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Movies Like My Hero

If you liked My Hero (1912), a western movie directed by D.W. Griffith, 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. 1Hombre

    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.

  2. 2The 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…

  3. 3Nevada Smith

    Nevada Smith (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    Nevada Smith is the alias of Max Sand, the son of an Indian mother and American father. When they are killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to avenge them. The young man is taken in by a gun merchant who shows…

  4. 4Go 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.

  5. 5Ramrod

    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…

  6. 6The 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…

  7. 7Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

  8. 8Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

    Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

    ★ 7.7/10Also western

    A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

  9. 9True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

    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…

  10. 10Hud

    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…

  11. 11Gunless

    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.

  12. 12Union Pacific

    Union Pacific (1939)

    ★ 6.7/10Also 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…

  13. 13Duel in the Sun

    Duel in the Sun (1946)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

  14. 14McLintock!

    McLintock! (1963)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking…

  15. 15Don't Come Knocking

    Don't Come Knocking (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also 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. 16Duel at Diablo

    Duel at Diablo (1966)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

  17. 17Jeremiah Johnson

    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…

  18. 18Oklahoma!

    Oklahoma! (1955)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile…

  19. 19The Man from Laramie

    The Man from Laramie (1955)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose…

  20. 20Shane

    Shane (1953)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western

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

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