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10 Best Movies Like The Deserter

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

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#1
Apache

Apache

1954★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Deserter for fans of Action & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and head...

#2
Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Deserter for fans of Action & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, ...

#3
The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon

1956★ 6.5

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

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches mos...

#4
Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

1969★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Deserter for fans of Action & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undistu...

#5
Rio Conchos

Rio Conchos

1964★ 6.3

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

Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling...

#6
Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Deserter for fans of Action & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical ...

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