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Movies Like The Tall Men

If you liked The Tall Men (1955), a western and adventure movie directed by Raoul Walsh, 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. 1Blood on the Moon

    Blood on the Moon (1948)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western and romance

    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…

  2. 2The Big Sky

    The Big Sky (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and western

    Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…

  3. 3Angel and the Badman

    Angel and the Badman (1947)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and romance

    A wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind…

  4. 4The Alamo

    The Alamo (1960)

    ★ 7.1/10Also adventure and western

    The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

  5. 5North West Mounted Police

    North West Mounted Police (1940)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and adventure

    Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the…

  6. 6Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

    Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and western

    Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass…

  7. 7Will Penny

    Will Penny (1967)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and romance

    Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated…

  8. 8Oklahoma!

    Oklahoma! (1955)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western and romance

    There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile…

  9. 9Spirit Untamed

    Spirit Untamed (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also adventure and western

    Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.

  10. 10Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild (1935)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and western

    Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an…

  11. 113 Bad Men

    3 Bad Men (1926)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and western

    Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

  12. 12The Man From Snowy River II

    The Man From Snowy River II (1988)

    ★ 6.8/10Also adventure and western

    After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.

  13. 13The Valley of Gwangi

    The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and adventure

    A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living…

  14. 14Wagon Master

    Wagon Master (1950)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure and western

    Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

  15. 15River of No Return

    River of No Return (1954)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure and western

    An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

  16. 16The Fighting Kentuckian

    The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

    ★ 6/10Also western and romance

    John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

  17. 17Hellfighters

    Hellfighters (1968)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romance

    The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.

  18. 18Bend of the River

    Bend of the River (1952)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and adventure

    Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

  19. 19The Legend of Zorro

    The Legend of Zorro (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and western

    Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

  20. 20The Plainsman

    The Plainsman (1936)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and romance

    Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

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