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Movies Like California Cowgirls

If you liked California Cowgirls (1979), a western movie directed by R. Williams, 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. 1Go West

    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.

  2. 2Appaloosa

    Appaloosa (2008)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

  3. 3The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone…

  4. 4The Cheyenne Social Club

    The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Cowboy John O'Hanlan is surprised to learn that someone's left him a business in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He sets out to claim it, only to discover it's a brothel.

  5. 5A Big Hand for the Little Lady

    A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

  6. 6Paint Your Wagon

    Paint Your Wagon (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp…

  7. 7Broke

    Broke (2025)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    A bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficult to achieve his dreams.

  8. 8Return of the Gunfighter

    Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.

  9. 9A Man Called Sledge

    A Man Called Sledge (1970)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within…

  10. 10Jubal

    Jubal (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    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…

  11. 11Monte Walsh

    Monte Walsh (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip…

  12. 12The Bravados

    The Bravados (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice…

  13. 13Decision at Sundown

    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.

  14. 14Barbarosa

    Barbarosa (1982)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger…

  15. 15The Comancheros

    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.

  16. 168 Seconds

    8 Seconds (1994)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

  17. 17Frontera

    Frontera (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…

  18. 18Oklahoma!

    Oklahoma! (1955)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile…

  19. 19The Five

    The Five (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    A scorned woman enlists the help of five strangers to execute a bank robbery. Tensions rise as the men anxiously await her arrival with the money, leaving the crew to wonder if they have been betrayed.

  20. 20Ramrod

    Ramrod (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She…

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