Movies Like Vic Dyson Pays

If you liked Vic Dyson Pays (1925), a movie directed by Jacques Jaccard, 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 Claim (2000)
★ 6/10
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are…
2
Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
3
Soldier Blue (1970)
★ 6.8/10
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie…
4
Union Pacific (1939)
★ 6.7/10
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…
5
Go West (1940)
★ 6.6/10
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.
6
Frontera (2014)
★ 6.5/10
After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…
7
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
★ 7.3/10
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
8
A Man Called Sledge (1970)
★ 6.1/10
James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within…
9
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
★ 7.2/10
A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
10
Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8/10
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with…
11
Goin' South (1978)
★ 5.8/10
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him…
12
Train Dreams (2025)
★ 7.3/10
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
13
Ramrod (1947)
★ 6.5/10
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…
14
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
★ 6.8/10
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow…
15
Broke (2025)
★ 7/10
A bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficult to achieve his dreams.
16
Boss Nigger (1975)
★ 6.7/10
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
17
The Hateful Eight (2015)
★ 7.8/10
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
18
Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
★ 6.7/10
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable…
19
The Unholy Trinity (2025)
★ 6.3/10
Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t…
20
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
★ 6.8/10
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.