Movies like Hostiles
Hostiles (2017) is a western movie directed by Scott Cooper. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Revenant (2015)
★ 7.5 · 19,825 votes · Western, Drama, Adventure
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.
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2. Legends of the Fall (1994)
★ 7.4 · 2,971 votes · Drama, Western, Romance
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
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3. The Power of the Dog (2021)
★ 6.7 · 3,075 votes · Drama, Western
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
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4. The Searchers (1956)
★ 7.7 · 1,639 votes · Western
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
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5. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
★ 6.8 · 710 votes · Western, Drama
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow gunman.
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6. Heaven's Gate (1980)
★ 6.7 · 438 votes · Drama, Western, History
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.
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7. The Hateful Eight (2015)
★ 7.8 · 15,710 votes · Drama, Mystery, Western
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
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8. The Homesman (2014)
★ 6.5 · 913 votes · Western, Drama
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
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9. Joe Kidd (1972)
★ 6.4 · 428 votes · Western, Drama
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.
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