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Movies Like The Life of an American Cowboy

If you liked The Life of an American Cowboy (1906), a western movie directed by Edwin S. Porter, 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. 3The 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…

  4. 4Gunless

    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.

  5. 5Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

  6. 6The 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…

  7. 7Silverado

    Silverado (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    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…

  8. 8Tall in the Saddle

    Tall in the Saddle (1944)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.

  9. 9The Last Sunset

    The Last Sunset (1961)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    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. 10Decision 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.

  11. 11Go West

    Go West (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

  12. 12The 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…

  13. 13The Tall Men

    The Tall Men (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

  14. 14Hud

    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…

  15. 15Canyon Passage

    Canyon Passage (1946)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.

  16. 16Support Your Local Sheriff!

    Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

  17. 17Blood on the Moon

    Blood on the Moon (1948)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western

    Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers…

  18. 18Lonely are the Brave

    Lonely are the Brave (1962)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western

    A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

  19. 19Hombre

    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.

  20. 20The Left Handed Gun

    The Left Handed Gun (1958)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the…

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