Movies Like Starlight Over Texas

If you liked Starlight Over Texas (1938), a romance and action movie directed by Albert Herman, 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
3 Bad Men (1926)
★ 7/10Also romance and western
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
2
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…
3
Oklahoma! (1955)
★ 6.6/10Also western and music
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…
4
The Tall Men (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also western and adventure
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.
5
Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also action and western
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
6
The War Wagon (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also western and action
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
7
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.
8
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also action and western
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
9
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…
10
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventure
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.
11
North West Mounted Police (1940)
★ 6.4/10Also action and western
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…
12
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.
13
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.
14
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…
15
The Spikes Gang (1974)
★ 6.7/10Also western and action
Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to…
16
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…
17
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.
18
Tom Sawyer (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also music and adventure
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
19
The Plainsman (1936)
★ 6.5/10Also western and romance
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
20
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also action and adventure
Adam West and Burt Ward return to their iconic roles of Batman and Robin. The film sees the superheroes going up against classic villains like The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin and Catwoman, both in Gotham City… and…