20 movies like Forbidden Trails, ordered by similarity : The Far Country(1955), 20 Mule Team(1940), Fugitive Valley(1941), Panhandle(1948), For a Few Dollars More(1965), Warlock(1959), Seven Ways From Sundown(1960), Terror in a Texas Town(1958), Station West(1948), Honky Tonk(1941), Beyond the Purple Hills(1950), God Forgives, I Don't(1967) ...
Western
USA
1941
55 Minutes
Buck Jones Tim McCoy Raymond Hatton Tristram Coffin Charles King Glenn Strange Lynton Brent Hal Price Dave O'Brien Christine McIntyre Richard Alexander
marshal convict partner friend fiancée saloon owner gritty rousing texas city barn saloon wagon attempted murder fire duplicity ambush swindling wedding revenge
When two outlaws are released from prison, they travel to Arizona to "take care of" the newly retired Marshal that put them behind bars.
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
1940
82 Minutes
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Ray Corrigan John "Dusty" King Max Terhune Julie Duncan Glenn Strange Bob Kortman Ed Brady Tom London Reed Howes Carl Matthews Edward Piel Sr.
deputy partner nurse bandit marshal sheriff rousing thrilling engaging texas jail valley hideout saloon outlaws secret identity search murder unlikely allies working undercover
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley. The Sheriff puts Crash and Langdon in jail together and then has Dusty break them out. Langdon then leads ... See full summary »
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
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
1959
121 Minutes
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Anthony Quinn Dorothy Malone Dolores Michaels Wallace Ford Tom Drake Richard Arlen DeForest Kelley Regis Toomey Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger sidekick townsperson sheriff outlaw old flame gritty suspenseful utah mining town saloon law enforcement showdown murder corruption redemption romance quest rivalry revenge
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Western
USA
1960
87 Minutes
Audie Murphy Barry Sullivan Venetia Stevenson John McIntire Kenneth Tobey Mary Field Ken Lynch Suzanne Lloyd Ward Ramsey Don Collier Jack Kruschen
texas ranger outlaw veteran lieutenant sergeant love interest tense thrilling texas small town office cabin saloon jail manhunt inexperience secret friendship deception ambush
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
Western
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Sebastian Cabot Carol Kelly Eugene Martin Ned Young Victor Millan Frank Ferguson Marilee Earle Tyler McVey
whaler land baron sheriff gunslinger father gutsy raw prairie city, tex. saloon american west oil speculation intimidation murder police corruption immigrants revenge 1880s
A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.
Western
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Dick Powell Jane Greer Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives Tom Powers Gordon Oliver Steve Brodie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Burr Regis Toomey Olin Howland
secret agent captain mine owner financier lawyer partner gritty dark saloon outpost mine hotel stagecoach mill undercover operations theft gold murder business romance
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Western
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Jo Dennison Don Beddoe James Millican Don Reynolds Hugh O'Brian Roy Gordon
gene autry judge son saloon owner brother bank manager spirited confident small town saloon bank law office dance hall hideout bank robbery frame-up father/son relationship murder gambling will and testament
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.
Western, Action
Italy|Spain
1967
97 Minutes
Terence Hill Frank Wolff Bud Spencer Gina Rovere Jose Manuel Martin Frank Braña Antonietta Fiorito Franco Gulà Tito García Giovanna Lenzi
bandit gunslinger card sharp cowgirl henchman insurance investigator dark gritty brutal suspenseful texas small town train saloon funeral outlaws train robbery grudge double-cross con game
After a train is robbed of its payroll, an insurance agent and a card-shark team-up to retrieve the loot from the bandits who guard it at a secret location near the Mexican border.
Western
USA
1948
56 Minutes
Roscoe Ates Phyllis Planchard Eileene Hardin Steve Drake Bob Duncan
cowboy sidekick rancher younger brother sheriff saloon owner spirited tense gutsy rousing american west small town ranch saloon ranchers murder land grab greed double-cross corruption
Singing lawman Eddie Dean and sidekick Soapy Jones help a city woman and her ne'er-do-well brother save their ranch from a ruthless cattle baron seeking silver.
Western
USA
1973
105 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Verna Bloom Mariana Hill Mitchell Ryan Jack Ging Stefan Gierasch Ted Hartley Billy Curtis
drifter outlaw dwarf innkeeper wife bleak gritty border town saloon desert barbershop revenge murder training robbery survival pursuit 1880s
A gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Western
USA
1943
55 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Iris Meredith I. Stanford Jolley Ted Adams Charles King James Mason Edward Piel Sr. Glenn Strange Carl Hackett
billy the kid friend banker gunman outlaw suspenseful spirited confident texas jail new mexico saloon frame-up wrongful conviction cattle rustling land grab justice reputation quest revenge
Billy breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy. There he runs into Mort Slade who is after a mortgage held by banker Ainsley. Slade's men rob the bank ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Hope Manning Sons of the Pioneers Cornelius Keefe Lon Chaney John Bradford Milburn Morante Abe Lefton Merrill McCormick
gangster witness singer sheriff saloon owner mobster rousing lighthearted arizona nightclub bus chicago saloon witnessing murder on the run murder organized crime investigation cowboys escape
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
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
1969
128 Minutes
John Wayne Glen Campbell Kim Darby Jeremy Slate Robert Duvall Dennis Hopper Alfred Ryder Strother Martin Jeff Corey Ron Soble John Fiedler
marshal tomboy texas ranger criminal doctor attorney amusing thrilling fort smith, ark. indian territory wilderness cabin store murder law enforcement teamwork reward revenge pursuit quest
A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.
Comedy, Western
USA
1970
73 Minutes
Walter Brennan Fred Astaire Edgar Buchanan Andy Devine Chill Wills Paul Richards Lana Wood Parley Baer Walter Burke Lillian Bronson
texas ranger marshal drunk outlaw friend retiree amusing lighthearted waco, texas wild west saloon friendship outlaws law and order cowboys old age old west rivalry rise rescue
Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.
Western
USA
1961
108 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Widmark Shirley Jones Linda Cristal Andy Devine John McIntire Paul Birch Willis Bouchey Henry Brandon Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey
marshal bar owner army officer comanche warrior wife abductee emotional gritty profound thrilling small town texas saloon wilderness wild west culture shock cross-cultural romance abduction racism bounty
A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.