Movies like Pale Rider
Pale Rider (1985) is a western movie directed by Clint Eastwood. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Meek's Cutoff (2011)
★ 6.5 · 321 votes · Western, History, Drama
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
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2. They Call Me Trinity (1970)
★ 7.6 · 1,512 votes · Action, Comedy, Western
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
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3. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
★ 6.5 · 6,606 votes · Adventure, Action, Western
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
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4. High Plains Drifter (1973)
★ 7.3 · 1,404 votes · Western, Drama, Mystery
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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5. 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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6. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
★ 6.6 · 2,065 votes · Western, Action, Drama
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
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7. Old Henry (2021)
★ 7.3 · 802 votes · Western, Drama
A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.
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8. True Grit (2010)
★ 7.3 · 5,966 votes · Drama, Adventure, Western
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl 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.
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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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10. The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6 · 701 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
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11. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
★ 7.2 · 481 votes · Drama, Western
A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
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