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Movies Like The Return of Josey Wales

If you liked The Return of Josey Wales (1986), a western movie directed by Michael Parks, 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. 1Dead for a Dollar

    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…

  2. 2A 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…

  3. 3The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam…

  4. 4Joe Kidd

    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…

  5. 5Jubal

    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…

  6. 6Terror on the Prairie

    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.

  7. 7Jane Got a Gun

    Jane Got a Gun (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    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…

  8. 8Soldier Blue

    Soldier Blue (1970)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie…

  9. 9A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

  10. 10Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    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. 11Appaloosa

    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.

  12. 12The Missouri Breaks

    The Missouri Breaks (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin…

  13. 13Young Guns

    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.

  14. 14The Stalking Moon

    The Stalking Moon (1968)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    While 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…

  15. 15Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together (1961)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

  16. 16The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead (1987)

    ★ 6.4/10Also 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. 17Old Henry

    Old Henry (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western

    A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his…

  18. 18Extreme Prejudice

    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…

  19. 19The Last Hard Men

    The Last Hard Men (1976)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.

  20. 20Gunfight at Rio Bravo

    Gunfight at Rio Bravo (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    When mysterious Russian gunslinger Ivan Turchin rides into a small Texas town, he runs afoul of a bloodthirsty outlaw gang known as The Hellhounds. Outmanned and outgunned, the town must put their trust in Turchin to…

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