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Movies Like His Name Was King

If you liked His Name Was King (1971), a western movie directed by Giancarlo Romitelli, 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. 1For a Few Dollars More

    For a Few Dollars More (1965)

    ★ 8/10Also western

    Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.

  2. 2Four of the Apocalypse

    Four of the Apocalypse (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Four petty criminals, three men and a woman, wander through the trackless terrain of the Wild West Utah and are hounded by a sadistic bandit.

  3. 3The Grand Duel

    The Grand Duel (1972)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.

  4. 4Sabata

    Sabata (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.

  5. 5Dead for a Dollar

    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…

  6. 6A Bullet for the General

    A Bullet for the General (1967)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware of his true intentions.

  7. 7Face to Face

    Face to Face (1967)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Solomon Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher finally takes over the gang, leading with a new 'efficient'…

  8. 8Gunless

    Gunless (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West.

  9. 9Ride Lonesome

    Ride Lonesome (1959)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a…

  10. 10Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law (1968)

    ★ 5.8/10Also western

    A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.

  11. 11Hannie Caulder

    Hannie Caulder (1971)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western

    After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.

  12. 12A 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…

  13. 13Cemetery without Crosses

    Cemetery without Crosses (1969)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.

  14. 14The Thicket

    The Thicket (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter…

  15. 15The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

    ★ 8.5/10Also western

    While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in…

  16. 16A Man Called Blade

    A Man Called Blade (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality…

  17. 17True 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…

  18. 18Trinity Is Still My Name

    Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western

    The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.

  19. 19El Dorado

    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…

  20. 20Young Guns

    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.

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