Movies Like The Whirlwind
If you liked The Whirlwind (1933), a western movie directed by D. Ross Lederman, 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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Decision at Sundown (1957)
★ 6.4/10Also westernA man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
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Go West (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also westernA 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.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
★ 7.8/10Also westernQuestions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of…
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High Noon (1952)
★ 7.7/10Also westernWill Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is…
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Dodge City (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also westernIn this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
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Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
★ 6.9/10Also westernIn the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
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Destry Rides Again (1939)
★ 7.2/10Also westernTom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the…
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Gunless (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also westernAmerican 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.
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The Bravados (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also westernJim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice…
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The Left Handed Gun (1958)
★ 6/10Also westernWhen a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the…
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Silverado (1985)
★ 6.9/10Also westernFour 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…
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The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
★ 7/10Also westernWhen a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly…
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Lonely are the Brave (1962)
★ 7.4/10Also westernA fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
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Shane (1953)
★ 7.3/10Also westernA weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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Rio Lobo (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also westernAfter the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
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Canyon Passage (1946)
★ 6.8/10Also westernIn 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
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Tall in the Saddle (1944)
★ 6.6/10Also westernWhen Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
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The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also westernWhenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when…
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Run for Cover (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also westernAn ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also westernSome time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that…