If You Liked Rio Bravo, Watch These Next
Finished Rio Bravo (1959) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Rio Bravo, most of them are western, drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
2.Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here(1969)
5.8WesternDramaAlso western and drama
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
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3.Silverado(1985)
6.9WesternActionDramaAlso western and drama
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…
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4.Run for Cover(1955)
6.8WesternDramaAlso western and drama
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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5.Tall in the Saddle(1944)
6.6WesternAlso western
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
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6.The Man from Laramie(1955)
7.1DramaWesternAlso drama and western
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
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7.News of the World(2020)
6.9DramaWesternAdventureAlso drama and western
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
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8.Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)
7.3WesternDramaCrimeAlso western and drama
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
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9.American Outlaws(2001)
5.9WesternActionAlso western
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will…
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10.Open Range(2003)
7.2WesternAlso western
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
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11.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962)
7.8WesternAlso western
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance,…
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12.Man in the Shadow(1957)
6.7ThrillerDramaWesternAlso drama and western
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.
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14.I Shot Jesse James(1949)
6.2WesternDramaAlso western and drama
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is…
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15.The White Buffalo(1977)
6.0WesternAdventureActionAlso western
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably…
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16.The Cowboys(1972)
7.1WesternAdventureDramaAlso western and drama
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang…
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17.Young Guns II(1990)
6.5WesternAdventureAlso western
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — 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.
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18.Hud(1963)
7.3DramaWesternAlso drama and western
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires…
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19.Day of the Outlaw(1959)
6.8WesternAlso western
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
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20.Rancho Notorious(1952)
6.5DramaWesternAlso drama and western
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
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