20 movies like The Sons of Katie Elder, ordered by similarity : Saddle the Wind(1958), Panhandle(1948), Arizona Bound(1941), The Searchers(1956), Flaming Star(1960), Tom Horn(1980), The Showdown(1950), The Big Country(1958), The Westward Trail(1948), The Furies(1950), Forsaken(2015), Valdez Is Coming(1971) ...
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
USA
1958
84 Minutes
Robert Taylor Julie London John Cassavetes Donald Crisp Charles McGraw Royal Dano Richard Erdman Douglas Spencer Ray Teal Jay Adler Stanley Adams
cowboy rancher brother outlaw gunslinger showgirl gritty intense wild west ranch brotherhood old west land wars reformation revenge fall 19th century
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful rancher. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new gun and pending bride and former saloon girl Joan Blake.
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
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
1956
119 Minutes
John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Natalie Wood Vera Miles Ward Bond John Qualen Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey Antonio Moreno Henry Brandon Hank Worden
gunslinger uncle niece brother native american powerful engaging texas new mexico wilderness wild west abduction family revenge native people missing persons bigotry quest adventure discovery
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
Western
USA
1960
92 Minutes
Elvis Presley Steve Forrest Barbara Eden Dolores del Río John McIntire Rodolfo Acosta Karl Swenson Ford Rainey Richard Jaeckel Anne Benton L.Q. Jones
native american cowboy father mother love interest brother melodramatic brash texas small town race relations frontier justice father/son relationship mother/son relationship family native americans sacrifice revenge 1800s
When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.
Western
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Steve McQueen Linda Evans Richard Farnsworth Billy Green Bush Slim Pickens Peter Canon Elisha Cook Jr. Roy Jenson James Kline Geoffrey Lewis Harry Northrup
gunslinger rancher pretty woman sheriff cattle rustler intense spirited wild west ranch prison cattle rustling investigation showdown violence murder pursuit revenge 1900s
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he kills a boy.
Western
USA
1950
86 Minutes
Bill Elliott Stuart E. McGowan Walter Brennan Marie Windsor Harry Morgan Rhys Williams Jim Davis William Ching Nacho Galindo
gunslinger cowboy killer captain pretty woman brother brooding tense wild west wilderness saloon investigation vengeance cattle drives murder showdown family revenge quest 19th century
Shadrach Jones is convinced that his brother was robbed and killed by a Circle K Ranch cowhand and therefore he joins the outfit in order to find the murderer.
Western
USA
1958
165 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carroll Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives Charles Bickford Alfonso Bedoya Chuck Connors Chuck Hayward Buff Brady Dorothy Adams
captain fiancée family patriarch land owner rancher son rousing gutsy thrilling spirited american west ranch land ownership american west harassment land wars family feud honor revenge rivalry
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Western
USA
1948
56 Minutes
Roscoe Ates Phyllis Planchard Eileene Hardin Steve Drake Bob Duncan
cowboy sidekick rancher younger brother sheriff saloon owner spirited tense gutsy rousing american west small town ranch saloon ranchers murder land grab greed double-cross corruption
Singing lawman Eddie Dean and sidekick Soapy Jones help a city woman and her ne'er-do-well brother save their ranch from a ruthless cattle baron seeking silver.
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.
Drama, Western
Canada|France|USA
2015
90 Minutes
Kiefer Sutherland Donald Sutherland Demi Moore Brian Cox Michael Wincott Aaron Poole Landon Liboiron Siobhan Williams
cowboy outlaw gunslinger husband wife enemy intense gripping wild west united states small town desert saloon ranch rivalry past crimes community cowboys violence injustice
In 1872, an embittered gunslinger named John Henry Clayton attempts to make amends with his estranged father Reverend Samuel Clayton while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.
Western
USA
1971
90 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Susan Clark Jon Cypher Barton Heyman Richard Jordan Frank Silvera Héctor Elizondo Phil Brown
constable rancher henchman gunslinger widow gutsy brutal intense arizona territory ranch desert small town retribution guilt race relations murder revenge 1870s
A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.
Western
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Pat Buttram Mary Castle Russell Hayden Gail Davis Don Harvey Tom Keene
texas ranger gene autry gunslinger con artist cowgirl rancher melodramatic suspenseful rousing texas ranch saloon wild west frontier financial troubles scam law and order old west kidnapping rescue
Texas Ranger Sergeant Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his pal, Pecos Bates (Pat Buttram), save from eviction the family of Nancy Carter (Gail Davis), whose father (Harry Tyler) has purchased ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Lucile Browne George "Gabby" Hayes
cowboy rancher homesteader sheriff ex-girlfriend childhood friend rousing endearing airy wild west small town cattle ranch land wars murder accusation vigilantism family honor redemption shady dealings fall mystery
After a five year absence Gene returns home to find his father murdered and his boyhood pal accused of the dastardly deed.
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
1946
97 Minutes
Henry Fonda Linda Darnell Victor Mature Walter Brennan Cathy Downs Tim Holt Ward Bond Alan Mowbray John Ireland Jane Darwell
sheriff cowboy barber schoolteacher gambler love interest charming gutsy engaging o.k. corral wild west tombstone, ariz. barbershop saloon justice wyatt earp doc holiday cattle underdog revenge
The Earps battle the Clantons at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen Rock Hudson John Alexander
sergeant cowboy sheriff prostitute outlaw tense spirited mountain saloon prairie dodge city, kan. cowboys robbery guns pursuit revenge rivalry 1890s
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Western
USA
1959
141 Minutes
John Wayne Dean Martin Ricky Nelson Angie Dickinson Walter Brennan Ward Bond John Russell Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Estelita Rodriguez Claude Akins Bob Steele
sheriff drunk crippled man rancher gunslinger gambler amusing tense mushy gutsy rio bravo hotel jail ranch saloon frontier justice gambling false accusations romance alcoholism
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Western
USA
1950
55 Minutes
Charles Starrett Smiley Burnette Gail Davis Don Harvey Tommy Ivo Mira McKinney
cowboy bandit young boy sidekick henchman mother thrilling endearing rousing spirited jail river cattle ranch texas small town robbery jailbreak impersonation family honor land grab
Widow Mahoney, the best cook in town and hotel proprietor , along with her larcenous sons, is trying to take control of the town's water supply so she can acquire the valley ranchland cheaply.
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.