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Movies Like Canyon Hawks

If you liked Canyon Hawks (1930), a western movie directed by Alan James and J.P. McGowan, 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. 1Alvarez Kelly

    Alvarez Kelly (1966)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western

    In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.

  2. 2McLintock!

    McLintock! (1963)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking…

  3. 3Terror 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.

  4. 4The Sheepman

    The Sheepman (1958)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range…

  5. 5The Cowboys

    The Cowboys (1972)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    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…

  6. 6Ramrod

    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…

  7. 7The Rare Breed

    The Rare Breed (1966)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western

    When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their…

  8. 8Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

  9. 9Monte Walsh

    Monte Walsh (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip…

  10. 10Jubal

    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…

  11. 11Blood on the Moon

    Blood on the Moon (1948)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western

    Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers…

  12. 12Shane

    Shane (1953)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

  13. 13Three Violent People

    Three Violent People (1956)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

  14. 14Go West

    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.

  15. 15Dead 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…

  16. 16Open Range

    Open Range (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10Also western

    A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

  17. 17Lawman

    Lawman (1971)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock…

  18. 18Sweetwater

    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.

  19. 19Broken Lance

    Broken Lance (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.

  20. 20The Tall Men

    The Tall Men (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    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.

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