20 movies like Wagon Wheels, ordered by similarity : The Far Country(1955), The Big Trail(1930), Kit Carson(1940), Tombstone Canyon(1932), Arizona Trail(1943), Wild Rovers(1971), The Hateful Eight(2015), Wagon Master(1950), The Comancheros(1961), Springfield Rifle(1952), Prairie Badmen(1946), Trail of Terror(1935) ...
Western
USA
1934
56 Minutes
Randolph Scott Gail Patrick Monte Blue Billy Lee Raymond Hatton Jan Duggan Leila Bennett Olin Howland
cowboy scout fur trapper widow son older woman engaging striking wagon plains missouri oregon rocky mountains westward expansion fresh start trapping travel mother/son relationship romance adventure
In 1844 scout Clint Belmet and his two sidekicks guide a wagon train to the newly opened Oregon territory despite hardships and Indian attack.
Western
1955
97 Minutes
James Stewart Ruth Roman Walter Brennan Corinne Calvet John McIntire Jay C. Flippen Harry Morgan Steve Brodie Royal Dano Gregg Barton Chubby Johnson
cowboy partner lawman saloon owner townsperson miner suspenseful gritty wyoming yukon mountain small town saloon ship klondike gold rush cattle drives double-cross lawlessness romance wealth
Two Wyoming cattlemen (James Stewart, Walter Brennan) drive a herd to gold-rush Alaska and find trouble.
Western
USA
1930
126 Minutes
fur trapper woman gambler villain henchman pioneer rousing emotional gutsy thrilling oregon trail american west wilderness river desert woods westward expansion frontier life survival vigilantism
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
Western
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Jon Hall Lynn Bari Dana Andrews Harold Huber Ward Bond Renie Riano Clayton Moore Rowena Cook
frontiersman friend wagon master captain young woman general engaging intense patriotic fort oregon trail california wagon train kit carson scouting native americans mexico protection journey quest
Indian fighter, trapper and frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train of settlers from Fort Bridger, along the Oregon Trail through Shoshone territory, to California which plans to secede from Mexico.
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Ken Maynard Cecilia Parker Sheldon Lewis Lafe McKee Frank Brownlee Jack Clifford George Gerwing Edward Piel Sr. George Chesebro Bob Burns Jack Kirk
cowboy love interest outlaw vigilante father sheriff engaging suspenseful wild west canyon cabin prison missing persons framed murder false accusations father/son relationship impersonation quest pursuit
Maynard hears the cry of the weird masked "phantom" of Tombstone Canyon. The plot thickens when Maynard discovers a man with a key to his past has been murdered by the phantom.
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Denny Meadows Janet Shaw Jack Ingram Erville Alderson Joseph J. Greene Glenn Strange Dan White Art Fowler
cowboy man friend father family patriarch engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping arizona farm cowboys self-defense fight for justice fighting ranching family discovery adventure quest
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Western
USA
1971
136 Minutes
William Holden Ryan O'Neal Karl Malden Lynn Carlin Tom Skerritt Joe Don Baker James Olson Leora Dana Moses Gunn Victor French Rachel Roberts
cowboy friend rancher son sheriff boss engaging suspenseful touching incredible witty powerful ranch paddock bank american southwest living space montana aging accidental death
Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them.
