Movies Like The War Horse
If you liked The War Horse (1927), a western and war movie directed by Lambert Hillyer, 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.
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The Horse Soldiers (1959)
★ 6.9/10Also western and warA Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the…
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The Alamo (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also war and westernThe legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
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Oklahoma! (1955)
★ 6.6/10Also western and romanceThere'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…
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The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
★ 6/10Also western and romanceJohn Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.
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The Plainsman (1936)
★ 6.5/10Also western and warWild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
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Major Dundee (1965)
★ 6.7/10Also western and warDuring the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been…
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The Pride and the Passion (1957)
★ 6/10Also war and romanceDuring the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to…
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Shenandoah (1965)
★ 7/10Also western and warCharlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced…
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Crossfire Trail (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and westernRafe 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…
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Helen of Troy (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also war and romancePrince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions…
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Cold Mountain (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also war and romanceIn this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young…
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The Tall Men (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also western and romanceTwo brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
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Alvarez Kelly (1966)
★ 6.2/10Also western and warIn 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.
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The Rainmaker (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and westernLizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors…
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Will Penny (1967)
★ 6.7/10Also western and romanceWill Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated…
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North West Mounted Police (1940)
★ 6.4/10Also western and romanceTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the…
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Springfield Rifle (1952)
★ 6.4/10Also war and westernMajor Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in…
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Angel and the Badman (1947)
★ 6.4/10Also western and romanceA wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind…
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Blood on the Moon (1948)
★ 6.2/10Also western and romanceDown-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers…
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The Big Sky (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also western and romanceTwo tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…