Movies Like The Wild and the Innocent

If you liked The Wild and the Innocent (1959), a western movie directed by Jack Sher, 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
The Scalphunters (1968)
★ 6.4/10Also western
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Oklahoma! (1955)
★ 6.6/10Also western
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…
5
The Misfits (1961)
★ 7/10Also western
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with…
6
Man Without a Star (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
7
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
★ 7/10Also western
When 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…
8
The Last Sunset (1961)
★ 6.8/10Also western
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
9
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…
10
Man with the Gun (1955)
★ 6.1/10Also western
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his…
11
Spirit Untamed (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also 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.
12
Gunless (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also western
American 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.
13
The Westerner (1940)
★ 7.1/10Also western
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the…
14
True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also western
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…
15
Cat Ballou (1965)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
16
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…
17
The Big Sky (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also 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…
18
Canyon Passage (1946)
★ 6.8/10Also western
In 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.
19
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
★ 7.1/10Also western
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…
20
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…