20 movies like Sergeant Rutledge, ordered by similarity : The Outrage(1964), Sweet Country(2017), The Return of Frank James(1940), The Kid From Broken Gun(1952), Springfield Rifle(1952), Pursued(1947), The Man From Galveston(1963), King of the Pecos(1936), 3:10 to Yuma(1957), The Old Corral(1936), The Left Handed Gun(1958), Never Grow Old(2019) ...
Western
USA
1960
118 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Woody Strode Constance Towers Billie Burke Juano Hernandez Willis Bouchey Carleton Young Judson Pratt William Henry Walter Reed Chuck Hayward
defender defendant prosecutor judge witness wife intense uneasy army outpost fort arizona territory courtroom trial murder rape racial tension military mystery 1880s
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Western
USA
1964
95 Minutes
Paul Newman Laurence Harvey Claire Bloom Edward G. Robinson William Shatner Albert Salmi Thomas Chalmers Paul Fix Howard da Silva
outlaw wife husband con artist preacher prospector gripping intricate wild west wilderness courtroom train station trial rape murder lie truth storytelling mystery discovery
Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.
Western, Drama, History
Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Bryan Brown Matt Day Tremayne Doolan Anni Finsterer Natassia Gorey Furber Gibson John Ewen Leslie Hamilton Morris Sam Neill Thomas M. Wright
aboriginal murderer farmer murder victim runaway office worker emotional gripping intense sad somber uneasy australian outback cattle ranch outdoors manhunt on the run murder law justice
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Western
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Henry Fonda Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek Eddie Collins George Barbier Ernest Whitman Charles Tannen
cowboy murderer news reporter young man woman tense confident missouri colorado wild west court search retribution murder robbery trial pursuit revenge 19th century
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
Western
USA
1952
55 Minutes
Charles Starrett Jock Mahoney Angela Stevens Tristram Coffin Myron Healey Helen Mowery Mauritz Hugo Edgar Dearing Pat O'Malley John L. Cason
postal worker prosecutor thug optometrist girlfriend boxer suspenseful amusing patriotic post office courtroom jail roof new mexico small town justice trial relocation false accusations love triangle
When a guzzled prospector stumbles on the treasure of gold coins hidden by Mexican emperor Santa Ana, a myriad of malefactors, both outlaws and outwardly upstanding citizens resort to subterfuge and murder to obtain it.
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
1947
101 Minutes
Teresa Wright Robert Mitchum Judith Anderson Dean Jagger Alan Hale Harry Carey Jr. John Rodney Clifton Young
orphan foster brother foster mother foster child brother-in-law love interest brooding thrilling uneasy ranch american west adoption childhood trauma family violence attempted murder jealousy growing up mystery pursuit
A rancher's daughter (Teresa Wright) and stepson (Robert Mitchum) become lovers caught in a New Mexico family feud.
Western
USA
1963
57 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Preston Foster James Coburn Joanna Moore Edward Andrews Kevin Hagen Martin West Ed Nelson Karl Swenson Grace Lee Whitney
lawyer ex-girlfriend extortionist wrongly accused murder suspect sheriff brooding tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic engaging galveston, texas wrongfully accused innocence murder investigation court decision protecting girlfriend murder accusation escape
In 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
John Wayne Muriel Evans Cyrus W. Kendall Arthur Aylesworth Herbert Heywood Frank Glendon Edward Hearn Mary MacLaren
lawyer judge cattleman murderer young boy grandfather brooding gritty unrestrained austin, texas sweetwater, texas pecos river ranch frontier courtroom death of parents witnessing murder land dispute law justice
Texas cattle baron Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents ten years earlier. Now a lawyer, Clayborn tries legally to break up Stiles' water monopoly and rustling operation. When that fails he must use force.
Western
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Van Heflin Glenn Ford Felicia Farr Leora Dana Henry Jones Richard Jaeckel Robert Emhardt Sheridan Comerate
rancher murderer henchman brother marshal drunk gripping suspenseful wild west arizona small town police station train station countryside daunting task murder justice journey quest temptation
Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Western
Ireland|Belgium|France|Luxembourg|UK
2019
100 Minutes
Emile Hirsch John Cusack Danny Webb Antonia Campbell Hughes Paul Ronan Déborah François Blake Berris Paul Reid
outlaw gang member undertaker family member murderer victim brutal brash bleak tense gripping uneasy frontier small town house cemetery church california frontier life gang war
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Western
2018
86 Minutes
Caitlin Gerard Julia Goldani Telles Ashley Zukerman Miles Anderson Dylan McTee
woman husband ghost supernatural being newlywed couple creepy uneasy frightening thrilling intense wilderness frontier homestead supernatural mysterious strangers mystery relationships mystery adventure
When a frontierswoman in the 19th-century wilderness begins to sense a sinister presence, her dread is dismissed by her husband. But a newlywed couple arrives, amplifying fears and setting a shocking chain of events into motion.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
116 Minutes
Jon Finch Barry Foster Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Massey Alec McCowen Vivien Merchant Billie Whitelaw Jean Marsh Bernard Cribbins Michael Bates Clive Swift
murderer suspect ex-wife inspector murder suspect murder victim dark gritty thrilling suspenseful london bar market river office restaurant framed for murder murder manhunt serial murders
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Western
USA
1949
70 Minutes
Pat Buttram Gloria Henry Steve Darrell Robert Randall Mary Beth Hughes Alan Hale Jr. Tom London Hank Patterson
gene autry rancher cowgirl card player murder suspect daughter melodramatic suspenseful rousing arizona town saloon household jail false accusations murder old west justice frame-up law and order
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1960
82 Minutes
Audie Murphy Felicia Farr Stephen McNally Robert Middleton Rad Fulton Jan Merlin Herbert Rudley Allan Lane John Qualen Bob Steele
innocent man hostage sheriff murderer outlaw brash confident intense spirited wild west framed for murder hostage situation innocence quest 1880s
Mistaken for a murderous outlaw, an innocent passerby is forced to go on the run to try and clear his name by catching the real culprit.
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, 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
1932
60 Minutes
Bob Steele Gertrude Messinger Francis Macdonald Ray Haller John Elliott Arthur Millet V.L. Barnes Jose De La Cruz Dick Dickinson George "Gabby" Hayes Capt. Verner L. Smith
foreman prospector employer brother gang leader pilot gritty intense desert town courtroom house sheriff's office valley murder false accusations frame-up buried treasure trial deception
A cowboy is hired by an archaeologist to help find "Hidden Valley", where an Indian gold treasure is supposed to be buried. Just when he finds it, the archaeologist is killed, and the cowboy his charged with his murder.
Western
USA
1959
72 Minutes
James Craig Martha Vickers Edgar Buchanan Brett Halsey Paul Richards Blu Wright Richard Martin John Swift Paul Raymond
gunslinger townspeople lawman outlaw widow loner brooding dark suspenseful intense engaging tense arizona false identity saving the town gunfight murder shoot-out outlaws discovery
In 1873, the town of Purgatory hires a town-tamer but the evil saloon owner hires 3 gunfighters to kill the town-tamer.