Movies Like Flaming Frontiers

If you liked Flaming Frontiers (1938), a action and western movie directed by Ray Taylor and Alan James, 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
Day of Reckoning (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also action and 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…
2
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…
3
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also action and western
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
4
Doc West (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also western and action
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his…
5
True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also western
The 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…
6
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
★ 7.9/10Also western
Two 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.
7
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also action and western
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
8
The War Wagon (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also western and action
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
9
El Dorado (1966)
★ 7.4/10Also western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their…
10
The Way West (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also action and western
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on…
11
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…
12
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…
13
High Ground (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also action and western
In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a…
14
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
★ 6.6/10Also action and western
To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly…
15
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also action and 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…
16
North to Alaska (1960)
★ 6.5/10Also western
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally…
17
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also western
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his…
18
100 Rifles (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also western
When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker…
19
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
★ 6.6/10Also western
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
20
El Gringo (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also 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.