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Movies Like These Thousand Hills

If you liked These Thousand Hills (1959), a drama and western movie directed by Richard Fleischer, 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. 1Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and drama

    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…

  2. 2Shane

    Shane (1953)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and western

    A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

  3. 3The Fastest Gun Alive

    The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and western

    Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when…

  4. 4No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also 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.

  5. 5Giant

    Giant (1956)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and western

    Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the…

  6. 6Ride in the Whirlwind

    Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western and drama

    Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

  7. 7The Ox-Bow Incident

    The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

    ★ 7.7/10Also western

    A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

  8. 8The 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…

  9. 9The Last Sunset

    The Last Sunset (1961)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western and drama

    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.

  10. 10Sergeant Rutledge

    Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also western and drama

    Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

  11. 11Warlock

    Warlock (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives…

  12. 12High Noon

    High Noon (1952)

    ★ 7.7/10Also western

    Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is…

  13. 13Rancho Notorious

    Rancho Notorious (1952)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and western

    A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

  14. 14Hud

    Hud (1963)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and 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…

  15. 15Don't Come Knocking

    Don't Come Knocking (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and western

    Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over…

  16. 16Ramrod

    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…

  17. 17Broken Lance

    Broken Lance (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and western

    Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.

  18. 18Union Pacific

    Union Pacific (1939)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and 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. 19Forty Guns

    Forty Guns (1957)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western and drama

    An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshal arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both…

  20. 20True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and drama

    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…

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