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Movies Like The Yellow Tomahawk

If you liked The Yellow Tomahawk (1954), a western movie directed by Lesley Selander, 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. 1Flaming Star

    Flaming Star (1960)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Pacer Burton, a young man of mixed Kiowa and white heritage, is caught between two worlds as conflict erupts between Native Americans and white settlers in Texas.

  2. 2Comanche Station

    Comanche Station (1960)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    A white man trades with the Comanche for the release of a female stranger and the pair cross paths with three outlaws who have their eyes on the handsome reward for bringing her home and Comanche on the warpath.

  3. 3Only the Valiant

    Only the Valiant (1951)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort…

  4. 4Go West

    Go West (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

  5. 5The Last Wagon

    The Last Wagon (1956)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the…

  6. 6Gunless

    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.

  7. 7The Comancheros

    The Comancheros (1961)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

  8. 8Broken Arrow

    Broken Arrow (1950)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white…

  9. 9Rio Grande

    Rio Grande (1950)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is…

  10. 10She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

  11. 11Distant Drums

    Distant Drums (1951)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety

  12. 12The Duel at Silver Creek

    The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly…

  13. 13The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven (1960)

    ★ 7.5/10Also western

    An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

  14. 14Rango

    Rango (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town…

  15. 15True 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…

  16. 16Cheyenne Autumn

    Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

  17. 17Duel at Diablo

    Duel at Diablo (1966)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

  18. 18Backlash

    Backlash (1956)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets…

  19. 19¡Three Amigos!

    ¡Three Amigos! (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.

  20. 20Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

    Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)

    ★ 7.7/10Also western

    When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s…

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