Movies Like Valdez Is Coming

If you liked Valdez Is Coming (1971), a western movie directed by Edwin Sherin, 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
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also western
Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…
2
Dead for a Dollar (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also western
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return…
3
Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also 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.
4
Young Guns (1988)
★ 6.7/10Also western
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
5
The Wild Bunch (1969)
★ 7.6/10Also western
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
6
The Kid (2019)
★ 6/10Also western
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…
7
Hannie Caulder (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also western
After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.
8
Big Jake (1971)
★ 6.8/10Also western
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
9
No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 7.9/10Also western
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey…
10
Terror on the Prairie (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also western
A pioneering family fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly-built farm on the plains of Montana.
11
Sweetwater (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also western
In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.
12
The Forever Purge (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also western
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their…
13
Day of Reckoning (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also western
Put-upon lawman John Dorsey is on the verge of losing his wife and his job as sheriff, so he posses up with bullish U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden to hold outlaw Emily Rusk hostage. A battle of wills ensues as Emily turns…
14
Eddington (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also western
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
15
Forsaken (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also western
John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both…
16
Joe Kidd (1972)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the…
17
Jubal (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also western
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…
18
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
★ 7.2/10Also western
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
19
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also western
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the…
20
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
★ 7/10Also western
When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter…