20 movies like King of the Pecos, ordered by similarity : The Restless Breed(1957), Riders of the Purple Sage(1925), For a Few Dollars More(1965), The Left Handed Gun(1958), High Lonesome(1950), The Kid(2019), Rancho Notorious(1952), When the Daltons Rode(1940), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962), Panhandle(1948), Desert Phantom(1936), Big Calibre(1935) ...
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
John Wayne Muriel Evans Cyrus W. Kendall Arthur Aylesworth Herbert Heywood Frank Glendon Edward Hearn Mary MacLaren
lawyer judge cattleman murderer young boy grandfather brooding gritty unrestrained austin, texas sweetwater, texas pecos river ranch frontier courtroom death of parents witnessing murder land dispute law justice
Texas cattle baron Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents ten years earlier. Now a lawyer, Clayborn tries legally to break up Stiles' water monopoly and rustling operation. When that fails he must use force.
Western
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Scott Brady Anne Bancroft Jay C. Flippen Jim Davis Rhys Williams Leo Gordon Scott Marlowe Eddy Waller Harry Cheshire Myron Healey Gerald Milton
lawyer father murderer woman gangster sheriff intense gory suspenseful thrilling patriotic brooding texas saloon mexico sheriff's office western films gangsters bandits murder
A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.
Western
USA
1925
56 Minutes
Tom Mix Beatrice Burnham Arthur Morrison Seessel Anne Johnson Warner Oland Fred Kohler Charles Newton Joe Rickson Mabel Ballin Charles LeMoyne Harold Goodwin
lawman sister daughter rancher lawyer thug rousing suspenseful striking spirited texas ranch courtroom cave range town kidnapping assumed identity family search
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
Western
1965
132 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef Gian Maria Volonte Josef Egger Mara Krup Rosemarie Dexter Klaus Kinski Mario Brega
bounty hunter rival colonel outlaw woman adult gritty intense emotional wild west texas new mexico train saloon bank teamwork crime murder betrayal partnership
A man with no name (Clint Eastwood) and a man with a mission (Lee Van Cleef) hunt a Mexican bandit (Gian Maria Volonte) for different reasons.
Crime, Western, Drama
USA
1958
102 Minutes
Paul Newman Lita Milan John Dehner Hurd Hatfield James Congdon James Best Colin Keith-Johnston John Dierkes Wally Brown Ainslie Pryor Martin Garralaga
outlaw pat garrett friend wife sheriff rancher brooding tense new mexico territory wild west small town ranch billy the kid fugitives stand-off murder friendship frontier justice quest pursuit
After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
Western
USA
1950
80 Minutes
John Barrymore Jr. Chill Wills John Archer Basil Ruysdael Jack Elam Dave Kashner
stranger foreman rancher cowboy rival murder suspect suspenseful intricate striking cattle ranch texas wild west trading post investigation family feud land dispute murder wrongfully accused vengeance revenge
When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.
Western, Drama
USA
2019
100 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Dane DeHaan Jake Schur Leila George Adam Baldwin Chris Pratt Charlie Chappell Clint Obenchain Chris Bylsma Chad Dashnaw Benjamin Dickey
billy the kid mother teenager uncle father lawman brash brooding gripping thrilling tense frontier american southwest house billy the kid frontier justice on the run murder outlaws escape
The story of a young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid's encounter with Sheriff Pat Garrett.
Western
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Mel Ferrer Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Gough Gloria Henry William Frawley Lisa Ferraday John Raven Jack Elam George Reeves Frank Ferguson
man matron killer thief fiancée outlaw gritty intense wild west general store jail ranch hideout bank murder betrayal investigation deception robbery quest
After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.
Western
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott Kay Francis Brian Donlevy George Bancroft Broderick Crawford Stuart Erwin Andy Devine Frank Albertson Mary Gordon Harvey Stephens Edgar Dearing
pioneer outlaw railroad baron rancher lawyer sheriff thrilling gripping kansas frontier ranch courtroom land claim false accusations murder trial family on the run rivalry underdog
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Western
USA
1948
85 Minutes
Rod Cameron Cathy Downs Reed Hadley Anne Gwynne Blake Edwards Dick Crockett Rory Mallinson
gunslinger cowboy gambler outlaw saloon owner love interest tense rousing texas ranch wild west small town saloon hotel justice murder retribution cowboys love triangle old west
John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.
