20 best movies like Jesse James (1938)


List of the best movies like Jesse James (1938): The Newton Boys, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, Extreme Prejudice, Woman Walks Ahead, Ned Kelly, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Silverado, 3:10 to Yuma, Sweet Country, The Getaway.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, drama, western, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, drama, western, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, western, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:23

In 1890, Catherine Weldon, a painter from New York, travels to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes involved in the struggle of the Lakota people to get the Government respects their rights over the land where they live.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, melodrama, adventure, western, crime, biography, history
CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, France
Duration01:50

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, western, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
Duration02:40

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, western, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:13

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, western, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, western, crime, history
CountryAustralia
Duration01:51

It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration01:55

Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama, crime, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium, USA, Germany, France
Duration01:43

London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in British history. The thieves assault the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and escape with millions in goods and money. But soon the cracks between the gang members begin to appear when they discuss how to share the loot.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrewestern, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

Markimdb: 6.9
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, western, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, western, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, western, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the "courage never to submit or yield."

Markimdb: 4.1
Genreaction, adventure, western, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, adventure, western, short, crime
CountryUSA

The clerk at the train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. (They) take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, adventure, western, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, melodrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

Butler is an experienced car thief, McCoy a struggling reporter trying to nail a bad guy-senator. Meeting for the first time when they're both in dire need of air transportation, they team up long enough for Butler to steal a car with a very special piece of luggage in the trunk, and all hell breaks loose. Suddenly they're chased by both sides of the law, and who can tell which is which?

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:50

    A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Dave Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, adventure, western, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:52

    After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. Now he must confront his fear and the assassin, who seems to be well aware of Jack's problem.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, adventure, western, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:32

    Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:11

    A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    When they're hired to recover the lost treasure of Columbus, married scuba divers Sebastian (Chris Carmack) and Dani (Laura Vandervoort) think they've hit the jackpot. But as they get closer to the fortune, the couple begins to suspect their employers have their own agenda. Hitting upon the real plan, the two come to the chilling realization that they may be expendable and that there's much more than riches at stake.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, crime, biography, history
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:35

    The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, comedy, western, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:05

    The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a Bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, crime
    CountryIndia

    Lalu is a reckless youth who is willing to do anything for money, even if it means getting involved in the drugs business.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Two lovers, driving their Dodge Charger, are ruthlessly chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Not a Rowdy Yates in sight in this western set in a stop over for the California to St Louis mail stagecoach run. The two staff are warned that four dangerous outlaws are in the area, and together with a female stage passenger and her baby they wait patiently for the word to go round that these men have been caught. Can you guess where the outlaws decide to hide out while they plan a large gold robbery? What follows is a film that concentrates on small details (like attempts to slip a warning note to a passing stage, or to reach a hidden gun that the bad guys don't know about) as the captives try anything to get away from the outlaws.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, western, crime
    CountryFrance, Mexico, USA
    Duration01:33

    Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, history
    CountryCanada, USA

    Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, western
    CountryUSA

    Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, crime, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

    After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration02:12

    Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, adventure, western, military
    CountryUSA

    When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is thrown into prison as well. Working together, the two escape and take refuge in the hills, where Lyedecker meets beautiful Yaqui freedom fighter Sarita and begins to question his allegiances.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:40

      A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrewestern, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
      Duration00:29

      Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, crime, biography, history
      CountryUSA

      Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, adventure, crime, film noir
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.




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