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10 Best Movies Like The Drifter

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

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#1
The Five

The Five

2023★ 5.9

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

A scorned woman enlists the help of five strangers to execute a bank robbery. Tensions rise as the men anxiously await her arrival with the money, leaving the crew to wonder if the...

#2
The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

1958★ 6.6

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

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-to...

#3
Firecreek

Firecreek

1968★ 6.3

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

A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town....

#4
The Comancheros

The Comancheros

1961★ 6.7

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

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieve...

#5
Gunless

Gunless

2010★ 6.4

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

American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West....

#6
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Drifter 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...

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