20 movies like Only the Valiant, ordered by similarity : Rio Grande(1950), White Feather(1955), They Rode West(1954), Day of the Outlaw(1959), A Fistful of Dynamite(1971), They Died With Their Boots On(1941), 633 Squadron(1964), Hostiles(2017), Springfield Rifle(1952), A Thunder of Drums(1961), The Squaw Man(1914), Raiders of Old California(1957) ...
Western
USA
1951
105 Minutes
Gregory Peck Barbara Payton Gig Young Ward Bond Lon Chaney Neville Brand Jeff Corey Warner Anderson Steve Brodie Dan Riss Terry Kilburn
leader officer captain gory mission mountain respect reputation military transformation
A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.
Western
USA
1950
105 Minutes
John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Ben Johnson Harry Carey Jr. Victor McLaglen Claude Jarman Jr. Chill Wills J. Carrol Naish
military officer soldier son wife indian emotional thrilling texas military base river family redemption father/son relationship marriage transformation growing up love 1860s
A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
Western
USA
1955
102 Minutes
Robert Wagner Debra Paget Jeffrey Hunter John Lund Eduard Franz Noah Beery Jr. Virginia Leith Emile Meyer Hugh O'Brian Milburn Stone Iron Eyes Cody
surveyor military officer native american warrior love interest beautiful woman melodramatic striking wyoming military base indian territory peace treaty interracial romance indian wars jealousy forbidden love revenge transformation 1870s
In 1877 Wyoming, during the peace negotiations between the Cheyenne and the USA, an Indian girl falls in-love with a land surveyor, causing the ire of her Cheyenne fiance.
Western
USA
1954
84 Minutes
Robert Francis Donna Reed Donna Lee Hickey Philip Carey Onslow Stevens Peggy Converse Roy Roberts Jack Kelly Stuart Randall Eugene Iglesias Frank de Kova
commanding officer doctor native american medicine man army officer captain gripping suspenseful emotional army camp wilderness tent cabin wild west military medicine native americans enemies moral dilemma old west
A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.
Western
USA
1959
91 Minutes
Robert Ryan Burl Ives Tina Louise Alan Marshal Nehemiah Persoff Venetia Stevenson Donald Elson Helen Westcott Robert Cornthwaite Jack Lambert
cattleman farmer cavalry captain wife foreman brutal confident gripping tense bitters, wyo. mountain ranch feud bank heist outlaws hostage situation small-town life rivalry sacrifice transformation
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
Western
1971
139 Minutes
Rod Steiger James Coburn Romolo Valli Maria Monti Rik Battaglia Franco Graziosi Antoine Saint-John Goffredo Pistoni Roy Bosier John Frederick Anthony Vernon
revolutionary bandit bank robber soldier military officer prisoner cool confident mexico small town bank cave revolution robbery political repression transformation pursuit 1910s
A thief and a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary inadvertently become embroiled in the Mexican Revolution.
Western
USA
1941
138 Minutes
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Arthur Kennedy Charley Grapewin Gene Lockhart Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Sydney Greenstreet Regis Toomey Hattie McDaniel
general wife american indian chief father soldier thrilling spectacular confident patriotic battlefield military academy montana gen. george armstrong custer american civil war military life leadership indian wars sacrifice quest 1870s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
War
UK|USA
1964
101 Minutes
Cliff Robertson George Chakiris Maria Perschy Harry Andrews Donald Houston Michael Goodliffe
pilot soldier british officer nazi resistance fighter sister patriotic tense solemn inspiring norway england mountain fjord airplane military base world war ii secret mission suicide mission aviation
An RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.
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
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
1961
97 Minutes
Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten Arthur O'Connell Charles Bronson Richard Chamberlain Duane Eddy James Douglas Tammy Marihugh Carol Wells Slim Pickens
captain lieutenant beautiful woman soldier native american warrior rookie melodramatic tense wild west desert fort battle romance love triangle native americans military life competition transformation love rivalry
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Western
USA
1914
78 Minutes
Cecil B. DeMille Dustin Farnum Winifred Kingston Red Wing Monroe Salisbury Billy Elmer Richard L'Estrange Foster Knox Joseph Singleton Dick La Reno Fred Montague
british officer brother wife native american woman rancher son melodramatic solemn england new york city wyoming bar mountain ranch embezzlement self-sacrifice new identity marriage tragic death family honor
A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.
Western
USA
1957
72 Minutes
Jim Davis Arleen Whelan Faron Young Marty Robbins Lee Van Cleef Louis Jean Heydt Harry Lauter Douglas Fowley Larry Dobkin Bill Coontz Don Diamond
father judge settler wife sergeant captain brash thrilling spirited southern california house courtroom small town wild west land grab frontier life military justice law and order old west
At the end of the Mexican-American War, a crooked U.S. Cavalry Captain and his men force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands and large hacienda over to the Captain.
Western
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Coleen Gray Keith Larsen Tom Tully Jimmy Wakely Tudor Owen Lee Van Cleef John Pickard
deserter army officer leader melodramatic thrilling suspenseful wild west united states stolen identity desertion leadership battle soldiers native americans adventure pursuit 1950s
A cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
116 Minutes
Jean Arthur Marlene Dietrich John Lund Millard Mitchell Peter von Zerneck Stanley Prager
congresswoman military officer singer witty engaging berlin nightclub military base office nazism world war ii political corruption love triangle love quest transformation 1940s
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
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
1959
141 Minutes
John Wayne Dean Martin Ricky Nelson Angie Dickinson Walter Brennan Ward Bond John Russell Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Estelita Rodriguez Claude Akins Bob Steele
sheriff drunk crippled man rancher gunslinger gambler amusing tense mushy gutsy rio bravo hotel jail ranch saloon frontier justice gambling false accusations romance alcoholism
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Documentary
USA
2007
81 Minutes
interviewee historian professor soldier marine military officer inspiring somber office movie set iraq afghanistan military base battlefield literature horrors of war iraq war afghanistan war history transformation
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur Jimmy Ellison Charles Bickford Porter Hall Victor Varconi Helen Burgess John Miljan George "Gabby" Hayes Paul Harvey Frank McGlynn
military officer cowboy indian buffalo bill tense thrilling american west battle cowboys native people adventure sacrifice 1870s
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Western
1968
105 Minutes
Jean-Louis Trintignant Klaus Kinski Frank Wolff Luigi Pistilli Vonetta McGee Mario Brega Carlo D'Angelo Marisa Merlini Vonette McGee
mute person gunman corrupt businessman enemy widow bounty hunter suspenseful shocking raw thrilling gory utah mountain wilderness fear bounty hunters gunfight poverty trust murder
The mountains in winter provide the backdrop for this tale of a mute gunslinger who battles a band of bounty hunters.