Western
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Sheila Bromley Ted Adams Carl Hackett Hal Price Nelson McDowell Charles King Forrest Taylor Frank Ball
gunslinger rancher disabled person father ranch hand outlaw engaging melodramatic suspenseful ranch texas plains mine investigation gold murder strange happenings mystery 1930s
Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where the mysterious Phantom has killed all the hands, it's not long before the Phantom shoots him.
Western
USA
1935
59 Minutes
son mad scientist murderer sheriff beautiful woman lawyer confident outlandish rousing border town jail ranch laboratory cave bank murder investigation false accusations robbery on the run
Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. ... See full summary »
Romance, Western
USA
1959
94 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Carolyn Jones Earl Holliman Brad Dexter Brian G. Hutton Ziva Rodann Bing Russell
marshal wife rancher murderer henchman accomplice gripping wild west small town ranch street murder stand-off corruption justice pursuit revenge 19th century
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.
Comedy, Western
1972
120 Minutes
Paul Newman Victoria Principal Anthony Perkins Jacqueline Bisset Ava Gardner Tab Hunter John Huston Stacy Keach Roddy McDowall Ned Beatty Anthony Zerbe
outlaw beautiful woman friend teacher singer murderer gritty quirky texas small town saloon river law and order justice robbery money death rescue quest 1900s
A small-time outlaw takes over a town by dispensing his own form of justice and confiscating property for court costs.
Western
USA
1975
107 Minutes
John Wayne Katharine Hepburn Anthony Zerbe Richard Jordan John McIntire Strother Martin Richard Romancito Warren Vanders Tommy Lee Jon Lormer Paul Koslo
judge lawman spinster daughter outlaw native american witty gripping rousing emotional american west trail school courtroom river raft old west murder thievery unlikely allies
Marshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down her father's murderers.
Western
USA
1982
90 Minutes
Willie Nelson Gary Busey Gilbert Roland Isela Vega Danny De La Paz Alma Martinez George Voskovec Sharon Compton Howland Chamberlin
outlaw father-in-law farmer bandit young man mentor crafty suspenseful texas mexico survival murder robbery chases escape pursuit 19th century
A young cowboy hooks up with a legendary outlaw, and before long both are on the run from the law.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Molly O'Day Al St. John Lafe McKee Ted Adams Fred Burns Curley Baldwin Martin Garralaga Broderick O'Farrell James Sheridan Glenn Strange
cowboy sidekick young woman father lawyer sheriff spirited confident positive valley hill cattle ranch settlement sheriff's office cowboys vigilantism outlaws cattle ranchers justice land grab
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Harry Woods Tully Marshall Alan Bridge Glenn Strange Dorothy Granger Edmund Cobb
gene autry sidekick rancher smuggler henchman marshal spirited rousing positive frontier montana canadian border cattle ranch range fur trade cattle ranchers justice undercover operations smuggling murder
Autry follows a clue written on a rock by a dead man to get to a smuggling operation near the Canadian border.
Western, Drama, History
Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Bryan Brown Matt Day Tremayne Doolan Anni Finsterer Natassia Gorey Furber Gibson John Ewen Leslie Hamilton Morris Sam Neill Thomas M. Wright
aboriginal murderer farmer murder victim runaway office worker emotional gripping intense sad somber uneasy australian outback cattle ranch outdoors manhunt on the run murder law justice
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Western
USA
1947
56 Minutes
Lash La Rue Al St. John Jennifer Holt William Fawcett Jack Ingram Lane Bradford
marshal partner outlaw sheriff ranger victim gritty engaging frontier small town sheriff's office frontier justice murder lawlessness farming corruption adventure pursuit 1800s
Judd and his gang are driving the ranchers away. When Lash and Fuzzy arrest them, the Sheriff lets them go. Lash expected this and he hopes to follow them to their leader, the person he is really after.