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10 Best Movies Like Going West to Make Good

If you loved Going West to Make Good, 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 Going West to Make Good 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
Gunslingers

Gunslingers

2025★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going West to Make Good for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ransom -- soon follow. As broth...

#3
Go West

Go West

1940★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going West to Make Good for fans of Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train statio...

#4
Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh

1970★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going West to Make Good for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left w...

#5
The Claim

The Claim

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going West to Make Good for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town...

#6
The Bravados

The Bravados

1958★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going West to Make Good for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into M...

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