Movies Like Code of the Rangers
If you liked Code of the Rangers (1938), a western movie directed by Sam Newfield, 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.
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Three Violent People (1956)
★ 6/10Also westernA rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.
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The Comancheros (1961)
★ 6.7/10Also westernTexas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
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Broken Lance (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also westernTensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.
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The Unforgiven (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also westernThe neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.
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The Long Riders (1980)
★ 6.7/10Also westernThe origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
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The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
★ 7/10Also westernThe four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area…
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The Kid (2019)
★ 6/10Also westernNew Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid…
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Bandolero! (1968)
★ 6.6/10Also westernPosing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the…
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The Lone Ranger (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also westernThe 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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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also westernLean, 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…
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Texas Rangers (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also westernTen years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are…
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Rio Bravo (1959)
★ 7.8/10Also westernA small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
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Hell or High Water (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also westernA divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
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Legends of the Fall (1994)
★ 7.4/10Also westernIn early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by…
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Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also westernTwo 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.
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also westernBob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the…
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The Harder They Fall (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also westernGunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
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Barquero (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also westernJake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be…
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Barbarosa (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also westernKarl 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…
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Rio Grande (1950)
★ 6.8/10Also westernLt. 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…