Shows Like How the West Was Won

If you liked How the West Was Won (1977), a western and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Ransom Canyon (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and western
Passions run deep in a small Texas town, as three ranching dynasties fight for their land, their legacies and the people they love.
2
1883 (2021)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and western
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty…
3
Deputy (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also western and drama
When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman, more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea…
4
Walker Independence (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also western and drama
Set in the late 1800s, this origin story follows Abby Walker, an affluent Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West, as she crosses paths with Hoyt Rawlins, a lovable rogue in…
5
Hell on Wheels (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and western
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a…
6
Longmire (2012)
★ 7.7/10Also western and drama
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
7
Yellowstone (2018)
★ 8.3/10Also western and drama
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land…
8
Joe Pickett (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and western
A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a small rural town in Wyoming on the verge of economic collapse. Surrounded by rich history and vast wildlife, the township…
9
Deadwood (2004)
★ 8.1/10Also western and drama
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless…
10
1923 (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and western
Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call…
11
Billy the Kid (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also western and drama
An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in…
12
Broken Trail (2006)
★ 7/10Also drama and western
The story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army. Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese…
13
Jericho (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and western
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
14
The English (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and western
An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the American West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
15
Lonesome Dove (1989)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and western
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew…
16
American Primeval (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also western and drama
A mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.
17
The Abandons (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and western
In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs — one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal — battle for supremacy on the lawless frontier.
18
Marshals (2026)
★ 8/10Also drama
With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance…
19
Godless (2017)
★ 7.8/10Also western and drama
A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.
20
Animal Kingdom (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her…