20 movies like Mail Order Bride, ordered by similarity : Phantom Rancher(1939), The Light of Western Stars(1940), The Far Country(1955), Tumbleweeds(1925), Cloud 9(2008), Panhandle(1948), California Mail(1936), Canyon Passage(1946), Tall Man Riding(1955), Man in the Saddle(1951), The Hanging Tree(1959), Duel in the Sun(1946) ...
Western
USA
1964
83 Minutes
Buddy Ebsen Keir Dullea Lois Nettleton Warren Oates Marie Windsor Barbara Luna
father figure frontiersman mail-order bride outlaw young man engaging heartwarming montana small town kansas city, mo. saloon promises marriage of convenience romance lawlessness settling down old west transformation love 1890s
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
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
1940
64 Minutes
Victor Jory Jo Ann Sayers Russell Hayden Morris Ankrum Noah Beery Jr. J. Farrell MacDonald Ruth Rogers
rancher foreman brother sheriff soldier bride emotional engaging endearing frontier small town ranch crime scene mexico american west old west marriage corruption relationships romance
Cowhand Ladd dances with cantina girl Estrella and has a part in shooting Sheriff Tyler.
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
1925
89 Minutes
William S. Hart Barbara Bedford Lucien Littlefield J. Gordon Russell Richard R. Neill Jack Murphy Lillian Leighton Gertrude Claire George F. Marion James Gordon Fred Gamble
cowboy drifter love interest homesteader best friend native american tense gripping amusing cherokee strip caldwell, kan. oklahoma prairie small town saloon land rush love imprisonment love quest
The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
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
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
1946
92 Minutes
Dana Andrews Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward Patricia Roc Ward Bond Andy Devine Rose Hobart Halliwell Hobbes Lloyd Bridges Stanley Ridges Dorothy Peterson
shop owner fiancée banker gambler best friend love interest spirited wild powerful oregon saloon frontier general store cabin portland, ore. romantic dilemma love triangle old west frontier life crime
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Western
USA
1955
83 Minutes
Randolph Scott Dorothy Malone Peggie Castle William Ching John Baragrey Robert Barrat John Dehner Paul Richards Lane Chandler Mickey Simpson Joe Bassett
land baron former lover daughter cowboy saloon owner husband melodramatic tense confident ranch saloon wild west house land claim family forbidden love double-cross crime old west temptation
Larry Madden returns to Little River after several years, still vowing to avenge himself against the humiliating whipping he received at the hands of cattle baron Tucker Ordway.
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
1959
106 Minutes
Gary Cooper Maria Schell Karl Malden Ben Piazza George C. Scott Karl Swenson Virginia Gregg John Dierkes King Donovan Slim Talbot Guy Wilkerson
doctor immigrant townsperson partner criminal servant dark somber engaging mining camp tree house montana wild west starting over love interest murder the past rescue old west
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realizing that he can exploit his secret.
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
1942
87 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Margaret Lindsay Harry Carey Richard Barthelmess George Cleveland Samuel S. Hinds Russell Simpson William Farnum Marietta Canty
miner saloon girl commissioner judge love interest politician spirited thrilling melodramatic alaska mine saloon mining gold rush political corruption love triangle theft court battles love rivalry
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Western
Australia
1988
99 Minutes
Tom Burlinson Sigrid Thornton Brian Dennehy Nicholas Eadie Bryan Marshall Rhys McConnochie Mark Hembrow Peter Cummins Cornelia Frances Tony Barry
cattleman love interest father banker son romantic rival tender spirited mountain cabin australia range snowy river love triangle father/daughter relationship jealousy horses love reunion forbidden love
Young Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend is being pursued by another man, and her father doesn't want Jim back into her life.
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
1931
106 Minutes
english gentleman native american woman earl lady brother cattle rustler melodramatic passionate fiery tender england arizona desert ranch frontier american southwest interracial romance secret love love triangle starting over
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1955
73 Minutes
Sterling Hayden William Bishop Karin Booth James Millican Regis Toomey Hugh Sanders John Dehner Rod Taylor
girlfriend gunslinger schemer townsperson outlaw engaging thrilling melodramatic wyoming church jail farm street frontier gunfight deception fidelity redemption family honor marriage
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
Western
USA
1956
79 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Ann Robinson Neville Brand Michael Ansara James Seay
ex-soldier young woman brother partner cattle rustler outlaw gritty tense gripping wyoming ranch trading post saloon stagecoach reunion romance cattle rustling going straight betrayal outlaws
After 6 years in the cavalry, Chad Santee plans to raise cattle with his brother Jubal but Jubal is involved in a different line of work.
Comedy, Western
USA
1972
102 Minutes
Paul Newman Lee Marvin Strother Martin Christine Belford Kelly Jean Peters Fred Graham Wayne Rogers Héctor Elizondo Gregory Sierra Wynn Pearce John Verros
cowboy businessman customs official man partner playful dark ranch mexico american southwest truck town american west cattle drives money law dangerous job adventure underdog quest
Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Jane Russell George Brent Scott Brady Forrest Tucker Andy Devine Jack Lambert John Litel Ray Teal Rory Mallinson Roy Barcroft Hollis Bane
outlaw brother marshal native american gambler saloon owner spirited sultry tense intricate oklahoma saloon small town jail desert hideout belle starr love triangle robbery gambling
In Oklahoma, outlaw Belle Starr joins the Dalton gang but she causes a romantic rivalry and a rift between the gang members, especially on the eve of the planned robbery of a bank where a posse is secretly waiting in ambush.