Movies Like Breed of the Border

If you liked Breed of the Border (1924), a drama and western movie directed by Harry Garson, 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
Frontera (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also western and drama
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…
2
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and western
Howard 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…
3
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also western and drama
When 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…
4
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also western and drama
After 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…
5
Union Pacific (1939)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and 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…
6
Jubal (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also western and drama
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…
7
Broke (2025)
★ 7/10Also western and drama
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
Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and 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.
9
Rancho Notorious (1952)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and western
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
10
Man in the Shadow (1957)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and western
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but…
11
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
★ 7.3/10Also western and drama
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
12
Surrounded (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also western and drama
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.
13
Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also western and drama
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…
14
Forty Guns (1957)
★ 6.6/10Also western and drama
An 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…
15
Boss Nigger (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also western
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
16
Hud (1963)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and 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…
17
Old Henry (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also western and drama
A 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…
18
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
★ 7/10Also western and drama
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
19
Run for Cover (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also western and drama
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
20
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…