20 movies like Comes a Horseman, ordered by similarity : Shine on Harvest Moon(1938), Cattle Town(1952), The Big Country(1958), Stars Over Texas(1946), The Cimarron Kid(1951), Call of the Canyon(1942), The Singing Hill(1941), Roughshod(1949), Cow Country(1953), Under Fiesta Stars(1941), Canyon River(1956), Return to Snowy River(1988) ...
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
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
1952
71 Minutes
Dennis Morgan Philip Carey Amanda Blake Rita Moreno Paul Picerni Ray Teal Jay Novello George O'Hanlon Robert Wilke Sheb Wooley Charles Meredith
governor cattle rancher cattleman daughter love interest wealthy man brooding engaging gutsy unrestrained spirited striking texas cattle ranchers illegal activity father/daughter relationship new love power saving the town rescue
Post-civil-war Texas sells lands to wealthy Northerners but some of them are crooks bent on cheating the locals, prompting an investigation headed by the governor's envoy.
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
1946
57 Minutes
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Shawn Smith Lee Bennett Lee Roberts Kermit Maynard Jack O'Shea Hal Smith Matty Roubert Carl Mathews
rancher sidekick thug cattle rustler cowboy foreman rousing engaging spirited ranch american west prairie saloon cattle drives cattle rustling crime frontier life law and order investigation quest
When Eddie and his pals deliver cattle to the Lawrence ranch, they run into trouble with Ringo Evans and his gang. Ringo's men are rustling cattle and attempting to kill the foreman. Seeing... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Audie Murphy Yvette Dugay Beverly Tyler John Hudson James Best Leif Erickson Noah Beery Jr. Hugh O'Brian John Hubbard Palmer Lee Rand Brooks
outlaw rancher daughter gang leader love interest engaging suspenseful emotional intense cattle ranch ranch new life new love change criminal past fighting danger love adventure discovery
Unjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home, Bill Doolin re-joins his old gang, participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw.
Western
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Smiley Burnette Ruth Terry Thurston Hall Joe Strauch Jr. Cliff Nazarro Dorothea Kent Edmund MacDonald
gene autry cowboy cattle baron cattle rancher radio producer singer rousing spirited positive wild west ranch office business scheme gambling addiction cattle ranchers radio transmissions deception showdown rescue adventure
Gene heads some cattlemen who have been swindled by McCoy. McCoy needed their money to pay off his gambling debt.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Dale Mary Lee Spencer Charters Gerald Oliver Smith George Meeker Wade Boteler Harry Stubbs Jack Kirk
gene autry sidekick rancher cattleman landowner villain endearing charming wild west prairie ranch party ranchers community land dispute justice greed quest sacrifice rivalry
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
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.
Drama, Western
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Helen Westcott Bob Lowry
cowboy cattle rancher cattleman fugitive daughter confident cool engaging texas ranch cattle farming cattle ranchers greed criminals pursuit rivalry 1870s
In 1875, the collapse of the world beef market creates hardships for Texas cattle growers. In Garnet Basin, many cattlemen are forced to sell their cattle for low prices. Processed in ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
64 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes Frank Darien Joe Strauch Jr. Pauline Drake Ivan Miller Sam Flint
gene autry love interest lawyer sidekick henchman friend engaging suspenseful spirited endearing texas ranch mine jail town inheritance schemes land dispute murder plot unlikely romance
Gene inherits a gold mine and a whole lot of trouble as well.
Western
USA
1956
80 Minutes
George Montgomery Marcia Henderson Peter Graves Richard Eyer Walter Sande Robert Wilke Alan Hale Jr. John Harmon Jack Lambert William Fawcett
foreman cattle rustler cattleman businessman widow love interest suspenseful engaging melodramatic cattle ranch ranch wyoming money romance deal investing danger pursuit adventure love
When a Wyoming rancher goes to Oregon to buy cattle, his foreman and a gang of town criminals plot together to steal the herd but the rancher's cattle-drive hired hands are old convicts and rustlers themselves.
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
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
1951
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott David Brian Phyllis Thaxter Helena Carter Dickie Jones Ray Teal Michael Tolan Paul Picerni Emerson Treacy Bob Steele Walter Sande
newspaper owner friend love interest outlaw cattleman ex-girlfriend gritty tense kansas ranch fort worth, texas newsroom railroad newspapers friendship betrayal cattle vigilantism rivalry revenge
Civil War veteran and former newspaper man Ned Britt returns back to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.
Western
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott Jocelyn Brando Richard Boone Skip Homeier Leo Gordon Donna Martell Alfonso Bedoya Clem Bevans
rancher sheriff nephew mistress mercenary leader melodramatic rousing spirited thrilling arizona ranch jail saloon american southwest border town hired killers law and order ranchers jailbreak
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Judith Allen Weldon Heyburn William Farnum Willie Fung Carleton Young
gene autry rancher oil driller businessman villain banker rousing engaging gutsy ranch oil well bank radio station town ranchers oil business attempted robbery deception schemes railroad
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railroad to town.
Comedy, Western
USA
1968
102 Minutes
wife love interest rival rancher judge doctor cheeky witty melodramatic wyoming ranch town washington, d.c. accidental death range war women's rights sheep frontier life gender bias quest
A widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle, and organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Polly Rowles Ula Love Ruth Bacon Jane Hunt George Chesebro Alan Bridge Tom London Edmund Cobb Frankie Marvin
ranch owner rancher gene autry businesswoman sidekick college graduate positive winsome spirited ranch wild west house family business inheritance schemes advice inexperience ranching rescue love
Ranch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle country. The local ranchers don't like it, and ranch foreman Gene must deal with it.
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
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.