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Movies Like The Proud Rebel

If you liked The Proud Rebel (1958), a western and drama movie directed by Michael Curtiz, 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. 1Frontera

    Frontera (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and drama

    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…

  2. 2Don'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…

  3. 3Barbarosa

    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…

  4. 4Sergeant 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.

  5. 5Man in the Shadow

    Man in the Shadow (1957)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and western

    In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but…

  6. 6Day of the Outlaw

    Day of the Outlaw (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder…

  7. 7The Dead Don't Hurt

    The Dead Don't Hurt (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and drama

    In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger…

  8. 8Run for Cover

    Run for Cover (1955)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western and drama

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

  9. 9El Dorado

    El Dorado (1966)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western and drama

    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…

  10. 10Bad Day at Black Rock

    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and drama

    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.

  11. 11True 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…

  12. 12Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo (1959)

    ★ 7.8/10Also western and drama

    A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

  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. 14Boss Nigger

    Boss Nigger (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    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.

  15. 15The Way West

    The Way West (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama 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…

  16. 16The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and western

    John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…

  17. 17The Spoilers

    The Spoilers (1942)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and western

    When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

  18. 18Gigi & Nate

    Gigi & Nate (2022)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

  19. 19Ramrod

    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…

  20. 20Decision 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.

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