20 best movies like The Long Riders (1980)

List of the best movies like The Long Riders (1980): Wyatt Earp, The Return of Frank James, Tom Horn, The Revenant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Chisum, Yellow Sky, A Man Called Blade, Brothers in Arms, Dillinger.

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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: 6.6
Genredrama, western, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, western, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, drama, adventure, western, biography
CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration02:27

    In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, western, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrewestern, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.

    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: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, western
    CountryItaly

    Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality, betrayal and cold-blooded murder. Now, one man stalks a savage land where justice walks a razor and no bullets slice deeper than vengeance. He is A MAN CALLED BLADE.

    Markimdb: 2.4
    Genrewestern
    CountryUSA

    Old West. New Soul. Big Payback.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir, biography
    CountryUSA

    The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, western, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.

    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: 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: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, western, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on the job of town marshal, making his brothers deputies, and vows to stay in Tombstone until James' killers are found. He soon runs into the brooding, coughing, hard-drinking Doc Holliday as well as the sullen and vicious Clanton clan. Wyatt discovers the owner of a trinket stolen from James' dead body and the stage is set for the Earps' long-awaited revenge.

    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: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, western
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration01:48

    A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrewestern
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, western, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:25

    Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her.

    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: 7.1
    Genredrama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, western
    CountryUSA

    An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill Hickok who must redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven...or screw up and go to Hell.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrewestern
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

    FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, western, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    A story of love, friendship, survival and triumph spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Jake is a driver for a seedy escort service operating out of 'The Naked Eye strip club', he's a street thug type who falls for a witty high-class escort named Sandy. Except one night Sandy is found murdered, the only clues left behind are cell phone calls made the night she died. To avenge Sandy's death Jake must risk everything and walk a bloody path to find her killer.

    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: 4.4
    Genredrama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. Together with his friend Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman and Charlie Bassett he goes hunting for the perpetrator ...

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:13

      Gunslinger Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child. Megan Fox plays a prostitute as well as Jonah Hex's love interst in the film.

      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: 6.5
      Genredrama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:05

      Inspired from real life, this fiery crime thriller depicts the phenomenal rise to power of Paritala Ravi from Andhra Pradesh, a powerful killer. When a man's father and elder brother are murdered in cold blood due to the fatal mixture of caste, crime, jealousy and dirty politics, a fearless young man who has been kept away from his family's violent lifestyle, is left with no choice but to get into the fray. He hides in the forest and begins clinically exacting revenge upon those responsible for the death of his family members. Will he be successful in his mission? How will his future unfold?

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:45

        With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

        Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrewestern
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        A buffalo hunter (Stewart Granger) has a falling-out with his partner (Robert Taylor), who kills for fun.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, western
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        A band of murderous cowboys have imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. When the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend Tom Morgan and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, western
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:41

        Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw determined to pull off a gold robbery and co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredrama, adventure, western
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and adventure on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, western
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:51

        Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm of desert life. When war erupts between his brothers he left behind and the rival Hooligans, Patch rides back into town to either make peace or do battle.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrewestern
        CountryCanada
        Duration01:33

        A gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John’s best friend. Based on the timeless John Wayne adventure, Dawn Rider is a riveting saga of retribution, duty and valor in the American West.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrewestern
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA
        Duration01:50

        A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrewestern
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg, rescues Ellen Grange from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange. He is contracted to act as a scout for an Army cavalry unit. Willard, Ellen, and her infant son are along for the ride, as is horse trader Toller, a veteran of the 10th Cavalry. The party is trapped in a canyon by Chata, an Apache chief and grandfather of Ellen's baby. Willard is captured and tortured. Jess sneaks away and brings reinforcements just in time to save the day. Jess learns that the man he has been hunting is none other than Willard Grange.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryHong Kong, China

        Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison CHENG quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when CHENG finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, crime, film noir, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:20

        George Kelly is angry at the world and scared to death of dying. A career bank robber, Kelly gets his confidence from his Thompson SMG and his girl Flo. After a botched robbery, Flo, Kelly and his gang try their hand at a more lucrative job: kidnapping.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryThailand, Canada, USA
        Duration01:36

        After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredrama, western
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:14

        A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.




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