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Movies Like Tucker and the Horse Thief

If you liked Tucker and the Horse Thief (1985), a tv movie and western movie directed by Allan King, 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 Claim

    The Claim (2000)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are…

  2. 2Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and tv movie

    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…

  3. 3The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead (1987)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and tv movie

    In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.

  4. 4Go 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.

  5. 5True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    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…

  6. 6Purgatory

    Purgatory (1999)

    ★ 7.2/10Also western and tv movie

    An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals…

  7. 7The Outsider

    The Outsider (2002)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and tv movie

    Montana sheep farmer Rebecca Yoder offers sanctuary to an on-the-lam outlaw, Johnny Gault, who is suffering from a gunshot wound. Yoder is a recent widow, and her decision to help the outsider doesn't sit well with her…

  8. 8Ramrod

    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…

  9. 9Love's Enduring Promise

    Love's Enduring Promise (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western and tv movie

    In the 1800s frontier, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When Missie encounters Grant, a handsome New England railroad executive…

  10. 10Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

    Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western

    A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…

  11. 11The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    ★ 8/10Also western

    Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

  12. 12Crossfire Trail

    Crossfire Trail (2001)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and tv movie

    Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an…

  13. 13Hud

    Hud (1963)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict…

  14. 14Bonanza: The Return

    Bonanza: The Return (1993)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and tv movie

    A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa.

  15. 15The Sisters Brothers

    The Sisters Brothers (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his…

  16. 16Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…

  17. 17Appaloosa

    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.

  18. 18The Apple Dumpling Gang

    The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon…

  19. 19Union Pacific

    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…

  20. 20Hombre

    Hombre (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

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