20 movies like Love's Abiding Joy, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Brokeback Mountain(2005), Ten Wanted Men(1955), Springtime in the Rockies(1937), Comes a Horseman(1978), When the Daltons Rode(1940), Tornado Range(1948), The Squaw Man(1914), The Furies(1950), Last Train From Gun Hill(1959), The Big Country(1958), Rafiki(2018) ...
Romance, Western
2006
87 Minutes
Erin Cottrell Logan Bartholomew John Laughlin Dale Midkiff Drew Tyler Bell Mae Whitman Kevin Gage Brianna Brown
wife pioneer sheriff daughter rancher baron positive moving emotional plains house ranch funeral rural community american west frontier life tragic death christianity family financial troubles
Tragedy tests the faith and love of a family of pioneers (Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew) as they carve out a life on the frontier.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA|Canada
2005
134 Minutes
Heath Ledger Jake Gyllenhaal Linda Cardellini Anna Faris Anne Hathaway Michelle Williams Randy Quaid Graham Beckel Scott Michael Campbell David Harbour Kate Mara
cowboy rodeo rider rancher wife husband emotional moving wyoming family home ranch mountain mexico homosexuality cowboys love marriage frustrated desire relationships forbidden love love
Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
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 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
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
1940
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott Kay Francis Brian Donlevy George Bancroft Broderick Crawford Stuart Erwin Andy Devine Frank Albertson Mary Gordon Harvey Stephens Edgar Dearing
pioneer outlaw railroad baron rancher lawyer sheriff thrilling gripping kansas frontier ranch courtroom land claim false accusations murder trial family on the run rivalry underdog
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
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
1914
78 Minutes
Cecil B. DeMille Dustin Farnum Winifred Kingston Red Wing Monroe Salisbury Billy Elmer Richard L'Estrange Foster Knox Joseph Singleton Dick La Reno Fred Montague
british officer brother wife native american woman rancher son melodramatic solemn england new york city wyoming bar mountain ranch embezzlement self-sacrifice new identity marriage tragic death family honor
A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.
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.
Romance, Western
USA
1959
94 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Carolyn Jones Earl Holliman Brad Dexter Brian G. Hutton Ziva Rodann Bing Russell
marshal wife rancher murderer henchman accomplice gripping wild west small town ranch street murder stand-off corruption justice pursuit revenge 19th century
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
Kenya|South Africa|Germany|Netherlands|France|Norway|Lebanon|UK
2018
83 Minutes
Samantha Mugatsia Sheila Munyiva Neville Misati Nice Githinji Charlie Karumi Muthoni Gathecha Vitalis Waweru Mellen Aura Jimmy Gathu Nini Wacera Dennis Musyoka
best friend father lesbian love interest family member emotional touching cool tender passionate solemn nairobi kenya house bar forbidden love lesbianism secret love secret life forbidden love
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Western
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Robert Randall Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Rita Hayworth Ed Cassidy Sammy McKim Yakima Canutt Harry Tenbrook F.R. Smith Eddie Boland George Plues
saloon girl gunslinger rancher swindler sheriff son patriotic suspenseful melodramatic wild west saloon wilderness sheriff's office town ranch horse thieves illicit business protected wildlife love triangle murder
Greedy rancher McGowan wants to have a local wild horse sanctuary closed, so he can capture and sell them while Tucson tries to break up Stony's marriage to a sexy, gold-digging saloon girl.
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
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
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
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
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
Mexico|USA
1972
112 Minutes
William Holden Susan Hayward Ernest Borgnine Woody Strode Roger Hanin Reinhard Kolldehoff Jorge Luke Arthur Hunnicutt Warren Vanders Larry Pennell John Kelly
rancher outlaw convict gripping moving thrilling wild west ranch rural community posse vigilantism cowboys ranching escape pursuit quest 19th century
When a rancher's family is massacred by a gang of outlaws, he assembles a mean team of convicts as his posse to pursue the killers.
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.