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Movies Like Painted Trail

If you liked Painted Trail (1928), a drama and western movie directed by J.P. McGowan, 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. 1Frontera

    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. 2Jane Got a Gun

    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…

  3. 3Seraphim Falls

    Seraphim Falls (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and drama

    The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through…

  4. 4Union Pacific

    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…

  5. 5Broke

    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.

  6. 6Don't Come Knocking

    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…

  7. 7Appaloosa

    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.

  8. 8True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and drama

    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…

  9. 9Jubal

    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…

  10. 10Deadwood: The Movie

    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…

  11. 11The Kid

    The Kid (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also western and drama

    New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid…

  12. 12Hombre

    Hombre (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and drama

    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.

  13. 13The Unholy Trinity

    The Unholy Trinity (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t…

  14. 14The Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and drama

    The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes…

  15. 15Barbarosa

    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…

  16. 16The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead (1987)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and western

    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.

  17. 173:10 to Yuma

    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.

  18. 18A 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…

  19. 19Last Shoot Out

    Last Shoot Out (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and drama

    Soon after a newlywed learns that her husband had her father shot down, she flees from the Callahan ranch in fear. She's rescued by a gunman who safeguards her at a remote outpost as he staves off her husband's…

  20. 20Bad Day at Black Rock

    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and drama

    One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

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