Movies Like Starbird and Sweet William

If you liked Starbird and Sweet William (1973), a adventure and western movie directed by Jack Hively, 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 Mountain Between Us (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous…
2
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…
3
The White Buffalo (1977)
★ 6/10Also western and adventure
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns…
4
Shanghai Noon (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and western
Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner…
5
The Way West (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and western
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on…
6
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.
7
Alive (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure
The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to…
8
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
★ 6/10Also adventure
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and…
9
Heart of the Beast (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure
After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against…
10
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
★ 7.3/10Also western
While slowly adapting to the grueling life of a mountain man in the Rocky Mountains, Jeremiah Johnson encounters the Crow and Flathead tribes as well as hunters, trappers and settlers, all of whom call these mountains…
11
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and western
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…
12
Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8/10Also adventure and western
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…
13
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the…
14
Comanche Station (1960)
★ 6.7/10Also western
A white man trades with the Comanche for the release of a female stranger and the pair cross paths with three outlaws who have their eyes on the handsome reward for bringing her home and Comanche on the warpath.
15
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and western
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
16
News of the World (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also western and adventure
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
17
Barbarosa (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also western
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger…
18
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…
19
Apache (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also western
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his…
20
Dead Man (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also western
On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.