20 movies like The Man From Button Willow, ordered by similarity : The Man From Snowy River(1982), The Furies(1950), Between Fighting Men(1932), Shine on Harvest Moon(1938), Deep in the Heart of Texas(1942), Grayeagle(1977), Cowboy Serenade(1942), Gold Mine in the Sky(1938), Blood on the Moon(1948), Riders of the Purple Sage(1925), Melody Trail(1935), Sundown Saunders(1936) ...
Western, Animation
USA
1965
84 Minutes
senator secret agent father adopted daughter businessman friend spirited charming san francisco ranch california father/daughter relationship land grab railroad kidnapping ranching pursuit rivalry 19th century
The first undercover agent helps Western settlers.
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
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
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
1938
55 Minutes
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Myrtle Wiseman Scott Wiseman Stanley Andrews William Farnum
business owner cattle rancher roy rogers love interest cowgirl daughter charming spirited thrilling ranch wild west house father/daughter relationship loyalty honor land dispute cattle rustling false accusations rivalry love
The one time partnership between two men has turned into a full fledged range war. Roy is the son of one of the former partners, the heroine is daughter to the other. The film featured and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt William Farnum Harry Woods Kenneth Harlan Pat O'Malley Roy Brent Edmund Cobb
soldier father friend editor daughter government official tense thrilling confident texas small town jail ranch father/son relationship land grab civil war reconstruction rebellion intimidation betrayal rivalry
Jim Malloy (Johnny Mack Brown) returns from the Civil War to Texas to find his father, Colonel Malloy (William Franum), leading a band of land grabbers and carpet-baggers during the Reconstruction Era.
Western
USA
1977
104 Minutes
Ben Johnson Iron Eyes Cody Lana Wood Jack Elam Paul Fix Alex Cord Jacob Daniels Jimmy Clem Cindy Butler Charles B. Pierce Blackie Wetzell
american indian warrior daughter trapper father sidekick gripping emotional spectacular intricate wild west camp ranch father/daughter relationship native americans honor unlikely allies kidnapping secrets forbidden love rescue
In this variant of The Searchers (1956), a tough frontier trapper tracks the young Cheyenne warrior who kidnapped his daughter.
Western
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Cecil Cunningham Rand Brooks Addison Richards Tristram Coffin Slim Andrews Melinda Leighton John Berkes Forrest Taylor
gene autry sidekick gambler father daughter girlfriend engaging suspenseful spirited cattle ranch train saloon bar car ranchers gambling cheating murder plot abduction schemes
Gene goes after a gambling ring and learns it is headed by McKenzie's father.
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
1948
88 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Barbara Bel Geddes Robert Preston Walter Brennan Phyllis Thaxter Frank Faylen Tom Tully Charles McGraw Tom Tyler
cowboy outlaw homesteader daughter beautiful woman cattle rancher bleak gutsy gritty suspenseful new mexico territory ranch tavern sedona, ariz. settlement native american reservation friendship ethics betrayal showdown
Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.
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
1935
61 Minutes
gene autry sidekick daughter rancher bandit gypsy lighthearted cheery rodeo ranch trail town camp ranchers thievery singing kidnapping father/daughter relationship cattle rustling quest
Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.
Western
USA
1936
63 Minutes
Bob Steele Catherine Cotter Earle Dwire
gambler rancher bank robber doctor sheriff daughter intricate thrilling engaging spirited california ranch desert small town saloon hospital gambling land claim deception false accusations
When Sundown wins a horse race he is paid with a deed to a ranch. Arriving at the ranch he finds the Prestons already living there. They bought it from the fake land agent Taggart who then frames Sundown for murder.
Western
USA
1948
56 Minutes
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Jennifer Holt George Chesebro Terry Frost Buster Slaven Marshall Reed Lane Bradford Russell Arms
rancher daughter homesteader son sidekick u.s. marshal tense fiery melodramatic frontier ranch town texas sheriff's office land dispute ranchers homesteading father/daughter relationship hired killers trial
Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called 'Nesters', start ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1954
88 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ronald Reagan Gene Evans Lance Fuller Anthony Caruso Jack Elam Yvette Dugay Morris Ankrum Chubby Johnson Myron Healey Rodd Redwing
tough woman rancher government official native american father rival spirited melodramatic montana valley ranch indian reservation relocation land wars cattle sexism friendship underdog rivalry rescue
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
Western
USA
1934
54 Minutes
John Wayne Virginia Brown Faire Lloyd Whitlock George "Gabby" Hayes Yakima Canutt Billy O'Brien Lafe McKee Blackie Whitcomb Earle Dwire Dick Dickinson Tex Palmer
rancher outlaw brother daughter father companion thrilling melodramatic suspenseful frontier ranch wild west town doomed romance land grab helping others murder plot undercover operations siblings revenge
Ted Hayden impersonates a wanted man and joins Gentry's gang only to learn later that Gentry was the one who killed his father. He saves Virginia Winters' dad's ranch from Gentry and also rescues his long-lost brother Spud.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Jane Powell Ricardo Montalban Louis Calhern Ann Harding Phyllis Kirk Carleton Carpenter Debbie Reynolds
daughter father mother teen boy cuban best friend playful charming uplifting resort beach restaurant canoe dance floor adolescence romance family friendship father/daughter relationship singing
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Molly O'Day Al St. John Lafe McKee Ted Adams Fred Burns Curley Baldwin Martin Garralaga Broderick O'Farrell James Sheridan Glenn Strange
cowboy sidekick young woman father lawyer sheriff spirited confident positive valley hill cattle ranch settlement sheriff's office cowboys vigilantism outlaws cattle ranchers justice land grab
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Western
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Robert Sterling Gloria Grahame Claude Jarman Jr. John Ireland Jeff Donnell Myrna Dell Martha Hyer George Cooper Jeff Corey Sara Haden James Bell
cattle rancher younger brother sheriff ex-convict friend dance hall girl engaging melodramatic spirited thrilling california trail ranch mountain american west ranchers siblings escaped criminals ambush murder
Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.
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
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.