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10 Best Movies Like Forty Guns

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

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#1
The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forty Guns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer....

#2
Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forty Guns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann a...

#3
Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forty Guns for fans of Western & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad....

#4
A Bullet for the General

A Bullet for the General

1967★ 6.6

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

El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them...

#5
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forty Guns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#6
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

2021★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forty Guns for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage ...