Movies Like Dead or Alive
If you liked Dead or Alive (1921), a western and drama movie directed by Dell Henderson, 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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Frontera (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also western and dramaAfter 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…
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Broke (2025)
★ 7/10Also western and dramaA 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.
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Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and westernTwo 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.
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Jubal (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also western and dramaJubal 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…
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El Dorado (1966)
★ 7.4/10Also western and dramaCole 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…
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Barbarosa (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also westernKarl 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…
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Jane Got a Gun (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also western and dramaAfter her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her…
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Rio Bravo (1959)
★ 7.8/10Also western and dramaA 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.
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The Missouri Breaks (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also western and dramaWhen 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…
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Forty Guns (1957)
★ 6.6/10Also western and dramaAn authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshal arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both…
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The Last Sunset (1961)
★ 6.8/10Also western and dramaAt a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
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Old Henry (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also western and dramaA widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his…
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also western and dramaThe 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…
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The Proud Rebel (1958)
★ 6/10Also western and dramaSearching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a…
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The Quick and the Dead (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and westernIn 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.
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Run for Cover (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also western and dramaAn ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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Don't Come Knocking (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and westernHoward Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over…
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Union Pacific (1939)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and westernOne 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…
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Pale Rider (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also western and dramaA mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
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Decision at Sundown (1957)
★ 6.4/10Also westernA 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.