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Movies Like Ride the High Country

If you liked Ride the High Country (1962), a western and drama movie directed by Sam Peckinpah, 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. 1One-Eyed Jacks

    One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and drama

    Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been…

  2. 2Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and drama

    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…

  3. 3Open 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.

  4. 4Barbarosa

    Barbarosa (1982)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    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…

  5. 5The Man from Laramie

    The Man from Laramie (1955)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and western

    Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose…

  6. 6Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo (1959)

    ★ 7.8/10Also western and drama

    A 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.

  7. 7El Dorado

    El Dorado (1966)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western and drama

    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…

  8. 8Heist

    Heist (2001)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young…

  9. 9The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    ★ 7.8/10Also western

    Questions 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…

  10. 10Run for Cover

    Run for Cover (1955)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western and drama

    An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

  11. 11The Naked Spur

    The Naked Spur (1953)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.

  12. 12Rooster Cogburn

    Rooster Cogburn (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and western

    After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's…

  13. 13American Outlaws

    American Outlaws (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will…

  14. 14Lonely are the Brave

    Lonely are the Brave (1962)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western and drama

    A 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.

  15. 15Last Train from Gun Hill

    Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

  16. 16Frontera

    Frontera (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and drama

    After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…

  17. 17The Man from Colorado

    The Man from Colorado (1948)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and drama

    Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more…

  18. 18The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    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…

  19. 19Rancho Notorious

    Rancho Notorious (1952)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and western

    A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

  20. 20True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and drama

    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…

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