20 movies like Ride the High Country, ordered by similarity : The Man From Snowy River(1982), Honky Tonk(1941), Between Fighting Men(1932), The Furies(1950), God's Country and the Man(1937), Santa Fe(1951), Escort West(1959), Gold Is Where You Find It(1938), California Mail(1936), Rancho Notorious(1952), Vengeance Valley(1951), The Sons of Katie Elder(1965) ...
Western
USA
1962
94 Minutes
Randolph Scott Joel McCrea Mariette Hartley Ron Starr R. G. Armstrong Edgar Buchanan John Anderson L.Q. Jones Warren Oates James Drury John Davis Chandler
lawman frontiersman daughter drifter brother engaging amusing rousing sad sierra nevada mountains mining camp countryside middle age friendship robbery father/daughter relationship romance greed fall rivalry
An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Western
Australia
1982
102 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Tom Burlinson Sigrid Thornton Jack Thompson Lorraine Bayly Tommy Dysart Bruce Kerr
cowboy rancher father daughter rival young man heartwarming powerful spectacular australia mountain ranch countryside mine home father/daughter relationship ambition honor horse breaking sibling rivalry
In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, Jim takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
Western
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Western
USA
1932
60 Minutes
farmer adoptive brother father son cattleman daughter intense spirited engaging homestead ranch bar frontier old west competition romance land dispute murder father/son relationship brotherhood
Ken not only has to fight with his brother Wally over the girls, he has to try and stop the conflict between the cattlemen and the sheep men. It gets worse when Butch kills Judy's father.
Western
USA
1950
109 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Walter Huston Wendell Corey Judith Anderson Gilbert Roland Thomas Gomez Beulah Bondi Albert Van Dekker John Bromfield Wallace Ford Blanche Yurka
childhood friend father daughter bad boy gambler rancher dark tense sultry melodramatic ranch new mexico family home wild west town father/daughter relationship family dysfunction jealousy love triangle power struggle
A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
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
1951
89 Minutes
Randolph Scott Janis Carter Jerome Courtland Peter Thompson John Archer Warner Anderson Roy Roberts Jock Mahoney
man soldier brother ex-soldier engaging thrilling patriotic emotional melodramatic united states new life american civil war war aftermath brotherhood younger brothers adventure discovery rivalry love 1950s
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Western
USA
1959
75 Minutes
Victor Mature Elaine Stewart Faith Domergue Reba Waters Noah Beery Jr. Leo Gordon Rex Ingram John Hubbard Harry Carey Jr. Slim Pickens Roy Barcroft
confederate soldier daughter native american survivor sister union soldier fiery engaging thrilling touching american west rest stop nevada oregon trail settlement civil war reconstruction postwar life traveling father/daughter relationship
An ex-Confederate officer and his young daughter, traveling West, rescue two women survivors of an Indian attack.
Western
USA
1938
90 Minutes
George Brent Olivia de Havilland Claude Rains Margaret Lindsay John Litel Tim Holt Barton MacLane Henry O'Neill Marcia Ralston George "Gabby" Hayes Sidney Toler
farmer miner son daughter girlfriend brother engaging tense san francisco mine household office mining family feud greed rivalry transformation 1870s
Hydraulic Mining versus Sacramento Valley Farming.
Western
USA
1936
56 Minutes
Dick Foran Linda Perry Edmund Cobb Milton Kibbee Tom Brower Jim Farley Edward Keane Ben Hendricks Jr. Wilfred Lucas Cliff Saum Buck Coburn
love interest man father brother stagecoach owner stagecoach driver thrilling california frontier stagecoach wild west frame-up race loss of job love triangle robbery schemes rivalry love adventure
Bids submitted to win the U.S. Mail contract for their stagecoach lines are entered by both singing cowboy Bill Harkins and the Banton brothers, Roy and Bart. During a stagecoach race to ... See full summary »
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
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
1965
122 Minutes
John Wayne Dean Martin Martha Hyer Michael Anderson Jr. Earl Holliman Jeremy Slate James Gregory George Kennedy Paul Fix Dennis Hopper John Litel
cowboy sheriff gunslinger gambler brother mother rousing gutsy tense wild west ranch texas revenge family honor land wars showdown revenge sacrifice 1870s
Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
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
1938
60 Minutes
Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes Craig Reynolds Cupid Ainsworth Roy Mason Frankie Marvin Robert Homans
ranch owner foreman daughter businessman friend gene autry rousing engaging thrilling ranch stable american west frontier will and testament marriage kidnapping responsibility old west bounty discovery
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
Western
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Charles Starrett Tex Harding Dub Taylor Carole Mathews
cowboy sidekick daughter stagecoach owner friend hero thrilling fiery playful wild west post office saloon murder investigation business scheme father/daughter relationship honor stagecoach robbery rivalry pursuit
Jeff Waring (Charles Starrett) and his friends Tex Harding (Tex Harding) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) become involved in the affairs of two rival stagecoach lines, one of them headed by Mary... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Richard Dix Jane Wyatt Lee J. Cobb Albert Van Dekker Victor Jory Lola Lane Max Baer Joe Sawyer
surveyor railroad engineer business owner assistant daughter investor engaging melodramatic kansas small town countryside saloon office land ownership railroad business deal father/daughter relationship scandal rivalry quest
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Western
USA
1976
103 Minutes
Charlton Heston James Coburn Barbara Hershey Jorge Rivero Michael Parks Larry Wilcox Morgan Paull Thalmus Rasulala Robert Donner John Quade Christopher Mitchum
outlaw retired sheriff daughter fiancée sheriff criminal brash unrestrained intense dark frontier mountain railway navajo reservation desert american west vengeance violence masculinity abduction
In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.
Western
USA
1932
54 Minutes
John Wayne Noah Beery Mae Madison Luis Alberni Berton Churchill Paul Hurst Sherwood Bailey Lafe McKee Frank Ellis Hank Bell
deputy sheriff bandit governor cattle rustler settler daughter spirited rousing engaging new mexico fort wagon train house country road frontier cattle rustling murder law and order unlikely allies romance
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Denny Meadows Janet Shaw Jack Ingram Erville Alderson Joseph J. Greene Glenn Strange Dan White Art Fowler
cowboy man friend father family patriarch engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping arizona farm cowboys self-defense fight for justice fighting ranching family discovery adventure quest
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Western
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Mary Lee Carol Adams Ferris Taylor Georgia Caine Byron Foulger Ralf Harolde
gene autry outlaw partner father boat captain daughter creative engaging rousing showboat bank crime scene stage parade wild west robbery justice investigation law and order american west
Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to a showboat. There he finds that teenage singer Patsy's father has been working with the robbers to provide for her future.