Movies like Shane
Shane (1953) is a western movie directed by George Stevens. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. El Dorado (1966)
★ 7.4 · 613 votes · Western, Drama
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
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2. Rio Bravo (1959)
★ 7.8 · 1,308 votes · Western, Drama
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
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3. High Noon (1952)
★ 7.7 · 1,647 votes · Western
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
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4. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
★ 7.5 · 1,353 votes · Western
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
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5. Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8 · 4,860 votes · Adventure, Drama, Western
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
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6. News of the World (2020)
★ 6.9 · 2,008 votes · Drama, Western, Adventure
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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7. Open Range (2003)
★ 7.2 · 1,276 votes · 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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8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
★ 7.8 · 1,349 votes · 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, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
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9. Hud (1963)
★ 7.3 · 376 votes · Drama, 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 Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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10. Silverado (1985)
★ 6.9 · 858 votes · Western, Action, 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 jail, and learn who their real friends are.
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