20 movies like Will Penny, ordered by similarity : Tombstone Canyon(1932), Woodpeckers(2017), Tall Man Riding(1955), Phantom Rancher(1939), The Moonlighter(1953), Broken Lance(1954), Monte Walsh(1970), Along the Great Divide(1951), Man in the Saddle(1951), Gun Smoke(1935), Panhandle(1948), Tumbleweeds(1925) ...
Western
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Charlton Heston Joan Hackett Donald Pleasence Lee Majors Bruce Dern Ben Johnson Slim Pickens Clifton James Anthony Zerbe Roy Jenson G.D. Spradlin
cowboy farmer preacher son mother gritty wild west farmhouse cabin ranch aging rehabilitation loneliness love transformation revenge 1890s
Aging cowboy Will Penny gets a line camp job on a large cattle spread and finds his isolated cabin is already occupied by a husbandless woman and her young son.
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Ken Maynard Cecilia Parker Sheldon Lewis Lafe McKee Frank Brownlee Jack Clifford George Gerwing Edward Piel Sr. George Chesebro Bob Burns Jack Kirk
cowboy love interest outlaw vigilante father sheriff engaging suspenseful wild west canyon cabin prison missing persons framed murder false accusations father/son relationship impersonation quest pursuit
Maynard hears the cry of the weird masked "phantom" of Tombstone Canyon. The plot thickens when Maynard discovers a man with a key to his past has been murdered by the phantom.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
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
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
1953
75 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Ward Bond William Ching John Dierkes Morris Ankrum Jack Elam Charles Halton Sam Flint Myra Marsh
cattle rustler brother old flame hobo sheriff rancher fiery engaging thrilling tense american west prison small town ranch bank mountain lynching reunion brother relationship love triangle
A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Western
USA
1970
106 Minutes
Lee Marvin Jeanne Moreau Jack Palance Mitchell Ryan Jim Davis John Hudkins Raymond Guth John McKee Michael Conrad Tom Heaton G.D. Spradlin
cowboy criminal storekeeper prostitute rancher brooding emotional thrilling wild west arizona ranch store small town house cowboys small-town life changing times settling down disillusionment friendship
An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.
Western
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo John Agar Walter Brennan Ray Teal Hugh Sanders Morris Ankrum James Anderson Charles Meredith
us marshal love interest deputy cattle rustler cattle baron son amusing charming cheeky gritty engaging outlandish patriotic wild wild west desert united states escape rescue lynching
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
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
1935
57 Minutes
Buck Coburn Marion Shilling Bud Osborne Benny Corbett Henry Hall Roger Williams Dick Botiller Nelson McDowell Lloyd Ingram Tracy Layne Lafe McKee
cowboy rancher outlaw daughter henchman sheriff gritty melodramatic ranch range sheriff's office cabin road secrets abduction gunfight ranching grudge murder revenge
Parker, seeking revenge on Culverson, is bringing in a flood of sheep. Branning signs on at the Culverson ranch to help fight them off. Standing in his way is hired gunman and crooked ... See full summary »
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
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 »
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
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
1978
118 Minutes
Jane Fonda James Caan Jason Robards George Grizzard Richard Farnsworth Jim Davis Mark Harmon Macon McCalman Basil Hoffman James Kline James Keach
rancher veteran nemesis henchman ranch hand love interest brash gritty spirited american west ranch house plains woods cattle oil land ownership violence feud determination
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and ... See full summary »
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
103 Minutes
Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger David Ladd Cecil Kellaway Henry Hull
father son doctor dog farmer sheriff suspenseful melodramatic heartwarming illinois doctor's office farm wild west general store forest father/son relationship grief disability new town wrongful conviction
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.
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
1953
87 Minutes
prisoner union soldier prison guard confederate soldier cellmate prison official bleak brutal gritty prison new mexico cell prison life wrongful conviction civil war reconstruction discovery transformation sacrifice 1860s
A man is framed and sent to toughest prison in the territory.