western

    At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their…

  17. 17The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and drama

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  18. 18Dead Presidents

    Dead Presidents (1995)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and action

    On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans…

  19. 19Rise of the Footsoldier 3

    Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    In the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.

  20. 20No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

    No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and drama

    Two feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.

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