Movies Like The Prospector
If you liked The Prospector (1912), a western movie directed by Arthur Mackley, 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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Go West (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also westernA 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.
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The Five (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also westernA scorned woman enlists the help of five strangers to execute a bank robbery. Tensions rise as the men anxiously await her arrival with the money, leaving the crew to wonder if they have been betrayed.
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3 Bad Men (1926)
★ 6.9/10Also westernThree outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
★ 8/10Also westernTwo jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
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Ramrod (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also westernA 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…
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The Stalking Moon (1968)
★ 5.9/10Also westernWhile moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was…
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Paint Your Wagon (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also westernA Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp…
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The Last Wagon (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also westernWhen 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…
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The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
★ 6.6/10Also westernA roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon…
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Comanche Station (1960)
★ 6.7/10Also westernA 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.
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also westernThe 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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Hombre (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also westernJohn 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.
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Gunless (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also westernAmerican 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.
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The Badlanders (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also westernTwo men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other…
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The Magnificent Seven (1960)
★ 7.5/10Also westernAn oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
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The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also westernJake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only…
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Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also westernA gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.
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The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
★ 7/10Also westernWhen 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…
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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.