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10 Best Movies Like Junior Bonner

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

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#1
Renegade

Renegade

1987★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Junior Bonner for fans of Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While on his travel across the Southwestern United States, with his Jeep CJ Renegade and his chestnut colt named Joe Brown, Luke meets Matt, son of a friend of his, Moose, who is i...

#2
Broke

Broke

2025★ 7.0

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

A bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficult to achieve his dreams....

#3
Forty Guns

Forty Guns

1957★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Junior Bonner for fans of Western & Drama. 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...

#4
Jubal

Jubal

1956★ 6.9

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

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a...

#5
8 Seconds

8 Seconds

1994★ 7.2

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

This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert....

#6
The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman

1979★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Junior Bonner for fans of Western & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he...

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