Western
USA
2015
168 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson Kurt Russell Jennifer Jason Leigh Walton Goggins Demián Bichir Tim Roth Michael Madsen Bruce Dern James Parks Dana Gourrier Zoë Bell
bounty hunter fugitive prisoner sheriff stranger man brooding bleak intense suspenseful frightening wyoming town stagecoach camp mountain trail american civil war bounty travel
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
Western
USA
1950
86 Minutes
Ben Johnson Joanne Dru Ward Bond Harry Carey Jr. Charles Kemper Jane Darwell Alan Mowbray Ruth Clifford Russell Simpson Kathleen O'Malley James Arness
mormon church elder horse trader wagon master daughter outlaw tense thrilling amusing utah desert wagon train journey survival mormonism water conservation fugitives religious persecution adventure quest
Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Indians, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
Western
USA
1961
107 Minutes
John Wayne Stuart Whitman Lee Marvin Ina Balin Nehemiah Persoff Michael Ansara Patrick Wayne Bruce Cabot Joan O'Brien Jack Elam Edgar Buchanan
texas ranger native american outlaw gun runner gambler prisoner gritty rousing melodramatic texas mexico desert valley american west unlikely allies cowboys frontier justice violence romance adventure
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
Western
USA
1952
93 Minutes
Gary Cooper Phyllis Thaxter David Brian Paul Kelly Philip Carey Lon Chaney James Millican Martin Milner Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Jerry O'Sullivan James Brown
major wife son traitor thief confederate soldier intense rousing melodramatic colorado military base mountain saloon ranch battlefield american civil war secret mission treason horse thieves impersonation
Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
Western
USA
1946
55 Minutes
cowboy friend doctor son outlaw gunslinger gripping engaging spirited tent frontier field wild west gold crime old west father/son relationship greed law and order discovery
Medicine show proprietor Doc Lattimer has in his possession a map showing the location of a cache of stolen gold. His son Don favors keeping the gold rather than returning it to the express... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Bob Steele Beth Marion Forrest Taylor Charles King Charles French Frank Lyman Jr. Richard Cramer
escaped convict criminal sheriff son daughter government agent engaging thrilling prison ranch plains american west bank robbery kidnapping prison break deception undercover operations mystery pursuit 19th century
Manning breaks out of prison and joins Blake's gang of outlaws. Later a paroled Muggs arrives to rejoin the gang. Muggs is the only one who knows where the stolen money is hidden and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1967
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Robert Mitchum Richard Widmark Lola Albright Michael Witney Stubby Kaye Sally Field Jack Elam
senator settler scout native american pregnant woman boy tense thrilling melodramatic wagon train wilderness oregon frontier trail missouri journey accidental killing mutiny frontier life power struggle
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Western
USA
1960
92 Minutes
Elvis Presley Steve Forrest Barbara Eden Dolores del Río John McIntire Rodolfo Acosta Karl Swenson Ford Rainey Richard Jaeckel Anne Benton L.Q. Jones
native american cowboy father mother love interest brother melodramatic brash texas small town race relations frontier justice father/son relationship mother/son relationship family native americans sacrifice revenge 1800s
When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.
Western
USA
1933
57 Minutes
John Wayne Shirley Palmer J.P. McGowan Ann Fay Frank Rice Billy Franey Paul Fix Ralph Lewis Henry B. Walthall
cowboy outlaw rodeo rider boss father son melodramatic rousing suspenseful mexico mine desert rodeo american west false accusations horse thieves kidnapping father/son relationship redemption romance
John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
Western
USA
1959
81 Minutes
Susan Hayward Jeff Chandler Jacques Bergerac Blanche Yurka Carl Esmond Fortunio Bonanova Bertrand Castelli Veda Ann Borg Pedro de Córdoba Felix Locher
immigrant homesteader winemaker farmer native american warrior scout gripping melodramatic suspenseful wagon train mountain wild west missouri california old west pioneering love triangle native americans immigrants journey
1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
Western
USA
2010
101 Minutes
Michelle Williams Bruce Greenwood Will Patton Zoe Kazan Paul Dano Shirley Henderson Neal Huff Tommy Nelson Rod Rondeaux
guide settler native american wife racist husband tense solemn desert oregon mountain wagon train pioneering struggle survival lost journey hysteria adventure rivalry
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Western
USA
1976
99 Minutes
John Wayne Lauren Bacall James Stewart Ron Howard Richard Boone Hugh O'Brian Harry Morgan Rick Lenz John Carradine Sheree North Scatman Crothers
gunslinger outlaw innkeeper son sheriff ex-lover gritty gutsy moving carson city, nev. american west cancer swan song revenge notoriety death quest rivalry 1900s
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Western
USA
1932
59 Minutes
Lane Chandler Sally Darling Neal Hart Yakima Canutt John Ince Charles Whitaker
gunslinger adoptive father love interest rival father son engaging wild west small town ranch saloon family home land dispute murder father/son relationship showdown mentorship adventure quest 19th century
Gunfighter Ken Wayne gets hired at Thorton's sheep ranch to help fight the cattleman Moran and his gang. In Moran's gang is Whispering Carlyle, the man that raised Wayne and taught him how ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Charlton Heston Joan Hackett Donald Pleasence Lee Majors Bruce Dern Ben Johnson Slim Pickens Clifton James Anthony Zerbe Roy Jenson G.D. Spradlin
cowboy farmer preacher son mother gritty wild west farmhouse cabin ranch aging rehabilitation loneliness love transformation revenge 1890s
Aging cowboy Will Penny gets a line camp job on a large cattle spread and finds his isolated cabin is already occupied by a husbandless woman and her young son.