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Movies Like The Vanishing Pioneer

If you liked The Vanishing Pioneer (1928), a western movie directed by John Waters, 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. 1The Big Trail

    The Big Trail (1930)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a…

  2. 2Meek's Cutoff

    Meek's Cutoff (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

  3. 3The Indian Fighter

    The Indian Fighter (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

  4. 4Rango

    Rango (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town…

  5. 5El Dorado

    El Dorado (1966)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western

    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…

  6. 6The Last Wagon

    The Last Wagon (1956)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the…

  7. 7Bend of the River

    Bend of the River (1952)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

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

  8. 8Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

  9. 9Run for Cover

    Run for Cover (1955)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

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

  10. 10The 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…

  11. 11Tall in the Saddle

    Tall in the Saddle (1944)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    When 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.

  12. 12How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won (1962)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

  13. 13Chisum

    Chisum (1970)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.

  14. 143:10 to Yuma

    3:10 to Yuma (1957)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

  15. 15Wagon Master

    Wagon Master (1950)

    ★ 6.7/10Also 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.

  16. 16Dodge City

    Dodge City (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

  17. 17Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    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…

  18. 18Union Pacific

    Union Pacific (1939)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief…

  19. 19The Hallelujah Trail

    The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.

  20. 20Ramrod

    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…

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