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Movies Like The Vanishing West

If you liked The Vanishing West (1928), a western movie directed by Richard Thorpe, 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. 1The Legend of Zorro

    The Legend of Zorro (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

  2. 2Go 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.

  3. 3True 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…

  4. 4Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

  5. 5The 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…

  6. 6El Dorado

    El Dorado (1966)

    ★ 7.4/10Also western

    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…

  7. 7Hombre

    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.

  8. 8The 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…

  9. 9Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

  10. 10Gunless

    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.

  11. 11Rawhide

    Rawhide (1951)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

  12. 12Three Violent People

    Three Violent People (1956)

    ★ 6/10Also western

    A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

  13. 13The Five

    The Five (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    A scorned woman enlists the help of five strangers to execute a bank robbery. Tensions rise as the men anxiously await her arrival with the money, leaving the crew to wonder if they have been betrayed.

  14. 14The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

    The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly…

  15. 15The Stalking Moon

    The Stalking Moon (1968)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was…

  16. 16Run for Cover

    Run for Cover (1955)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

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

  17. 17Ramrod

    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…

  18. 18The Apple Dumpling Gang

    The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon…

  19. 19An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

    An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that…

  20. 20Rio Lobo

    Rio Lobo (1970)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

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