20 movies like River of No Return, ordered by similarity : God's Country and the Man(1937), The Proud Rebel(1958), Hidden Guns(1956), The Far Country(1955), The Naked Hills(1956), The Fighting Deputy(1937), Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die(1971), The Man From Laramie(1955), Beyond the Purple Hills(1950), Prairie Badmen(1946), The Badlanders(1958), Broken Lance(1954) ...
Western
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Marilyn Monroe Rory Calhoun Tommy Rettig Murvyn Vye Douglas Spencer Ed Hinton Don Beddoe Claire Andre Jack Mather Edmund Cobb
farmer son singer boyfriend miner ex-convict thrilling melodramatic pacific northwest boomtown saloon river countryside robbery revenge greed gold father/son relationship survival pursuit
The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others.
Western
USA
1937
56 Minutes
Tom Keene Betty Compson Charlotte Henry Charles King Billy Bletcher Ed Parker Bob McKenzie Merrill McCormick
son ex-girlfriend blacksmith bandit daughter robber thrilling brash melodramatic montana blacksmith's workshop house saloon frontier murder search schemes robbery unlikely allies old west
Cowboy and his friends set out to track down his father's killer. On the way, they discover a vein of gold. The killer finds out about it, and returns to try to take it from them.
Western
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger David Ladd Cecil Kellaway Henry Hull
father son doctor dog farmer sheriff suspenseful melodramatic heartwarming illinois doctor's office farm wild west general store forest father/son relationship grief disability new town wrongful conviction
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.
Western
USA
1956
66 Minutes
Herman Brix Richard Arlen John Carradine Faron Young Lloyd Corrigan Angie Dickinson Damian O'Flynn Irving Bacon Tom Hubbard Ron Kennedy Bill Ward
gambler sheriff son gunslinger saloon owner resident thrilling melodramatic small town courtroom saloon hotel law and order corruption justice masculinity crime father/son relationship rivalry growing up
The outlaw Stragg has the town so intimidated that no one will speak against him no matter what he does. Sheriff Young heads for a nearby town, where there is a witness willing to testify. ... See full summary »
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
1956
73 Minutes
David Wayne Keenan Wynn James Barton Marcia Henderson Jim Backus Denver Pyle Myrna Dell Lewis Russell Frank Fenton Fuzzy Knight
prospector business partner wife son investor engaging sad wild indiana farm stockton, calif. hillside work vs. family ambition gold rush father/son relationship bad luck greed temptation underdog
In 1849, an Indiana farmer develops a life-long gold fever and an obsession with finding the 'mother lode' in the Californian hills.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Fred Scott Al St. John Marjorie Beebe Eddie Holden Charles King Frank LaRue Lafe McKee Phoebe Logan Sherry Tansey Jack C. Smith Jack Evans
father sheriff son deputy fiancée outlaw thrilling spirited brash wild west ranch arizona wedding robbery murder vengeance gunfight father/son relationship estrangement revenge
The Sheriff and his deputies are after Scar Adams. Scar is the brother of Alice Denton, the girl Deputy Tom plans to marry, and when the Sheriff is wounded she makes Tom refuse the job of ... See full summary »
Western, Drama
Italy
1971
95 Minutes
Brad Harris José Torres Gisella Hahn Gino Lavagetto Maretta Procaccini Andrea Scotti Dean Reese
gunslinger bandit mexican robber sheriff airy suspenseful thrilling patriotic gory tucson, ariz. prison saloon cemetery western films false accusations robbery fight for justice revenge pursuit
A debt collector gets involved in a dangerous situation when a corrupt businessman he retrieved 100,000 dollars for doesn't want to pay him his usual percentage for his services.
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
James Stewart Arthur Kennedy Donald Crisp Cathy O'Donnell Alex Nicol Aline MacMahon Wallace Ford Jack Elam John War Eagle James Millican Gregg Barton
lawman rancher son foreman spirited fiery brooding thrilling new mexico desert ranch family deception justice father/son relationship power struggle pursuit revenge fall 1860s
Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
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
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
1958
85 Minutes
Alan Ladd Ernest Borgnine Katy Jurado Claire Kelly Kent Smith Nehemiah Persoff Robert Ernhardt Anthony Caruso Adam Williams Ford Rainey John Day
ex-convict robber deputy prostitute miner explosives expert rousing confident arizona mine prison gold heist bigotry revenge betrayal revenge adventure 1890s
Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge but their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Western
USA
1930
61 Minutes
Ken Maynard Jeanette Loff Wallace MacDonald Carmelita Geraghty William L. Thorne Charles King Fred Burns Bill Nestell Tommy Bay John Fowler Charles Baldra
henchman niece miner bar owner barmaid gambler engaging rousing thrilling house stagecoach saloon mine wild west greed frame-up schemes justice murder swindling
Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
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
1942
82 Minutes
Richard Dix Leo Carrillo Preston Foster Frances Gifford Robert Barrat Jack LaRue Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Cliff Edwards Merrill Rodin Chris-Pin Martin Richard Webb
friend partner cattleman wife son sister gritty dense texas river boat ranch town house greed ranchers gunfight land claim accidental death new life
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Adventure, Action, Western, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|United Arab Emirates|New Zealand
2016
95 Minutes
Alice Eve Graham McTavish Jack Davenport Richard O'Brien Cohen Holloway Gillian MacGregor Glen Levy Stan Walker Stig Eldred Lukas Hinch Emily Corcoran
mother son missing person maori englishwoman murderer intense gripping tense new zealand countryside missing persons kidnapping violence rescue revenge gold rush discovery pursuit rescue
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.
Western
USA
2016
104 Minutes
Ethan Hawke John Travolta Taissa Farmiga James Ransone Karen Gillan Toby Huss Tommy Nohilly Larry Fessenden Burn Gorman
mysterious drifter dog marshal son wife misfit brash brooding intense wild west town saloon plains jail street violence mysterious strangers fighting ambush anger
A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.
Action, Western
USA
2016
98 Minutes
Natalie Portman Joel Edgerton Noah Emmerich Rodrigo Santoro Boyd Holbrook Ewan McGregor Alex Manette Todd Stashwick James Burnett
woman outlaw husband daughter ex-boyfriend thug brooding emotional intense wild west farm house saloon plains barn outlaws revenge ex-boyfriends determination survival
A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.
Western
Italy|France
1969
115 Minutes
John Phillip Law Lee Van Cleef Luigi Pistilli Mario Brega Anthony Dawson José Torres Franco Balducci Guglielmo Spoletini
vigilante gunslinger bandit sheriff father ex-convict raw tense thrilling wild west town prison vigilantism murder betrayal robbery violence manhunt revenge pursuit
A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1958
90 Minutes
Clint Walker Virginia Mayo Brian Keith Richard Eyer Russ Conway Michael Dante
native american comanche warrior fugitive widow son boy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful wild west farm fort frontier town on the run unlikely romance mob mentality journey wrongfully accused helping others
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.