20 movies like The Way West, ordered by similarity : Meek's Cutoff(2010), Pawnee(1957), Canyon Passage(1946), Kit Carson(1940), Fighting Caravans(1931), Westward the Women(1951), The Big Trail(1930), Never Grow Old(2019), Thunder in the Sun(1959), Brimstone(2016), The Culpepper Cattle Company(1972), Fort Dobbs(1958) ...
Western
USA
1967
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Robert Mitchum Richard Widmark Lola Albright Michael Witney Stubby Kaye Sally Field Jack Elam
senator settler scout native american pregnant woman boy tense thrilling melodramatic wagon train wilderness oregon frontier trail missouri journey accidental killing mutiny frontier life power struggle
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Western
USA
2010
101 Minutes
Michelle Williams Bruce Greenwood Will Patton Zoe Kazan Paul Dano Shirley Henderson Neal Huff Tommy Nelson Rod Rondeaux
guide settler native american wife racist husband tense solemn desert oregon mountain wagon train pioneering struggle survival lost journey hysteria adventure rivalry
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
George Montgomery Bill Williams Lola Albright Francis J. McDonald Robert Griffin Dabbs Greer Kathleen Freeman Charlotte Austin Ralph Moody Ann Barton Raymond Hatton
native american warrior native american chief native american woman settler uncle wagon master brash tense melodramatic american west camp wagon train prairie native americans identity crisis love triangle murder death cultural assimilation transformation
Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be with the white people. Now known as Paul... 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
1940
97 Minutes
Jon Hall Lynn Bari Dana Andrews Harold Huber Ward Bond Renie Riano Clayton Moore Rowena Cook
frontiersman friend wagon master captain young woman general engaging intense patriotic fort oregon trail california wagon train kit carson scouting native americans mexico protection journey quest
Indian fighter, trapper and frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train of settlers from Fort Bridger, along the Oregon Trail through Shoshone territory, to California which plans to secede from Mexico.
Western
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lili Damita Ernest Torrence Fred Kohler Tully Marshall Eugene Pallette Roy Stewart May Boley Jim Farley James Marcus
outlaw frenchwoman orphan trail guide settler native american thrilling spirited emotional frontier missouri jail rocky mountains california journey unusual romance helping others assumed identity schemes survival
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
Western
USA
1951
118 Minutes
Robert Taylor Denise Darcel Jacqueline Wells Beverly Dennis John McIntire Hope Emerson Lenore Lonergan Marilyn Erskine
prostitute trail guide mail-order bride pregnant woman native american cook amusing bleak sad gritty thrilling california chicago wild west camp wilderness wagon train marriage journey death
A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently began settling there.
Western
USA
1930
126 Minutes
fur trapper woman gambler villain henchman pioneer rousing emotional gutsy thrilling oregon trail american west wilderness river desert woods westward expansion frontier life survival vigilantism
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Western
Ireland|Belgium|France|Luxembourg|UK
2019
100 Minutes
Emile Hirsch John Cusack Danny Webb Antonia Campbell Hughes Paul Ronan Déborah François Blake Berris Paul Reid
outlaw gang member undertaker family member murderer victim brutal brash bleak tense gripping uneasy frontier small town house cemetery church california frontier life gang war
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.
Western
USA
1959
81 Minutes
Susan Hayward Jeff Chandler Jacques Bergerac Blanche Yurka Carl Esmond Fortunio Bonanova Bertrand Castelli Veda Ann Borg Pedro de Córdoba Felix Locher
immigrant homesteader winemaker farmer native american warrior scout gripping melodramatic suspenseful wagon train mountain wild west missouri california old west pioneering love triangle native americans immigrants journey
1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
Mystery & Thriller, Western
Netherlands|France|Germany|Belgium|Sweden|UK|USA
2016
148 Minutes
Dakota Fanning Guy Pearce Emilia Jones Kit Harington Carice van Houten Paul Anderson Carla Juri William Houston Ivy George Jack Roth Bill Tangradi
frontier woman fugitive priest preacher suspenseful tense thrilling frontier united states fugitives escape on the run vengeance frontier justice frontier life adventure escape quest pursuit revenge
From the moment the new reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows she and her family are in great danger.
