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10 Best Movies Like Ace in the Hole

If you loved Ace in the Hole, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

1969★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ace in the Hole for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
News of the World

News of the World

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ace in the Hole for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#3
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

1959★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ace in the Hole for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#4
Only the Brave

Only the Brave

2017★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ace in the Hole for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town....

#5
While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ace in the Hole for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer"....

#6
3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

1957★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ace in the Hole for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him....

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