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10 Best Movies Like Forked Trails

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

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#1
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forked Trails for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her ...

#2
Forty Guns

Forty Guns

1957★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forked Trails for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling fo...

#3
The Cowboys

The Cowboys

1972★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forked Trails for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 t...

#4
Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forked Trails for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Put-upon lawman John Dorsey is on the verge of losing his wife and his job as sheriff, so he posses up with bullish U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden to hold outlaw Emily Rusk hostage. A ...

#5
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forked Trails for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because h...

#6
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forked Trails for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war....

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