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Movies Like Panhandle

If you liked Panhandle (1948), 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. 1Return of the Gunfighter

    Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.

  2. 2Barbarosa

    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…

  3. 3Gunman's Walk

    Gunman's Walk (1958)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.

  4. 4The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    ★ 7.8/10Also western

    Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of…

  5. 5Cat Ballou

    Cat Ballou (1965)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

  6. 6No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  7. 7The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven (1960)

    ★ 7.5/10Also western

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

  8. 8Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse…

  9. 9Ramrod

    Ramrod (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She…

  10. 10Day of the Outlaw

    Day of the Outlaw (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder…

  11. 11True 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…

  12. 12Open Range

    Open Range (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10Also western

    A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

  13. 13Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo (1959)

    ★ 7.8/10Also western

    A 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.

  14. 14Frontera

    Frontera (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    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…

  15. 15Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.

  16. 16The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

    The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

  17. 17The Cheyenne Social Club

    The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Cowboy John O'Hanlan is surprised to learn that someone's left him a business in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He sets out to claim it, only to discover it's a brothel.

  18. 18The Shootist

    The Shootist (1976)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the…

  19. 19The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice…

  20. 20Don't Come Knocking

    Don't Come Knocking (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also 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…

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