20 movies like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, ordered by similarity : Phantom Rancher(1939), Duel in the Sun(1946), Day of the Evil Gun(1968), Panhandle(1948), The Cimarron Kid(1951), Ten Wanted Men(1955), King of the Pecos(1936), Stormy Trails(1936), The Last Sunset(1961), Goldtown Ghost Riders(1953), Hit the Saddle(1937), The Parson and the Outlaw(1957) ...
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Western
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Ken Maynard Dorothy Short Harry Harvey Ted Adams Dave O'Brien Tom London John Elliott Reed Howes
masked man outlaw sheriff vigilante rancher love interest rousing spirited engaging ranch pasture farm frontier wild west town land dispute old west romance murder foreclosure
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.
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|Mexico
1968
95 Minutes
Glenn Ford Arthur Kennedy Dean Jagger John Anderson Paul Fix Nico Minardos Harry Dean Stanton Pilar Pellicer Parley Baer Royal Dano Ross Elliot
gunslinger trader bandit apache neighbor rival brutal melodramatic gritty wild west indian territory ranch kidnapping love triangle marriage reform search abandonment pursuit rivalry
A woman and two children are kidnapped by Apaches. The husband of the captured woman enlists the help of his neighbor to find the Apaches that seized his family; not knowing his neighbor has unknown reasons of his own for helping him.
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
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Audie Murphy Yvette Dugay Beverly Tyler John Hudson James Best Leif Erickson Noah Beery Jr. Hugh O'Brian John Hubbard Palmer Lee Rand Brooks
outlaw rancher daughter gang leader love interest engaging suspenseful emotional intense cattle ranch ranch new life new love change criminal past fighting danger love adventure discovery
Unjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home, Bill Doolin re-joins his old gang, participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw.
Western
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott Jocelyn Brando Richard Boone Skip Homeier Leo Gordon Donna Martell Alfonso Bedoya Clem Bevans
rancher sheriff nephew mistress mercenary leader melodramatic rousing spirited thrilling arizona ranch jail saloon american southwest border town hired killers law and order ranchers jailbreak
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
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
1936
60 Minutes
Rex Bell Bob Terry Lois Wilde Lane Chandler Earle Dwire Lloyd Ingram Carl Hackett
rancher cattle rustler lawyer bank robber banker outlaw melodramatic engaging thrilling town ranch bank office wild west bank robbery false accusations lawsuit greed siblings deception
A rancher caught in the middle of a bank robbery shoots one of the robbers. However, the dead bandit turns out to be a former ranch hand who was suing him. The rancher is arrested for murder.
Western
USA
1961
112 Minutes
Rock Hudson Kirk Douglas Dorothy Malone Joseph Cotten Carol Lynley Neville Brand Regis Toomey Rad Fulton Adam Williams Jack Elam John Shay
outlaw sheriff rancher old flame daughter solemn intricate brutal mexico texas church wild west border town rio grande frontier justice love triangle friendship incest suicide cattle drives
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
Western
USA
1953
57 Minutes
Gail Davis Kirk Riley Carleton Young
gene autry sidekick defendant love interest villain henchman rousing engaging endearing wild west mine ranch courtroom jail double jeopardy law and order blackmail troubled past attempted murder revenge
Circuit judge Gene must judge a man who claims he's already done time for the killing he's accused of.
Western
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Robert Randall Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Rita Hayworth Ed Cassidy Sammy McKim Yakima Canutt Harry Tenbrook F.R. Smith Eddie Boland George Plues
saloon girl gunslinger rancher swindler sheriff son patriotic suspenseful melodramatic wild west saloon wilderness sheriff's office town ranch horse thieves illicit business protected wildlife love triangle murder
Greedy rancher McGowan wants to have a local wild horse sanctuary closed, so he can capture and sell them while Tucson tries to break up Stony's marriage to a sexy, gold-digging saloon girl.
Western
UK|USA
1957
71 Minutes
Anthony Dexter Sonny Tufts Marie Windsor Charles Rogers Jean Parker Robert Lowery Madalyn Trahey
billy the kid outlaw gunslinger reverend lawman native american thrilling engaging rousing american west prairie funeral town cemetery ranch secret identity crime faking death law and order new life
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Western
USA
1941
58 Minutes
Buck Jones Tim McCoy Raymond Hatton Luana Walters Denny Meadows Kathryn Sheldon Tristram Coffin Horace Murphy
cowboy gunslinger lawman ranch hand reverend outlaw melodramatic rousing suspenseful mesa city, ariz. ranch desert wild west town vigilantism bandits old west justice friendship showdown
The Rough Riders are called upon to help save a stagecoach line.
Western
USA
1925
56 Minutes
Tom Mix Beatrice Burnham Arthur Morrison Seessel Anne Johnson Warner Oland Fred Kohler Charles Newton Joe Rickson Mabel Ballin Charles LeMoyne Harold Goodwin
lawman sister daughter rancher lawyer thug rousing suspenseful striking spirited texas ranch courtroom cave range town kidnapping assumed identity family search
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
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
1956
78 Minutes
James Arness Angie Dickinson Robert Wilke Emile Meyer Don Megowan Michael Emmet Harry Carey Jr.
bank robber outlaw girlfriend ex-convict thrilling suspenseful engaging brooding wild west town ghost town frontier betrayal outlaws revenge kidnapping revenge pursuit 19th century
Two bank robbers abandon their wounded partner to the posse and run with the loot but their partner, after serving time in prison, seeks revenge.
Western
USA
1945
56 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Evelyn Finley Carl Hackett I. Stanford Jolley Bud Osborne Kermit Maynard
deputy friend cousin outlaw cattle rustler rancher rousing suspenseful engaging diner ranch small town american west look-alikes cattle rustling mistaken identity murder grudge showdown rivalry
Billy Carson is accused of the crimes committed by his dead-ringer, outlaw cousin, Jim Slade, and barely escapes a lynching. With the aid of his pal, Fuzzy Jones, Billy catches up with his cousin and clears his own name.
Western
USA
1949
60 Minutes
ranger cowboy old man hero young woman rancher thrilling rousing engaging american west ranch prairie stagecoach family home arizona law and order crime romance land grab old west
Crooked ranch foreman Thatcher sends his two henchmen, Parnell and Clint, out to murder his boss, wealthy Peter Arnold who has just arrived to retire on his ranch, bringing in tow his ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1968
106 Minutes
James Stewart Dean Martin Raquel Welch George Kennedy Andrew Prine Will Geer Clint Ritchie Denver Pyle Tom Heaton Rudy Diaz Sean McClory
bandit sheriff woman rancher mexican amusing wild thrilling american southwest ranch town abandoned building desert bank love lawlessness regret escape forbidden love rivalry
Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.
Western
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Dorothy Malone Alex Nicol Preston Foster Ruth Hampton Russell Johnson Barry Kelley Chubby Johnson Jack Kelly Dennis Weaver Wally Cassell
marshal love interest outlaw rancher daughter tense rousing tombstone, ariz. small town jail ranch wild west stand-off lynching murder prison break retirement rivalry revenge quest
Frame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...