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Movies Like Ride for Your Life

If you liked Ride for Your Life (1924), a western movie directed by Edward Sedgwick, 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. 1Go West

    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.

  2. 2Ramrod

    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…

  3. 3El 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…

  4. 4Hombre

    Hombre (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

  5. 5Cat Ballou

    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.

  6. 6Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

  7. 7True Grit

    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…

  8. 8Gunless

    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.

  9. 9The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    ★ 8/10Also western

    Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

  10. 10The Bravados

    The Bravados (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice…

  11. 11The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven (1960)

    ★ 7.5/10Also western

    An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

  12. 12Hud

    Hud (1963)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict…

  13. 13The Apple Dumpling Gang

    The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon…

  14. 14Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

    Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)

    ★ 7.7/10Also western

    When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s…

  15. 15Decision at Sundown

    Decision at Sundown (1957)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.

  16. 163:10 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.

  17. 17The 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…

  18. 18Return of the Gunfighter

    Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.

  19. 19Three Violent People

    Three Violent People (1956)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

  20. 20Nevada Smith

    Nevada Smith (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    Nevada Smith is the alias of Max Sand, the son of an Indian mother and American father. When they are killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to avenge them. The young man is taken in by a gun merchant who shows…

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