Movies Like Riders of the West

If you liked Riders of the West (1942), a western movie directed by Howard Bretherton, 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
Firecreek (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also western
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
2
El Dorado (1966)
★ 7.4/10Also western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their…
3
Run for Cover (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also western
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
4
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also western
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide…
5
Young Guns (1988)
★ 6.7/10Also western
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.
6
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.
7
Decision at Sundown (1957)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
8
7 Men from Now (1956)
★ 6.8/10Also western
Former sheriff Ben Stride, haunted by the loss of his wife in a Wells Fargo robbery, hunts for the seven men responsible for her death – along the way, encountering a couple heading west for California, and an outlaw…
9
Rio Lobo (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also western
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
10
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also western
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin…
11
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
★ 6.7/10Also western
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former…
12
The Comancheros (1961)
★ 6.7/10Also western
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
13
Carry On Cowboy (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also western
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries…
14
Dead for a Dollar (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also western
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return…
15
The Westerner (1940)
★ 7.1/10Also western
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the…
16
Man Without a Star (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
17
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.
18
Go West (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also western
A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
19
Destry Rides Again (1939)
★ 7.2/10Also western
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the…
20
Union Pacific (1939)
★ 6.7/10Also western
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief…