20 movies like Kit Carson, ordered by similarity : The Way West(1967), Canyon Passage(1946), Major Dundee(1965), The Battle at Apache Pass(1952), Bugles in the Afternoon(1952), Kentucky Rifle(1956), Hostiles(2017), Rancho Notorious(1952), For a Few Dollars More(1965), Wagon Wheels(1934), Thunder in the Sun(1959), Meek's Cutoff(2010) ...
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
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
1946
92 Minutes
Dana Andrews Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward Patricia Roc Ward Bond Andy Devine Rose Hobart Halliwell Hobbes Lloyd Bridges Stanley Ridges Dorothy Peterson
shop owner fiancée banker gambler best friend love interest spirited wild powerful oregon saloon frontier general store cabin portland, ore. romantic dilemma love triangle old west frontier life crime
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Western
USA
1965
124 Minutes
Charlton Heston Richard Harris Jim Hutton James Coburn Michael Anderson Jr. Senta Berger Mario Adorf Brock Peters Warren Oates Ben Johnson R. G. Armstrong
officer criminal prisoner of war deserter widow native american tense new mexico territory fort mexico village war kidnapping teamwork quest pursuit rivalry 1860s
In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
John Lund Jeff Chandler Susan Cabot Beverly Tyler Bruce Cowling John Hudson James Best Regis Toomey Richard Egan Hugh O'Brian Palmer Lee
american pioneer love interest native american native american chief soldier engaging gory gripping intense powerful tense united states new mexico territory battlefield ranch civil war territorial disputes fight to the death rivalry
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Ray Milland Helena Carter Hugh Marlowe Forrest Tucker George Reeves Gertrude Michael
cavalry captain native american native american chief native american warrior rival army officer brash gutsy patriotic rousing tense montana battlefield dakota territory fort rivalry demotion battle of the little bighorn love interest love triangle
After violently attacking a fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, cavalry Captain Kern Shafter is court martialled. Later, he rejoins the army with Custer's regiment at Fort Lincoln, Dakota, becoming a sergeant, where he runs into his old foe.
Western
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Chill Wills Lance Fuller Cathy Downs Jess Barker Jeanne Cagney Sterling Holloway Henry Hull John Alvin Rory Mallinson John Pickard George Keymas
wagon master passenger american indian pioneer repairman negotiator tense emotional engaging wagon wagon train wilderness frontier guns greed travel race relations ultimatum stranded rivalry
While the wagon train forges ahead, a few people stay behind to repair a disabled rifle-filled wagon but they have to contend with one another's ego and with aggressive Comanches who demand the rifles as payment for safe passage.
Drama, History, Western
USA
2017
133 Minutes
Christian Bale Rosamund Pike Wes Studi Jesse Plemons Adam Beach Rory Cochrane Peter Mullan Scott Wilson Paul Anderson Timothée Chalamet Ben Foster
native american chief soldier commanding officer widow native american traveler brutal tense gritty raw emotional gory new mexico montana desert plains fort town american indian wars native americans
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
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
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.
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
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
1951
118 Minutes
Robert Taylor Denise Darcel Jacqueline Wells Beverly Dennis John McIntire Hope Emerson Lenore Lonergan Marilyn Erskine
prostitute trail guide mail-order bride pregnant woman native american cook amusing bleak sad gritty thrilling california chicago wild west camp wilderness wagon train marriage journey death
A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently began settling there.
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
1968
109 Minutes
Gregory Peck Eva Marie Saint Robert Forster Noland Clay Russ Thorson Frank Silvera Lonny Chapman Lou Frizzell Henry Beckman Charles Tyner Richard Bull
scout native american woman warrior son intense gritty arizona territory new mexico desert cabin wild west native americans relocation captivity mother/child relationship old west escape discovery rescue
A sympathetic retired army scout takes-in a white woman and her half-Apache son, not knowing that the boy's father, a murderous renegade Apache, is after them.
Adventure, Western, Drama
USA|Mexico
1948
124 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston Tim Holt Herman Brix Barton MacLane Alfonso Bedoya
wanderer prospector thief police officer gritty engaging tense mexico mountain wilderness boardinghouse aspirations expedition greed paranoia competition survival adventure discovery quest
Two Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Western
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Gregory Peck Joan Collins Stephen Boyd Albert Salmi Henry Silva Kathleen Gallant Barry Coe George Voskovec Herbert Rudley Lee Van Cleef Ada Carrasco
cowboy outlaw ex-girlfriend daughter young woman gritty tense suspenseful wild west new mexico small town ranch prairie kidnapping chase rape murder mission revenge discovery
A man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.
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.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Loretta Young William Holden Robert Mitchum Gary Gray Tom Tully Sara Haden Frank Ferguson Walter Baldwin Regina Wallace Frank Conlan
widower indentured servant friend son settler native american tense emotional thrilling ohio wilderness cabin settlement pioneering marriage parenthood jealousy love triangle quest love
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of his old friend threatens their burgeoning relationship.
Western
USA
1948
110 Minutes
Errol Flynn Ann Sheridan Thomas Mitchell Herman Brix Tom D'Andrea Barton MacLane Monte Blue Jonathan Hale Alan Bridge Arthur Space Art Baker
veteran best friend rival singer husband lawyer engaging confident tense missouri town riverboat nevada bank casino gambling finance mining new life independence
After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.