20 movies like Fort Bowie, ordered by similarity : The Deserter(1971), Man in the Saddle(1951), Duel in the Sun(1946), Vengeance Valley(1951), The Yellow Tomahawk(1954), A Thunder of Drums(1961), Bugles in the Afternoon(1952), Tomahawk Trail(1957), Rancho Notorious(1952), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1967), For a Few Dollars More(1965), War Drums(1957) ...
Western
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Ben Johnson Jan Harrison Kent Taylor Jana Davi Larry Chance Peter Mamakos Jerry Frank Barbara Parry Ed Hinton Johnny Western J. Ian Douglas
captain major colonel cavalryman wife apache fiery gripping tense thrilling fort arizona desert covered wagon massacre dangerous mission false accusations betrayal siege cross-cultural romance
At Fort Bowie, Captain Thompson favors peace talks but Major Wharton advocates war with the renegade Apaches led by Chief Victorio.
Western
Italy|Yugoslavia|USA
1971
99 Minutes
Bekim Fehmiu John Huston Richard Crenna Chuck Connors Ricardo Montalban Ian Bannen Brandon de Wilde Slim Pickens Woody Strode Albert Salmi
deserter general colonel engineer wife scout gritty gripping arizona fort mexico hill desert mission battle native americans massacre desertion redemption quest
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Western
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Randolph Scott Joan Leslie Ellen Drew Alexander Knox Richard Rober John Russell Alfonso Bedoya Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Clem Bevans Cameron Mitchell Richard Crane
man rancher ex-girlfriend lover gunman jealous man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping bleak gory ranch school wild west jealousy hiding danger fear fighting
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Western
USA
1946
130 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Herbert Marshall Walter Huston Butterfly McQueen Charles Bickford Tilly Losch Harry Carey
orphan aunt senator outlaw rancher son passionate tense ranch desert texas love-hate relationship love triangle doomed romance cross-cultural romance family dysfunction love revenge rivalry 19th century
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Western
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Robert Walker Joanne Dru Sally Forrest John Ireland Carleton Carpenter Hugh O'Brian
foreman rancher brother rival mother wife tense thrilling colorado ranch jail household adoption jealousy sibling rivalry framed illegitimate child infidelity rivalry revenge
The sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire.
Western
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Rory Calhoun Peggie Castle Noah Beery Jr. Warner Anderson Peter Graves Lee Van Cleef Rita Moreno Walter Reed Dan Riss Adam Williams Ned Glass
major cavalryman fiancée tribal leader cheyenne warrior native american brutal tense disheartening melodramatic wyoming territory fort plains battlefield american west frontier massacre american indian wars cross-cultural relations friendship
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
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
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
1957
61 Minutes
Chuck Connors John Smith Susan Cummings George N. Neise Lisa Montell Robert Knapp Eddie Little Sky Frederick Ford
apache cavalry sergeant commanding officer captive daughter soldier gutsy thrilling spirited tense fort trail arizona frontier desert massacre military life power struggle kidnapping survival
An incompetent cavalry lieutenant leads his patrol into an Apache ambush on the Tomahawk Trail, gets wounded in a skirmish, and loses the command to his sergeant.
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
Italy|Spain|West Germany|USA
1967
161 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach Lee Van Cleef Aldo Giuffré Chelo Alonso Mario Brega Luigi Pistilli Rada Rassimov
stranger bandit criminal killer union soldier bounty hunter amusing brutal gritty tense bleak gripping desert jail small town abandoned town southwest u.s. prison camp greed theft
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
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
1957
75 Minutes
Lex Barker Joan Taylor Ben Johnson Larry Chance Richard Cutting John Pickard James Parnell John Colicos
apache trader native american warrior squaw judge mexican fiery tense village mining camp settlement frontier cross-cultural romance love triangle gold friendship adventure love rivalry revenge
The friendship between a white man and an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman during a time of frontier conflict.
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, Action
1956
78 Minutes
Randolph Scott Gail Russell Lee Marvin Walter Reed John Larch Don "Red" Barry Fred Graham John Beradino John Phillips Chuck Roberson Steve Mitchell
retired sheriff married man married woman killer bandit robber emotional engaging brooding fiery tense striking wild west vengeance grief husband/wife relationship secret gold death of spouse revenge
A rancher (Randolph Scott) hunts down those responsible for killing his wife during a Wells Fargo holdup.
Western
USA
1930
126 Minutes
fur trapper woman gambler villain henchman pioneer rousing emotional gutsy thrilling oregon trail american west wilderness river desert woods westward expansion frontier life survival vigilantism
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
John Payne Ruth Roman J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Smith Ben Johnson James Griffith Mary Adams
robber father son brother young boy mother fiery tense gripping rousing arizona small town family home ranch desert bank death of child false accusations cowardice accidental killing
After the Civil War, in a Yankee town five Confederates find trouble when one of them accidentally shoots a local young boy.
Western
USA
1952
77 Minutes
Audie Murphy Faith Domergue Stephen McNally Susan Cabot Gerald Mohr Eugene Iglesias
miner outlaw marshal beautiful woman gunslinger girlfriend gritty thrilling suspenseful mine mining town american west cave land claim mining teamwork romance false accusations murder revenge
Marshal Tyrone and the Silver Kid form an uneasy alliance against a gang of claim jumpers.
Western
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden Mercedes McCambridge Scott Brady Ward Bond Ben Cooper Ernest Borgnine John Carradine Royal Dano Frank Ferguson Paul Fix
owner rancher friend townsperson cowboy gunslinger intense thrilling saloon small town hideout arizona robbery mob violence showdown passion railroad rivalry quest underdog
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
Western
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott David Brian Phyllis Thaxter Helena Carter Dickie Jones Ray Teal Michael Tolan Paul Picerni Emerson Treacy Bob Steele Walter Sande
newspaper owner friend love interest outlaw cattleman ex-girlfriend gritty tense kansas ranch fort worth, texas newsroom railroad newspapers friendship betrayal cattle vigilantism rivalry revenge
Civil War veteran and former newspaper man Ned Britt returns back to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.
Western
USA
1945
91 Minutes
John Wayne Ann Dvorak Joseph Schildkraut William Frawley Virginia Grey Russell Hicks Jack Norton Paul Fix Manart Kippen Marc Lawrence Butterfly McQueen
man gambler gambling addict rancher cowboy thief thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal san francisco montana danger fear fighting criminal past adventure discovery rivalry
Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Tito, goes home and PL: learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a ... See full summary »