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Movies Like Hollywood Cowboy

If you liked Hollywood Cowboy (1937), a western and action movie directed by George Sherman and Ewing Scott, 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. 1The Unholy Trinity

    The Unholy Trinity (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western and adventure

    Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t…

  2. 2Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

    Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure and western

    A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…

  3. 3The White Buffalo

    The White Buffalo (1977)

    ★ 6/10Also western and adventure

    In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns…

  4. 4The Cowboys

    The Cowboys (1972)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and adventure

    When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys…

  5. 5The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead (1987)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and 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.

  6. 6The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure and action

    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…

  7. 7Boss Nigger

    Boss Nigger (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and action

    Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.

  8. 8The Tall Men

    The Tall Men (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and adventure

    Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

  9. 9Gunslingers

    Gunslingers (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and western

    When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and…

  10. 10Rust

    Rust (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western and action

    Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two must outrun legendary U.S Marshal Wood Helm and bounty hunter Fenton…

  11. 11Barbarosa

    Barbarosa (1982)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and action

    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…

  12. 12Jane Got a Gun

    Jane Got a Gun (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and action

    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…

  13. 13Young Guns II

    Young Guns II (1990)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and adventure

    Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being…

  14. 14News of the World

    News of the World (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and adventure

    A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

  15. 15Gunless

    Gunless (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and western

    American 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.

  16. 16Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and action

    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…

  17. 17El Gringo

    El Gringo (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and action

    A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

  18. 18Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and western

    Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…

  19. 19Angel and the Badman

    Angel and the Badman (1947)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and adventure

    A wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind…

  20. 20The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and adventure

    The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him…

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