Movies Like The Pathfinder

If you liked The Pathfinder (1952), a western movie directed by Sidney Salkow, 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
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…
2
Hombre (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also western
John 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.
3
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…
4
How the West Was Won (1962)
★ 7/10Also western
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
5
The Indian Fighter (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also western
A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
6
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…
7
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.
8
The Big Sky (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also western
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…
9
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.
10
Man Without a Star (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
11
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
★ 6.7/10Also western
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
12
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…
13
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…
14
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
★ 6.6/10Also western
During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Unable to expose a gang of turncoats…
15
The Searchers (1956)
★ 7.7/10Also western
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
16
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…
17
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
★ 6/10Also western
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.
18
Nevada Smith (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also western
Nevada Smith is the alias of Max Sand, the son of an Indian mother and American father. When they are killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to avenge them. The young man is taken in by a gun merchant who shows…
19
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…
20
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.