Western
USA|Mexico
1972
92 Minutes
Gary Grimes Billy Green Bush Luke Askew Bo Hopkins Geoffrey Lewis Wayne Sutherlin John McLiam Matt Clark Raymond Guth Anthony James Charles Martin Smith
teen boy cowboy cook mother cattle rustler leader gritty bleak offbeat striking california colorado farm trail american west frontier life disillusionment work responsibility loneliness
Young farmboy who always wanted to be a cowhand talks a tough trail boss into hiring him on a cattle drive.
Western
USA
1958
90 Minutes
Clint Walker Virginia Mayo Brian Keith Richard Eyer Russ Conway Michael Dante
native american comanche warrior fugitive widow son boy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful wild west farm fort frontier town on the run unlikely romance mob mentality journey wrongfully accused helping others
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
John Lund Jeff Chandler Susan Cabot Beverly Tyler Bruce Cowling John Hudson James Best Regis Toomey Richard Egan Hugh O'Brian Palmer Lee
american pioneer love interest native american native american chief soldier engaging gory gripping intense powerful tense united states new mexico territory battlefield ranch civil war territorial disputes fight to the death rivalry
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Western
USA
1954
111 Minutes
Alan Ladd Audrey Dalton Marisa Pavan Robert Keith Rodolfo Acosta Charles Bronson Warner Anderson Elisha Cook Jr. Anthony Caruso Richard Gaines Hayden Rorke
cowboy native american warrior daughter driver ulysses s. grant army officer thrilling gutsy melodramatic california oregon fort mountain river ambush native americans revenge negotiation honor war
In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.
Western
USA
1947
53 Minutes
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Helen Mowery Bob Duncan Ted Adams Bill Hammond George Turner Ted French Buster Slaven Steve Clark
sidekick singing cowboy robber stagecoach owner masked man sheriff thrilling engaging rousing american southwest stagecoach prairie frontier arizona banditry investigation justice frontier life law and order old west
Henry Rodgers is after Margie's stage line. He has her in trouble by having her gold shipments robbed thereby driving her insurance premiums to an unaffordable level. Eddie and Soapy arrive... See full summary »
Western
USA
1950
93 Minutes
James Stewart Jeff Chandler Debra Paget Basil Ruysdael Will Geer Joyce Mackenzie Arthur Hunnicutt Raymond Bramley Jay Silverheels Argentina Brunetti Robert Adler
scout native american settler renegade warrior mail carrier gritty thrilling intense united states apache territory camp arizona friendship truce war love death peace quest
Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Ray Milland Helena Carter Hugh Marlowe Forrest Tucker George Reeves Gertrude Michael
cavalry captain native american native american chief native american warrior rival army officer brash gutsy patriotic rousing tense montana battlefield dakota territory fort rivalry demotion battle of the little bighorn love interest love triangle
After violently attacking a fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, cavalry Captain Kern Shafter is court martialled. Later, he rejoins the army with Custer's regiment at Fort Lincoln, Dakota, becoming a sergeant, where he runs into his old foe.
Western
USA
1953
105 Minutes
Charlton Heston Jack Palance Katy Jurado Brian Keith Mary Sinclair Milburn Stone Richard Shannon Lewis Martin Frank de Kova Robert Wilke Peter Coe
chief scout cavalry captain apache native american native american chief amusing melodramatic tense thrilling fiery united states wild west ambush native americans apaches u.s. army western films adventure
Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.
Western
USA
1957
61 Minutes
Chuck Connors John Smith Susan Cummings George N. Neise Lisa Montell Robert Knapp Eddie Little Sky Frederick Ford
apache cavalry sergeant commanding officer captive daughter soldier gutsy thrilling spirited tense fort trail arizona frontier desert massacre military life power struggle kidnapping survival
An incompetent cavalry lieutenant leads his patrol into an Apache ambush on the Tomahawk Trail, gets wounded in a skirmish, and loses the command to his sergeant.
Western
USA
1950
71 Minutes
scout partner army colonel native american driver teacher engaging melodramatic rousing thrilling trail fort camp office american west indian reservation wagon train false accusations american indian wars ambush
Davy Crockett (not the famous Alamo hero, but his nephew) guides a wagon train through hostile territory and rescues the cavalry from ambushing Indians.